奋斗与勇敢-第354章
12月19日 内心及生活的纯洁
奋斗与勇敢-第354章
Pure in Heart and Life, December 19
奋斗与勇敢-第354章
“凡向祂有这指望的,就洁净自己,像祂洁净一样。”(约壹3:3)。{CC 359.1}[1]
奋斗与勇敢-第354章
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 1 John 3:3. {CC 359.1}[1]
奋斗与勇敢-第354章
约翰乃是一个倡导圣洁生活的教师,所以他在写给教会的书信中,为基督徒的生活立下了毫无错误的规则。……他教训人说,基督徒的内心和生活必须纯洁。他万不可仅以口头上承认是基督徒为满足。上帝在祂的范围内是圣洁的,照样,堕落的人也必因信基督而在他们的范围内追求圣洁。……{CC 359.2}[2]
奋斗与勇敢-第354章
John was a teacher of holiness, and in his letters to the church he laid down unerring rules for the conduct of Christians.... He taught that the Christian must be pure in heart and life. Never should he be satisfied with an empty profession. As God is holy in His sphere, so fallen man, through faith in Christ, is to be holy in his sphere.... {CC 359.2}[2]
奋斗与勇敢-第354章
有一些人自命圣洁,声称自己完全属于上帝,并以为自己有承受上帝应许的权利,可是他们不肯顺从祂的律法。这些违犯律法的人声称自己可以承受上帝给祂儿女的一切应许;但这是他们一方面的僭越自恃。因为约翰告诉我们说:真正爱上帝的心必定在顺从祂一切诫命上表现出来。单单相信真理的理论,自称信仰基督,……这一切还是不够的。约翰写道:“人若说我认识祂,却不遵守祂的诫命,便是说谎的,真理也不在他心里了”(约壹2:4-5)。……{CC 359.3}[3]
奋斗与勇敢-第354章
There are those who profess holiness, who declare that they are wholly the Lord’s, who claim a right to the promises of God, while refusing to render obedience to His commandments. These transgressors of the law claim everything that is promised to the children of God; but this is presumption on their part, for John tells us that true love for God will be revealed in obedience to all His commandments. It is not enough to believe the theory of truth, to make a profession of faith in Christ.... “He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments,” John wrote, “is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” ... {CC 359.3}[3]
奋斗与勇敢-第354章
约翰并没有教导说,救恩是可以用顺从赚来的,而是说顺从乃是信与爱的结果。……我们若住在基督里面,上帝的爱若住在我们心中,那么我们的情感,思想和行动就必符合上帝的旨意。……{CC 359.4}[4]
奋斗与勇敢-第354章
John did not teach that salvation was to be earned by obedience; but that obedience was the fruit of faith and love.... If we abide in Christ, if the love of God dwells in the heart, our feelings, our thoughts, our actions, will be in harmony with the will of God.... {CC 359.4}[4]
奋斗与勇敢-第354章
有许多人虽然努力要顺从上帝的诫命,却得不到多少平安或喜乐。他们在经验上的这种缺憾,乃是没有操练信心的结果。他们好象是行在“旷野干旱之处,无人居住的碱地”(耶17:6)。原来上帝的应许是没有限制的。当他们可以多要求的时候,他们却要求得太少了。这样的人并没有正确地表现那由于顺从真理而来的成圣。上帝巴不得祂一切的儿女都可以获得幸福、平安和顺从。信徒可以藉着操练信心而拥有这些福分。藉着信心,他品格上的每一个缺点都可以补救,每一个玷污都可以洁净,每一个过错都可以纠正,每一个优点都可以发展。(AA559-563){CC 359.5}[5]
奋斗与勇敢-第354章
There are many who, though striving to obey God’s commandments, have little peace or joy. This lack in their experience is the result of a failure to exercise faith. They walk as it were in a salt land, a parched wilderness. They claim little, when they might claim much; for there is no limit to the promises of God. Such ones do not correctly represent the sanctification that comes through obedience to the truth. The Lord would have all His sons and daughters happy, peaceful, and obedient. Through the exercise of faith the believer comes into possession of these blessings. Through faith, every deficiency of character may be supplied, every defilement cleansed, every fault corrected, every excellence developed.35 {CC 359.5}[5]
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