Sep 4, 2017 - Default    No Comments

陳鴿:基督人性受造論正確嗎?

       近來,劉志雄長老與康來昌牧師(注1)所提倡的【基督人性受造論】,給華人教會帶來了一場極大的風波與爭論。首先,我要表明對這兩位主內弟兄的尊重,然而,我更要表明對他們所認同的【基督人性受造論】的堅決反對。原因如下:

一、聖經從來沒提及基督的人性是‘受造的’。

二、基督是完全的人,又是完全的神,但他只有一個位格。他不能既是創造主,又是受造者;他獨一的位格是不能分割的。

三、基督是神(創造主),取了人(受造者)的形象(腓2:7),但他仍然是創造萬有的(西1:15-17)。

四、基督是聖潔的,“成為罪身的形狀”(羅8:3),但他仍然是無罪的(林後5:21)。

五、基督是永恆的,“親自成了血肉之體”(來2:14)“為人人嘗了死味” (來2:9),但他仍然是永活的(太16:16)。

 

永生的神能死嗎?聖潔的神能“成為罪身的形狀”嗎?創造的神能穿上人(受造者)的形象嗎

       這實在是莫大的奧秘,正如(提前3:16)說的,“大哉,敬虔的奧秘!無人不以為然:就是神在肉身顯現……。”

       讓我們都謙卑的相信,更俯伏敬拜這位甘心從天而降,為我們的罪死在十字架上、又從死里復活、升上高天、如今坐在父神寶座右邊的“神的羔羊”(約1:29):我們的救主耶穌基督。惟他是配!阿門!阿門!

腓 2:5-8 你們當以基督耶穌的心為心:他本有神的形像,不以自己與神同等為強奪的;反倒虛己,取了奴僕的形像,成為人的樣式;既有人的樣子,就自己卑微,存心順服,以至於死,且死在十字架上。

西 1:15 愛子是那不能看見之神的像,是首生的,在一切被造的以先。因為萬有都是靠他造的,無論是天上的,地上的;能看見的,不能看見的;或是有位的,主治的,執政的,掌權的;一概都是藉著他造的,又是為他造的。他在萬有之先;萬有也靠他而立。

羅 8:3 律法既因肉體軟弱,有所不能行的,神就差遣自己的兒子,成為罪身的形狀,作了贖罪祭,在肉體中定了罪案。

來 2:14-15 兒女既同有血肉之體,他也照樣親自成了血肉之體,特要藉著死敗壞那掌死權的,就是魔鬼,並要釋放那些一生因怕死而為奴僕的人。

來 2:9 惟獨見那成為比天使小一點的耶穌;因為受死的苦,就得了尊貴榮耀為冠冕,叫他因著神的恩,為人人嘗了死味。

太 16:16 西門彼得回答說:「你是基督,是永生神的兒子。」

林後 5:21 神使那無罪(無罪:原文作不知罪)的,替我們成為罪,好叫我們在他裡面成為神的義。

 

附:唐崇榮牧師駁【基督人性受造論】

問:主耶穌既是完全的神,又是完全的人;道成肉身,神性穿上人性。可見主耶穌有分於受造的人性,甚至他復活的肉身也是會朽壞的。若因此下結論;主耶穌不但是創造者,也是受造的,有分於受造的,這樣的結論有沒有問題?

       答:大有問題!耶穌是創造者。如果他的身體是被造的,那麼他整個身體是自己造的,他進去他自己造的裡面;那他到底有分於受造的部份,或是受造的部份有分於他呢?你把它顛倒過來了!是 道成肉身,不是道進到被造肉身之中,是道成肉身;換句話說,道經過一個過程以後,就在肉身中間顯現。聖經從來沒有提到,耶穌有受造的一部份,這個是亞流的異端、是諾斯底主義的異端、是李常受的異端來毒害教會。

       耶穌基督裡面沒有受造的一部份,他是創造者,他是配受敬拜和永恆歌頌的。羅馬書九章5節:『列祖就是他們的祖宗,按肉體說,基督也是從他們出來的;他是在萬有之上,永遠可稱頌的上帝。阿門。』他是永遠被歌頌、領受敬拜的創造者,他不是被造的。

       至於《啟示錄三章 14節》所提到的:[你要寫信給老底嘉教會的使者,說:那個阿門的,為誠信真實見證的,在上帝創造萬物之上為元首的說。]那一位在創造界中為元首的,有的人用希臘文把它翻譯為 “在創造中間最先的”,或 “The first created one”,或 “The first born of the creatures”。我們應當怎樣翻譯才合乎全本聖經的思想呢?在被造中間成為阿拉法的、最原先的、做領導的、做領袖的、首先的那一位,他是阿拉法、俄梅戛。所以耶穌基督不是受造的,在基督的位格裡面,沒有受造的成分;連他的人性、肉身中間,還是神自已以他無窮的大能在肉身的範圍中間向人顯現,他才是我們的救主。

 

【注1】康來昌:“基督的人性是被造的嗎?” 

Aug 30, 2017 - Default    No Comments

Chose by Grace, and Grace by Love

God sees everyone either “in Christ” or “in Adam”. In Adam, we were the “children of wrath”. God chose us because He loved us, yet it is not the same as He loved His Son. It is only in Christ, God loves us as He loves His Son.

There is a kind of love that moves God to come and die for sinners in order that we can become the apple of His eyes. In other words, because God loved us, He chose us, so He can love us as His Son.

Did God Choose Me Because He Loved Me or Love Me Because He Chose Me? (Desiring God)

Aug 25, 2017 - Default    No Comments

Paul Washer on Homiletics

Notes taken by Jesse Johnson (2011-08-09)

During his brief stay, he (Paul Washer) made time to head down to The Master’s Seminary, where he shared some thoughts on preaching to one of the homiletics classes there. I snuck in the back, took notes, and thought I’d share some of the highlights. Here are some of his more memorable quotes from that impromptu class:

“There are very few people who are known for evangelism, and yet who fall into the trap of liberal theology. It is very hard to get influenced by liberalism when you are out trying to win souls for Jesus.”

“I believe in the sovereignty of God over salvation, because I know that the conversion of a man is an absolute impossibility.”

“The doctrine of the sovereignty of God affects preaching in this way: every time, before you get into the pulpit, you ask yourself, ‘Lord, can these bones live?’ The answer: ‘only if you make them alive.'”

“Many seminaries turn out good preachers who do not lead godly lives. There are so many people out there who are concerned about the preparation of the sermon that they leave behind the preparation of the man.

“To help yourself in your devotional life, ask this question over and over again, ‘how does the death of the son of God lead to my forgiveness, and how is that seen here in this passage?‘”

Pastors need to recover the lost practice of staying up late and getting up early for the purpose of prayer. There is a sense that in the evangelical culture we have let the charismatics steal our heritage. We get to those powerful passages on prayer and go into defense mode against the wrong teachings of the charismatics, rather than into extolling the virtues of all-night prayer.”

“A structured sermon is good, but don’t ever turn God into a propositional statement. Someone should write a book on the idolatry of expository preaching.

[On the role of parents vs. the youth pastor in training children]: “God did not give you a child to turn his spiritual development over to a 21-year-old with mousse in his hair who thinks he is cool.”

“As a pastor, always do theology in the context of the local church.”

“Preaching should never grow dull. There is never a time where truths have already been explained, so the pastor runs out of things to say. Semper reformanda (always reforming), so the truths need to be rediscovered every generation.”

If a pastor studies a passage to figure out how to preach it, it will be a powerless sermon. If you labor over something to be preached, all that will happen is it will be heard. Instead, you have to ask: ‘What has this passage done to me?

“Charismatics repeat the errors of the mystics. The problem with the mystics is that they were looking for the word of God in every place but the Bible.”

“Evangelism is why I exist. If everyone in the world was saved, you would never see me again. I’d move out to the mountains and be with my family.” — Paul Washer