你現在需要聽到的五件事5THINGS YOU NEED TO HEAR RIGHT NOW
作者: Nicholas Davis 譯者: Maria Marta
赦罪-----也就是說，宣告你的罪在耶穌基督裡得到赦免 -----已陷入艱難處境。 你在許多教會從未聽過這樣的話：「你的罪赦免了。平安地去吧！」
這是一個可悲的事實，因為藉著祂兒子耶穌的工作，上帝在祂兒子基督裡向我們顯明的恩典，是教會提供給破碎、叛逆、罪惡的世界的最好消息。為了恢復我們教會赦免的聖經真理，你需要聽到關於赦免的五件事。
你們所有唯獨信靠耶穌基督得蒙拯救的人，以下是上帝所應許和現在就對你們說的五件事。
1. 不再記念你們的罪惡。（耶卅一34; 來八12）
2. 你們若認自己的罪，我是信實的，是公義的，必要赦免你們的罪，洗淨你們一切的不義。（約壹一9）
3. 我的恩典是一份禮物; 它不是你能夠賺取或應得到的。所以，拿著它！你不需要付出任何代價，代價由我的兒來子付。（羅三24–26）
4.
你們的罪雖像硃紅，必變成雪白；雖紅如丹顏，必白如羊毛。我赦免你們。（賽一18）
5. 如果你們在基督裡，你們就是新造的人，舊事已經過去，你們不再是原來的你們。定義你們的標準不是根據你們曾做過的所有那些事，而是根據基督為你們所成就的事。因此，新造的人在此！
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THINGS YOU NEED TO HEAR RIGHT NOW
Nicholas Davis
Absolution—that
is, the declaration that your sins are forgiven in Jesus Christ—has fallen on
hard times. In many churches, you will never hear the words: “Your sins are
forgiven. Go in peace!”
This
is a sad fact, because the grace that God has shown us in and through the work
of his son, Jesus, is the best news the church has to offer a broken,
rebellious, and sinful world. In an effort to recover forgiveness in our
churches, here are five things you need to hear about forgiveness.
For
all of you who trust in Jesus Christ alone for your salvation, here are five
things that God promises and says to you right now.
1. I
will remember your sin no more. (Jeremiah
31:34; Hebrews 8:12)
2. If
you confess your sins, I am faithful and just to forgive you of them and will
cleanse you from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
3. My
grace is a gift; this is not something you can earn or have earned. So, take
it! There is no cost to you; the cost was to my son. (Romans 3:24–26)
4.
Although your sins are like scarlet, they are now as white as snow; though they
were red as crimson, they are now like wool to me. I forgive you. (Isaiah 1:18)
5. If
you are in Christ, the new creation has come. The old is gone. You are no
longer who you were. You are not defined by all of those things you once did.
You are now defined by what Christ has done for you. The new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17)