告青年书-第50章
第45章 上帝所悦纳的品格
告青年书-第50章
Chapter 45—The Character That God Approves
告青年书-第50章
我们应当谨慎而虔诚地教育青年人，使他们能在永久的根基上建造自己的品格。许多人铸成大错的原因，就是他们不注意经验的教训。他们不听从父母和教师的劝导，反而屈从仇敌的试探。上帝爱青年人。祂从他们身上看到向善的很大可能性。只要他们认识到自己需要基督，并在可靠的基础上进行建造。祂也知道他们所受的试炼。祂知道他们要与那竭力想控制人心的黑暗势力作斗争。祂已经打开了门路，使青年人得以与上帝的性情有份。……{MYP 163.1}[1]
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The youth need to be instructed, carefully and prayerfully, that they may build their characters upon the abiding foundation. The reason so many make grievous blunders is that they do not heed the teachings of experience. The counsel of parents and teachers is lost upon them, and they yield to the temptations of the enemy. God loves the youth. He sees in them great possibilities for good, if they will realize their need of Christ, and build upon the sure foundation. He also knows their trials. He knows that they will have to battle against the powers of darkness that strive to gain control of the human mind; and He has opened the way by which young men and young women may become partakers of the divine nature....{MYP 163.1}[1]
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【需要不懈的努力】
品格不是偶然形成的，也不取决于发一次脾气，或走错一步路。行为的重复才会形成习惯，塑造出或善或恶的品格。惟有依靠坚持不懈的努力，利用上帝所付托的一切才能去荣耀祂，才会造就公义的品格。但是许多人没有这样作，反而随波逐流，听凭自己情感的驱使。这不是因为他们没有良好的素质，而是因为他们没有认识到上帝要求他们在青年时期必须尽最大的努力。{MYP 163.2}[2]
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【Persevering Effort Required】
Character does not come by chance. It is not determined by one outburst of temper, one step in the wrong direction. It is the repetition of the act that causes it to become habit, and molds the character either for good or for evil. Right characters can be formed only by persevering, untiring effort, by improving every intrusted talent and capability to the glory of God. Instead of doing this, many allow themselves to drift wherever impulse or circumstances may carry them. This is not because they are lacking in good material, but because they do not realize that in their youth God wants them to do their very best.{MYP 163.2}[2]
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今日的青年如果要象但以理一样站稳立场，就必须施展自己的全部属灵神经和肌肉。上帝不希望他们永远作新手。祂希望他们能攀登佳美的颠峰，达到最高的阶梯，从而跨进上帝的国。{MYP 164.1}[3]
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If the youth today would stand as Daniel stood, they must put to the stretch every spiritual nerve and muscle. The Lord does not desire that they shall remain novices. He wishes them to reach the highest point of excellence. He desires them to reach the very highest round of the ladder, that they may step from it into the kingdom of God.{MYP 164.1}[3]
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【同伴的影响】
青年人离开自己的家庭以后，不再受父母的照顾，于是往往就由他们自己来选择同伴。他们应该记住，天父的眼睛在看着他们。祂看见他们一切需要和试探。学校里总有一些青年人。他们的行为表显出他们卑劣的思维方式。他们因在童年没有受到智慧的教育，就养成了片面的品格。他们长大以后，这些缺点仍然存在并败坏他们的经验。他们的言行使许多道德力薄弱的人误入歧途。{MYP 164.2}[4]
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【Influence of Associates】
The youth who leave their homes, and are no longer under the watchcare of their parents, are to a large extent left to choose their own associates. They should remember that the eye of their Heavenly Father is upon them, and that He sees their every necessity, their every temptation. There are always to be found in schools some youth who, by their course of action, reveal that their minds are cast in an inferior mold. Through unwise training in childhood, they have developed one-sided characters; and as they have advanced in years these defects have remained to mar their experience. By precept and example, these souls lead astray those who are weak in moral power.{MYP 164.2}[4]
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亲爱的青年，光阴是非常宝贵的。你们不要撒播稗子而危害自己的心灵，不要择友的事上粗心大意。要注意别人品格中的优点，这些优点会成为一种道德的力量，帮助你弃恶择善。要树立崇高的目标。你们敬畏上帝的父母和教师们虽然日夜为你们祷告，劝勉和警告你们，但你们如果选择一班卤莽之徒为友，这一切就必归于徒然。你们如果看不出真正的危险，以为自己能随意为善为恶，就不会看出罪恶的酵正在暗中腐蚀和败坏你的心灵。{MYP 164.3}[5]
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Time is golden, dear youth. You must not imperil your souls by sowing wild oats. You cannot afford to be careless in regard to the companions you choose. Dwell upon that which is noble in the characters of others, and these traits will become to you a moral power in resisting the evil and choosing the good. Set your mark high. Your parents and teachers, who love and fear God, may follow you with their prayers day and night, they may?entreat and warn you; but all this will be in vain if you choose reckless associates. If you see no real danger, and think you can do right as well as wrong, just as you choose, you will not discern that the leaven of wickedness is insidiously tainting and corrupting your mind.{MYP 164.3}[5]
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【基督是我们唯一的希望】
基督曾遭受折磨、侮辱和漫骂。祂处处受到试探的袭击，但祂并没有犯罪，反而向上帝表现出完全的顺服，藉此永远消除了一切不顺服的藉口。祂来向人显示如何顺从，如何遵守全部诫命。祂持住上帝的能力。这是罪人唯一的希望。祂舍去自己的性命，使人可以脱离世上从情欲来的败坏，得以与上帝的性情有分。……{MYP 165.1}[6]
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【Christ Our Only Hope】
Christ was afflicted, insulted, abused; on the right hand and on the left He was assailed by temptation, yet He sinned not, but presented to God a perfect obedience that was entirely satisfactory. By this He removed forever every semblance of excuse for disobedience. He came to show man how to obey, how to keep all the commandments. He laid hold of divine power, and this is the sinner’s only hope. He gave his life that man might be a partaker of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust....{MYP 165.1}[6]
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上帝已将各种才能赐给青年，要他们用来荣耀祂。但许多人却把这些恩赐用在不圣洁的目的上。许多人赋有才能，若加以培养，就能在德、智、道、体诸方面获得大丰收。但他们没有冷静地思考，权衡自己行为的代价。他们狂妄无知，不听劝诫和责备。这真是可怕的错误。如果青年人认识到上帝的圣目在观看着他们，祂的使者也在注意他们品格的发展，衡量道德的价值，他们就会冷静下来。——《青年导报》1899年7月27日{MYP 165.2}[7]
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God has given the youth talents to improve for His glory; but many apply these gifts to unsanctified, unholy purposes. Many have abilities which, if cultivated, would yield a rich harvest of mental, moral, and physical acquirements. But they do not stop to consider. They do not count the cost of their course of action. They encourage a recklessness and folly that will not listen to counsel or reproof. This is a terrible mistake. Young men would be sober-minded if they realized that God’s eye is upon them, that angels of God are watching the development of character, and weighing moral worth.—The Youth’s Instructor, July 27, 1899.{MYP 165.2}[7]
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