奇妙的神恩_8月17日藉着爱来表现

8月17日藉着爱来表现

Revealed by Love, August 17

“我赐给你们一条新命令，乃是叫你们彼此相爱，我怎样爱你们，你们也要怎样相爱。你们若有彼此相爱的心，众人因此就认出你们是我的门徒了”（约13:34-35）。{AG 237.1}[1]

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.John 13:34, 35.{AG 237.1}[1]

爱的金链把信徒的心联结在一起，藉着友谊和爱的约束，与基督和天父合而为一，促成了完全的联合，无可辩驳地向世人见证基督教的能力。……{AG 237.2}[2]

The golden chain of love, binding the hearts of the believers in unity, in bonds of fellowship and love, and in oneness with Christ and the Father, makes the connection perfect, and bears to the world a testimony of the power of Christianity that cannot be controverted....{AG 237.2}[2]

撒但知道这种见证的力量，因为它向世人证明了恩典改变品格的能力。……他千方百计要打断那条使相信真理的人心心相印，与圣父和圣子密切联系的金链。{TMK 173}{AG 237.3}[3]

Satan understands the power of such a testimony as a witness to the world of what grace can do in transforming character.... He will work every conceivable device to break this golden chain which links heart to heart of those who believe the truth and binds them up in close connection with the Father and the Son.46{AG 237.3}[3]

那些从未没有尝过基督的温柔和得人之爱的人，决不能带领别人到生命的源头来。那在信徒心中的基督之爱乃是一种激励人的能力。这爱必能在信徒的言语上和温柔慈怜的精神上表现基督，使他们所接触的人都受到造就。……{AG 237.4}[4]

Those who have never experienced the tender, winning love of Christ cannot lead others to the fountain of life. His love in the heart is a constraining power, which leads men to reveal Him in the conversation, in the tender, pitiful spirit, in the uplifting of the lives of those with whom they associate....{AG 237.4}[4]

在一颗因上帝的恩典而更新的心里，爱乃是控制一切行动的基本原则。它必能塑造人的品格，管理人的意念，控制人的情欲，并提炼人的情感。人若能常保持这种爱在心中，它就必使整个人生愉快，并在众人身上发挥高尚的影响。{AA 550，551}{AG 237.5}[5]

In the heart renewed by divine grace, love is the ruling principle of action. It modifies the character, governs the impulses, controls the passions, and ennobles the affections. This love, cherished in the soul, sweetens the life, and sheds a refining influence on all around.47{AG 237.5}[5]

凡以爱上帝为至上并爱邻舍如同自己的人，必时常感到自己好象是一台戏，给世界、天使和众人观看。他既以上帝的旨意为自己的意愿，就必在生活上显出基督恩典改变的能力。他在人生的任何环境中，必以基督的榜样作他的向导。{AG 237.6}[6]

He who loves God supremely and his neighbor as himself will work with the constant realization that he is a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. Making God’s will his will, he will reveal in his life the transforming power of the grace of Christ. In all the circumstances of life, he will take Christ’s example as his guide.{AG 237.6}[6]

凡真诚而自我牺牲的上帝的工人，都情愿为别人费财费力。……真正的基督徒，既诚恳体贴努力帮助凡需要帮助的人，就此显出他爱上帝和爱人的心。他或许会以身殉职，可是到基督来聚集自己的珍宝时，他必重得生命。{1SM 86}{AG 237.7}[7]

Every true, self-sacrificing worker for God is willing to spend and be spent for the sake of others.... By earnest, thoughtful efforts to help where help is needed, the true Christian shows his love for God and for his fellow beings. He may lose his life in service. But when Christ comes to gather His jewels to Himself, he will find it again.48{AG 237.7}[7]