恩典 │Grace (Traditional Chinese Discovery Series Booklet)

是死還是生？

以弗所書第二章提到「死在罪惡之中」，眞正的意思是什麼呢？死亡的意思是沒有生命、沒有能力、沒有氣息，這意味著我們無法做任何事來改變自己的處境。但因為上帝的慈愛與憐憫，祂願意賜給我們新生命，這就是恩典的美妙可貴之處。我們根本不配得到這恩典，這完全是上帝所賜的。一旦我們在基督裡活過來，祂就讓我們能享有新的生命，並且可以服事祂。

康恩施博士（Dr. Constantine Campbell）是澳洲聖公會的執事，也是一位新約學者、教授、作家、音樂家和聖經教師。目前他是迪爾菲爾德市（Deerfeld）三一福音神學院的副教授，負責教導新約課程。他與妻子布朗雯及三個子女居住在美國伊利諾斯州。

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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.