通往永生的方法只有一種，而不是許多人聲稱的多種方法. 本文介紹如何找到這種方式. Let’s look at what the Bible says about salvation and the way to eternal life.
Is every person born as a sinner?
是的, every person is born as a sinner on earth. Every person is born in the flesh in a fallen state with a sinful flesh and carries sin and death. This sinful nature separates people from God and rebels against God and disobeys His Word.
Every person lives from a fallen state and is ruled by the flesh (感官, 肉體的心思, 想法, 感情, 情緒, ETC。). The person is a sinner and walks in sin. A sinner walks in rebellion towards God and disobey His words and do those things that oppose the will of God.
The sinner lives in darkness under the power of the devil, 罪與死. A sinner carries the death because the spirit of a sinner is death.
As long as the spirit in a person remains dead, death rules the life of the person and the person shall bear the fruit of death, 這是罪孽, and when the person dies, the person goes to hell (the kingdom of the death).
The final destination of the old creation (everyone that is born of Adam’s seed; 人類的種子) is eternal death, unless…
What is the only Way to eternal life?
There is only one way to eternal life and escape God’s judgment and the punishment for sin, 這是永恆的死亡, and that Way is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the Way to eternal life.
By faith in Jesus Christ and His redemptive work, through His blood and regeneration in Him, people can be saved.
因為上帝如此愛世界, 他給了他獨生子的兒子, 任何相信他的人都不應該滅亡, 但是有永恆的生活 (約翰 3:16)
當一個人悔改, and the flesh dies and the spirit of the person raises from the dead, 借著聖靈的能力, the person is born again; born of God (哦. 約翰 3:3-7; 使徒行傳 2:38; 1 約翰 1:3; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1-18; 1 彼得 1:23).
The person has become a new creation in Christ; 神的兒子 (這適用於男性和女性).
沒有人, who can come to God the Father then through Jesus Christ, the Son and His blood.
No one can be saved and be reconciled with God the Father through their own works.
No one can be saved by going to church every week or by becoming a church member, 閱讀聖經, 祈禱, 做慈善工作, 遵循一組規則, religious rituals, carnal methods or other works of the flesh.
That’s because the carnal works of man can’t change anything about the sinful flesh and the fallen state and evil nature of fallen man and the broken spiritual connection with God.
That’s why Jesus Christ the Son of God had to come to earth and die. Jesus came to deal once and for all with this sin problem and heal what was broken.
The evil of man (the sin and iniquity of fallen man) killed Jesus Christ. When you think about that and ponder on it, you won’t be so hasty anymore to keep sinning.
How Jesus dealt with the sin problem
Jesus obeyed His Father and did His will and was crucified and died on the cross. He took all evil; all the sins and iniquities of the fallen human race (世界), 在自己身上. Jesus carried all the sins and iniquities that reigns in the old creation and the punishment of death. 通過他的一生, work and blood, Jesus conquered the devil, 罪, 和死亡.
Because of His redemptive work, Jesus dealt once and for all with the sin problem. 耶穌處理有罪的本性, that’s present in every human being that is born on earth, and created in Him a new man. (哦. 2 哥林多前書 5:17; 以弗所書 2:16-22, 歌羅西書 3).
When you believe in Jesus Christ and repent and be born again in Him, you’re redeemed by the blood of Jesus from sin and death. You are redeemed from eternal death and the kingdom of death.
The devil is no longer your master and you don’t belong to the kingdom of darkness. But through Jesus Christ and by His blood and regeneration in Him, you are delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the Kingdom of God’s dear Son, Who is your new Master.
誰使我們擺脫了黑暗的力量, 並將我們轉化為他親愛的兒子的王國: 我們在他的血液中救贖的人, 甚至罪惡的寬恕
歌羅西書 1:13
You are a representative of the Kingdom of God
Now that you are delived from the power of the devil, 罪, 和死亡, and are no longer the old creation but have become a new creation in Christ, you shall no longer walk after the flesh in the vanity of your carnal mind in disobedience to God (在罪中). 反而, you shall walk after the Spirit in the spirit of your mind in obedience to God.
作為新的創造, 您將尋找上面的那些東西, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
你會 更新你的想法 與神的話語 (聖經). Because through the Word, 你會知道, 上帝啊, 父親, 和上帝的王國.
The Holy Spirit shall be your Teacher, your Guide, and Helper.
You shall no longer be a representative of the devil and the kingdom of darkness. You shall not be a slave of sin and death anymore.
But you shall now walk as a representative of the Kingdom of God.
You shall walk in righteousness and holiness, as a son of the Most High God.
The blood of Jesus delivered you from sin and death. Your old life as a sinner is erased by the blood of Jesus. It no longer exists to God. In Christ Jesus, you have received a new life.
你呢, 死於你的罪惡和肉體的割禮, 他和他一起加快了, 原諒你所有的侵入; 抹掉反對我們的條例的筆跡, 這與我們相反, 並把它擋住了, 將其釘在他的十字架上
歌羅西書 2:13-14
God’s love and mercy made the way to eternal life
God’s great love and mercy for people, became visible through the perfect redemptive work of Jesus Christ on the cross. His work ensured that every person has the ability to be reconciled with God the Father.
The people that believe in Jesus Christ, 上帝的兒子, and accept Jesus as their Saviour and Lord, are redeemed from sin and death (the death punishment for sin).
The people that are born again in the spirit, 已成為新的創作. They have the Word of life and the life of God abiding in them. People that are born of God and have the life of God, shall receive eternal life.
This is the only way to eternal life. Despite what people may say, there’s no other way to eternal life then through Jesus Christ and by His sacrifice and blood.
There are no other entries and sideways to come to God the Father and be reconciled with Him. There is only one Door and one Way to eternal life, 那是通過耶穌基督 (哦. 約翰 10:7-9; 14:6-7)
The lies of the devil about the way to eternal life
The world may develop all kinds of promising philosophies and theories about the way to eternal life. But they’re developed from their carnal mind; 人類的智慧和知識 (which is devilish), 感受和情緒.
The world can say all they want. The people that belong to the world can say, that it doesn’t matter, what you believe, as long as you do good and do what’s right (according to the moral standards of the world) and be nice to your fellowmen, have respect and tolerate all kinds of behavior, 文化, 宗教, 哲學, ETC. then you will be saved.
They can even say, “it doesn’t matter what you believe or to which religion you belong to, 最終, we all believe in the same God“.
But these are all lies from the devil because it does matter!
不幸, many people believe these lies, 包括許多基督徒.
那些, who are not born again and don’t walk after the Spirit, shall believe and support these lies.
These carnal Christians believe that there are more ways to God and eternal life, because God is love.
但事實是, that there are no other ways. The Bible says so. The Word of God is reliable and trustworthy. 為什麼? Because every word that has been spoken; every prophecy that the Word has given, has come to pass and still comes to pass.
Can God have communion with sinners?
事實是, that God can’t have communion with sinners; with the sinful nature of the old man.
God can only have communion and a relationship with the new creation; those who have been sanctified by the blood of Jesus Christ and have laid down their flesh, and whose spirit have been raised from the dead, 借著聖靈的能力.
每個人, who doesn’t believe in Jesus; 上帝的兒子, as Redeemer; 彌賽亞, and doesn’t make Jesus Lord over his/her life, and doesn’t do what Jesus has commanded His followers to do, shall be lost forever.
Jesus alone is the Door. He is the Truth and the Way to the Father and Jesus alone is the way to eternal life.
耶穌對他說, 我就是路, 真相, 和生活: 沒有人來父親, 但是我. 如果你們認識我, 你們也應該認識我父親: 從此開始，你們認識他, 並見過他
約翰 14:6-7
‘成為地球之鹽’
