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三十三、有形教会及其特权

62问：何谓有形的教会？

答：有形的教会就是世界上各时代、各地方所有公开接受基督信仰之人（林前1:2；12:13；罗15:9-12；启7:9；诗2:8；诗22:27-31；诗45:17；太28:19-20；赛59:21）以及他们之儿女（林前7:14；徒2:39；罗11:16；创17:7）所集合而成的社团。

Question 62: What is the visible church?

Answer: The visible church is a society made up of all such as in all ages and places of the world do profess the true religion, and of their children.

63问：有形教会有什么特权？

答：有形教会所拥有特权包括：1）蒙受上帝特殊的看顾和管治（赛4:5-6；提前4:10）；2）在各时代诸般仇敌的对抗下，得蒙上帝的护庇和保守（诗115；赛31:4-5；亚12:2-4，89）；3）享受圣徒间的团契，就是一般上既能为人提供得救机会的团契（徒2:39，42），又能为信徒提供传扬福音之主恩的团契，使信徒能以亲自证实，凡信主的人都必得救（诗147:19-20；罗9:4；弗4:11-12；可16:1516），凡来到主面前的人总不被丢弃（约6:37）。

Question 63: What are the special privileges of the visible church?

Answer: The visible church has the privilege of being under God’s special care and government; of being protected and preserved in all ages, not withstanding the opposition of all enemies; and of enjoying the communion of saints, the ordinary means of salvation, and offers of grace by Christ to all the members of it in the ministry of the gospel, testifying, that whosoever believes in him shall be saved, and excluding none that will come unto him.

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三十二、听过福音之人的状况

61问：是否所有听过福音，又参加教会生活的人，都能得救？

答：不是的，不是所有听过福音，又参加有形教会之生活的人，都能得救；唯独作为无形教会真实肢体的人才能得救（约12:38-40；罗9:6；太22:14；太7:21；罗11:7）。

Question 61: Are all they saved who hear the gospel, and live in the church?

Answer: All that hear the gospel, and live in the visible church, are not saved; but they only who are true members of the church invisible.

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三十一、未听信福音之人的状况

60问：如此，那些从未听闻福音，所以不认识、也不相信耶稣基督的人，是否能因为按照自然之光生活为人而得救？

答：那些从未听过福音（罗10:14），所以不认识、也不相信耶稣基督的人（帖后1:8-9；弗2:12；约1:10-12），是不可能得救的（约8:24；可16:16）。因为他们实在没有办法完全按照自然之光（林前1:20-24），或按照自己所奉为宗教的诫律，有效地规划自己的生活（约4:22；罗9:31-32；腓3:4-9），更何况除了除了作为教会之身体及教会之救主（弗5:23）以外，天下人间，别无拯救（徒4:12）。

Question 60: Can they who have never heard the gospel, and so know not Jesus Christ, nor believe in him, be saved by their living according to the light of nature?

Answer: They who, having never heard the gospel, know not Jesus Christ, and believe not in him, cannot be saved, be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature, or the laws of that religion which they profess; neither is there salvation in any other, but in Christ alone, who is the Savior only of his body the church.

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三十、基督赢得的恩惠

57问：基督借其中保之工，为信徒所取得的好处是什么？

答：基督借其中保之工，为信徒带来了救恩（来9:12），以及其他恩典之约中一切的好处（林后1:20）。

Question 57: What benefits has Christ procured by his mediation?

Answer: Christ, by his mediation, has procured redemption, with all other benefits of the covenant of grace.

58问：我们如何能有份于基督所买赎的恩惠呢？

答：我们所以能有份于基督所买赎的恩惠（约1:11-12），主要是凭借圣灵上帝在我们的身上所施予的浇灌与更新之工（多3:5－6）。

Question 58: How do we come to be made partakers of the benefits which Christ has procured?

Answer: We are made partakers of the benefits which Christ has procured, by the application of them unto us, which is the work especially of God the Holy Ghost.

59问：谁能有份于基督的救赎呢？

答：凡基督所买赎的人，到了时候，都必照福音所言，在圣灵的帮助下，借着有效的传讲，因相信基督（弗2:8；林后4:13），得着救恩（弗1:13－14；约6:37，39；10:15-16）。

Question 59: Who are made partakers of redemption through Christ?

Answer: Redemption is certainly applied, and effectually communicated, to all those for whom Christ has purchased it; who are in time by the Holy Ghost enabled to believe in Christ according to the gospel.

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二十九、基督的再来

56问：基督如何在祂再回来审判世界的事上被升为高？

答：基督在祂再回来审判世界的事上被升为高，指的是基督固然曾遭受恶人不义之审判与定罪（徒3:14-15），末了却必带着能力与权柄，在自己与父完全之荣耀中降临（太24:30），和众圣天使（路9:26；太25:31），在呼叫的声音、天使长的声音，以及上帝的号角声中（帖前4:16），以公义审判世界（徒17:31）。

Question 56: How is Christ to be exalted in his coming again to judge the world?

Answer: Christ is to be exalted in his coming again to judge the world, in that he, who was unjustly judged and condemned by wicked men, shall come again at the last day in great power, and in the full manifestation of his own glory, and of his Father’s, with all his holy angels, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, to judge the world in righteousness.