你若口裡認耶穌為主，心裡信神叫他從死裡復活，就必得救。（羅馬書 10: 9）和合
26 如果我們領受了真理的知識以後，還是故意犯罪，就再沒有留下贖罪的祭品了；27 只好恐懼地等待著審判，和那快要吞滅眾仇敵的烈火。28 如果有人干犯了摩西的律法，憑著兩三個證人，他尚且得不到憐憫而死；29 何況是踐踏神的兒子，把那使他成聖的立約的血當作俗物，又侮辱施恩的聖靈的人，你們想想，他不是應該受更嚴厲的刑罰嗎？30 因為我們知道誰說過：「伸冤在我，我必報應。」又說：「主必定審判他自己的子民。」31 落在永活的神手裡，真是可怕的。（希伯來書 10: 26-31）新譯本
- 因我們已接受真理
26 如果我們領受了真理的知識以後，還是故意犯罪，就再沒有留下贖罪的祭品了；27 只好恐懼地等待著審判，和那快要吞滅眾仇敵的烈火。（希伯來書 10: 26-27）新譯本
27 我的羊聽我的聲音，我也認識他們，他們也跟著我。28 我又賜給他們永生；他們永不滅亡，誰也不能從我手裡把他們奪去。29 我父把羊賜給我，他比萬有都大，誰也不能從我父手裡把他們奪去。（約翰福音 10: 27-29）和合
3 我們主耶穌基督的父神是應當稱頌的。他照著自己的大憐憫，藉著耶穌基督從死人中復活，重生了我們，使我們有永活的盼望，4 可以得著不能朽壞、不能玷污、不能衰殘，為你們存留在天上的基業，5 就是你們這因信蒙神能力保守的人，得著預備在末世要顯現的救恩。（彼得前書 1: 3-5）新譯本
所以，若有人在基督裏，他就是新造的人，舊事已過，都變成新的了。（歌林多後書 5: 17）和修本
- 因我們已進入新約
28 如果有人干犯了摩西的律法，憑著兩三個證人，他尚且得不到憐憫而死；29 何況是踐踏神的兒子，把那使他成聖的立約的血當作俗物，又侮辱施恩的聖靈的人，你們想想，他不是應該受更嚴厲的刑罰嗎？（希伯來書 10: 28-29）新譯本
我們若認自己的罪，神是信實的，是公義的，必要赦免我們的罪，洗淨我們一切的不義。（約翰壹書 1: 9）和合
- 因我們已得神保證
30 因為我們知道誰說過：「伸冤在我，我必報應。」又說：「主必定審判他自己的子民。」31 落在永活的神手裡，真是可怕的。（希伯來書 10: 30-31）新譯本
凡說話干犯人子的，還可得赦免；惟獨說話干犯聖靈的，今世來世總不得赦免。（馬太福音 12: 32）和合
我實實在在地告訴你們，那聽我話、又信差我來者的，就有永生；不至於定罪，是已經出死入生了。（約翰福音 5: 24）和合
那位在你們當中開始了這美好工作的上帝一定會繼續這工作，在基督耶穌再來的日子完成它。
（腓立比書 1: 6）現中
思想及討論問題：
- 我們深信自己必然得救，之後可以永遠與神同在的把握是甚麼？
- 我們若擁有得救的盼望，將會如何影響我們在世上的生活？
- 我們如今有那些行為和態度需要特別留意和加以改善？
- 我們可以如何為這得救盼望感恩感和向神祈求？
Assurance of Salvation
Pastor Abraham Chiu
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10: 9) ESV
26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 32 But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings. (Hebrews 10: 26-31) ESV
1. Because we have accepted the truth
26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. (Hebrews 10: 26-27)
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. (John 10: 27-29) ESV
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1: 3-5) ESV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5: 17) ESV
2. Because we have entered the New Covenant
28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? (Hebrews 10: 28-29) ESV
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1: 9) ESV
3. Because we have God’s Assurance
30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 32 But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings. (Hebrews 10: 30-31) ESV
32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. (Matthew 12: 32) ESV
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. (John 5: 24) ESV
6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1: 6) ESV
Reflections and Discussion Questions:
1. What confidence do we have that we will be saved and will be with God forever?
2. How would it affect our lives on earth if we had the hope of salvation?
3. What behaviors and attitudes do we need to pay special attention to and improve today?
4. How can we express gratitude and pray to God for this hope of salvation?