恩典 │Grace (Simplified Chinese Discovery Series booklet)

以弗所书第二章提到「死在罪恶之中」，真正的意思是什么呢？死亡的意思是没有生命、没有能力、没有气息，这意味着我们无法做任何事来改变自己的处境。但因为上帝的慈爱与怜钢，祂愿意赐给我们新生命，这就是恩典的美妙可贵之处。我们根本不配得到这恩典，这完全是上帝所赐的。一旦我们在基督里活过来，祂就让我们能享有新的生命，并且可以服事袍。

康恩施博士 （Dr. Constantine Campbell）是澳洲圣公会的执事，也是一位新约学者、教授、作家、音乐家和圣经教师。 目前他是迪尔菲尔德市（Deerfheld）三一福音神学院的副教授，负责教导新约课程。他与妻子布朗雯及三个子女居住在美国伊利诺斯州。

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Dead or Alive?

Ephesians 2 uses the phrase "dead in your sins." But what does that really mean?  Dead means lifeless, powerless, inanimate.  It means we were incapable of doing anything to change our situation.  But God is loving and merciful, and He chose to give us new life.  That's the beauty of His grace—we've done nothing to deserve it.  He simply gives it to us.  And once we're alive in Him, He gives us the privilege of walking in this new life and serving Him. 

Dr. Constantine Campbell is an ordained deacon in the Anglican Church of Australia, a New Testament scholar, a professor, an author, a musician, and a preacher.  He is Associate Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, and lives in Illnois with his wife, Bronwyn, and their three children.