问题30：什么是对基督耶稣的信心？
答：对耶稣基督的信心，就是承认神在祂的话中所启示的一切真理，相信祂，接受并单单倚靠祂在福音里赐给我们的救恩。
儿童版：接受并单单倚靠祂在福音里赐给我们的救恩。

Question 30: What is Faith in Jesus Christ?
Answer: Faith in Jesus Christ is acknowledging the truth of everything that God has revealed in his Word, trusting in him, and also receiving and resting on him alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel.
For Kids: Receiving and resting on him alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel.


歌谱 Lead Sheet

经文

《加拉太书》2 章20 节：

　　我已经与基督同钉十字架，现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着；并且我如今在肉身活着，是因信神的儿子而活，祂是爱我，为我舍己。

注解

约拿单·爱德华兹

　　总的来说，我能想到的使人称义的「信心」，最好、最清晰、最完美，也最贴合圣经的定义就是：灵魂完全拥抱耶稣基督是救主的启示。拥抱是一个比喻，但我觉得它比任何正确的表达都清晰得多；它也叫相信，因为相信是灵魂拥抱一个宣告或启示的首要动作：当谈到一个启示或宣告时，我们就可以称「相信」为「拥抱」，这比爱或选择都更加贴切。如果只是谈到人，用爱就更合适。如果是谈到礼物、遗产或奖赏，则用收到或接受更为合适。

　　信心的定义可以有以下几种表达：灵魂全然接受耶稣基督是我们的救主；灵魂拥抱神启示的真理：耶稣基督是我们的救主；灵魂全然接受和仰赖神启示的真理：基督是我们的救主。

　　信心就是整个灵魂仰赖和认同这个真理，并拥抱它。要借着信心、意志和情感，使你的头脑和心灵全然臣服在这个启示之下，拥抱并持守它到底。

默想

约翰·叶慈

　　我们是否真的理解「救赎」这个词的含义，得救到底是什么意思，救赎到底在讲什么？

　　一方面，它代表得拯救，也代表被治愈、被饶恕、被接纳、被重塑而成为完整，是包含很多意思的一个重要的词。「得救」表示与神的关系恢复。神今生赐给我们生命，也赐给我们在天国中永恒的生命、永远的生命，所以救恩也有多重的意义。救恩是神的礼物，不是我们可以赚取的，很多人都误以为可以赚取救恩。不，这是神的礼物，我们无法赚取，但却是我们可以接受的。刚开始的时候，我们就要弄清楚这一点。

　　救恩可能是瞬间就临到的，就像撒该，耶稣去了祂家。耶稣说：「今天救恩到了这家」（路19:9），所以有可能就在那一刻，认出耶稣的信心带来了救恩。但救恩也必须自内而外地活出来。有一天，有一位老主教走在伦敦街上，有一位路边传道者对他说：「先生，请问你得救了吗？」他的回答值得我们深思。这位老人停下来，想了想，然后满怀感激地回答说：「是的，我已蒙拯救。我现在是得救的，我将来也会得救。」这是什么意思？他回想起他以前信靠耶稣的那一刻，在信心盼望中回转归向祂，他经历了救恩，同样，他也在表达，救恩是他活在其中的状态。这也意味着救恩是他每天都能在生活中经历到、学到的，救恩也会在我们与主同在的那天完全彰显出来。

　　当神打开我们的心眼，就是救恩的开端。我们开始意识到我们是多么的需要基督，我们误以为自己能够拯救自己，但这条路是行不通的。蒙拯救就像快溺水了一样，你知道你无法救自己，必须有人来救你，你必须放松，等待救援，如果你不会游泳，一直挣扎反而会被淹死。我们唯一对救恩的贡献就是我生来的罪性。承认自己生来就是罪人，这使我们意识到要谦卑地来到神面前，借着信心悔改自己的罪，把罪孽摆在祂面前，承认我们需要祂。这就是救恩的开始。

　　保罗在《罗马书》10 章说，凡求告主名的就必得救。信心必须是在基督里，唯有如此才能成为神的儿女，才能承受永恒的生命。这世代很多人拒绝接受这个。但耶稣说：「我就是道路、真理、生命，若不藉着我，没有人能到父那里去。」（约14:6）祂就是我们蒙拯救的道路。

　　这也是使徒们的信息。彼得在《使徒行传》4 章中说：「没有赐下别的名，我们可以靠着得救。」救恩唯有来自耶稣基督。我们是否真的理解「救赎」这个词的含义，得救到底是什么意思，救赎到底在讲什么？

　　一方面，它代表得拯救，也代表被治愈、被饶恕、被接纳、被重塑而成为完整，是包含很多意思的一个重要的词。「得救」表示与神的关系恢复。神今生赐给我们生命，也赐给我们在天国中永恒的生命、永远的生命，所以救恩也有多重的意义。救恩是神的礼物，不是我们可以赚取的，很多人都误以为可以赚取救恩。不，这是神的礼物，我们无法赚取，但却是我们可以接受的。刚开始的时候，我们就要弄清楚这一点。

　　救恩可能是瞬间就临到的，就像撒该，耶稣去了祂家。耶稣说：「今天救恩到了这家」（路19:9），所以有可能就在那一刻，认出耶稣的信心带来了救恩。但救恩也必须自内而外地活出来。有一天，有一位老主教走在伦敦街上，有一位路边传道者对他说：「先生，请问你得救了吗？」他的回答值得我们深思。这位老人停下来，想了想，然后满怀感激地回答说：「是的，我已蒙拯救。我现在是得救的，我将来也会得救。」这是什么意思？他回想起他以前信靠耶稣的那一刻，在信心盼望中回转归向祂，他经历了救恩，同样，他也在表达，救恩是他活在其中的状态。这也意味着救恩是他每天都能在生活中经历到、学到的，救恩也会在我们与主同在的那天完全彰显出来。

　　当神打开我们的心眼，就是救恩的开端。我们开始意识到我们是多么的需要基督，我们误以为自己能够拯救自己，但这条路是行不通的。蒙拯救就像快溺水了一样，你知道你无法救自己，必须有人来救你，你必须放松，等待救援，如果你不会游泳，一直挣扎反而会被淹死。我们唯一对救恩的贡献就是我生来的罪性。承认自己生来就是罪人，这使我们意识到要谦卑地来到神面前，借着信心悔改自己的罪，把罪孽摆在祂面前，承认我们需要祂。这就是救恩的开始。

　　保罗在《罗马书》10 章说，凡求告主名的就必得救。信心必须是在基督里，唯有如此才能成为神的儿女，才能承受永恒的生命。这世代很多人拒绝接受这个。但耶稣说：「我就是道路、真理、生命，若不藉着我，没有人能到父那里去。」（约14:6）祂就是我们蒙拯救的道路。

　　这也是使徒们的信息。彼得在《使徒行传》4 章中说：「没有赐下别的名，我们可以靠着得救。」救恩唯有来自耶稣基督。

祷告

　　使我们生发信心的主，我们相信祢就是祢所说的那一位。祢的话就是真理，它启示祢是我们得蒙救赎的唯一盼望。我们信祢的应许，是凭着信心，不是凭着眼见。阿们。

Scripture

GALATIANS 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Commentary

JONATHAN EDWARDS

Upon the whole, the best, and clearest, and most perfect definition of justifying faith, and most according to the Scripture, that I can think of, is this, faith is the soul’s entirely embracing the revelation of Jesus Christ as our Saviour. The word embrace is a metaphorical expression; but I think it is much clearer than any proper expression whatsoever; it is called believing, because believing is the first act of the soul in embracing a narration or revelation: and embracing, when conversant about a revelation or thing declared, is more properly called believing, than loving or choosing. If it were conversant about a person only, it would be more properly called loving. If it were conversant about a gift, an inheritance, or reward, it would more properly be called receiving or accepting.

The definition might have been expressed in these words: faith is the soul’s entirely adhering and acquiescing in the revelation of Jesus Christ as our Saviour—Or thus: faith is the soul’s embracing that truth of God, that reveals Jesus Christ as our Saviour—Or thus: faith is the soul’s entirely acquiescing in, and depending upon, the truth of God, revealing Christ as our Saviour.

It is the whole soul according and assenting to the truth, and embracing of it. There is an entire yielding of the mind and heart to the revelation, and a closing with it, and adhering to it, with the belief, and with the inclination and affection.

Devotional

JOHN YATES

Sometimes I wonder if we realize what a really big word salvation is. What does it mean to be saved? What’s the meaning of salvation?

It means safe. But it also mean healed. It means forgiven. It means adopted. It means having been made whole. It’s a big word. It means that we are restored in our relationship with God. We’ve been given life with God now, and we’ve also been given the gift of eternal life with God in heaven forever. So salvation is big. Salvation is a gift of God. It’s not something that we can earn, even though that’s the way many people feel about it. It is not something we can achieve, but something that has to be received. And we need to have that straight from the very beginning.

Salvation can come instantaneously, as it did for Zacchaeus when Jesus entered into his house. Jesus said, “Today salvation has come to this house” (Luke 19:9). It can come in a moment of realization and faith. But it is something that is lived out over the course of a lifetime. There’s a story about an old English bishop who was walking down a London street when a sidewalk evangelist said to him, “Sir, have you been saved?” The old man’s answer is significant. According to the story, he stopped and thought and then in a very gracious way said, “Yes, I have been saved. I am being saved, and I shall be saved.” What did he mean? He meant he could look back on a moment in time when he put faith in Christ and turned to him in faith and hope, and he experienced salvation. But he also meant that salvation was something he was living and experiencing more of every day. And salvation was something he was going to enter into more fully when he went to be with the Lord in the next life.

Salvation begins when God opens our eyes to begin to grasp how much we need Christ. As long as we think we can save ourselves, the way is closed off. Being saved is like being in the midst of drowning and realizing you can’t save yourself and someone has to come along and rescue you, and you just have to relax and be rescued because you’re over your head and you can’t swim and you’re going to drown otherwise. The only thing I can contribute to my salvation is my own sinful nature. It’s about coming to God with an awareness of our humble need—coming in faith, repenting of my sins, and laying out before God my sense that I need him. That’s the beginning of salvation.

Paul says in Romans 10 that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. We live in a time when many people reject the idea that faith in Christ is necessary in order to become a child of God and an inheritor of eternal life. And yet Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me.” He is our pathway to salvation.

This was the message of the apostles. As Peter preached in Acts 4: “There is no other name by which we may be saved.” Salvation comes through Jesus Christ.

Prayer

Author of Our Faith, we believe that you are who you say you are. Your Word is truth, and it reveals you as our only hope of salvation. We believe your promises, walking by faith, not by sight. Amen.