Cong Fang

如果你不配下地狱，耶稣不是为你而来； 如果你不觉得你配下地狱，你就不需要耶稣。重生的基督徒应该是灵里贫乏、自我破碎、自觉无可救药，同时又因信靠耶稣而得安息，有内心的平安和喜乐。 “罪的工价乃是死；惟有上帝的恩赐，在我们的主基督耶稣里，乃是永生” (罗 6:23)。如果有一天上帝要把你送下地狱，而你不能和那位强盗一起说 “我们是罪有应得的，因我们所受的与我们所做的相称”，那么你还没有 (也不可能) 把你所有的盼望和信靠放在耶稣身上。(参: 可 2:17; 太 5:3; 路 23:41-42; 等)

If you don’t deserve hell, Jesus is not for you; and if you don’t think you deserve hell, you don’t need Jesus. The born-again Christian should be poor in spirit, broken in pride, and hopeless in self-righteousness, yet at the same time rest through faith in Jesus and have inner peace and joy. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 6:23). If one day God is going to send you to hell and you can’t say with the robber that “We are punished justly, for we are getting what we deserve,” then you are not (and cannot be) putting all of your hope and trust on Jesus. (cf. Mark 2:17; Matt. 5:3; Luke 23:41-42; etc.)