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四十二、成圣

75问：成圣是什么？

答：成圣是上帝的作为，出于祂白白的恩典。

  1. 由此，那些在创世之前就蒙拣选成为圣洁的人，在日期满足的时候，藉着圣灵大能的运行（弗1:4；林前6:11；帖后2:13），把基督的受死和复活应用到他们的身上（罗6:4－6），目的在于按上帝的形像使他们的全人得以更新（弗4:23－24）；
  2. 有悔改得生以及其它所有与救恩相伴的美德的种子安置在他们的心中（徒11:18；约壹3:9），而且这些美德被挑旺，得增加，受坚固（犹20；来6:11－12；弗3:16－19；西1:10－11），使他们愈来愈能向罪而死，更有生命的新样式（罗6:4，6，14；加5:24）。

Q. 75. What is sanctification?

A. Sanctification is a work of God’s grace, whereby they whom God hath, before the foundation of the world, chosen to be holy, are in time, through the powerful operation of his Spirit applying the death and resurrection of Christ unto them, renewed in their whole man after the image of God; having the seeds of repentance unto life, and all other saving graces, put into their hearts, and those graces so stirred up, increased, and strengthened, as that they more and more die unto sin, and rise unto newness of life.

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