得胜的基督-第134章
5月12日 上帝忠实地兑现祂的应许
得胜的基督-第134章
God Faithfully Fulfills His Promises, May 12
得胜的基督-第134章
“耶和华你们的上帝因你们的缘故向那些国所行的一切事,你们亲眼看见了,因那为你们争战的是耶和华你们的上帝”(书23:3)。{CTr 139.1}[1]
得胜的基督-第134章
Ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you.Joshua 23:3.{CTr 139.1}[1]
得胜的基督-第134章
征战止息了,约书亚就退隐到亭拿西拉他宁静的家乡里。……耶和华感动祂忠心的仆人,就像祂先前感动摩西一样──追溯以色列人的历史,回顾上帝将祂的葡萄园赐给他们时所定的条件。{CTr 139.2}[2]
得胜的基督-第134章
The wars of conquest ended, Joshua had withdrawn to the peaceful retirement of his home at Timnath-serah.... The Lord had impressed His faithful servant to do as Moses had done before him—to recapitulate the history of the people, and call to mind the terms that the Lord had made with them when He gave them His vineyard.{CTr 139.2}[2]
得胜的基督-第134章
自从百姓在他们的地业上安居以来,已经过了好几年了。这时在他们中间已经可以看出那过去使以色列人遭受刑罚的同样的邪恶。约书亚感觉自己年老力衰,知道自己的工作不久必须结束,所以他念及百姓的前途,不禁忧心如焚。当他们再一次聚集在他身边时,他向他们发出一番胜于父子之情的训词.。……迦南人虽然已被制伏,但他们仍占有应许给以色列人之地的一大部分;所以约书亚劝勉他的百姓不可贪图安逸,而忘记了耶和华怎样吩咐他们全然驱逐这些拜偶像的国家。……{CTr 139.3}[3]
得胜的基督-第134章
Several years had passed since the people had settled in their possessions, and already could be seen cropping out the same evils that had heretofore brought judgments upon Israel. As Joshua felt the infirmities of age stealing upon him, he was filled with anxiety for the future of his people. It was with more than a father’s interest that he addressed them, as they gathered once more about him.... Although the Canaanites had been subdued, they still possessed a considerable portion of the land promised to Israel, and Joshua exhorted the people not to settle down at ease and forget the Lord’s commands to utterly dispossess these idolatrous nations....{CTr 139.3}[3]
得胜的基督-第134章
约书亚请百姓自己作见证,在他们每次符合条件的时候,上帝都已信实地实现了祂向他们所发的应许。……撒但以似是而非的理论欺骗许多人说,上帝对祂子民的爱非常之大,祂必能原谅他们中间的罪;撒但又诡称,上帝所说威吓的话,不过是要在祂道德政权中达到某种目标,是决不至真正实现的。殊不知上帝在祂对待祂所造之物的一切手段上,曾一贯地显明罪的本质来维护正义,──显明罪的必然结果乃是祸患与死亡。祂从来没有,而且永远不会无条件地赦免罪恶。因为这样的赦免,只能说上帝已经废止了那作为祂政权之基础的正义原则。……{CTr 139.4}[4]
得胜的基督-第134章
Joshua appealed to the people themselves as witnesses that, so far as they had complied with the conditions, God had faithfully fulfilled His promises to them.... Satan deceives many with the plausible theory that since God’s love for His people is so great, He will excuse sin in them; that while the threatenings of God’s Word are to serve a certain purpose in His moral government, they are never to be literally fulfilled. But in His dealings with His creatures, God has maintained the principles of righteousness by revealing sin in its true character—by demonstrating that its sure result is misery and death. The unconditional pardon of sin never has been and never will be. Such pardon would show the abandonment of the principles of righteousness that are the very foundation of the government of God....{CTr 139.4}[4]
得胜的基督-第134章
这必要使那未曾堕落的宇宙大为惊异恐慌。上帝已经信实地指明罪的结果,如果这些警告是不可靠的,那么我们怎能确信祂的应许必要实现呢?那取消公义的“慈爱”并不是慈爱,乃是懦弱。……{CTr 139.5}[5]
得胜的基督-第134章
God has faithfully pointed out the results of sin, and if these warnings are not true, how can we be sure that His promises will be fulfilled? That so-called benevolence, which would set aside justice, is not benevolence, but weakness....{CTr 139.5}[5]
得胜的基督-第134章
约书亚向以色列人说明了上帝的良善之后,就奉耶和华的圣名,叫他们选择究竟要选择侍奉谁。……约书亚希望他们侍奉上帝不是出于勉强,乃是出于乐意。爱上帝乃是真信仰的基础。人侍奉上帝若是单单因希望得赏赐或者惧怕受刑罚,那是没有什么价值的。公开的离道叛教并不比假冒为善或徒具形式的敬拜更为上帝所憎恶。(Manuscript 1899.135, 1899;YI.1901.6.20){CTr 139.6}[6]
得胜的基督-第134章
After presenting the goodness of God toward Israel, Joshua called upon the people, in the name of Jehovah, to choose whom they would serve.... Joshua desired to lead them to serve God, not by compulsion, but willingly. Love to God is the very foundation of religion. To engage in His service merely from the hope of reward or the fear of punishment would avail nothing. Open apostasy would not be more offensive to God than hypocrisy and mere formal worship.—Manuscript 135, 1899?(The Youth’s Instructor, June 13, 1901;The Youth’s Instructor, June 20, 1901).{CTr 139.6}[6]
文章及音频由现代真理制作,转载须告知。
--
-
上一章
首页
目录
下一章
(选段
复制)
您的浏览器并不支持 audio 元素。
复制成功!