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专题信息｜第二场 | 普遍恩典与特殊恩典

9月20日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 太5:43-48; 罗2:4,14-15; 加5:1,13,16-25; 徒14:16-17

课题: 恩典, 爱, 世界观, 自由, 靠圣灵而活,

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神在祂浩大的恩典中创造与维持整个宇宙万有。今天，祂也按着祂良善的意思将各种的恩惠赐给祂的受造物。通常，当我们提到神的“恩典”，一般信徒都会将它局限与救赎的恩典（赦罪与宽容的恩典）。这也可以称为特殊恩典。但以整体的观念来说，“恩典”指的是神自己为祂不配且不应得的受造物所做的一切。即便今天很多人仍旧不认识神，也不感激祂，但神还是借着祂丰富的恩典使他们拥有短暂的富裕、幸福、成功、兴盛等。这就如《太5:45》告诉我们说神叫日头照好人也照歹人，降雨给义人也给不义的人。在此，神并不是有愧与人类，因为世人都犯了罪，亏欠神的荣耀《罗3:23》，但神这么做纯粹是因祂丰盛的恩惠，不愿向这犯罪的世人收回祂的恩典而使他们灭亡。因此，我们无论是信徒或非信徒，大致上都一律享受亲情的关怀、社会与国家的待遇、慈善人员的帮助、医疗保健、法律的保护、甚至有良心的警戒等。有些人也特别蒙受地上的福乐，像健康、长寿、富足、机智聪明、人的喜爱、孝顺的子女等。这些不但是基督徒身上才拥有，许多非信徒也同有这些祝福，因为神毫不歧视的，随己意将此赐给人。这就是所谓神所赐给世人的普遍恩典。但很多时候，人的罪性叫他轻视神的恩典。不信神的人认为这是理所当然的，有些认为这是他们自己赚取或是自己的好运带来的。他们不认为需要感谢神，更不需要去信从祂。另外，基督徒很多时候也不太明白，认为说为什么神要将这么大的祝福赐给非信徒。有时自己经过有些苦难时感到非常痛苦，然后同时看到非信徒生活过得很好，就心怀不平。甚至，有些信徒知道自己一直被私欲牵引诱惑，以致被主管教。那么，他一边不愿意治死自己的私欲，另一方面又因神的管教感到很痛苦，就怨声说：“倒不如不信神好了，这样更加愉快”。其实，这样的人没有享受神赐给人的一般恩典，也没有看见神赐给他特殊恩典的荣耀价值。首先，我们要晓得当神在祂良善的旨意将普遍恩典赐下时，祂是给领受这恩典的人机会与途径能意识到那施恩的主，因为福气的背后一定有赐福者。例如：一个人健康或长寿时，他能够有机会认识主。或者一个人有地上的福乐时，他可能会去思想怎么拥有永远的福乐，以致被牵引到神的救恩面前。当然，他如果因这地上的福乐太满足了而不去思想永生的事，甚至是拒绝神救赎之恩，那也会成为他将来受审判的明证。因为他虽然知道神，却不当做神荣耀他，也不感谢他《罗1:21》。另外，非信徒身上的一般恩典也是神使万事互相效力，叫信徒得益处的作为《罗8:28》。试想，若没有非信徒为着世界的效劳，整个社会怎么运作？我们的孩子怎么得教育？医疗设施从哪来？我们的生计与安全怎么得保障？因此，我们看到非信徒拥有地上的福乐，绝不需要因他们心怀不平，因为那不是永久的，反而是神向他们施恩，要将他们指向救恩的途径。他们身上的普遍恩惠也是间接祝福我们的 。至于我们这拥有特殊恩典的人，我们当认定自己已经拥有最上好的。因此，我们要知道怎么透过这特殊恩典（救赎之恩）来判断在我们身上所发生的一切事，以至能过一个感恩与荣耀神的人生。

God created and sustains the entire universe in His great grace. Today, He also bestows various types of grace on His created beings according to His goodwill. Usually, when we talk about the “grace” of God, the average believer will limit it to the grace of salvation (grace of forgiveness and forbearance). This can also be called special grace. But in a holistic view, “grace” refers to everything God does for all His created beings who are unworthy and undeserving. Even today, many people still do not know God nor appreciate Him, but God through His abundant grace allows them to have temporal wealth, happiness, success, prosperity, etc. This is like <Mt 5:45> which tells us that God causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. God does not owe mankind anything, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God <Ro 3:23>, but God did all these purely because of His abundant grace and because He is unwilling to withhold His grace and see mankind perish. Therefore, whether we are believers or non-believers, we generally enjoy family care, social and national privileges, help from charity, medical care, legal protection, and even warnings from our conscience, etc. Some people in particular also receive earthly blessings, such as health, longevity, abundance, intelligence, human love, filial children, etc. These are possessed not only by Christians, but many non-believers also have such blessings, because God is non-discriminatory and gives it to people as He pleases. This is the so-called common grace given to the world by God. But many times, the sinful nature of man makes him despise God's grace. People who do not believe in God take this for granted, while some think that this is what they earn or that it comes from their own good luck. They do not think they need to thank God, let alone believe in Him. In addition, Christians often do not quite understand why God would bestow such great blessings on non-believers. Sometimes they feel very imbalanced when they are tormented through some hardships, but at the same time, they see non-believers living well. Some believers even know that they have been led on by selfish desires, such that they are disciplined by the Lord. Then, on the one hand, he is unwilling to put to death his own selfish desires and on the other hand, he felt tormented because of God's discipline, so he complained, “It is better not to believe in God, things would be happier.” In fact, such people did not enjoy the common grace given to them by God, nor did they see the glorious value of the special grace given to them by God. First of all, we need to know that when God bestows common grace in His good intentions, He gives those who receive this grace the opportunity and way to know the Lord of grace, because there must be a source of blessings. For example: When a person is healthy or has longevity, he has the opportunity to know the Lord. Or when a person has blessings on earth, he may think about how to have eternal blessings and be drawn to God's salvation. Of course, if he is too satisfied with the blessings of this earth and does not think about eternal life, or even refuses the grace of God's salvation, that will also become a clear evidence of his future judgment. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him <Ro 1:21>. In addition, the common grace in non-believers is also God causing all things to work for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose <Ro 8:28>. Think about it, if there are no non-believers to work for the world, how can the whole society function? How do our children get educated? Where do medical facilities come from? How can our livelihood and safety be guaranteed? Therefore, we need not feel imbalanced when we see unbelievers having the blessings of the earth, because what they have is not permanent, but God gives grace to them to point them to the way of salvation. The common grace given to them also blesses us indirectly. As for those of us who have special grace, we should acknowledge that what we have is the best. Therefore, we need to know how to assess everything that happens to us through this special grace (salvation grace), so that we can live a life of thanksgiving and glorify God.

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