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四十四、称义与成圣的不同

77问：称义与成圣有何不同？

答：虽然称义与成圣不可分割地联系在一起（林前6:11；1:30），但它们仍有不同之处。

  1. 称义是基督的义的归算（罗4:6，8），而成圣则是祂注入恩典，使人得以行出（结36:7）；
  2. 称义使罪得赦免（罗3:24－25）；成圣使罪被征服（罗6:6，14）；
  3. 称义使所有的信徒在今生一概脱离上帝的报应之怒，达于完全，使他们不再被定罪了（罗8:33－34）；成圣在所有的人身上不尽相同（约壹2:12－14；来5:12－14），今生也没有任何人能达于完全（约壹1:8，10），而是向着完全不断长进（林后7:1；腓3:12－14）。

Q. 77. Wherein do justification and sanctification differ?

A. Although sanctification be inseparably joined with justification, yet they differ, in that God in justification imputeth the righteousness of Christ; in sanctification his Spirit infuseth grace, and enableth to the exercise thereof; in the former, sin is pardoned; in the other, it is subdued: the one doth equally free all believers from the revenging wrath of God, and that perfectly in this life, that they never fall into condemnation; the other is neither equal in all, nor in this life perfect in any, but growing up to perfection.

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