告青年书-第18章
第15章 心灵之殿
告青年书-第18章
Chapter 15—The Soul Temple
告青年书-第18章
忠实地顺从上帝的各项要求，必将对提高，发展和加强人所有的才能产生惊人的影响。凡在青年时代就献身侍奉上帝的人，会成为多谋善断的人。我们为什么不与那位盖世无双的大教师交往，增强悟性，启迪思想，洁净心灵，使整个身心都得到提炼呢？“你的言语一解开，就发出亮光，使愚人通达”（诗119：130）。{MYP 65.1}[1]
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A faithful obedience to God’s requirements will have a surprising influence to elevate, develop, and strengthen all man’s faculties. Those who have in youth devoted themselves to the service of God, are found to be the men of sound judgment and keen discrimination. And why should it not be so? Communion with the greatest Teacher the world has ever known, strengthens the understanding, illuminates the mind, and purifies the heart—elevates, refines, and ennobles the whole man. “The entrance of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.”{MYP 65.1}[1]
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【上帝的理想】
在自称信主的青年人中，有许多人似乎并不名副其实。他们没有在知识或属灵上进步。他们的才能没有发展，反而在萎缩。但诗人所指的乃是真正基督徒的状况。当然，发出亮光，使人通达的并不是圣经的字句，而是圣灵把上帝的话向人心开启。当一个人真正悔改时，他就成为上帝的儿女，与上帝的性情有份。不仅心灵得到更新，智力也必获得增强和激发。许多人在悔改前似乎平庸无能，悔改后竟判若两人。他们表显出惊人的能力，领悟上帝圣言的真理，并把这些真理传别人。连知识渊博的人也以与他们交谈为荣。公义日头的灿烂光辉照入他们的心中，激活了他们的全部机能。{MYP 65.2}[2]
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【God’s Ideal】
Among the youth who profess godliness, there is a large class who may seem to contradict this statement. They make no advancement in knowledge or in spirituality. Their powers are dwarfing, rather than developing. But the psalmist’s words are true of the genuine Christian. It is not, indeed, the bare letter of God’s word that gives light and understanding; it is the word opened and applied to the heart by the Holy Spirit. When a man is truly converted, he becomes a son of God, a partaker of the divine nature. Not only is the heart renewed, but the intellect is strengthened and invigorated. There have been many instances of persons who before conversion were thought to possess ordinary and even inferior ability, but who after conversion seemed to be entirely transformed. They then?manifested remarkable power to comprehend the truths of God’s Word, and to present these truths to others. Men of high intellectual standing have considered it a privilege to hold intercourse with these men. The Sun of righteousness, shedding its bright beams into their minds, quickened every power into more vigorous action.{MYP 65.2}[2]
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青年人如果愿意在圣灵的帮助下将上帝的圣言接到心里，并在生活中实行出来，上帝就会为他们施行大事。祂时刻在吸引着他们到祂身边。祂是一切智慧的源头，是良善，纯洁和真理的泉源。心灵既充满高尚题旨，就会变得高尚了。{MYP 66.1}[3]
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God will do a great work for the youth, if they will by the aid of the Holy Spirit receive His Word into the heart and obey it in the life. He is constantly seeking to attract them to Himself, the Source of all wisdom, the Fountain of goodness, purity, and truth. The mind which is occupied with exalted themes becomes itself ennobled.{MYP 66.1}[3]
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【污秽的偶像】
那些自称事奉上帝，却没有在敬虔和知识上长进的人，乃是挂名的基督徒。他心灵的殿宇中充满了污秽的偶像。庸俗的书刊，虚浮的言谈和属世的娱乐既占据了心灵，上帝的圣言就无法进入了。世俗，骄傲和轻浮的事物，占领了心中基督所应有的位置。……{MYP 66.2}[4]
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【Desecrated Shrines】
Those who profess to serve God, and yet make no advancement in knowledge and piety, are Christians only in name. The soul-temple is filled with desecrated shrines. Frivolous reading, trifling conversation, and worldly pleasure, occupy the mind so completely that there is no room left for the entrance of God’s Word. Worldliness, frivolity, and pride take the place which Christ should occupy in the soul....{MYP 66.2}[4]
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【因放纵情欲而堕落】
凡以放纵食欲和情欲为主要乐趣的，绝非良善或真正伟大的人。世人对他们的评价不论怎样高，在上帝看来，他们却是卑劣，下流和腐败的。上天已经命定他们堕落的记号将写在他们的脸上。他们所想的，尽是世俗之事。他们的言谈暴露了他们庸俗的思念。他们心中充满了邪恶，几乎完全抹杀了上帝的形象。理智的声音消失了。判断力也败坏了。人的整个天性竟因放纵情欲而堕落了！人的意志一旦屈服于撒但，就会堕落到何等邪恶和愚昧的深渊！他们听不进真理的话语，因为他们的心与真理纯洁的原则相抵触。——《时兆》1881年12月1日{MYP 66.3}[5]
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【Degradation Through Sensual Indulgence】
Those who seek as their chief good the indulgence of appetite and passion, are never good or truly great men. However high they may stand in the opinion of the world, they are low, vile, and corrupt in God’s estimation. Heaven has ordered that the mark of their depravity shall be written upon their very countenance. Their thoughts are of the earth, earthly. Their words reveal the low level of the mind. They have filled the heart with vileness, and well-nigh effaced therefrom the image of God. The voice of reason is drowned, and judgment is perverted. Oh, how is man’s entire nature debased by sensual indulgence! When the will is surrendered to Satan, to what depths of vice and folly will not men descend! In vain does truth appeal to the intellect; for the heart is opposed to its pure principles.—The Signs of the Times, December 1, 1881.{MYP 66.3}[5]
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【试探中的帮助】
人人都可以藉着信心和祈祷实行福音的要求。他们去犯罪不是被迫的。在情欲战胜理智，罪恶战胜良心之前，心中的犯罪意图，必须先得到他本人的同意。试探不论是多么强烈，都不能作为犯罪的借口。“主的眼看顾义人，主的耳听他们的祈祷”（诗34：15）。受试探的人哪，当求告上帝，带着你的无奈而不配，投靠耶稣，握住祂的应许，主必垂听。祂知道人本性的倾向是如何强烈。祂必在我们每逢受试探的时候提供帮助。{MYP 67.1}[6]
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【Help in Temptation】
By faith and prayer all may meet the requirements of the gospel. No man can be forced to transgress. His own consent must be first gained; the soul must purpose the sinful act, before passion can dominate over reason, or iniquity triumph over conscience. Temptation, however strong, is never an excuse for sin. “The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers.” Cry unto the Lord, tempted soul. Cast yourself, helpless, unworthy, upon Jesus, and claim His very promise. The Lord will hear. He knows how strong are the inclinations of the natural heart, and He will help in every time of temptation.{MYP 67.1}[6]
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你堕落犯罪了吗？如果是的，就当毫不犹豫地求上帝怜悯和宽恕。……上帝仍然在怜悯着罪人。主呼唤我们流浪的人说：“你们这背道的儿女啊，回来吧！我要医治你们背道的病”（耶3：22）。——《教育证言》卷五第177页{MYP 67.2}[7]
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Have you fallen into sin? Then without delay seek God for mercy and pardon.... Mercy is still extended to the sinner. The Lord is calling to us in all our wanderings, “Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.”—Testimonies for the Church 5:177.{MYP 67.2}[7]
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