One of the greatest benefits of being a Christian is that God makes us different than we used to be. When God rescues as from impurity and makes us slaves of righteousness, we become totally different people. 

I take comfort in the assurnace that while I was once a pornographer and an adulterer, that is no longer who I am. You may have been addicted to pornography, you may have slept with prostitutes, you may have been a homosexual or a pedophile; you may have had extramarital affairs or contracted an incurable sexually transmitted disease. But no matter what you were, that is not what you are now, if you're in Christ.

作为一名基督徒的最大收获之一就是神使我们不同于从前。当神把我们从污秽中救拔上来，并使我们成为义的奴仆时，我们成了完全不同的人。

尽管我曾经迷恋色情并通奸，但我在确信中得到安慰，我不再是从前的我。也许你曾经对色情上瘾，曾与娼妓同寝，或是同性恋或娈童，又或者你曾有过婚外情或是患上了性病。但是无论你曾经如何，如果你在基督里，那都不是现在的你。

Friend, this is important to realize because our behavior is affected by our self-image. Because I am no longer a pornographer, I don't act like one. 

I am not addicted to anything impure, so I don't ogle women or glance at sexually explicit magazines. I am not who I used to be, so I don't act as I previously did.

朋友，认识这一点很重要，因为我们的行为被我们的自我形象所影响。因为我不再是色情狂，我行事就不像那样的人。

我不再有任何不洁的瘾，所以我不会盯住妇女看或是去浏览那些露骨的性爱杂志。我不再是从前的我，因此我不再像以前那样行事。

Today we'll read Scripture that teaches this, and I'll share a phenomenal testimony of how the grace of God has changed a friend into a totally new person.

今天我们要学习的经文告诉我们这一点，我将分享一个奇妙的见证，是关于神的恩典如何把一个朋友变成了一个全新的人。

Please read the following passage and answer the questions below:

请阅读以下的经文并回答下面的问题：

9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 

10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 

11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9你们岂不知不义的人不能承受神的国吗？不要自欺，无论是淫乱的、拜偶像的、奸淫的、作娈童的、亲男色的、

10偷窃的、贪婪的、醉酒的、辱骂的、勒索的，都不能承受神的国。

11你们中间也有人从前是这样；但如今你们奉主耶稣基督的名，并藉着我们神的灵，已经洗净、成圣、称义了。  哥林多前书6:9-11

Question 1

问题 1

What kind of people made up the church at Corinth during Paul's day?

在保罗的年代，哥林多教会是什么样的人组成的？

同性恋者

邪恶者

淫乱的

奸淫的

男妓

盗贼

醉汉

以上所有               

Question 2

问题 2

In verses 9-10, Paul mentions the types of people who will not inherit the kingdom of God. Why do you think he warns against being deceived about this (verse 9)?

在第9-10节里，保罗提到了几种类型的人不能承受神的国。你认为他为什么要警告对此的自欺？（第9节）？

Course member Dan wrote, "I think it is part of human nature to really hope that everyone can get to heaven. 

It's easy to fool ourselves into thinking that God will 'let you in' no matter what you say or do or believe. Paul is making it clear here that people whose lives are controlled by sin and not by God are not going to make it into God's kingdom."

学员Dan写到，“我认为真的希望所有人都上天堂是人之常情。我们很容易欺骗自己认为神会‘让你进去’而不管你所言所行所信的是什么。保罗在此澄清那些被罪而不是神掌控的人们是无法成功地进入神的国。

Question 3

问题3

Were the people Paul was writing to still practicing these sins? Before you answer, carefully review verse 11 above.

那些保罗写信的读者们仍然在犯这些罪吗？在你回答以前，请认真看过上面的11节。

不   是

Question 4

问题4

What verses tell us that these people were no longer the same?

哪一节告诉我们这些人不再一样？

Question 5

问题 5

According to the above passage, what changed them? How were they changed?

根据上面的经文，是什么改变了他们？他们是如何被改变的？

The New Testament church has inspired both exciting and disastrous experiments throughout history. 

Hoping to create the perfect New Testament community, some have tried to establish groups in which all the spiritual gifts are expressed, with spontaneous worship and deep fellowship. But they forget the one element common to all New Testament churches—problems!

古往今来，新约的教会所进行的尝试既有令人兴奋的，也灾难性的。

人们希望建立完美的新约社团，有些人试图建立能表现所有属灵恩赐的团体，他们自发地敬拜，并组成深厚的团契。但是他们忘记了所有新约教会的一个共同元素 － 问题！

In 1 Corinthians 1-4, Paul dealt with divisions in the church. Here, he focuses on serious moral problems in Corinth. Incest and drunkenness (chapter 5) during communion are hardly what we hope to find in church. 

But we must remember that growing churches are not usually filled with well-scrubbed Christians, but with a motley collection of sinners being saved.

在哥林多前书1-4，保罗处理了教会的纷争。在这里，他专注在哥林多的一系列道德问题。我们都不希望在教会中发现团契中的乱伦和醉酒（第5章）。

但是我们必须记住正在成长的教会并非总是由经过良好陶造的基督徒组成的，而是充斥着被拯救的各色罪人。

Paul warns against being deceived, because deception about this is common. Some argue that because salvation is by grace, not by works, why does it matter if sinners keep on sinning? 

Such thinking overlooks the fact that a new life in Christ results in a new lifestyle (verse 11). Genuine salvation results in actually being saved from ongoing, habitual sin.

保罗警告不要自欺，因为对此自欺是常有的事。有些人辩论说救恩是因着恩典而不是行为，那么罪人继续犯罪为什么不行呢？

这样的想法忽略了一个事实，就是在基督里的新生命会引出一个新的生活方式（第11节）。真正的救恩带来的结果是，从持续、习惯性的罪中真实地被拯救出来。

Paul's list of sins refers to continuous lifestyles or practices, not to onetime involvement. 

The list may call to mind the list of works of the flesh in Galatians 5:19-21. In both cases, persistence in fleshly living is implied.

保罗关于罪的清单提到了一些持续性的生活方式或是做法，而不是指偶尔的过犯。这个清单让我们想起在加拉太书5:19-21中关于情欲之事的清单。在这两个地方，都指向了肉体的残余。

Likewise, Paul's mention of both male prostitutes and homosexual offenders does not mean that a person with homosexual tendencies who is living chastely is excluded from the kingdom. 

The two words Paul uses here, "malakoi" (men or boys who allow themselves to be misused homosexually) and "arsenokoitai" (a male homosexual) are significant.

同样的，保罗所提到的男妓和同性恋并不是指一个有同性恋倾向而生活在圣洁中的人被拒绝进入国度。值得注意的是，保罗在这里用了两个字，“malakoi ”（男人或男孩允许他们被同性恋利用）和“arsenokoitai”（一个男同性恋者）。

Let's return to today's teaching—that Christians are no longer who we used to be. Please explain how the following passages confirm this truth:

让我们回到今天的教导 － 基督徒不再是我们从前的样子。请解释下面的经文如何确认了这个真理：

Question 6

问题 6

Please provide your thoughts on this verse: "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2:20).

请提供你对这节的感想：“我已经与基督同钉十字架，现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着；并且我如今在肉身活着，是因信神的儿子而活，他是爱我，为我舍己。”（加拉太书2:20） 

Question 7

问题 7

Please provide your thoughts on this verse: "For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory" (Colossians 3:3,4). 

请提供你对这节经文的感想：“因为你们已经死了，你们的生命与基督一同藏在神里面。4基督是我们的生命，他显现的时候，你们也要与他一同显现在荣耀里。”（歌罗西书3:3,4）  

How do we apply this truth practically to our lives? Remember that we act according to our nature. If we are sinners who are trying to be good, we will inevitably fall. But if we are saints who occasionally sin, our nature is such that we hate sin, and our habitual pattern of life is to walk in righteousness. 

我们如何在生活中实际应用这个真理？请记住我们是根据我们的本性行事。如果我们是罪人要试图行善，我们将不可避免地失败。而如果我们是圣徒偶尔犯罪，我们的本性是恨恶罪，我们习惯的生活模式是行在公义中。 

Read through and share your thoughts about the following quotes:

请阅读并分享你对下文的感想： 

The previous character of those who seem to have been converted was various. I could name many who have been turned from the paths of open sin and profligacy, and have found pardon and purity in the blood of the Lamb, and by the Spirit of our God; 

so that we can say to them, as Paul said to the Corinthians, "Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified." I often think, when conversing with some of these, that the change they have undergone might be enough to convince an atheist that there is a God, or an infidel that there is a Savior. Memoirs of McCheyne

那些看上去已经归信的人们从前的品格是多样的。我可以叫出很多名字，他们已经从公开的罪行和放荡中回转，靠着圣灵和我们的神，已经在羔羊的宝血中得到饶恕和洁净；

所以我们对他们说，就像保罗对哥林多人所说的，“你们中间也有人从前是这样；但如今你们奉主耶稣基督的名，并藉着我们神的灵，已经洗净、成圣、称义了。”在与他们中的一些人交谈时，我常想，他们所经历的这些改变可以充分地说服一个无神论者确实有神，或是让一个异教徒承认有一位救主。McCheyne 回忆录

Question 8

问题 8

Please share your thoughts about the above quote:

请分享你对以上文摘的感想：

He puts them in mind what a change the gospel and grace of God had made in them: Such were some of you (verse 11), such notorious sinners as he had been reckoning up. The Greek word for "such things were some of you" is tauta: very monsters rather than men. 

Note: some that are eminently good after their conversion have been as remarkably wicked before. How glorious a change does grace make! 

It changes the vilest of men into saints and children of God. Such were some of you, but you are not what you were. You are washed, you are sanctified, and you are justified in the name of Christ by the Spirit of our God.

他记住了神的福音和恩典对他们所做的改变：你们中间也有人从前是这样(第11节)。这些臭名昭著的罪人是他聚集到了一起。希腊文中的“你们中间也有人从前是这样”是tauta：是很怪异的男人。

注意：有些人转变以后变得很好，而从前却恶贯满盈。恩典带来了多么荣耀的变化！他把人们的恶劣变成了圣徒和神的儿女。这就是你们中的一些人，你们不再是从前的样子。你们已经在基督的名中被我们神的灵洗净，成圣，并称为义。

Note, the wickedness of men before conversion is no bar to their regeneration and reconciliation to God. The blood of Christ, and the washing of regeneration, can purge away all guilt and defilement. 

Note, None are cleansed from the guilt of sin, and reconciled to God through Christ, but those who are also sanctified by His Spirit. All who are made righteous in the sight of God are made holy by the grace of God. Matthew Henry Commentary

注意，人们在归信以前的恶行无法阻止他们的重生和与神和好。基督的血，和重生的洗，能够洁净所有的过犯和污秽。

注意，除了靠祂的灵成圣的那些人，再没有人从罪里得洁净，并通过基督与神和好。所有在神眼中为义的人，都靠着神的恩典成为圣洁了。 马太·亨利 圣经注释

Question 9

问题 9

Please share your thoughts about the above quote:

请分享你对以上经文的感想：

Course member Brian wrote, "I was reading today's lesson when I had an 'Aha.' I never thought about Scripture from Paul's letter to the Corinthians quite the way you put it. I am no longer to think of myself as an ex-alcoholic, ex-smoker, and an ex-pornography addict. 

Those sins are behind and I need to go forth as a new man, a Christian. I believe the statement, 'You are what you think you are or if you think you can, or you think you can't, you are right' is relevant here. I can now see the freedom Jesus gave us when He paid the price for our sin. 

I have nothing against 12-Step programs, but they seem to lock some people into a mindset that they will be addicts forever. If I am, indeed, free because of Jesus, then I am no longer a recovering addict, I am free indeed. God bless you."

学员Brian写到，“我边读着今天的课程边说‘啊哈’。我从来没有想过保罗给哥林多人的书信中的经文能被你们这样使用。我不再是把自己当作一个从前的酒鬼、从前的烟鬼和从前的色情瘾。

那些罪都在我的身后，作为一个新人，一名基督徒，我需要前进。我相信这句话是切题的，‘你认为你是怎样的人，就是怎样的人；或者你认为你能做或认为你不能做，你都是正确的。’我现在能看到在耶稣为我们的罪付了代价时所赐给我们的自由。

我并不反对12步骤法，但是那似乎让人们产生一些根深蒂固的思想，就是他们将永远成瘾。如果我真的因耶稣而自由了，我就不再是一个被治愈的成瘾者，我是真的被释放了。神祝福你。”

Course member Roy wrote, "I thank God for your lesson today. Satan has been planting the old thoughts back into my mind in the past few days. 'Don't you want the old stuff you use to love,' he tauntingly asks? 

After reading this morning's lesson, a new strength has welled up inside of me; a satisfaction, and a consolation that I'm not what I used to be! 

Christ has washed me clean and has sanctified me and I don't have to buckle under to the strongholds that use to bind me. It has now been 48 days of being free from pornography and self-gratification. That blows me away and lifts my soul."

学员Roy写到，“为了你们今天的课程感谢神。过去的几天里，撒旦曾经把旧的观念又放进我的意念当中。‘你不再想要你过去喜爱的那些东西了吗？’它嘲笑地问到。

读过今天早晨的课程以后，一股新的力量在我心中萌发；那是一种对我不再是从前的我的满足和安慰！

基督已经把我洗净，并使我成圣，我再也不必屈服于曾经捆绑我的堡垒之下。现在已经是第四十八天远离色情和自我放纵了。这使我自己降卑而使我的灵魂升高！”

Friend, if we are in Christ, we are not who or what we were. The story is told of Augustine who passed a familiar prostitute without turning a second glance at her. 

She turned and said, "Augustine, it is I." To which he replied, "Yes, but it is not I." He knew that he was not who he used to be. Do you?

朋友，我们不是从前的我们。这个故事讲述的是奥古斯丁路过一个熟悉的妓女而没有瞥她一眼。她转过来对他说,“奥古斯丁，是我。”他答道，“是的，但我已不再是我了。”他知道他不再是从前的他了。你也一样吗？

Question 10

问题10

How are you doing today? Any special needs, concerns, or delights to share with us?

你今天过得怎么样？有没有什么特别的要求，关注或是高兴的事要与我们分享？

Thoughts to ponder today:

今日思想

For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. 

14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 

15 But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased 

16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man, 

17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen days. 

19 I saw none of the other apostles-only James, the Lord's brother.

20 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie. 

21 Later I went to Syria and Cilicia. 

22 I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 

23 They only heard the report: "The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy." 

24 And they praised God because of me. Galatians 1:13-24

13你们听见我从前在犹太教中所行的事，怎样极力逼迫、残害神的教会。

14我又在犹太教中，比我本国许多同岁的人更有长进，为我祖宗的遗传更加热心。

15然而那把我从母腹里分别出来、又施恩召我的神，

16既然乐意将他儿子启示在我心里，叫我把他传在外邦人中，我就没有与属血气的人商量，

17也没有上耶路撒冷去见那些比我先作使徒的，惟独往阿拉伯去，后又回到大马士革。

18过了三年，才上耶路撒冷去见矶法，和他同住了十五天。

19至于别的使徒，除了主的兄弟雅各，我都没有看见。

20我写给你们的不是谎话，这是我在神面前说的。

21以后我到了叙利亚和基利家境内。

22那时，犹太信基督的各教会都没有见过我的面。2

3不过听说那从前逼迫我们的，现在传扬他原先所残害的真道。

24他们就为我的缘故归荣耀给神。 加拉太书1:13-24

To clarify what the first accountability question means, we have included the following explanation. 

为了厘清第一个责任问题的涵义，我们给出以下的解释。 

What does "feasting" mean?"

Feasting" is more than just reading the Bible; 

it is a term to express the nourishing of our souls in Jesus Christ. It means that we are sitting at the feet of Jesus, hearing His Word and believing it, for the purpose of implementing the truths into our lives. It means we are receiving spiritual nourishment and we are delighting our souls in His grace and truth. 

This may be done in reading our Bibles, hearing God's Word preached, interacting with others in the Scriptures, and studying through this course, etc. This definition is at least a start; further explanation is included in the lessons. 

什么是“享用筵宴”？

这里的“享用筵宴”不仅仅是读圣经。                                             

这是一个表示我们的灵魂在耶稣基督里得到喂养的词。这表示我们坐在耶稣的脚前，听祂的道，笃信之，目的是要把真理行在我们的生活中；这表示我们得到灵里的滋养，在主的恩典和真理中心灵得喜乐。这可以是读经、听讲道、与他人就经文互动，以及通过这个课程来学习等等。这里只给出一个初步的定义，将来的课程里会有进一步的解释。  

Have you been feasting on God's word?

你享用神的话了吗？ 

Yes是   No 否

If so, when was the last time you feasted? And how? In other words, how did you enjoy God? Reading? Prayer? Worship? Fellowship? Witnessing? 

如果是，你最近一次是什么时候？怎样做的？换句话说，你是怎样靠神喜乐的？是读经、祷告、崇拜、团契，还是做见证？ 

These next, tough, accountability questions apply to the entire period since you did your last lesson. 

接下来那些棘手的责任问题，会在整个课程中出现，要根据你上节课以来的情况来回答。 

Were you free from pornography since you did the last lesson?

上节课以来，你离开色情了吗？ 

Yes是  No否

Were you free from self-gratification since you did the last lesson?

上节课以来，你戒除自我放纵了吗？ 

Yes是  No 否

Were you free from sexual immorality since you did the last lesson?

上节课以来，你远离了淫乱了吗？ 

Yes是  No否

If you answered "no" to any of the above questions, tell us what led to your fall. If you answered "yes" to the above questions, you may use this area for questions or additional comments. 

如果任何一个问题的答案是“否”，请告诉我们是什么导致你的跌倒。如果对以上问题你回答了“是”，你可以在此提出你的问题或其他的评论。