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四十七、得救的确信

80问：真信徒是否能够毫无谬误地确信他们已经蒙恩，并由此恒忍，直到最终得救？

答：是的。真正归信基督，努力用无愧的良心行在祂面前的人（约壹2:3），

  1. 毋需另外的特别启示；
  2. 藉着基于上帝应许之真实性的信心；
  3. 藉着使他们能够分辨自己是否拥有那些所应许的与新生命相伴的美德（林前2:12；约壹3:14，18－19，21，24；4:13，16；来6:11－12）；
  4. 并与他们的灵同证他们是上帝儿女的圣灵（罗8:16），他们可以毫无谬误地确信自己已经蒙恩，并由此恒忍，直到最终得救（约壹5:13）。

Q. 80. Can true believers be infallibly assured that they are in the estate of grace, and that they shall persevere therein unto salvation?

A. Such as truly believe in Christ, and endeavor to walk in all good conscience before him, may, without extraordinary revelation, by faith grounded upon the truth of God’s promises, and by the Spirit enabling them to discern in themselves those graces to which the promises of life are made, and bearing witness with their spirits that they are the children of God, be infallibly assured that they are in the estate of grace, and shall persevere therein unto salvation.

81问：所有真信徒都是一直确信自己目前已经蒙恩，并最终得救吗？

答：对于所有真信徒而言，

  1. 蒙恩得救的确信并不是信心的本质（弗1:13）；
  2. 所以，在得到这一确信之前，真信徒或许要长期等候（赛50:10；诗88）；
  3. 即使在享有之后，这一确信仍会因着心思烦乱、各样的罪、遭遇试探和暂时被弃而减弱或中断（诗77:1－12；51:8，12；31:22；22:1，歌5:2-3，6）；
  4.  圣灵的同在和扶持绝不会全然离开他们，必保守他们不至陷入绝望（约壹3:9；伯13:15；诗73:15，23；赛54:7－10）。

Q. 81. Are all true believers at all times assured of their present being in the estate of grace, and that they shall be saved?

A. Assurance of grace and salvation not being of the essence of faith, true believers may wait long before they obtain it; and, after the enjoyment thereof, may have it weakened and intermitted, through manifold distempers, sins, temptations, and desertions; yet are they never left without such a presence and support of the Spirit of God as keeps them from sinking into utter despair.

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