奇異恩典

● For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them. ~Augustine
我們獲致恩典,並非由於做了什麼好事,而是為要讓我們有能力去做成。

● No one is safe by his own strength, but he is safe by the grace and mercy of God. ~Cyprian
無人能憑恃自己的力量得安穩,唯靠神的恩典與憐憫,方能安然無憂。

● The higher a man is in grace. The lower he will be in his own esteem. ~C.H. Spurgeon
一個人愈活在恩典裡,就愈會謙卑地看待自己。

● God’s grace is not given to make us feel better, but to glorify Him… Good feelings may come, or they may not, but that is not the issue. The issue is whether or not we honor God by the way we respond to our circumstances. ~Jerry Bridges

神賜予恩典不是要讓我們感覺良好,而是要榮耀祂……我們不一定有美好的感受;最重要的是,我們對所遭遇的反應,是否都能尊榮祂。

● Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all that he has. ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer
廉價的恩典是不須付出作門徒代價的恩典;是不須背上十字架的恩典;是沒有永遠活著、道成肉身的耶穌基督的恩典。昂貴的恩典則是埋藏在地裡的寶貝,人為這寶貝的緣故,就歡歡喜喜地變賣他一切所有的。

● For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
因為祂的怒氣不過是轉眼之間;祂的恩典乃是一生之久。 ~詩 30:5a

● When a king's face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
王的臉光,使人有生命;王的恩典,好像春雲時雨。 ~箴 16:15

● But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them–yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
然而我今日成了何等人,是蒙神的恩才成的,並且祂所賜我的恩,不是徒然的;我比眾使徒格外勞苦,這原不是我,乃是神的恩與我同在。 ~林前 15:10

● But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
祂對我說,我的恩典夠你用的,因為我的能力,是在人的 軟弱上顯得完全。 ~林後 12:9a

● In him we have redemption through his blood, the for-giveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and un-derstanding.

我們藉這愛子的血,得蒙救贖,過犯得以赦免,乃是照祂 豐富的恩典。這恩典是神用諸般智慧聰明,充充足足賞給 我們的…… ~弗 1:7-8

● But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
你們卻要在我們主救主耶穌基督的恩典和知識上有長進。 ~彼後 3:18a

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