主和救主Lord and Saviour
作者：博愛思（James Montgomery Boice），The
King has Come - The Real Message of
Christmas , p.130-131
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今天，在大衞的城裏，為你們誕生了一位救主，就是主基督。（新漢語譯本, 路加福音 2:11）
「主」（Lord）這個稱號的第二個含義是，耶穌是救主。這和祂的君主身份（Lordship）有關，因為正如約翰．斯托得 （John R.W. Stott） 所寫的那樣：
「主」這個稱號是基督戰勝邪惡勢力的象徵。如果耶穌已被高舉，勝過一切惡勢力的官職和權勢，祂的確是這樣，這就是祂被稱為主的原因。如果耶穌已被宣告為主，正如祂的確已經被宣告的那樣，那是因為這些權勢都被踩在在祂的腳下。祂在十字架上戰勝了它們，因此，我們的救恩——也就是說，我們從罪、撒旦、恐懼和死亡中被拯救出來——是由於十字架的得勝。
近年來，在福音派某些圈子當中，人們習慣於區分基督的主宰地位（lordship）和救主地位（saviourhood），以至於認為一個人可以不把耶穌當作主，卻可以把祂當作救主。他們認為，要求基督在救恩的事情上做主，就是要在信心之上加上對信仰的委身，他們認為這是個假的、受詛咒的福音（加1:6-9）。
在這一點上有兩個嚴重的錯誤。一是涉及信心的定義。 沒有委身的「信心」是聖經中真正的信心嗎？絕不是！聖經上的信心包括三個要素： (1) 知識，它是以知識為基礎的；(2) 內心的反應，它是重生的結果；(3)
委身，如果沒有委身，「信心」就和那些只「相信，還顫慄發抖」的鬼魔沒分別（雅各書
2:19；漢語新譯本）。沒有委身的信仰不是真正的信仰，它是一個「死」的信仰，救不了任何人。
第二個錯誤更嚴重，因為它涉及到耶穌的位格和工作。這位把我們從罪中拯救出來的人是誰？正如保羅所說，他就是「我們的主耶穌基督。」沒有一個真基督徒會在耶穌已完成的工作上添加任何東西。這樣做是在宣揚假的福音。我們引導人們去認識主耶穌基督。誠然，祂就是主耶穌基督。這位主是信心的對象和內容，別無他人。因此，如果信心被引導到一個不是主的人身上，那就是引導到一個想像中的假基督身上。這樣的人不是救主，他也不會救任何人。
Lord and Saviour
「For unto you is
born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.」
Luke 2:11 ESV
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The second implication of
the title Lord is that Jesus is the Saviour. This is linked to his lordship
because, as John R. W.Stott writes,
The title 'Lord' is a
symbol of Christ's victory over the forces of evil. If Jesus has been exalted
over all the principalities and powers of evil, as indeed he has, this is the
reason why he has been called Lord. If Jesus has been proclaimed Lord, as he
has, it is because these powers are under his feet. He has conquered them on
the cross, and therefore our salvation -that is to say, our rescue from
sin,Satan, fear and death-is due to that victory.
In recent years it has
become customary in some parts of the evangelical world to distinguish between
the lordship and saviourhood of Christ in such a way that one is supposed to be
able to have Jesus as Saviour without having him as Lord. It is argued that
requiring Christ to be Lord in the matter of salvation means adding commitment
to faith and that this is a false and accursed gospel (Gal. 1:6-9).
There are two serious
mistakes at this point. One involves the meaning of faith. Is 'faith' minus
commitment true biblical faith? Hardly! Biblical faith involves three elements:
(1) knowledge, upon which it is based; (2) heart response, which results from the
new birth; and (3) commitment, without which 'faith' is no different from the
assent of the demons who only 'believe ... and shudder'（James 2:19). Faith
without commitment is not true faith.It is a'dead' faith which will save no
one.
The second mistake is even
more serious, because it involves the person and work of Jesus himself. Who is
this one who has saved us from our sins? He is, as Paul. has it, ‘Jesus Christ
our Lord'. No true Christian will add anything to the finished work of Jesus.
To do so really is to proclaim a false gospel. We direct people to the Lord
Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, he is the Lord Jesus Christ. This Lord is the
object of faith and its content. There is ho other. Consequently, if faith is
directed to one who is not Lord, it is directed to one who is a false Christ of
the imagination. Such a one is not the Saviour, and he will save no one.
James Montgomery Boice, The
King has Come - The Real Message of Christmas , p.130-131 ,
