告青年书-第47章
第42章 圣灵的潜移默化
告青年书-第47章
Chapter 42—Silent Working of the Holy Spirit
告青年书-第47章
基督徒的人生不是旧生活的装饰或改良，而是本性的变化。只有治死自我和罪，人才有全新的生命。这种变化惟有藉着圣灵的有效运行，才能成功。{MYP 157.1}[1]
告青年书-第47章
The Christian’s life is not a modification or improvement of the old, but a transformation of nature. There is a death to self and sin, and a new life altogether. This change can be brought about only by the effectual working of the Holy Spirit.{MYP 157.1}[1]
告青年书-第47章
尼哥底母对此尚不理解，耶稣就以风为比喻来说明祂的意思。祂说：“风随着意思吹，你听见风的响声，却不晓得从哪里来，往哪里去；凡从圣灵生的，也是如此。”{MYP 157.2}[2]
告青年书-第47章
Nicodemus was still perplexed, and Jesus used the wind to illustrate His meaning: “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”{MYP 157.2}[2]
告青年书-第47章
风来树动，枝叶瑟瑟作响，这是人所听得见的，但是人却看不见风的形状。谁也不知道它从哪里来，往哪里去。圣灵在人的心中运行也是如此。我们不能够解释圣灵的行动，正如不能解释风的行动一样。一个人或许不能说出悔改的具体时间或地点，或许不能追溯悔改过程的一切情况，但这并不能证明他没有悔改。藉着一种象风那样看不见的能力，基督时刻不停地在人心中作工，领受的人也许完全不觉得，而这种能力却渐渐地潜移默化，引人归向基督。这样的感化也许是从默想耶稣，查考圣经，或听传道人的讲道而来的。及至圣灵来作更直接的呼唤，心灵便欢乐地归顺耶稣了。许多人说，这是突然的悔改；殊不知这是上帝的灵长久默化的结果，一种长期忍耐的过程。{MYP 157.3}[3]
告青年书-第47章
The wind is heard among the branches of the trees, rustling the leaves and flowers; yet it is invisible, and no man knows whence it comes or whither it goes. So with the work of the Holy Spirit upon the heart. It can no more be explained than can the movements of the wind. A person may not be able to tell the exact time or place, or to trace all the circumstances in the process of conversion; but this does not prove him to be unconverted. By an agency as unseen as the wind, Christ is constantly working upon the heart. Little by little, perhaps unconsciously to the receiver, impressions are made that tend to draw the soul to Christ. These may be received through meditating upon Him, through reading the Scriptures, or through hearing the word from the living preacher. Suddenly, as the Spirit comes with more direct appeal, the soul gladly surrenders itself to Jesus. By many this is called?sudden conversion; but it is the result of long wooing by the Spirit of God—a patient, protracted process.{MYP 157.3}[3]
告青年书-第47章
风的本身虽不能见，但其所产生的效果却是看得见，觉得到的。照样，圣灵在人心中作工，人一感受其拯救的功能，就必在他的一切行为上表现出来。上帝的灵住在人心里，必改变人的整个生活。罪恶的思想丢开了，不良的行为抛弃了；仁爱、谦让、和平，代替了愤怒、嫉妒、纷争；忧愁变成喜乐；脸上也反射出天上的光辉。没有人看到上帝为人卸下重担的手，也没有人见到从天上降下的光芒。当人因着信投靠上帝时，福惠就临到了他。……{MYP 158.1}[4]
告青年书-第47章
While the wind is itself invisible, it produces effects that are seen and felt. So the work of the Spirit upon the soul will reveal itself in every act of him who has felt its saving power. When the Spirit of God takes possession of the heart, it transforms the life. Sinful thoughts are put away, evil deeds are renounced; love, humility, and peace take the place of anger, envy, and strife. Joy takes the place of sadness, and the countenance reflects the light of heaven. No one sees the hand that lifts the burden, or beholds the light descend from the courts above. The blessing comes when, by faith, the soul surrenders itself to God....{MYP 158.1}[4]
告青年书-第47章
人类有限的智力，无法领会救赎的大工。其奥秘超出人的智能；然而一个出死入生的人，却能体会到这神圣的事实。救赎之工的开始，我们能从今生的个人经验中知道，而救赎之工的结果，却要达到永世无穷。——《历代愿望》172，173页{MYP 158.2}[5]
告青年书-第47章
It is impossible for finite minds to comprehend the work of redemption. Its mystery exceeds human knowledge; yet he who passes from death to life realizes that it is a divine reality. The beginning of redemption we may know here through a personal experience. Its results reach through the eternal ages.—The Desire of Ages, 172, 173.{MYP 158.2}[5]
告青年书-第47章
【上帝帮助的证据】
如果你心中感到有需要，如果你饥渴慕义，这就证明基督已经在你心中动工，使你寻求祂，藉着所赐的圣灵，为你成就你自己所不能成就的事。——《山边宝训》36页{MYP 158.3}[6]
告青年书-第47章
【Evidence of Divine Aid】
If you have a sense of need in your soul, if you hunger and thirst after righteousness, this is an evidence that Christ has wrought upon your heart in order that He may be sought unto to do for you, through the endowment of the Holy Spirit, those things which it is impossible for you to do for yourself.—Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, 19.{MYP 158.3}[6]
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