約翰福音12:44-50

 

12:44 耶穌大聲說：「信我的，不是信我，乃是信那差我來的。
12:45 人看見我，就是看見那差我來的。
12:46 我到世上來，乃是光，叫凡信我的，不住在黑暗裡。
12:47 若有人聽見我的話不遵守，我不審判他。我來本不是要審判世界，乃是要拯救世界。
12:48 棄絕我、不領受我話的人，有審判他的─就是我所講的道在末日要審判他。
12:49 因為我沒有憑著自己講，惟有差我來的父已經給我命令，叫我說甚麼，講甚麼。
12:50 我也知道他的命令就是永生。故此，我所講的話正是照著父對我所說的。」

 

⁴⁴ Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. ⁴⁵ The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. ⁴⁶ I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

⁴⁷ “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ⁴⁸ There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day. ⁴⁹ For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken. ⁵⁰ I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”

 

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    雖然大家好像將榮耀歸給主耶穌，但是主耶穌卻將這份榮耀轉向父上帝！因為信主耶穌，不是只有信靠主耶穌，還信靠差遣主耶穌的父！並且將來的審判，也是父在進行！

 

    可是審判的進行不是獨立拯救之外，因為審判是和接受拯救是有密切的關係！也就是說，審判的結果如何，是看人願不願意接受主耶穌的拯救來決定！願意接受的人，就是真正脫離懲罰；不願意接受，就落入永遠的懲罰之中！

 

    若是這樣，豈可輕忽主耶穌的拯救大恩呢？因為我們現在的決定影響了我們永恆的狀況，這是多麼要緊的事啊！