第32个主日 第三部分 感恩
第八十六问
Q. Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why then should we do good works?
我们既然是已经因着恩典藉着基督从痛苦中得解救而未凭借我们自己的一点功绩，我们为何还要有好行为呢？
A. Because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, is also restoring us by his Spirit into his image, so that with our whole lives we may show that we are thankful to God for his benefits, [1] so that he may be praised through us, [2] so that we may be assured of our faith by its fruits, [3] and so that by our godly living our neighbors may be won over to Christ.[4]
因为用自己的血买赎我们的基督也在以祂的灵照祂的形象恢复我们， 因此， 在我们的全部生活中，我们可以展现我们对神赐所给我们的各样益处的感恩[1]， 祂也从我们得着赞美[2]， 我们也因我们的信心所结的果子而更加确信[3]， 并且我们的敬虔生活，可以叫我们的邻舍也得以归向神[4]。
- Rom. 6:13; 12:1-2; 1 Pet. 2:5-10
- Matt. 5:16; 1 Cor. 6:19-20
- Matt. 7:17-18; Gal. 5:22-24; 2 Pet. 1:10-11
- Matt. 5:14-16; Rom. 14:17-19; 1 Pet. 2:12; 3:1-2
第八十七问
Q. Can those be saved who do not turn to God from their ungrateful and unrepentant ways?
那些不从他们的不感恩和不悔改中归向神的人能得救吗？
A. By no means.
Scripture tells us that
no unchaste person, no idolater, adulterer, thief, no covetous person, no drunkard, slanderer, robber, or the like will inherit the kingdom of God. [1]
不能。
因为圣经说， 不贞的、 拜偶像的、淫乱的、偷窃的、 贪婪的、 醉酒的、诽谤人的、抢劫人的， 或类似的恶人，都不能承受神的国。[1]
- 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:1-20; 1 John 3:14