我們受洗後就得救了嗎?
基督徒受洗後就得救了嗎? 在讀經小組也聽過不同聲音與爭執; 我也與 John(為我禱告信耶穌多年的外國朋友)爭執過這個問題.
我與他爭論耶穌基督第二次再來時 才真正得到永生(得救).
他認為Salvation是神白白給我們 的, 既是Gift 就不需花代價, 不需要用努力賺來的; 所以信耶穌受洗後就得救.
真的是這樣嗎?
馬太福音25 章十個童女的比喻:
耶穌說天國好像十個童女,拿著她們的燈出去迎接新郎.
其中有五個是愚蠢的,五個是聰明的.
那些愚蠢的拿著燈卻沒有帶油. 她們去買油的時候新郎就來了；
準備好的五個童女就和他一同進去參加婚筵,門也就關上了 ;
而那些遲到愚蠢的童女到時, 門已關上, 即使她們叩門說：
主啊! 主啊! 給我們開門吧！
新郎卻回答：我實在告訴你們,我不認識你們
馬太福音 22婚宴的比喻:
耶穌說: 天國好比一個君王為自己的兒子預備婚宴.
他派了奴僕去叫那些被邀請的人前來赴宴,
可是他們不肯來, 然後對奴僕們說：
婚宴預備好了但那些被邀請的人不配.
所以你們要到大街小巷去,把所見到的人都請來赴宴.
那些奴僕就去到大街上把所見到的,無論好人壞人都召集起來,於是婚宴上就坐滿了賓客.
等君王進來見賓客時發現有人沒有穿婚宴的禮服, 就對他說:
你怎麼沒有穿婚宴的禮服呢? 於是就把他趕出去.
這些比喻對我來說, 受洗的基督徒只是拿到入永生的門票而已.
看看羅馬書(英文版本更能體會)
Romans 8:8-25
8 Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. 19 For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. 20 Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, 21 the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. 22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children,including the new bodies he has promised us. 24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it. 25 But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)
如果我們都已經得到了,那就不需有盼望; 也不必等了.
又為何要等神來宣告誰是真正得勝者, 是祂的孩子呢?
所有被神所創造的都在等,等耶穌基督再來,
祂將帶來獎賞,帶來永生; 那時我們就可進入神的家而得永生.
受洗只是拿了天國的預售機票, 大家都在等不是嗎?
