UNBELIEF ｜ 不信

ENUNBELIEF. Applied to weak and doubting disciples: Mark 16:14. And upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart. Matt. 17:20. And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief. Applied to Paul's condition of conscientious ignorance: 1 Tim. 1:13. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. But chiefly to "an evil heart of unbelief" (Heb. 3:12), indicating willful rejection of God's proffered mercy in Christ. Of such Christ said: John 3:18. He that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 8:24. If ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins. John 16:9. Of sin, because they believe not on Me. The doom of the unbelieving: Rev. 21:8. But the fearful, and unbelieving . . . shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. Heb. 3:19. So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. The word is applied also to mere intellectual assent, as a form of belief: James 2:19. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

BSBHebrews 3:12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

中不信。用于软弱疑惑的门徒：马可福音 16:14 —— 责备他们不信、心里刚硬。马太福音 17:20 —— 耶稣说：是因你们的信心小。用于保罗那种出于良心之无知的状态：提摩太前书 1:13 —— 然而我还蒙了怜悯，因我是不信不明白的时候而做的。但这个词主要指『不信的恶心』（希伯来书 3:12），即有意拒绝神在基督里所递上的怜悯。对这等人，基督说：约翰福音 3:18 —— 不信的人罪已经定了，因为他不信神独生子的名。8:24 —— 你们若不信我是基督，必要死在罪中。16:9 —— 为罪，是因他们不信我。不信之人的结局：启示录 21:8 —— 惟有胆怯的、不信的……他们的分就在烧着硫磺的火湖里。希伯来书 3:19 —— 这样看来，他们不能进入安息是因为不信的缘故了。这个词也用于仅止于理智赞同的那种『信』：雅各书 2:19 —— 你信神只有一位，你信的不错；鬼魔也信，却是战惊。

ENUnbelief is charged, in both Testaments, as the radical and vital sin, whose present and abiding product is condemnation to severance from God, from holiness and from happiness. In addition to the above passages: Hab. 1:5. For I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. John 6:36. But I said unto you, That ye also have seen Me, and believe not. John 8:45. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe Me not. 2 Thes. 2:12. That they all might be damned who believed not the truth. Jude 5. Afterward destroyed them that believed not. In its practical working, "the evil heart of unbelief" is immediately impelled by a native prejudice, which renders it unwilling to investigate and consider the claims of God, of His law and of His gospel; by the pride engendered of self-conceit and self-will; and by the bias of strong desire that springs out of selfish indulgence and sinful living. For the removal of unbelief, therefore, it is essential on the man's part that he be willing to consider and heed the truth respecting his spiritual character, position and needs for both worlds; that he determinedly will to crush both pride and wrong selfish indulgence; that he make an utter surrender of his will to obedience and submission to God, his supreme and rightful Ruler; and that he reverse his whole course of thinking and living. This vital change of mind, of will and of life—this turning from self to God—is divinely assured to every one who desires and wills to submit and obey, to trust and serve the sovereign and redeeming God. To such an one Christ brings forgiveness, justification, childship and fellowship with God; to such an one the Holy Spirit imparts a new spiritual life. Thus, and only thus, is the unbeliever divinely transformed into a believer; thus is he made like to God, and so becomes an heir of God to the inheritance of eternal life with Christ.

BSBJohn 3:18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

中两约都指控不信为那根本而致命的罪；它当下且持续的产物，就是被定罪、与神隔绝、与圣洁隔绝、与福乐隔绝。除上列经文外还有：哈巴谷书 1:5 —— 因为在你们的时候，我行一件事，虽有人告诉你们，你们总是不信。约翰福音 6:36 —— 只是我对你们说过，你们已经看见我，还是不信。8:45 —— 我将真理告诉你们，你们就因此不信我。帖撒罗尼迦后书 2:12 —— 使一切不信真理、倒喜爱不义的人都被定罪。犹大书 5 —— 后来就把那些不信的灭绝了。就其实际的运作而言，『不信的恶心』的直接推动力，来自一种与生俱来的成见——这成见使人不愿去查究、思量神的要求、他律法与福音的要求；来自由自负与自我意志所生的骄傲；也来自那由自私放纵与犯罪生活所生出的强烈欲望之偏向。因此，若要除去不信，人这一方就必须具备以下几点：他要甘心去思量、留意关乎自己属灵品格、地位以及今生来世之需要的真理；他要下定决心去粉碎骄傲与错误的自私放纵；他要把自己的意志全然交出来，顺服、降伏于神——他至高而正当的治理者；他还要把自己整个思想与生活的路向扭转过来。这项关乎心思、意志与生命的根本转变——就是从自我转向神——神已向每一个愿意并立志降伏顺服、信靠事奉这位有主权之救赎主的人作了保证。基督把赦免、称义、儿子的名分以及与神的相交带给这样的人；圣灵也把一个新的属灵生命赐给这样的人。惟有如此，不信的人才被神变成信的人；如此他才被造得与神相似，从而成为神的后嗣，承受与基督同享永生的基业。