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Sunday, April 29, 2007

倪柝聲的“煉獄論”

大家都以為﹐只有天主教會才主張“煉獄論”﹐即已經信耶穌的信徒﹐如果死時候還有罪沒有向神悔改得到赦免﹐他們需要在“煉獄”逗留﹐直到他們的未悔改之罪被“煉”清才可以進入天堂。
“煉獄”不是像傳媒說的可怕地方﹐而是一個潔淨信徒的罪孽之處。“煉獄” purgatory﹐來自一個字“purge"﹐即代表清除﹐好像提煉精金一樣把雜質除去。
大家也許都出奇﹐為何倪柝聲會有像他極力反對的天主教的”煉獄論“。
倪當然沒有用這個”煉獄“的字眼﹐但卻認為﹐如果一個信徒死後仍然有罪﹐會在天國受到火的刑罰﹐但那個刑罰不是永遠的﹐只會在基督的千禧年受罰。
由於我取得的資料是英文﹐請麻煩誰可以找到相關中文的版本對照﹕
Watchman Nee's PurgatoryBoth Witness Lee and Watchman Nee advocate a purgatory idea. In his book "The Gospel of God, Volume III", Watchman Nee says:

"If a person has become a Christian but his hands or feet sin all the time, he will suffer the punishment of the eternal fire in the kingdom of the heavens. He will not suffer this punishment eternally, but will suffer it only in the age of the kingdom" (Meaning the 1000 year Millenial Kingdom)
These are contrary to two aspects of Biblical Christianity. First it is contrary to the forgiveness of sins which Jesus provided by his atoning sacrifice. It is also contrary to the fact that there is no such thing as one who has been born of God, but lives a lifestyle of sin, as John writes: "No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him." 1John 3:6 And John is speaking in a lifestyle sense, as Nee is also speaking when John says: "No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother." 1John 3:9,10 But Nee doesn't accept this concept.
Nee goes on to say: "If a Christian has any unrepented of and unconfessed sins, which are not forgiven, he will suffer the Gehenna of fire." And he also says "In the coming age, there is still the possibility of forgiveness, but one cannot come out until he pays the last quadrans and clears up everything with his brother." So he teaches that there are certain sins which those who have been born of God may have which are not forgiven, but must be payed for in a purgatorial cleansing. Indeed in the same book he says, "All the unconfessed sins and all the sins that have not passed through the blood of the Lord Jesus leave their uncleaness on the person. This uncleanness will cause one to lose his share in the coming kingdom" (Meaning they get thrown into the eternal fire for a time)
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