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发信人: Dramaer (假如钟声响了), 信区: TrustInJesus
标 题: 《耶稣福音》摘选 1
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Oct 15 12:33:43 2011, 美东)
第一部分 今日的福音：好消息还是坏消息？
1. 耶稣说“跟着我”，到底是什么意思？
耶稣是主（林前12:3）
这是基督教里最核心、基本、独特的一句。也是每一个真正的基督徒必须做的第一
个最基本的承认：“如果你口里承认耶稣是主，心里相信神使他死里复活，你就得救了
”（罗10:9）。要说某个人可能是真正的基督徒，但是整个的生活方式、价值观、言谈
、态度都明显有着倔强的拒绝向“耶稣是主”这个观念投降的特征，这说法甚至不需要
被反驳。这个想法你在基督教教义和实践里从来也找不到，从早期教会神父到宗教改革
以及后来至少三个半世纪以来一直是这样。现在常见的不强调耶稣主权的福音派教义体
现了当代福音运动的浅薄和精神上的贫乏。这也无疑是福音运动困乏的重要原因之一。
你没法从福音里去掉耶稣的主权而不在根本上削弱信仰。这也正是今日教会里发生的情
形。
耶稣的教导和教会组织从来就把他的主权放在核心地位。当我们回顾本书里他的早
期生活和教会组织，你会明显的看到这点。他从来不回避宣称他作为掌权人的权威。他
向门徒、敌人、偶遇的询问者都是这样宣称的----在要求无条件投降这点上他拒绝妥协
。所以，真正的耶稣传达的福音是无法跟他的现实主权分开的。当耶稣号召人们跟从他
，他不是在找几个跟班或者他可以用奇迹来使他们愉快的崇拜者。他是在召唤人们完全
的毫无保留的屈服于他的主权。
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Part 1 TODAY'S GOSPEL:GOOD NEWS OR BAD?
1. WHAT DOES JESUS MEAN WHEN HE SAYS, "FOLLOW ME"?
Jesus is Lord (1 Cor. 12:3).
That is the single, central, foundational, and distinguishing article of
Christianity. It is also the first essential confession of faith every true
Christian must make: “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and
believe in your heartthat God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved”
(Rom. 10:9). The beliefthat someone could be a true Christian while that
person’s whole lifestyle, value system, speech, and attitude are marked by
a stubborn refusal to surrender to Christ as Lord is a notion that shouldn’
t even need to be refuted. It is an idea you will never find in any credible
volume of Christian doctrine or devotion from the time of the earliest
church fathers through the era of the Protestant Reformation and for at
least three and a half centuries beyond that. The now-pervasive influence of
the no-lordship doctrine among evangelicals reflects the shallowness and
spiritual poverty of the contemporary evangelical movement. It is also
doubtless one of the main causes for evangelicalism’s impoverishment. You
cannot remove the lordship of Christ from the gospel message without
undermining faith at its core. That is precisely what is happening in the
church today.
Jesus’ teaching and ministry always kept the issue of His lordship at
the
center. As we survey His earthly life and ministry in this book, you will
see the pattern quite clearly. He never once shied away from declaring His
authority as sovereign Master. He proclaimed it to disciples, to enemies,
and to casual
inquirers alike — refusing to tone down the implications of His demand for
unconditional surrender. So the true gospel according to Jesus is a message
that cannot be divorced from the reality of His lordship. When Jesus called
people to follow Him, He was not seeking companions to be His sidekicks or
admirers whom He could entertain with miracles. He was calling people to
yield completely and unreservedly to His lordship.
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