1. 历史上之新教（基督教）的教义认为，我们不仅是因信称义，也是因信成圣，二者都不是靠自己的行为。

“The historic Protestant doctrine is that we are not only justified by faith rather than our works, but we are also sanctified by faith rather than our works” (Tim Keller).

2. 当福音派的教导把人的行为表现视为与神的恩典几乎同等重要时，问题就出现了。由此所导致的结果，就是人们开始将自己的行为表现当成是得到神接纳的条件。P9

Problems came, however, when patterns of personal conduct became almost as much an emphasis in evangelical preaching and teaching as the message of God’s grace. As a consequence, people began to think of their conduct as a qualification for god’s acceptance. P11

3. 因此，若是强调恩典却废弃基督对顺服的要求，我们反而会无法真正地认识基督，也无法与他有一个亲密的关系；那样根本不是恩典。P11 （Lordship）。

A grace focus that undermines Christ’s own demand for obedience denies us knowledge of and intimacy with him. This is not grace. P12.

4. 当我们有把握神一定爱我们时，我们就不必再为了自己的好处而奋力地取悦于神，这样，我们的好行为才能更加地反映出无私的公义，而那才是真正的圣洁。P11

As the assurance of God’s love allows us to cease striving to please him for our own benefit, our good works will begin reflecting more of the selfless righteousness that is truly holy. P12

5. 我们的行为表现并不是得到救恩或者维系救恩的方法，并且也证实圣经所强调的，顺服乃是人对神之怜悯的感恩回应。P12

Our performance is not a means of establishing or maintaining our salvation, but it confirms the biblical emphasis on obedience as a gratitude response to God’s mercy. P13

6. 当我们面对现实，知道自己的行为表现不足以赢得神的恩惠时，我们就会明白必须依靠神的良善，而不是自己的良善。P31；

When I face the reality of the inadequacy of my works to merit God’s favor, then I recognize that I must depend on his goodness and not on mine. P24

7. 神应许要祝福我们的顺服，乃是因为他要藉着我们的顺服而达成他的目的；然而对于神所赐下的祝福，我们不应该把它们看成是我们靠着顺服、良善而赚来的，而更应该把它们看成是神信实地要达成其目的的明证。P32

God promises to bless obedience by using it for his purpose. The blessings that result, however, should be seen less as credit for our goodness and more as evidence of his faithfulness to his purpose. P25

8. 我们的神不会因我们自豪的行为表现而施恩，却会因我们承认自己绝望的光景而施恩。P35

Our God is not moved by the deeds that we trophy, but by the desperation that we acknowledge as our own. P26

9. 我们必须真心承认自己全然无助的光景，才会经历到神的恩典；而我们会愿意这样承认，乃是因为我们明白，惟有心中真实的绝望才能使神的心转向我们。P38

To experience God’s grace, I must readily and repeatedly confess my won hopeless condition. What makes me willing to do this is the knowledge that it is y desperation that inclines God’s hearts toward my own. P28

10. 领受恩典的人最明显的特征就是他们的喜乐。P50

Grace distinguishes its possessors by their joy. P35

11. 当我们对自己的罪感到极为羞愧以至流泪的地步时，我们才真正地完全明白恩典。P51;

We know grace in its fullness when we are broken to the point of tears over the shame of our sin. P36.

12. 所有基于与别人做比较而达到的相对程度的良善，都不能使我们得着在神面前的地位，而当我们明白这一点的时候，我们属灵的骄傲就死去了。P67

Spiritual pride dies when we realize that all of our comparison with others based on relative levels of apparent goodness count for nothing in terms of gaining us standing before God. P43

13. 我们仍然会灵修，但是当我们错过灵修时，我们不必谴责自己，而当我们有规律的灵修时，我们也不必以此自豪。P91

We still do devotions; but we don’t beat ourselves up when we miss and we try not to applaud ourselves when we manage to be consistent. P58

14. 灵命的改变并不仅是属灵操练的问题，甚至也不是立定心志要活出与基督联合的实质，而是要以谦卑的态度与祷告的心，依靠圣灵来使我们的心志成熟，使我们心中的爱慕更新而变化，以至于我们可以行走在他所计划的轨道上，这样我们在成圣的过程中就会进步。P97

Spiritual change is more than a matter of the practice of spiritual disciplines, or even of resolving to act on the reality of our union with Christ. We progress in sanctification as we humbly and prayerfully depend upon the Holy Spirit to mature our wills and transforms our affections so that we stay on the course that he has designed. P61.

15. 如果我们将自己与别人明显的失败做比较，并以此来评估自己的光景，那么就没有人会认为自己急需悔改；然而在神的圣洁相比之下，那些原本在世人眼中无所谓的罪，都将会使我们基督徒的心深感悲痛。P117

Few of us will believe that we are in dire need of repentance if we base our understanding of our need on comparisons to the obvious failings of others. It is the comparison to God’s holiness that makes what is minor in the world’s eyes wrenching to the Christian heart. P74

16. 其实悔改不太是一件要去做的事，而更多事一种依靠；它不太是为了得着赦免而做的努力，而更多是一个谦卑的心态。P131

Repentance is not so much a doing as a depending. It is not so much a striving for pardon as a posture of humility. P82

17. 悔改不是从一类行为转向另一类行为，而是从属人的作为完全地转向神。P132

Repentance is not a turning from one category of works to another; rather it is a turning from human works entirely to God. P83;

18. 我们首先要承认神所说的试探人的诱人与力量，并且还要坚心依靠他来抵挡试探，如此我们便能依靠神的恩典而胜过它。P150

We access God’s grace by acknowledging what he tells us about the persuasiveness and power of the temptation we face, and then by resisting it through confidence in the resources he provides. P93;

19. 试探有着可怕的力量，即使是那些在属灵上大受恩待的人，也无法免于它的攻击。P159

Temptation has terrible power. Even those with great spiritual privilege are not immune to its influence. P97

20. “人的责任和神的恩典不是彼此抵触的。它们乃是相辅相成的 – 若没有神的恩典，我们就无法完成责任；而神之所以赐下恩典，其目的无他，就是为来要使我们能够尽到我们的责任”- 约翰欧文。P167

“…our duty and God’s grace are nowhere opposed I the matter of sanctification; for one absolutely supposes the other. We cannot perform our duty without the grace of God; nor does God give his grace for any other purpose than what we may perform our duty” – John Owen. P102

21. 有一个适合的比喻可以帮助我们理解，在成为更有基督样式的过程中（亦即渐进式的成圣），神的爱与我们的进步之间的关系：那比喻就是孩子对我们的顺服。不论我的孩子是愿意顺服我的要求，还是愿意顺着自己的冲动，都不会使我因此而爱他或是不爱他；他完全是我的孩子，而单单因为这个关系，我就全心全意爱他。然而，他必须顺从我，自己才能够成长，也才能得到每个孩子所渴望从父母来的应许。P171

A good analogy to help us understand the relationship between God’s love and our progress in becoming Christlike (i.e., our progressive sanctification) is our children’s obedience. My child’s compliance with my standards and his resistance to counter impulses dot not cause or deter my love. He is entirely my child, and has the affection of my whole hearts solely as a consequence of that relationship. Still, in order for him to grow and to have the parental approval that every child desires, he must obey me.  P104.

22. 当我以为神很严厉时，我发现自己很容易去犯罪；但当我了解神是如此地恩慈、善良、怜悯时，我就捶胸懊悔，自己怎么会悖逆那位爱我至深、为我着想的神。（司布真）。P178

“When I thought God was hard, I found it easy to sin; but when I found God so kind, so good, so overflowing with compassion, I smote upo by breas that I could ever have rebelled against One who loved my so and sought my good”. (Charles Spurgeon). P108

23. 除非罪已经现在良心中被赦免，否则它时无法在心中或者生命中被钉死的。P179

No sin can be crucified in heart or life, unless it is first pardoned in conscience. P108.

24. 如果我们能够承认自己没有把握，而且又在做谨慎抉择时以爱心对待那些对我们有歧义的人，那么我们就不算是推卸责任；事实上这才是圣经给我们的责任。P201

We do not abandon our responsibility when we confess uncertainty and act charitably toward those who differ with us regarding prudential choices. In fact, this is our biblical responsibility. P120.

25. 如果我们不讲明神话语所向我们要求的标准，那么我们就是使神的子民不能经历且丰盛地享受神要赐给他们的祝福，因为这祝福是藉着顺服神的律法而得着的（注22）。P212

26. 单单教导人要行善，将会使他们以为善行可以赢得神的爱。虽然这样的教导是出于好意，为了要纠正人的行为，但是这种“惟靠人的努力”的信息，不但会削弱福音，也会使人偏离圣洁的真正根基（弗 2:8-9）（注23）。P214

27. 尽我们的责任并不是使我们蒙纯圣约之爱的条件。227 页

28. 如果你一直向人们保證神愛他們，他們就會为所欲为。但本仁却回答說：如果你一直向人们保證神爱他们，他们就会做神要他们做的任何事。P233页

29. 我发现在基督徒生活中，你若非和其他基督徒彼此越来越坦诚负责，你就是越来越自我封闭 P236

30. 当我们感到神对我们的爱是何等的深切时，我们对神的爱也就变得充满活力，而这样的爱就是使信徒能抵挡撒但的主要方法。第 262 页

31. 属灵的改变不太是指我们手所做之事的改变，它更多是指我们内心所爱之对象的改变。属灵的操练固然很重要，但还不如增长心中对神的爱来得重要。263 页

32. 没有生活上的试炼，就没有值得与人分享的对救主的认识。我们的信心经过试炼以后就能产生出忍耐；忍耐成功以后，我们就能够更成熟并更完全。（雅 1:3）第 286 页）

33. 因为保罗知道，如果我们事奉神或为神作工是出于罪咎（就是十七世纪的宗教改革家所称的“奴隶般的责任或惧怕”），那么我们的事奉就不会有喜乐，也不会长久或者有力量。（第 321 页）

34. 没有一个办法会比“罪咎”更能有效地让人顺服神的标准，但也没有一个办法会比它在使人成圣上更没有效。 P325

35. 马丁路德（Martin Luther）说：带领我们靠近十字架的懊悔是出于神的，但是在十字架下悔改之后还有的自责，则是出于撒但的。 感恩的心能使我们看到神不止息的爱，能使我们对与神的关系有信心，而这个关系才是我们力量的真正来源。 P333

36. 我们被迫进入一种“健康的绝望”中，不再信靠自己的努力，放弃所有假装的自给自足和善良，如此我们就必然会将信心放在祂身上。 其次，因为我们信靠祂而得着了义，我们就不需要落入焦虑、觉得我们的行为永远不够好到让祂喜悦，我们可以自由地事奉祂，而不带有使人瘫痪的恐惧。 P349

37. 我们必须明白，恩典给予神儿女的价值，与他们自己任何的功德都毫无用；但是神却会使用我们的顺服，来促成我们的益处和祂的荣耀。 P360

38. 因为要完成神的目的，可能会需要我们放弃地上的利益；所以我们不能把暂时性的奖赏当成是顺服神的主要动机。 P364

39. 基督徒的善行不是一种配得功勋的“成就”，而是从神的话语和与基督联合的生活中长出来的“果子”。 P408

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来源：本文选自毕哲思的《成圣靠恩典》，由程弟兄阅读并摘录。作者英文名Jerry Bridges。本书英文原名《Holiness by Grace》。

Source: These quotes are from of Holiness  by Grace, by Jerry Bridges.  Read and quoted by Clark Cheng.