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问题24：为什么救赎主基督必须受死？
答：因为罪的工价乃是死。为了救我们脱离罪的权势和刑罚，并带我们归回神，基督甘愿替我们受死。通过祂的代赎之死，祂独自将我们从地狱中救赎出来，并为我们赢得了罪的赦免、公义和永生。
儿童版：基督甘愿替我们受死，为了救我们脱离罪的权势和刑罚，并带我们归回神。

Question 24: Why Was it Necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to Die?
Answer: Since death is the punishment for sin, Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God. By his substitutionary atoning death, he alone redeems us from hell and gains for us forgiveness of sin, righteousness, and everlasting life.
For Kids: Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God.

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经文

《歌罗西书》1 章21 节至22 节：

　　你们从前与神隔绝，因着恶行，心里与祂为敌。但如今祂藉着基督的肉身受死，叫你们与自己和好，都成了圣洁，没有瑕疵，无可责备，把你们引到自己面前。

注解

亚祂那修

　　耶稣取了与我们一样可朽坏的身体，把它交给了死，替所有人献给了父。祂如此行是出于对我们纯粹的爱，这样，众人与祂同死，从而就废掉了死的律，因为死的使命既已在肉身中完成了，从此也就失去了在人身上的权势。祂通过自己肉身的死和复活，让败坏中的人成为圣洁并因此而活着。祂由此将死从他们身上彻底除去，就像火中的稻草一样。

默想

狄马可

　　为什么救赎主基督必须死？这是个沉重的话题，我不知道还有没有比这更加沉重的话题了。基督的一生是完美的一生，是你我应该效法的榜样。祂生活在爱和服侍中，祂一生都信靠祂的天父，这令人惊叹。这样的耶稣为什么必须死？为什么从道德上来说祂必须死？

　　祂不是为自己而死，如果我们只考虑耶稣自己，祂就不用上十字架了。祂死是因为要成为救赎主，祂这样做是自愿的，是祂天父的旨意，也是祂自己的意思，是为了救赎我们。祂甘愿舍去生命，祂情愿牺牲自己，死在十字架上，为要拯救我们脱离我们应得的刑罚。神是良善的，祂必会惩罚罪。你我在暗中所行的错事，就算是没人知道的那些，神都知道。神是真实的，神不是一个概念，不是我们心中的幻像，这位神是非分明，每一项罪都会受到神的惩罚。耶稣因此而来，祂定意要成为我们的救赎主，这也是天父的旨意。耶稣献上自己为祭，为了要代替我们。「代替」这个词经常用来表示「作为替代物」，被放在你我的位置上。只要我们悔改离开罪恶，信靠祂，耶稣就代替我们。

　　所以这位救赎主为什么必须死？因为这是你我唯一得生命的方法。

祷告

　　为我们赎罪的救主，谢谢祢没有改变心意，而是忍受了一切，直至死在十字架上。因为祢的死，我们可以永远活着。求祢帮助我们既知道了这些，就以勇气、信心和盼望来面对我们自己的死亡。阿们。

Scripture

COLOSSIANS 1:21–22

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him.

Commentary

ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA

Thus, taking a body like our own, because all our bodies were liable to the corruption of death, He surrendered His body to death instead of all, and offered it to the Father. This He did out of sheer love for us, so that in His death all might die, and the law of death thereby be abolished because, having fulfilled in His body that for which it was appointed, it was thereafter voided of its power for men. This He did that He might turn again to incorruption men who had turned back to corruption, and make them alive through death by the appropriation of His body and by the grace of His resurrection. Thus He would make death to disappear from them as utterly as straw from fire.

Devotional

MARK DEVER

Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die? This is a heavy question. I don’t know if questions get much heavier than this. Christ lived a perfect life, the life you and I should have lived. He lived a life of love, of service. He lived an amazing life of trust in his heavenly Father. So the question is a pressing one. Why should one like that die? Why was it morally necessary?

Well, he didn’t have to die for his own sake. If we were thinking just about Jesus, there would be no necessity for the cross. No, he died because he would be the Redeemer. It was his will, and also his heavenly Father’s will, to redeem us. It was his will to lay down his life, to sacrifice himself by dying on the cross in order to rescue us from the penalty that we deserved. You see, because God is good, he will punish sin. That wrong thing that you or I have done in secret— God knows about it. God’s real. He’s not just an idea. He’s not just a figment of our imagination. And this God is so thoroughly committed to what is good and right that every sin will be punished. And this is where Jesus comes in. Jesus determined to be our Redeemer. It was the will of his heavenly Father that he give himself as a sacrifice in substitution. That’s a word that’s often used—as a substitute, in the place of, instead of you and me. Jesus is our substitute if we repent of our sins, turn from them and trust in him.

So why did the Redeemer need to die? Because that’s the only way you and I would live.

Prayer

Atoning Savior, thank you that you didn’t turn back, but endured all the way to death on the cross, and beyond. Because of your death, we can live eternally. With this knowledge, help us face our own deaths with courage, faith, and hope. Amen.

问题23：救赎主为什么必须是完全的神？
答：由于祂的神性，祂的顺服和受苦才是完全的和有功效的；祂也才能承受神对罪的义怒，并胜过死亡。
儿童版：由于祂的神性，祂的顺服和受苦才是完全和有功效的。

Question 23: Why Must the Redeemer Be Truly God?
Answer: That because of his divine nature his obedience and suffering would be perfect and effective; and also that he would be able to bear the righteous anger of God against sin and yet overcome death.
For Kids: That because of his divine nature his obedience and suffering would be perfect and effective.

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经文

《使徒行传》2 章24 节：

　　神却将死的痛苦解释了，叫祂复活，因为祂原不能被死拘禁。

注解

约翰·屈梭多模

　　不要为自己的罪恶哭泣，因为救恩已经从坟墓里发出光来；不要惧怕死亡，因为救主的死已经使我们自由了。祂曾一度被死拘禁，却最终消灭了它。祂下到地狱，就征服了地狱。地狱尝了祂的肉就被激怒了。以赛亚曾预言说：地狱遇见祢就被激怒了……地狱怒了，因为它被废除了；地狱怒了，因为它被嘲弄了；地狱怒了，因为它被杀死了；地狱怒了，因为它被锁链捆住了。它吞了一个肉身，却面对面遇见了神；它藏于地下，却触碰到了天堂；它夺去了可见的，却撞见了那位不可见的。死啊，你的毒钩在哪里？死啊，你得胜的权势在哪里？基督复活了，你被打垮了；基督复活了，魔鬼倒下了；基督复活了，天使在欢呼；基督复活了，生命掌权了。

默想

里奥·舒斯特

　　我们通常更喜欢关注耶稣人性的一面，记住耶稣是完全的人是很重要，但祂也是完全的神。耶稣是完全的神意味着什么？为什么作为我们的救赎主，祂是真神如此重要？

　　使徒约翰在他的福音书开篇即宣告，耶稣是永生的神在肉身显现。他解释说：「太初有道，道与神同在，道就是神……道成了肉身，住在我们中间，充充满满地有恩典，有真理。我们也见过祂的荣光，正是父独生子的荣光。」（约1:1、14）使徒保罗在给歌罗西人的书信中写道：「因为神本性一切的丰盛，都有形有体地居住在基督里面。」（西2:9）

　　同样，耶稣也多次申明自己的神性，并且说自己与父本为一。有一次，一些人听懂了祂的宣告，就想用石头打祂，还说，打祂不是为善事，而是为祂说了僭妄的话，「祢是个人，反将自己当作神」（约10:33）。启示录描述耶稣是阿拉法，是俄梅戛，「是昔在、今在、以后永在的全能者」（启1:8）。的确，祂不仅仅是人，也是真正的神。

　　为什么耶稣作为我们的救赎主，是完全的神如此重要？因为我们犯罪是得罪神，只有神能赦免对祂所犯下的罪。这就是为什么当耶稣说祂能赦罪时，当时的一些宗教领袖就被吓坏了。他们明白祂说的是什么意思。一个人怎么能赦免我们对神所犯的罪呢？在人是不能，但神可以。

　　耶稣需要成为完全的人，才能替代我们，但祂也必须是完全的神，以使祂的顺服和受苦得以完全，并使神的公义得到彻底和永久的满足。

祷告

　　神之子，我们因为自己的罪承受不起神的忿怒，更不可能胜过死亡。唯有祢，圣洁的主，可以担当罪的刑罚，并战胜死亡。谢谢祢为我们开了一条通往神的道路，使我们在永恒中能得享祂的同在。阿们。

Scripture

ACTS 2:24

God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

Commentary

JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

Let no one weep for his iniquities, for pardon hath shone forth from the grave. Let no one fear death, for the Saviour’s death hath set us free. In as much as he was held captive of it, he hath annihilated it. By descending into Hell, He made Hell captive. He angered it when it tasted of his flesh. And Isaiah, foretelling this, did cry: Hell, said he, was angered, when it encountered thee. . . . It was angered, for it was abolished. It was angered, for it was mocked. It was angered, for it was slain. It was angered, for it was fettered in chains. It took a body, and met God face to face. It took earth, and encountered Heaven. It took that which was visible, and fell upon the invisible. O Death, where is thy sting? O Hell, where is thy victory? Christ is risen, and thou art overthrown. Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen. Christ is risen, and the Angels rejoice. Christ is risen, and life reigneth.

Devotional

LEO SCHUSTER

We often like to focus on the human aspects of Jesus, and it’s important to remember that Jesus was fully human. But he was also fully God. What does it mean that Jesus was fully God? And why is it so important that he, as our Redeemer, be truly God?

The apostle John opens his Gospel by declaring that Jesus is the eternal God in flesh. He explains: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (1:1, 14). In his letter to the Colossians the apostle Paul wrote, “For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily” (Col. 2:9).

Similarly, Jesus himself numerous times affirmed his divinity and that he was one with the Father. On one occasion, some of his listeners understood what he was claiming and tried to stone him, ex- plaining that they were stoning him not for any good work, but for blasphemy:, “You, being a man, make yourself God” (John 10:33). The book of Revelation describes Jesus as the Alpha and the Omega, the One “who was and is and is to come” (1:8). Indeed, he is no mere man. He is truly God.

So why is it so important that Jesus as our Redeemer be truly God? Our sin was committed against God. Only God can forgive a transgression against himself. This is why some of the religious leaders in Jesus’s day were horrified when he said he forgave sins. They understood the implications of what he said. How could a mere man forgive the sin we have against God? A mere man can’t, but God can.

Jesus needed to be fully human in order to be our substitute, but he needed to be fully God in order for his obedience and suffering to be perfect and for God’s justice to be completely and eternally satisfied.

Prayer

God the Son, because of our sin, we could never bear the wrath of God or overcome death. Only you, the Holy One, could suffer the just punishment for sin and defeat death. Thank you for making a way for us to God, to enjoy him eternally. Amen.

问题22：救赎主为什么必须是真正的人？
答：在人性中，祂才能代表我们完全地遵守全部律法，并为我们担当罪的刑罚；祂才能体恤我们的软弱。
儿童版：在人性中，祂才能代表我们完全地遵守全部律法，并为我们担当罪的刑罚。

Question 22: Why Must the Redeemer Be Truly Human?
Answer: That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin; and also that he might sympathize with our weaknesses.
For Kids: That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin.

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经文

《希伯来书》2 章17 节：

　　所以，祂凡事该与祂的弟兄相同，为要在神的事上成为慈悲忠信的大祭司，为百姓的罪献上挽回祭。

注解

亚祂那修

　　「道」知道，要拯救败坏的人，死是必不可免的，而「道」作为不朽的神之子又是不可能死的；为此，祂取了可以死的肉身，这肉身因着万有之上的「道」住在里面，就能够替所有人去死；并且因着肉身里面「道」的不朽，所有人从此就可以借着复活的恩典而脱离败坏。祂将自己所取的、无瑕疵的身体献上为祭，就能救所有与祂同在肉身之中的人脱离死亡。超乎万有的神之道，将自己有形的殿献上，就借着祂的死偿还了所有人的罪债。不朽的神之子，既在人性上与所有人联合，也就借着复活的应许为所有人披上了不朽的外衣。

默想

安泰博

　　我们人类是如此的堕落，我们很久以前就如此堕落了，甚至认为这样的自己就是人的标准。我们甚至会说犯错是人的本性，我们不得己在堕落中、在支离破碎中、在不完整中来定义人性。但你若这样定义人性，那么你要如何来定义耶稣？就是取了我们人性的耶稣。圣经告诉我们耶稣是无罪的，是没有犯过错误的。

　　我们在耶稣身上看见的是真正的人性。祂道成肉身，祂在世上的生活与侍奉向我们表明，人性本来正应该像祂这样，人性本该如此。这才是亚当受造应该要有的样式，但亚当却在自己的罪中堕落并败坏了。《罗马书》5 章告诉我们说，第一个人亚当犯罪，借着祂，罪就进入了世界。但是第二个亚当来了，真正的亚当，就是基督，祂是真正的人。祂在人性当中所做的，是非常不平凡的。在人性中，祂将我们所亏欠神的一切都献给了神。所以在祂的人性中，祂完美的顺服神一切的诫命。我们不愿意献给神的顺服，祂代替我们献上。实际上因着我们堕落的、罪的本性，我们也无法将自己的顺服献给神。

　　明白基督是完美的义者很重要，因为祂为我们成就了义。我们需要的义都在神的儿子身上，因为祂取了我们的肉身、我们的形象和人类的本性。祂不但主动地成为我们的义，而且在十字架上死了，祂承担人类本应承受的刑罚，祂替代我们而死。我们不只是对神亏欠义，因为我们没有达到这义，我们还亏欠神我们的生命、死亡和血。但是基督代替了我们，为了满足神的公义以及神在义中对罪的惩罚，祂将自己作为我们的祭物献给了神。

　　为了成为我们完美的大祭司、我们完美的祭物，耶稣必须成为像我们一样的人。祂取了我们的本性，祂也在这本性中彰显出人性的价值。人该有怎样的样式？人应该在神面前公义、顺服神、在凡事上敬拜神、完全的爱祂。当耶稣在加略山的十字架上背负我们的罪时，同时也显明了我们的亏欠。祂作为完全的大祭司，祂现在也能够体恤我们，完全了解我们的苦楚、失败、挣扎，因为祂曾取了我们的肉身。祂现在可以用同理心看待人类，祂成为完美的人，在神面前代表我们。

　　这就是为什么祂必须成为和我们完全一样的人，只是祂没有犯罪。

祷告

　　信实的大祭司，祢也曾凡事受过试探，与我们一样，只是祢仍旧全然地顺服。谢谢祢了解我们的软弱，求祢使我们不要为自己的罪开脱，或否认自己的罪。让我们欢喜快乐地接受祢替我们所成就的一切。阿们。

Scripture

HEBREWS 2:17

Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Commentary

ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA

For the Word, perceiving that no otherwise could the corruption of men be undone save by death as a necessary condition, while it was impossible for the Word to suffer death, being immortal, and Son of the Father; to this end He takes to Himself a body capable of death, that it, by partaking of the Word Who is above all, might be worthy to die in the stead of all, and might, because of the Word which was come to dwell in it, remain incorruptible, and that thenceforth corruption might be stayed from all by the Grace of the Resurrection. Whence, by offering unto death the body He Himself had taken, as an offering and sacrifice free from any stain, straightway He put away death from all His peers by the offering of an equivalent. For being over all, the Word of God naturally by offering His own temple and corporeal instrument for the life of all satisfied the debt by His death. And thus He, the incorruptible Son of God, being conjoined with all by a like nature, naturally clothed all with incorruption, by the promise of the resurrection.

Devotional

THABITI ANYABWILE

We human people are so fallen, and we’ve been so fallen for so long, that we actually think that we are the measure of what it means to be human. It’s striking. We say things like “to err is human.” And we unwittingly then begin to define humanity in terms of that fallenness, in terms of its brokenness, in terms of its incompleteness. But if you define humanity like that, what do you do with Jesus? What do you do with Jesus who takes upon himself our humanity, yet, as the Bible tells us, is without sin, who does not err?

What we see in Jesus is true humanity. What we see in his incarnation, his earthly life and ministry, is what humanity was meant to be, what Adam was created to be but ruined in his sin and his fall. So, as Romans 5 teaches, the first man Adam sins, and through his sin death enters the world. But here comes a second Adam, a true Adam, Christ, who is truly man. What Christ does in his humanity is nothing short of remarkable. In his humanity, he offers to God everything that we owe God. In his humanity, in his perfect obedience to God’s commands, he offers to God the obedience that we refuse to give him (and could not give him) because of our fallen, sinful nature.

It’s absolutely essential that what we see in Christ is perfect righteousness, because he’s supplying that righteousness on our behalf. All the righteousness we will ever need is in the Son of God who took upon himself our flesh, our likeness, our human nature. Not only does he positively supply the righteousness, but on the cross, our Savior dies and pays the penalty that humanity owed. He dies in our place. We owe God not only righteousness, but now because we didn’t supply that righteousness, we also owe God our lives, our death, our blood. Christ takes our place, and he supplies to God the sacrifice on our behalf that satisfies God’s demands for righteousness and his righteous determination to punish sin.

And so in order to be for us a perfect High Priest, in order to be for us a perfect offering, Jesus had to be one with us. He had to take upon himself our nature and in that nature demonstrate what humanity is, what it was meant to be—righteous before God, obedient to God, worshiping God in all things, loving him fully. And he also demonstrates what humanity owes when he pays the penalty on Calvary’s cross for our sin. And so to be that High Priest, a perfect High Priest, who also now sympathizes with us, knows our suffering, knows our failures, knows our troubles, and knows them intimately because he experienced them in our flesh, he can look to humanity with sympathy and represent humanity to God with perfection.

And so it was necessary that he be made like us in every way, but without sin.

Prayer

Faithful High Priest, you were tempted in every way as we are, yet you remained perfect in your obedience. Thank you that you know our weakness. Keep us from excusing or denying our sinfulness. We joyfully accept your exchange. Amen.

问题21：需要什么样的救赎主才能带我们归回神？
答：既是真正的人，也是真正的神。
儿童版：既是真正的人，也是真正的神。

Question 21: What Sort of Redeemer is Needed to Bring Us Back to God?
Answer: One who is truly human and also truly God.
For Kids: One who is truly human and also truly God.

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经文

《以赛亚书》9 章6 节：

因有一婴孩为我们而生，
有一子赐给我们。
政权必担在祂的肩头上。
祂名称为奇妙、策士、全能的神、永在的父、和平的君。

注解

奥古斯丁

　　祂是亘古就存在的神之子，预定了要在两千多年前降世为人子。祂虽没有犯过罪，却为了我们的缘故遭受如此大的刑罚，又使我们白白地从祂手中领受了如此多的好处。祂是父所生的，并不是父所造的；子通过自己所造的女人感孕、降世为人，来到这世间生活了一段时间，尽管这女人是借着祂的大能才得以存在的。

默想

布莱恩·柴培尔

　　救主为何必须是完全的人？一个原因是，祂可以与我们相认同。圣经上说祂「凡事受过试探，与我们一样，只是祂没有犯罪」（来4:15）。祂经历过我们的经历，所以祂明白我们经历了什么。祂是我们的大祭司，祂理解我们的痛苦。我们明白，耶稣可以认同我们，祂明白我们的感受，但祂却全然顺服地度过了艰难、屈辱和卑微的一生，从不曾怀疑天父的爱或偏离祂的道路。

　　这意味着耶稣不仅能认同我们所经历的，祂还能完美地替代我们。我在罪中，就与神隔绝了。祂是圣洁的，而我不是。公义、圣洁的神没办法认同我的罪。神必须提供一种方法，将我的罪转移。于是，祂就差遣祂的儿子，取了人的形象和样式，度过了没有瑕疵的人生，所以祂可以替代我的罪。

　　因为耶稣的生命是没有罪的，所以当祂甘愿在十字架上担当我们该受的刑罚时，祂就能正当、充分、完美地替代你我。耶稣能够认同我们所经历的，祂的一生是全然顺服的一生，祂可以完美地替代我们。因为祂认同我们，将我们的罪归在自己身上，所以，当祂从坟墓中复活，并升到天父那里，祂就成了我们完美的代求者。祂知道我们的长处，也了解我们的软弱。祂的神性里面仍保留了人性的特征，祂了解我们人类的全部经验，并确切地知道我们需要什么。

　　但耶稣也是神。因为祂就是神，所以才能实现祂来的目的。即使是现在，祂仍掌管着我们的世界，凡神所命定的，就一定会发生。因为祂是神，所以当祂被处死，祂不仅为我们的罪付上了完全的赎价，还清了我们所欠的罪债，还能从坟墓中复活。死亡不能打败祂。因为耶稣活着，祂是主，祂是神，祂升到天父那里，持续地为我们代求。不仅是代求，耶稣更能成就神在我们生命中的旨意。祂是神，能够赐予我们所需要的一切，正如祂也是人，知道我们所需要的一切，并且供应我们所需要的一切。

　　耶稣是完全的神和完全的人，是我们的救主，祂降世为人，遵行神救赎我们的旨意而成就了一切。

祷告

　　神之子，也是人子，祢就是历世历代被预言的那一位。唯有祢既是神，又是人，唯有祢活出了全然顺服的生命，可以为我们赎罪。唯有借着祢，我们才能到神那里去。阿们。

Scripture

ISAIAH 9:6

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Commentary

AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO

He who existed as the Son of God before all ages, without a beginning, deigned to become the Son of Man in these recent years. He did this although He who submitted to such great evils for our sake had done no evil and although we, who were the recipients of so much good at His hands, had done nothing to merit these benefits. Begotten by the Father, He was not made by the Father; He was made Man in the Mother whom He Himself had made, so that He might exist here for a while, sprung from her who could never and nowhere have existed except through His power.

Devotional

BRYAN CHAPELL

Why do we need a Redeemer who is truly human? One reason is so that he can identify with us. The Bible says he was “in every re- spect . . . tempted as we are, yet without sin” (Heb. 4:15). He went through our experience, so he understands what we go through. He is our High Priest. He understands how we suffer. We understand that God can identify with us, but even as he identified with us—by having lived a hard life, by having been humiliated, and by having gone through humble circumstances—he did it with perfect obedience, not doubting the love of his Father and not wavering from his Father’s path.

That means that not only could Jesus identify with what we experience as humans; he could become the perfect substitute for us. In my sin, I’m separated from God. He’s holy; I am not. For God to be just and holy, he cannot identify with my sin. God had to provide a way for my sin to be put on another. He did that by having his Son come in human likeness, human form, but living perfectly so that he could be the substitute for my sin.

Because Jesus lived a perfect life, when he willingly suffered the penalty for my sin on the cross, it was a right, adequate, and perfect substitute for my sin and for your sin. Jesus could identify with what we go through, but because he lived perfectly in obedience, he became the perfect substitute for our sin. And because he took our sin upon himself, having identified with us, when he rose from the grave and ascended to his Father, he became the perfect advocate for us. He knows our strengths and our weaknesses. Because he retains his humanlike features and functions in his divine nature, he still understands the entirety of our human experience and knows exactly what we need.

But he’s also God. And because Jesus is God, he can accomplish the purposes for which he came. Even now, he can rule our world in such a way that all God intends for our lives will happen. And when he was put to death because he was God, he could not only fully pay the sacrifice for our sin and pay the debt that we owed, he could rise from the grave. Death could not defeat him. Because Jesus is alive, because he is sovereign, because he is divine and risen to God, he continues to advocate for us. But even more than advocate, Jesus accomplishes God’s purposes in our lives. He is the God who accomplishes all that we need, even as he is the man who understands all that we need and provides all that we need.

Jesus, perfect God, perfect man, is the Redeemer that we needed, and he accomplished all that was necessary by identifying with our humanity and doing what God had to do to save us.

Prayer

Son of God and Son of Man, for generations you were prophesied. Only One who is both divine and human could live in perfect obedience and be a fitting sacrifice on our behalf. There is no other way to God but by you. Amen.

问题20：谁是救赎主？
答：唯一的救赎主就是主耶稣基督、永恒的神之子，神在祂身上成为人，亲身担当了罪的刑罚。
儿童版：唯一的救主就是主耶稣基督。

Question 20: Who is the Redeemer?
Answer: The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, in whom God became man and bore the penalty for sin himself.
For Kids: The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ.

歌谱 Lead Sheet

经文

《提摩太前书》2 章5 节：

　　因为只有一位神；在神和人中间，只有一位中保，乃是降世为人的基督耶稣。

注解

约翰·屈梭多模

　　神独生的子，在亘古以先，不可触摸、不可感知，纯洁无瑕、没有肉身，如今却披上可见的、能朽坏的肉身。为了什么？祂来到我们中间是为了教导我们，祂教导我们，牵我们的手，将人所不能见的事指示给我们。既然人认为百闻不如一见，相信耳听为虚、眼见为实，祂就情愿亲自在肉身中显现，以消除所有的疑虑……亘古常在者降生为婴孩。坐在高天宝座上的那一位现在躺在马槽里。不可触摸、纯洁无瑕、没有肉身的祂今日却听凭人的发落。曾打破罪人束缚的祂如今却被婴孩所束缚。但祂已命定羞耻变为光荣，恶名披上荣耀，用全然的受辱来彰显祂的良善。

　　为此，祂取了肉身，让我可以明白祂的道；祂拿走我的血气，祂赐给我祂的灵；祂赐下，我领受，祂为我预备了宝贵的生命。祂拿走我的血气，使我成圣；祂赐给我祂的灵，将我救赎。

默想

狄马可

　　救赎主是耶稣基督，永生神的儿子。永生神的儿子成为人，和你我一样生活，出生于公元一世纪。在世的三十多年里，祂和我们一样地生活，唯一的差别就是祂总是信靠着神，全然的信靠祂。当你想到自己昨天或前天应当信靠，却没有信靠神的时候，然而就是在那个时候，你没有顺服的时候，耶稣顺服了神。祂信靠神的全知，祂跟随天父的旨意。

　　当我回顾自己的一生，我知道自己没有像耶稣那样全然信靠神地生活。但我们的救赎主耶稣基督，祂是这样做的。祂之所以被称为救赎主，是因为祂「赎出」了祂的百姓。祂重新设定了我们的价值。

　　你如果想要赎回什么，就需要付出金钱。我小时候集邮，有那种可赎回的邮票，我们收集这些邮票，赎回后可以用来换其他东西。耶稣决定了我们的价值，祂还重新设定了我们的价值。祂在十字架上为那些为自己的罪悔改又信靠祂的人付出了生命。祂是我们的救赎主，又赋予我们价值，为了我们舍弃自己的性命，因为我们不信靠天父，不顺服祂，不敬畏祂。就像圣经说的，祂来赐给我们祂自己的生命，替代我们。祂活出了信靠的一生，祂本不该死。祂还是死了，只因对我们的爱，为我们献出祂自己。这就是圣经所说的，祂是我们的救赎主，是拯救我们的那位。

　　旧约的画面：神拯救祂的百姓脱离埃及，使他们脱离捆绑，不再做奴隶；新约的画面：耶稣就是我们的救赎者。你和我生来都在罪的捆绑下，走在只顾自己的灭亡道路上。但神因着祂的大爱，差遣祂的独生爱子，活出完美的生命，死在十字架上，并从死里复活，使我们可以转向祂，从而救赎我们。当我们说耶稣基督是我们的救赎主时，指的就是这个意思。

祷告

　　宝贵的救主，祢在创世以先就爱了我们。祢舍弃了荣耀，背负我们的羞辱。祢一路顺服直致死在十字架上，使父得了荣耀。祢配得我们的赞美、感谢和敬拜。祢是我们唯一的盼望。阿们。

Scripture

1 TIMOTHY 2:5

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

Commentary

JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

The Only Begotten, Who is before all ages, Who cannot be touched or be perceived, Who is simple, without body, has now put on my body, that is visible and liable to corruption. For what reason? That coming amongst us he may teach us, and teaching, lead us by the hand to the things that men cannot see. For since men believe that the eyes are more trustworthy than the ears, they doubt of that which they do not see, and so He has deigned to show Himself in bodily presence, that He may remove all doubt. . . . The Ancient of days has become an infant. He Who sits upon the sublime and heavenly Throne, now lies in a manger. And He Who cannot be touched, Who is simple, without complexity, and incorporeal, now lies subject to the hands of men. He Who has broken the bonds of sinners, is now bound by an infant’s bands. But He has decreed that ignominy shall become honor, infamy be clothed with glory, and total humiliation the measure of His Goodness.

For this He assumed my body, that I may become capable of His Word; taking my flesh, He gives me His spirit; and so He bestowing and I receiving, He prepares for me the treasure of Life. He takes my flesh, to sanctify me; He gives me His Spirit, that He may save me.

Devotional

MARK DEVER

The Redeemer is Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God. The eternal Son of God became man and lived a real human life like ours. For a little more than thirty years in the first century AD, he lived like you and me; the only difference is that he always trusted God. He trusted him entirely. So if you think of ways just yesterday and the day before that you should have trusted God and didn’t, in those very times Jesus obeyed God. He trusted that what God knew was better, that he should follow his Father’s will.

When I look back on my own life, I know that I haven’t lived like that. But the Redeemer, Jesus Christ, has. He is called the Redeemer because he “redeems” his people. He resets our value.

When you redeem something at a store, you turn it in and you get some money for it. When I was a kid, we had redemption stamps. We would save up our stamps and then turn them in to get something else. Well, Jesus is what sets our value. He resets our value. He gives his own life on the cross for all who repent of their sins and trust in him. He is our Redeemer. He has valued us, though we have thrown our own lives away by not trusting in our heavenly Father, by not obeying him, and by not fearing him. He actually came and gave his own life in our place. He lived a life of trust, and he died a death that he didn’t have to die, but he did it because of his love for us. He gave himself entirely for us so he could, as the Bible says, be our Redeemer, the One who rescues us.

The image of redemption in the Old Testament is one of God rescuing his people from Egypt, pulling them out of bondage, out of literal slavery. In the New Testament Jesus the Redeemer rescues us from our natural state of being in bondage to sin, of serving ourselves in destructive ways. But God in his great love sent his only begotten Son, who lived a perfect life, died on the cross, and then rose from the dead in order to bring us to him, to redeem us. That’s what we mean when we say Jesus Christ is our Redeemer.

Prayer

Precious Redeemer, before the world began, you loved us. You gave up your glory to bear our shame. You glorified your Father by obeying him all the way to the cross. You deserve our praise, thanks, and worship. We have no hope but in you. Amen.