領受得救的確據ReceivingAssurance of Salvation
[每日靈修] 12/12/2018, 駱鴻銘編譯
那麼，我們如何得到確據呢？聖經宣告聖靈與我們的心同證我們是上帝的兒女（羅八16）。這種聖靈的內在見證既是活潑的，也是複雜的。它可能會受到嚴重的扭曲，與主觀主義和自我欺騙相混淆。聖靈與聖道、並藉著聖道賜下祂的見證，從來不會反對聖道，也不會沒有聖道。
既然有可能得到錯誤的得救確據，那麼我們就更迫切需要通過聖經來尋求聖靈的見證。錯誤的確據通常來自對救恩的錯誤理解。如果一個人無法理解得救的必要條件，那麼確據最多只是碰巧猜中的。
因此，我們堅持認為，正確的教義是獲得確據的健全基礎的關鍵因素。它甚至是一個必要條件，儘管絕不是一個充分的條件。如果沒有健全的教義，我們對救恩的理解就會不充分。然而，對救恩有充分的理解並不能確保我們能夠完全理解救恩。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
為上帝的聖靈和祂的聖道的見證而感謝祂，這見證為你的救恩提供了確據。
進一步研讀：
腓二12 這樣看來，我親愛的弟兄，你們既是常順服的，不但我在你們那裡，就是我如今不在你們那裡，更是順服的，就當恐懼戰兢做成你們得救的工夫。
羅八16 聖靈與我們的心同證我們是神的兒女；
羅十10 因為人心裡相信，就可以稱義；口裡承認，就可以得救。
羅一16 我不以福音為恥；這福音本是神的大能，要救一切相信的，先是猶太人，後是希利尼人。
Receiving
Assurance of Salvation
How,
then, do we receive assurance? The Scripture declares that the Holy Spirit
bears witness with our spirits that we are the children of God. This inner
testimony of the Holy Spirit is as vital as it is complex. It can be subjected
to severe distortions, being confused with subjectivism and self-delusion. The
Spirit gives His testimony with the Word and through the Word, never against
the Word or without the Word.
Since
it is possible to have false assurance of salvation, it is all the more urgent
that we seek the Spirit’s testimony in and through the Word. False assurance
usually proceeds from a faulty understanding of salvation. If one fails to
understand the necessary conditions for salvation, assurance would be at best a
lucky guess.
Therefore,
we insist that right doctrine is a crucial element in acquiring a sound basis
for assurance. It may even be a necessary condition, though by no means a
sufficient condition. Without sound doctrine we will have an inadequate
understanding of salvation. However, having a sound understanding of salvation
is no guarantee we have the salvation we so soundly understand.
Coram
Deo
Thank
God for the testimony of His Spirit and His Word, which provide assurance of
your salvation.
Passages
for Further Study
Philippians
2:12
Romans
10:10
Romans
1:16