1) Q. I have heard of redemption and salvation. Are they related to each other?
A. God has accomplished our salvation with two aspects: the redeeming aspect and the saving aspect. Redemption is accomplished judicially, and saving is carried out organically.
问:我听说过救赎和拯救,它们彼此之间有关系吗?
答:我们看见神完成两种的“救”,一种是救赎的救,一种是拯救的救。救赎的救是照法理作的,拯救的救是凭生机作的。
2) Q. Thanks, now that I know redemption is accomplished judicially, why is this important?
A. The judicial aspect is the procedure of God’s salvation through the redemption of Christ for God’s salvation to fully meet the righteous requirement of His law.
问:谢谢,我现在知道救赎是照法理作的了,为什么这很重要呢?
答:法理的一面,是神救恩的手续,借基督的救赎,使神的救恩完全合乎祂公义律法的要求。
3) Q. The judicial aspect of God’s salvation meets His righteous requirements. Does it do anything for me?
A. The judicial aspect qualifies and positions us sinners to enter into the grace of God to enjoy the salvation which God has accomplished for us according to His life organically in the aspect of purpose.
问:神救恩法理的一面合乎祂公义的要求,它为我作了什么呢?
答:法理的一面给我们这些罪人资格和地位,叫我们能进入神的恩典中,享受神在祂目的方面凭祂生命的生机为我们所完成的拯救。
4) Q. If judicial redemption qualifies us to enjoy God’s salvation, what does the organic aspect qualify us for?
A. The organic aspect is the fulfillment of God’s salvation through the life of Christ for the believers to be transformed and to grow and mature in the life of God.
问:如果法理的救赎使我们够资格享受神的救恩,那生机的一面能使我们够资格得着什么呢?
答:生机的一面,是神救恩的成全,借基督的生命,使信徒在神的生命上变化长大而成熟。
5) Q. These two aspects of God’s salvation are great. But, how are they related to each other?
A. In the complete salvation of God, what He does in the judicial aspect is the procedure, and what He does in the organic aspect is the purpose.
问:神救恩的这两面太好了。但它们彼此有什么关系呢?
答:在神完整的救恩里,神在法理一面所作的都是手续,在生机一面所作的才是目的。
6) Q. In the aspect of procedure, what has God done for us?
A. In the aspect of procedure, that which God has fulfilled according to His judicial requirement is redemption, including forgiveness of sins, washing away of sins, justification, reconciliation to God, and positional sanctification.
问:在手续方面,神为我们作了什么呢?
答:在手续方面,神照祂法理的要求所成全的是救赎,包括赦罪、洗罪、称义、与神和好、并在地位上的圣别。
7) Q. God has done so much for us judicially, why isn’t this enough?
A. The complete salvation of God is not just this much. If you have received only these five items of redemption, what you have received is but a one-sided salvation and not the complete salvation.
问:在法理上,神为我们作了这么多,为什么这还不够呢?
答:神完整的救恩,不只这么多。若是你只得着救赎的这五项,你所得着的就不过是片面的救恩,而不是完整的救恩。
8) Q. I see what the judicial aspect has done for us, but what about the organic aspect?
A. The organic aspect is through the life of God to carry out God’s salvation, including regeneration, shepherding, dispositional sanctification, renewing, transformation, building up, conformation, and glorification.
问:我明白了法理一面为我们所成就的,但生机的一面怎么样呢?
答:生机一面是借着神的生命,完成神的拯救,包括重生、牧养、圣化、更新、变化、建造、模成并得荣。
9) Q. When you say God’s work is from regeneration to glorification, what does this mean?
A. God’s organic work is from regeneration to glorification. Regeneration is God entering into man, whereas glorification is man entering into God.
问:当你说到神从重生到得荣的工作时,这是什么意思呢?
答:神生机的工作是从重生到得荣。重生是神进到人里面,得荣是人进到神里面。
10) Q. Now that I have seen the two aspects of God’s salvation, what is the goal of this salvation?
A. The ultimate consummation of God’s complete salvation is the New Jerusalem—the crystallization of the union and mingling of God with man, the processed and consummated Triune God with His regenerated, transformed, conformed, and glorified tripartite elect.
问:现在我已经看见了神救恩的两面,那这救恩的目标是什么?
答:神这完整救恩的终极完成,至终就是新耶路撒冷—那经过种种过程而终极完成的三一神,与祂经过重生、变化、模成、得荣的三部分选民,神与人联结并调和的结晶。
References: The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation, chs. 1-5; The Divine and Mystical Realm, ch. 2. (New Believers Series, The Spirit and Life, IV-15 The Organic Salvation, IV-12 The Judicial Redemption of God)
参考书目:神救恩生机的一面,第一至五章;神圣奥秘的范围,第二章。(有声云—初信,灵与生命,IV-15生机的拯救,IV-12神法理的救赎)