彰显主基督_十二月十五日约翰勇敢地对付错谬

十二月十五日约翰勇敢地对付错谬

John Met Errors Unflinchingly, December 15

“上帝就是光，在祂毫无黑暗，这是我们从主所听见，又报给你们的信息”（约壹1:5）。{RC363.1}

This ... is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5. {RC 363.1}

约翰推进他的工作，不会不遭遇巨大的困难。撒但并没有闲着。他鼓动恶人去杀害这位上帝重用的仆人。但是有圣天使保护他脱离恶人的攻击。……教会在危机中需要他的见证。{RC363.2}

John was not to prosecute his work without great hindrances. Satan was not idle. He instigated evil men to cut short the useful life of this man of God, but holy angels protected him from their assaults.... The church in its peril needed his testimony. {RC 363.2}

撒但的使者设法利用诬蔑和虚假的手段引起众人反对约翰和基督的教训；结果教会受到结党纷争和异端邪说的危害。约翰毫不畏惧地抵制这些谬论。他堵塞了反对真理之人的道路，写信劝告人丝毫不可鼓励这些异端的领袖。{RC363.3}

By misrepresentation and falsehood the emissaries of Satan had sought to stir up opposition against John and against the doctrine of Christ. In consequence dissensions and heresies were imperiling the church. John met these errors unflinchingly. He hedged up the way of the adversaries of truth. He wrote and exhorted, that the leaders in these heresies should not have the least encouragement. {RC 363.3}

现代的教会中也存在着一些弊病，与威胁着早期教会兴盛的弊病相同；所以我们应当谨守使徒约翰对于这几方面的教训。“你必须有爱心啊！”乃是处处可以听到的口号。那些自以为圣洁的人尤其强调这一点。但真的爱心是纯洁的，决不能掩盖一件没有承认的罪。{RC363.4}

There are at the present day evils similar to those that threatened the prosperity of the early church, and the teachings of the apostle upon these points should be carefully heeded. “You must have charity” is the cry to be heard everywhere, especially from those who profess sanctification. But charity is too pure to cover an unconfessed sin. {RC 363.4}

约翰的教训对于生活在末日危险中的人十分重要。他曾与基督有密切的交往，聆听祂的教诲，目睹祂所行的大神迹。他作出令人信服的见证，使仇敌的谎言失效。{RC363.5}

John’s teachings are important for those who are living amid the perils of the last days. He had been intimately associated with Christ, he had listened to His teachings and had witnessed His mighty miracles. He bore a convincing testimony, which made the falsehoods of His enemies of none effect. {RC 363.5}

约翰享有真正成圣之福。但要注意，使徒并没有自称无罪。他藉着行在上帝圣颜的光中追求完全。他作证说，凡自称认识上帝，却又违犯上帝律法的人，是在否定自己的表白。“人若说我认识祂，却不遵守祂的诫命，便是说谎话的，真理也不在他心里了”（约壹2:4）。{RC363.6}

John enjoyed the blessing of true sanctification. But mark, the apostle does not claim to be sinless; he is seeking perfection by walking in the light of God’s countenance. He testifies that the man who professes to know God, and yet breaks the divine law, gives the lie to his profession. “He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him” (1 John 2:4). {RC 363.6}

在这自夸自由的时代，这句话必会被指为偏执顽固。然而使徒教导我们，我们一方面必须表现基督化的礼貌，但我们也有权用率直的言辞对付罪恶与罪人；这种作法是完全符合真的爱心的。我们固然要爱那些基督为之舍命的人，并且努力使他们得救，但我们决不能与罪恶妥协。我们不可与悖逆之徒联合，而说这就是爱。{RC363.7}

In this age of boasted liberality these words would be branded as bigotry. But the apostle teaches that while we should manifest Christian courtesy, we are authorized to call sin and sinners by their right names—that this is consistent with true charity. While we are to love the souls for whom Christ died, and labor for their salvation, we should not make a compromise with sin. We are not to unite with the rebellious, and call this charity. {RC 363.7}

上帝要祂现代的子民象约翰一样坚决地主持正义，反对一切足以危害心灵的谬论。（SL.64，65）{RC363.8}

God requires His people in this age of the world to stand, as did John in his time, unflinchingly for the right, in opposition to soul-destroying errors.—The Sanctified Life, 64, 65. {RC 363.8}