8主耶稣在〔马可十章二十九至三十节〕说到今世和来世。今世就是现今的世代,也就是我们今天所处的这恩典时代。来世是将来的世代,也就是将要来的国度时代。主在这里应许说,我们若为祂和福音撇下一切,必在来世得永远的生命。这给我们看见,来世得永远的生命,乃是一个赏赐,是需要我们出代价—就是为主和福音撇下一切—才能得着的。……前面所看的,……是一信就得着永远的生命;这是在今世撇下一切,等到来世才得着永远的生命。所以这不关系我们永远得救,乃关系我们在国度时得赏赐(李文集一九三二至一九四九年第三册,三○一至三○二页)。
8In Mark 10:29-30 the Lord Jesus speaks of the present age and the coming age. The present age is the age today; it is the age of grace in which we live. The coming age is the next age; it is the age of the coming millennial kingdom. The Lord promised that if we leave everything for His sake and for the gospel’s sake, we will obtain eternal life in the coming age. This shows that obtaining eternal life in the coming age is a reward for which we must pay a price, the price of leaving everything for the Lord’s sake and for the gospel’s sake…Previously, we gained eternal life by believing, but in these verses we will obtain eternal life in the coming age only if we leave everything. Therefore, this obtaining is not related to eternal salvation; instead, it is related to our reward in the coming kingdom age. (CWWL, 19321949, vol. 3, “Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Volume 1,” pp. 224-225)