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  第31章 与基督联合

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  Chapter 31—Union With Christ

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  人凭着活泼的信心与基督联合，这种联合是持久的，而其他的联合终必破裂。基督先拣选了我们，为救赎我们付出了无穷的代价。真正的信徒必须在万事上选择以基督为始，为终，为至善。但这种联合也要我们付出代价。这是一种完全信赖的联合，是要求骄傲的人所做到的。凡进行这种联合的人，必须认识到自己需要基督赎罪的宝血。他们必须心意更新，使自己的意志顺服上帝的旨意，与外来和内在的障碍作斗争。分离和联合都必须都必须经过一番挣扎。我们若要与基督联合，就必须战胜骄傲，自私，虚荣，世俗等各种罪恶。许多人之所以觉得过基督徒的生活如此艰难，他们又如此飘摇易变，都是因为他们在试图与基督联合时，没有抛弃这些偶像。{MYP 118.1}[1]

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  A union with Christ by living faith is enduring; every other union must perish. Christ first chose us, paying an infinite price for our redemption; and the true believer chooses Christ as first and last and best in everything. But this union costs us something. It is a union of utter dependence, to be entered into by a proud being. All who form this union must feel their need of the atoning blood of Christ. They must have change of heart. They must submit their own will to the will of God. There will be a struggle with outward and internal obstacles. There must be a painful work of detachment, as well as a work of attachment. Pride, selfishness, vanity, worldliness—sin in all its forms—must be overcome, if we would enter into a union with Christ. The reason why many find the Christian life so deplorably hard, why they are so fickle, so variable, is, they try to attach themselves to Christ without first detaching themselves from these cherished idols.{MYP 118.1}[1]

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  与基督联合之后，唯有藉着诚恳的祈祷和不懈的努力，才能保持这种联合。我们必须抵挡，拒绝和战胜自己，靠着基督的恩典，通过努力，信靠和儆醒，才能取得胜利。——《教会证言》卷五第231页{MYP 118.2}[2]

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  After the union with Christ has been formed, it can be preserved only by earnest prayer and untiring effort. We must resist, we must deny, we must conquer self. Through the grace of Christ, by courage, by faith, by watchfulness, we may gain the victory.—Testimonies for the Church 5:231. (120){MYP 118.2}[2]

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