奇妙的神恩_9月17日多重的福惠

9月17日多重的福惠

Multiplied Blessings, September 17

“愿恩惠平安，因你们认识上帝和我们主耶稣，多多的加给你们；上帝的神能已将一切关乎生命和虔敬的事赐给我们，皆因我们认识那用自己荣耀和美德召我们的主”（彼后1:2-3）。{AG 268.1}[1]

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.2 Peter 1:2, 3.{AG 268.1}[1]

《彼得后书》第一章有话吩咐你们：“有了信心，又要加上德行；有了德行，又要加上知识；有了知识，又要加上节制；有了节制，又要加上忍耐；有了忍耐，又要加上虔敬；有了虔敬；又要加上爱弟兄的心；有了爱弟兄的心，又要加上爱众人的心”（彼后1:5-7）。若能如此，上帝就要将所应许的恩惠及平安，多多地加给你们了。这些美德都是无价之宝。……{AG 268.2}[2]

In the first chapter of the second epistle of Peter you will find the promise that grace and peace will be multiplied unto you, if you will “add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity” (2 Peter 1:5-7). These virtues are wonderful treasures....{AG 268.2}[2]

我们岂不应当尽我们所能地利用今生余剩的一点光阴，恩上加恩，力上加力地显示我们有从天上来的能力之源吗？基督说：“天上地下所有的权柄都赐给我了”（太28:18）。这种权柄为什么赐给衪呢？是为了我们。衪要我们领会衪已回到天上做我们的长兄，要我们觉悟那赐给衪的无限权柄，也是给我们随意使用的。……{AG 268.3}[3]

Shall we not strive to use to the very best of our ability the little time that is left in this life, adding grace to grace, power to power, making it manifest that we have a source of power in the heavens above? Christ says: “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18). What is this power given to Him for? For us. He desires us to realize that He has returned to heaven as our Elder Brother and that the measureless power given Him has been placed at our disposal....{AG 268.3}[3]

我们所说所行的都要代表基督。我们要度衪的生活。那指导祂的诸原则，也当左右我们对于自己所交往之人的行动。当我们能牢固地在基督里有根有基，就会有一种没有人能夺去的能力。{9T 186，187}{AG 268.4}[4]

We are to represent Christ in all that we say and do. We are to live His life. The principles by which He was guided are to shape our course of action toward those with whom we are associated. When we are securely anchored in Christ, we have a power that no human being can take from us.42{AG 268.4}[4]

圣洁的生活自然而然，不知不觉地发出影响，乃是为基督教所能作最有力的见证。辩论纵然极其有理，甚至叫人无言可答，却只能惹起人的反对；而一个敬虔的榜样却有一种不能抵抗的力量。{AA 510}{AG 268.5}[5]

The unstudied, unconscious influence of a holy life is the most convincing sermon that can be given in favor of Christianity. Argument, even when unanswerable, may provoke only opposition; but a godly example has a power that it is impossible wholly to resist.43{AG 268.5}[5]

上帝藉着祂的儿子，显示了世人可以达到的优美境地。上帝正在世人的面前把我们培养成活的见证，证明人藉着基督的恩典所能取得的成就。……{AG 268.6}[6]

Through His Son, God has revealed the excellency to which man is capable of attaining. And before the world God is developing us as living witnesses of what man may become through the grace of Christ....{AG 268.6}[6]

衪勉励我们在自己的范围内圣洁，就像天父在衪的范围内圣洁一样，这是赐给我们何等大的尊荣啊！我们靠着衪的能力能做到这一点；因为衪宣布说：“天上地下所有的权柄，都赐给我了”（太28:18）。你我都有特权获得这无穷的权柄。{OHC 108}{AG 268.7}[7]

What an honor He confers upon us, in urging us to be holy in our sphere, as the Father is holy in His sphere. And through His power we are able to do this; for He declares, “All?power is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18). This unlimited power it is your privilege and mine to claim.44{AG 268.7}[7]