新约 - 约翰一书(1 John)第5章

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.
This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
This is the one who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
For there are three that testify:
the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.
Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him.
If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that.
All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.
We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.
We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true--even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
约翰壹书第五章   约一 5:1-2> 凡信耶稣的人我都要爱?我哪里来这么多爱心? 

  5:1-2 我们成为基督徒时,就成为神家里的一分子,其他信徒均为我们的弟兄姊妹。是神决定谁是家中的成员,不是我们。我们只需要去接纳和爱他们。你如何对待弟兄姊妹呢? 

  约一 5:3-4> 顺服,易说难行;作者说神的诫命不是难守的,此话当真? 

  5:3-4 耶稣从未说过顺服是一件容易的事。但事奉基督所需要的自觉性和付出的精力,对爱祂的人并不是难挑的重担。当感到担子沉重难担时,我们可以信赖基督帮助我们去承担(参太 11:28-30 )。 

  约一 5:6-8> 水和血,这是指…… 

  5:6-8 “藉着水和血而来的”可能是指耶稣的洗礼和受死。当时流传一个错误的教导,说耶稣是基督,但只限于祂的洗礼和受死之间的一段时间。这就是说,祂本只是一个凡人,在受洗时,“基督”降临在祂身上;在祂死在十字架上之前,“基督”便离祂而去。但是倘若耶稣只是以人的身分受死,祂就不能肩负全世界的罪担,基督教也就只是一个空洞的宗教。我们犯罪应该受到刑罚,惟有神的作为才可以除去我们的刑罚。 

  约一 5:7-9> 5:7-9 福音书中两次记载神清楚地宣告耶稣是祂的儿子,就是在耶稣受洗(参太 3:16-17 )和登山变像的时候(参太 17:5 )。 

  约一 5:12> 有了神,就有生命!喜出望外呢!这生命,是什么样的? 

  5:12 凡相信神儿子的人便有永生,祂就是你所需要的一切。你不用等待,从你相信基督的那一刻,永生便已开始了。你不用为永生做什么,因为永生已经是你的。你也不用为永生担忧,因为神已经亲自把永生赐给你,这是祂向我们的保证。 

  约一 5:13> 永生,我真的可以拥有?是将来吗? 

  5:13 有些人只是希望将来得到永生。约翰说,我们可以确定自己已经得到永生了。我们可以如此肯定是基于神的应许,祂已经藉着祂的儿子赐给我们永生。永生的确据是事实,不是感觉。无论你觉得与神相近或觉得与神很远,你都已得到永生。你既相信神的真理,便可以确定得了永生。若你未能清楚自己是不是基督徒,就问一问自己:“我是否已经真心地接受耶稣作我的救主和生命的主,把一生交托给祂了?”答案如果是肯定的,你就可以凭着信心知道自己确实是神的儿女,并得着永生了。 

  约一 5:14-15> 要照神的旨意求,这我知道;只是我祈求的内容…… 

  5:14-15 这段经文所强调的是神的旨意,而不是我们的意向。我们与神交通时,并不是求我们想要的东西,而是要向祂求问,祂对我们的期望是什么。我们依照祂的旨意祈求,祂会垂听我们;只要祂听我们的祈求,祂便会给我们肯定的答案。现在就开始带着信心祈求吧! 

  约一 5:16-17> 有至于死的罪,是指什么?谁可以定断?是我吗?是你吗? 

  5:16-17 解经家对这“至于死的罪”有完全不同的见解。至于这“死”是肉体的死还是灵性的死,意见也有分歧。保罗说过,有些基督徒因“轻率地”领圣餐而死亡(参林前 11:27-30 )。亚拿尼亚和撒非喇因欺哄圣灵而倒毙(参徒 5:1-11 )。亵渎圣灵的引致灵性的死亡(参可 3:29 ),敌对基督的人也同样(参来 6:4-6 )。约翰可能是指那些离开基督,参加“敌基督”圈子的人。他们拒绝了惟一得救的途径,把自己置于祷告之外。无论如何,即使我们知道“至于死的罪”是什么,也不能确实知道哪些人犯了这罪。因此我们应该继续为弟兄姊妹祈祷,把审判权交给神。注意约翰所说:“我不说当为这罪祈求”,他并不是说:“不能为这罪祈求。”他承认人对这罪是不肯定的。 

  约一 5:18-19> 能不犯罪就好了!你说是吗?有办法?是…… 

  5:18-19 基督徒当然也会犯罪,但他们求神饶恕,就可以继续事奉祂。神已经释放我们脱离撒但的奴役,也保守我们在撒但不断的攻击下得到平安。世人没有信徒那样的自由去顺服神,除非他们相信基督,他们没有选择的余地,只有服从撒但。我们没有中间路可走,不是属于神、顺服祂,就要在撒但的辖制下过活。 

  约一 5:21> 偶像,只是指有形的像吧……还包括更多的意思? 

  5:21 偶像是指任何取代真正信仰的东西,它包括:任何剥夺基督完全神性和人性的教导,任何自称比圣经更有权威的思想,任何代替神而占据了我们生活中心的东西。 

  约一 5:21> 耶稣是谁?── 

  5:21 我们对耶稣基督的理解是我们的教导、宣讲和生活的中心。耶稣是神亦是人,祂来为要代我们的罪付上死的刑罚。藉着对祂的信心,我们可以得着永生,并有力量按祂的旨意生活。对于“耶稣基督是谁”这个问题,你会怎样回答呢? ──《灵修版圣经注释》