彰显主基督-第35章
二月三日上帝的律法是品格的标准
彰显主基督-第35章
God’s Law Is the Standard of Character, February 3
彰显主基督-第35章
“你的公义永远长存,你的律法尽都真实”(诗119:142)。{RC48.1}
彰显主基督-第35章
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. Psalm 119:142. {RC 48.1}
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那由于轻忽或拒绝上帝的律法而产生有关成圣的谬论,在今日的宗教运动上起了很大的作用。这些学说在道理上既属虚伪,在实际的效果上又是有危害性的。况且它既为多人所赞同,这就更能说明人人必须清楚地了解圣经对于这个问题有什么教训。{RC48.2}
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Erroneous theories of sanctification ... have a prominent place in the religious movements of the day. These theories are both false in doctrine and dangerous in practical results; and the fact that they are so generally finding favor renders it doubly essential that all have a clear understanding of what the Scriptures teach upon this point. {RC 48.2}
彰显主基督-第35章
真正的成圣乃是圣经的道理。保罗在写给帖撒罗尼迦教会的书信中这样说:“上帝的旨意就是要你们成为圣洁。”他又祈祷说:“愿赐平安的上帝,亲自使你们全然成圣”(帖前4:3;5:23)。圣经清清楚楚地教训我们何为成圣,以及如何可以达到成圣的地步。救主曾为祂的门徒向上帝祷告说:“求祢用真理使他们成圣;祢的道就是真理”(约17:17,19)。保罗教训信徒要“因着圣灵,成为圣洁”(罗15:16)。{RC48.3}
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True sanctification is a Bible doctrine. The apostle Paul, in his letter to the Thessalonian church, declares: “This is the will of God, even your sanctification.” And he prays: “The very God of peace sanctify you wholly” (1 Thessalonians 4:3; 5:23). The Bible clearly teaches what sanctification is and how it is to be attained. The Saviour prayed for His disciples: “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” (John 17:17). And Paul teaches that believers are to be “sanctified by the Holy Ghost” (Romans 15:16). {RC 48.3}
彰显主基督-第35章
圣灵的工作是什么呢?耶稣告诉祂的门徒说:“只等真理的圣灵来了,祂要引导你们明白一切的真理”(约16:13)。诗人说:“祢的律法尽都诚实”(诗119:142;“诚实”原文即“真理”)。上帝的话和祂的灵都向人阐明祂律法中所含公义的大原则。上帝的律法既然是“圣洁,公义,良善的,”既然是上帝完美品德的写真,那么,那由于顺从律法而造成的品格必然也是圣洁的。{RC48.4}
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What is the work of the Holy Spirit? Jesus told His disciples: “When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13). And the psalmist says: “Thy law is the truth.” ... And since the law of God is “holy, and just, and good,” a transcript of the divine perfection, it follows that a character formed by obedience to that law will be holy. {RC 48.4}
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基督是这种品格的完全模范。祂说:“我遵守了我父的命令。”“我常作祂所喜悦的事”(约15:10;8:29)。基督的门徒必须变成祂的样式──靠着上帝的恩典造就一个符合祂圣洁律法之原则的品格。这就是圣经中所显示的“成圣。”{RC48.5}
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Christ is a perfect example of such a character. He says: “I have kept my Father’s commandments.” “I do always those things that please him” (John 15:10; 8:29). The followers of Christ are to become like Him—by the grace of God to form characters in harmony with the principles of His holy law. This is Bible sanctification. {RC 48.5}
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这种工作惟有藉着信靠基督并因上帝圣灵住在心中的能力才能完成。保罗劝勉信徒说:“当恐惧战兢,作成你们得救的工夫;因为你们立志行事,都是上帝在你们心里运行,为要成就祂的美意”(腓2:12-13)。每一个基督徒不免要感觉到罪恶的怂恿,但他总要对罪恶进行持久的战争。这就是我们需要基督帮助的地方。人类的软弱既与上帝的力量联合,就能凭着信心说:“感谢上帝,使我们藉着我们的主耶稣基督得胜”(林前15:57)。{RC48.6}
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This work can be accomplished only through faith in Christ, by the power of the indwelling Spirit of God. Paul admonishes believers: “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:12, 13). The Christian will feel the promptings of sin, but he will maintain a constant warfare against it. Here is where Christ’s help is needed. Human weakness becomes united to divine strength, and faith exclaims: “Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57). {RC 48.6}
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圣经明明告诉我们,成圣的工作是一步一步的。当罪人悔改并藉着赎罪的宝血与上帝和好时,他不过是刚刚开始基督徒的生活。此后他必须“竭力进到完全的地步,”渐渐成长,“满有基督长成的身量。”(GC.469-470){RC48.}
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The Scriptures plainly show that the work of sanctification is progressive. When in conversion the sinner finds peace with God through the blood of the atonement, the Christian life has but just begun. Now he is to “go on unto perfection”; to grow up “unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.”—The Great Controversy, 469, 470. {RC 48.7}
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