今日的生活-第326章
11月21日 没有一个大过施洗的约翰
今日的生活-第326章
None Greater Than John the Baptist, November 21
今日的生活-第326章
“我实在告诉你们,凡妇人所生的,没有一个兴起来大过施洗约翰的”(太11:11 )。{ML 329.1}[1]
今日的生活-第326章
Those Who Have Conquered
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist.Matthew 11:11.{ML 329.1}[1]
今日的生活-第326章
在约旦河边高高的芦苇,随风摆动,正足以代表那些批评并论断约翰使命的拉比们。他们随着舆论之风东倒西歪,既不愿谦卑自己领受约翰扎心的警告,又因惧怕百姓,不敢公然反对他的工作。但是上帝的使者却不是这样畏首畏尾的。那聚集在基督周围的群众,曾见过约翰的工作,也听过他大胆地指责罪恶。无论是自以为义的法利赛人,祭司派头十足的撒都该人,或是希律王和他的朝臣,王侯和兵士,税吏和乡民,约翰都一视同仁地对他们率直说话。他不是风前摇动的芦苇,随人的毁誉摆来摆去。虽在牢狱之中,他对上帝的忠心和拥护公义的热诚,与当年在旷野中传上帝的警告时仍是一样的。他忠于原则,坚如磐石。……{ML 329.2}[2]
今日的生活-第326章
The tall reeds that grew beside the Jordan, bending before every breeze, were fitting representatives of the rabbis who had stood as critics and judges of the Baptist’s mission. They were swayed this way and that by the winds of popular opinion. They would not humble themselves to receive the heart-searching message of the Baptist, yet for fear of the people they dared not openly oppose his work. But God’s messenger was of no such craven spirit. The multitudes who were gathered about Christ had been witnesses to the work of John. They had heard his fearless rebuke of sin. To the self-righteous Pharisees, the priestly Sadducees, King Herod and his court, princes and soldiers, publicans and peasants, John had spoken with equal plainness. He was no trembling reed, swayed by the winds of human praise or prejudice. In the prison he was the same in his loyalty to God and his zeal for righteousness as when he preached God’s message in the wilderness. In his faithfulness to principle he was as firm as a rock....{ML 329.2}[2]
今日的生活-第326章
天使在约翰出世之前向撒迦利亚宣告说:“他在主面前将要为大”(路1:15)。根据上天的估计,什么是伟大呢?不是世人所说的伟大。……上帝所重视的乃是品质的高尚。爱心与纯洁,是祂最珍视的美德。约翰在主眼中为大,因他在犹太公会所差来的代表,并众百姓和他自己的门徒之前,不求自己的荣耀,却向众人指明耶稣为上帝所应许的那一位。他对于基督的工作所表示无私的喜乐,乃是人类所表现最高尚的品质。(DA.218,219){ML 329.4}[3]
今日的生活-第326章
In the announcement to Zacharias before the birth of John, the angel had declared, “He shall be great in the sight of the Lord.” In the estimation of Heaven, what is it that constitutes greatness?—Not that which the world accounts greatness.... It is moral worth that God values. Love and purity are the attributes He prizes most. John was great in the sight of the Lord, when before the messengers from the Sanhedrim, before the people, and before his own disciples he refrained from seeking honor for himself, but pointed all to Jesus as the Promised One. His unselfish joy in the ministry of Christ presents the highest type of nobility ever revealed in man.46{ML 329.3}[3]
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