警訊：美國福音派基督徒信仰含混不清！

最近的一項調查發現﹐雖然 97% 的美國福音派基督徒仍然相信上帝是三位一體的獨一真神﹐也相信主耶穌實體上的（physical）身體復活﹐83% 的福音派基督徒相信主耶穌是罪人的唯一救贖者﹐然而同時卻有 78% 的福音派基督徒相信亞流派異端教義："主耶穌是首先的和最大的被造者"（Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God）。還有 57% 的福音派基督徒相信聖靈是一種 "能量"(force)﹐而不是 "位格"（person）。後兩項恰恰跟第一項信條相抵觸：假如耶穌是 "被造者"﹐而聖靈非 "位格"﹐那麼 "三位一體" 便無法自證為真理。在堕胎、同性戀、政教關係等問題上也顯示出有相當多的含混不清之處﹐這給當今教會的教導事工提出了相當清晰的警號。

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"In contrast, the most encouraging part of the survey results is that 97 percent of Americans with evangelical beliefs agree that biblical accounts of the physical (bodily) resurrection of Jesus are completely accurate and this event actually occurred. This means that most evangelicals are still committed to the supernatural character of Christianity. As a corollary, most Americans with evangelical beliefs (83%) agree that Jesus is the only savior of sinners. This is encouraging!"

"There is one true God in three persons (God the father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit) receives the best percentage with 97 percent of Americans with evangelical beliefs agreeing, in keeping with the early Christian creeds. It is ironic, then, that the Arian view that "Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God," a view the writers of these same creeds opposed, also received the best percentage with 78 percent of Americans with evangelical beliefs agreeing."

"Moreover, 57 percent of evangelicals say that "the Holy Spirit is a force but is not a personal being." How, then, could he be "God" and a "person" if an impersonal force? Obviously, quite a number of those surveyed do not fully understand what they think they believe."

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/october/evangelicals-favorite-heresies-ligonier-theology-survey.html