信耶稣后行为没有完全改变,还算得救吗?
If my behavior hasn't completely changed after believing in Jesus, am I still saved?
简答 Short Answer
得救不是靠行为完美,而是靠基督的义。信主后生命改变是渐进的过程(成圣),有挣扎是正常的。关键是看方向,不是看速度。
Salvation doesn't depend on perfect behavior but on Christ's righteousness. Life change after conversion is a gradual process (sanctification), and struggle is normal. The key is direction, not speed.
详细解答 Detailed Answer
这个问题困扰着许多基督徒,也是福音的核心所在。
首先要明确:得救的根基是什么? 得救不是靠我们的行为改变,而是靠基督在十字架上已经完成的工作。「你们得救是本乎恩,也因着信;这并不是出于自己,乃是神所赐的」(以弗所书2:8)。如果得救取决于行为的完美,那没有人能得救。
但是,真正的信心必定带来改变: 得救后生命会改变,但这个改变是渐进的,称为「成圣」。就像婴儿出生后会成长但不会一夜长大一样,属灵生命也需要时间成熟。
保罗自己也承认挣扎:「我所愿意的善,我反不做;我所不愿意的恶,我倒去做」(罗马书7:19)。如果使徒保罗都有这样的挣扎,我们更不必因为不完美而怀疑自己的信仰。
区分两种情况:
1. 有挣扎但有成长:虽然还会犯罪,但内心为罪忧伤,渴望改变,生命整体方向是向着基督——这是正常的成圣过程。
2. 毫无改变且毫不在乎:信主后完全没有任何改变的迹象,对罪毫无感觉,也不渴望亲近神——这需要认真省察自己的信心是否真实(雅各书2:17)。
恩典不是继续犯罪的许可证,但也不是以完美为条件的合同。在基督里,我们是安全的。
This question troubles many Christians and lies at the heart of the gospel.
First, what is the foundation of salvation? Salvation doesn't rest on our behavioral change but on Christ's finished work on the cross. 'By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God' (Ephesians 2:8). If salvation depended on perfect behavior, no one could be saved.
However, genuine faith will produce change: Life does change after salvation, but this change is gradual — called 'sanctification.' Like a newborn who grows but doesn't mature overnight, spiritual life takes time to develop.
Paul himself admitted to struggle: 'The good I want to do, I do not do, but the evil I do not want to do — this I keep on doing' (Romans 7:19). If the apostle Paul experienced such struggle, we need not doubt our faith because of imperfection.
Distinguish two situations:
1. Struggling but growing: Still sinning, but grieved by sin, desiring change, with life's overall direction toward Christ — this is normal sanctification.
2. No change and no concern: Absolutely no sign of change after professing faith, no sensitivity to sin, no desire for God — this warrants serious self-examination of whether one's faith is genuine (James 2:17).
Grace is not a license to keep sinning, but neither is it a contract conditioned on perfection. In Christ, we are secure.
