基 督 教 要 道 问 答 100 问
——中国基督教协会  一九八三年七月

（一）圣 经

1问：圣经是一部什么样的书？

　　答：圣经是我们基督教的经典，是上帝给人的启示，包括有关上帝爱世人，在基督里为人预备救恩的生命之道。圣经分为两大部分，即39卷旧约圣经27卷新约圣经。“约”指上帝和人所立的契约。“旧约”指上帝和他的选民以色列人原来所立的约；后因以色列人背约犯罪，上帝又赐下他的独生爱子为救赎世人而受死流血 ，和人重新立约。故称原订的约为旧约，重订的约为新约。但新约圣经并不废掉旧约圣经，而是成全旧约圣经。

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One Hundred Questions and Answers on The Christion Faith

                              ——CHINA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL,July,1983.

A.The Bible

1.What knd of book is the Bible?

    The Bible comprises the Christian sacred scriptures. It is God's revelation to mankind,and it contains teaching concerning God's love for the world in providing Christ, the life of salvation for mankind.The Bible is divided into two main sections, the thirtynine books of the Old Testament and the twenty-seven books of the New Testament."Testament" refers to the covenant God has established with men."The Old Testament" denotes the covenant which God established in the beginning with his chosen people, Israel.Then,because the Israelites rejected the covenant and sinned,God gave his only beloved Son who suffered edath and shed his blood to redeem the world, and so established a new covenant with mankind.That is why the oringinal covenant is called the Old Testament and the renewed one is called the New Testament.But the New Testament does not cancel the Old Testament ,but fulfils it.