Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. 

Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.James 4:7-10

7故此，你们要顺服神。务要抵挡魔鬼，魔鬼就必离开你们逃跑了。

8你们亲近神，神就必亲近你们。有罪的人哪，要洁净你们的手；心怀二意的人哪，要清洁你们的心。

9你们要愁苦、悲哀、哭泣，将喜笑变作悲哀，欢乐变作愁闷。

10务要在主面前自卑，主就必叫你们升高。 雅各书 4:7-10

Scripture teaches that we are to take specific action to be free from sin. Before we study that, consider the characteristics of those who are in sin, listed in the above passage:

圣经教导我们要采取具体的行动，从罪中得到释放。在学习这个之前，先思想一下在以上经文中所列举的罪中之人的特征：

They do not submit to God (verse 7)

1 他们不顺服神 （第7节）

They do not resist the devil (verse 7)

2 他们不抵挡魔鬼 （第7节）

They remain at a distance from God (verse 8)

3 他们与神保持距离 （第8节）

They have dirty hands and a defiled heart (verse 8)

4 他们的手是肮脏的，心灵受到了玷污（第8节）

They are double-minded (verse 8)

5 他们心怀二意（第8节）

They are light and joking, and laugh much (verse 9)

6 他们不持重、不正经，喜笑过多 （第9节）

They are prideful (verse 10)

7 他们骄傲（第10节）

Friend, thinking back to my time spent enslaved to sexual impurity, I see every one of these characteristics in my life:

朋友,回想我被淫秽奴役而虚度的光阴，我看到自己生命中充满着每一个特性。

My spirit was domineering and dictatorial, not submissive toward God or others.

1 我的灵性上专横跋扈，一意孤行，对神对人都不顺服。

I freely embraced pornography on many occasions, not realizing that in doing so I was worshipping at a demonic shrine (1 Cor. 10:20-21).

2 我肆无忌惮地在很多场合下接触色情，没有意识到这么做是在祭鬼（哥林多前书10:20-21）。

I was far from God, even though I claimed to be a servant of His. My life illustrated Proverbs 28:9: "If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are detestable."

3 我远离神，尽管自己声称是祂的仆人。我的生命活化出的却是箴言28:9“转耳不听律法的，他的祈祷也为可憎。”

My hands were dirty from all my sinful activity, and my heart was defiled all the time. What a horrible condition in which to live! 

Now I understand why Scripture compares sin to leprosy, for leprosy is a disease that defiles one entirely, and makes a person unclean. 

Just as lepers had to remain isolated or in colonies of other lepers, so I felt that I should be banished from society because my guilt and shame were so great.

4 我的双手因我所有的罪行而肮脏不堪，我的心也一直在污秽中。这是多么可怕的生命光景啊！

现在我明白为什么圣经把罪和大麻风相比较，因为麻风病玷污了整个人，使人不洁。正如麻风病人必须被隔离或是与其他的麻风病人同居，我也感到自己的罪和羞耻是如此巨大，应该被逐出社会。

I was double-minded and unstable—when I attempted to pray and meditate on Scripture, my thoughts often slid into pornographic images. This hindered time with my family, as I was always entertaining some sinful image. 

It made me unstable, for I could not keep my thoughts together on any one subject. James says: "That man (who doubts God) should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does" (James 1:7-8).

5 我心怀二意，摇摆不定 – 当我试图祷告或是默想经文，我的思想经常开小差，想着那些色情影像。这也妨碍了我和家人同处的时间，因为我总是贪图一些罪恶的画面。

这使我情绪不稳定，因为我的思想不能专注于任何其他话题。雅各说：“这样的人，不要想从主那里得什么。心怀二意的人，在他一切所行的路上，都没有定见。”（雅各书1:7-8）

I was never very serious—I was light and airy, joking all the time and laughing frequently. This was a cover for my sinful ways; I tried to hide all my pain with laughter.

6 我一向不严肃 – 不持重、轻浮，整日不正经，经常嬉笑。这成了我罪的遮盖；我试图把自己所有的痛苦都藏在嬉笑中。

I was very prideful and often put others down, hoping to lift myself up.

7 我非常骄傲，经常贬低别人，想要抬高自己。

Course member Mike wrote "I too can see each one of these characteristics in my life as a result of my past involvement with pornography, especially the pride part. Nobody could tell me anything; I knew it all. 

And, when it came to spiritual things, I was a self-proclaimed expert, always using Scripture to justify myself, while condemning others. I can see how these verses in James point me to the way out of my bondage in pornography; Lord, help me to apply them!"

学员Mike写到，“过去我一直沾染色情，因而我也能看到自己生命中的每一个罪性特征，特别是骄傲的部分。没有人能对我说什么；我无所不知。

并且，当论及属灵的事情，我俨然成了一个专家，总是用经文为自己辩解，同时又给别人定罪。我能够看到雅各书中的这些经文为我指出了脱离色情捆绑之路；主啊，帮助我应用它们！”

Question 1

问题1

Think through the above seven characteristics. Which one(s) describe your life when you were in pornography or sexual sin? Describe instances in which these characteristics showed themselves most clearly:

请思想以上的七个特点。哪一（几）个描述了你在色情或是性罪行中的生活？请举出这些特征中表现最明显的一些例子：

These verses also show us the remedy for our sin-sickness. Before we study the remedy, remember that doing what Scripture commands requires the grace of God. This would be a good point to pause and ask God for grace to enable you to take the necessary action, 

Friend. I often pray, "God help me to apply what I learn today. I need your grace to actually do what your Word says to do. Please keep me from just gaining knowledge, but help me to obey You."

这些经文也向我们显明了罪癖的补救措施。在学习补救之前，请记住能够行出圣经吩咐我们的需要神的恩典。现在是一个很好的时候停下来，请求神赐下恩典使你能够采取必要的行动。

朋友，我经常祷告，“神啊，请帮助我应用今天所学的。我需要你的恩典来实际遵行你的话语要我做的。请保守我不是得到知识，而是帮助我顺服你。”

Truth 1: "Submit yourselves, then, to God"(verse 7). Biblical submission means humbling ourselves and obeying God, whereas sin is obeying the evil one. 

Job 22:21 echoes this: "Submit to God and be at peace with him." Although Eliphaz was giving Job incorrect advice there; because Job had committed no sin; this is still exactly what those of us who come to this course, need to hear: "Submit to God and be at peace with him."

真理1“故此你们要顺服神”（第7节）。圣经中讲的顺服，意思是说谦卑我们自己来顺从神，而罪是顺服那恶者。

约伯记22:21验证了这一点：“你要顺服神，就得平安”尽管以利法给了约伯错误的建议，因为约伯并未犯罪；这却正是那些来学习这课程的人需要听的：“你要顺服神，就得平安”。

Question 2

问题2

In what areas have you failed to submit to God in the past? How will you submit to Him from now on?

你过去在哪些方面没有顺服神？你从今以后将如何顺服祂？

Truth 2: "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (verse 7). To resist means to set yourself against someone or something, to stand in opposition to them. For me, this meant developing a plan for setting myself against the evil one. 

Among other things, this meant taking the TV out of my hotel room at night, and giving away my notebook computer.

真理2 “抵挡魔鬼，它就离开你们逃跑了”（第7章）。抵挡就意味着要与某人或某事作对，站在它们的对立面。就我而言，这意味着拿出一个计划来使自己反对那恶者。

另外，这意味着在晚间将电视机拿出酒店的房间，把我的笔记本电脑送人。

Question 3

问题3

How will you set yourself against the devil and stand in opposition to him? Be specific:

你将如何与魔鬼作对，并站在它的对立面？请具体说明：

Truth 3: "Come near to God and He will come near to you" (verse 8). There will be no real freedom, or any lasting victory in a life that does not seek closeness and union with Christ. 

Sure, we might be able to "white-knuckle" it, grit our teeth, and use sheer willpower for a short time... but we will not have freedom, because that comes only through intimacy with Christ.

真理3：“你们亲近神，神就必亲近你们”（第8节）。若不寻求与神亲近、与基督联合，生命中就不会有真正的释放和持久的得胜。

当然，我们可以绷紧神经，咬紧牙关，只用我们的意志力来得胜一时… 但是我们不会得到释放,因为那只有来自与基督的亲密中。

We must not only resist the devil—we must also draw near to God to overcome sin. For me, that meant spending much time in prayer and Bible study, attending church whenever possible, and counseling with my pastor.

我们不仅要抵挡恶 – 我们还必须亲近神来战胜罪。对我而言，这意味着要用大量的时间来祷告和查经，尽可能参加聚会，并且得到牧师的辅导。

Question 4

问题4

What will it look like for you to draw near to God? Be specific.

亲近神对你而言是怎样的？请具体说明。

Truth 4: "Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded"(verse 8). We must cleanse what we do (our hands), what we love (our hearts), and what we think (our minds). 

Scripture admonishes us to "wash" and "purify;" this requires diligence and effort, as well as the proper cleansing tools.

真理4: “有罪的人哪，要洁净你们的手；心怀二意的人哪，要清洁你们的心。”(第8节)。我们必须净化我们的所行（我们的手），我们的所爱（我们的心），和我们的所思（我们的意念）。

圣经告诫我们要“洁净”和“清洁”，这就要求勤勉和努力，还要有适当的清洁工具。

Question 5

问题 5

How will you cleanse your hands, your heart and your mind?

你将如何洁净你的手、心和思想？

Truth 5: Become single-minded(verse 8). Yes, it is possible to rid our minds of those pornographic images—but doing so requires cutting off access to any additional images and cleansing our minds of the images that remain from the past. 

We must also stop self-gratification, because self-gratification solidifies those images in our brains. This cleansing took me a few months, but I have not had a pornographic image lodge in my brain for several years now.

真理5：要一心一意(第8节)。是的，把那些色情影像赶出我们的脑海，这是可能的 – 但如此行，就需要不再接触任何的影像，并清除我们头脑中过去残留的影像。

我们还必须停止自我放纵，因为自我放纵强化了那些在我们头脑中的影像。这种清洁用了我几个月的时间，而现在我的脑海中已经连续几年没有出现一幅色情影像了。

Question 6

问题 6

Are you "double-minded" now? Or do you remember what it was like in the past?

现在你心怀二意吗？或者你还记得过去是怎样的吗？

Truth 6: "Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom"(verse 9). Get serious, rid your life of flippancy, and mourn over your sin. 

Now some will say that this is a life of morbid despair and gloom, and contradicts all the passages that refer to unspeakable joy (1 Peter 1:8) and contentedness (Hebrews 13:5). 

But this passage in James refers to a person who is in need of repentance, whereas the other passages refer to the effects of repenting. Genuine repentance means changing our joy to gloom, and mourning over our sins.

真理 6：“你们要愁苦，悲哀，哭泣。将喜笑变作悲哀，欢乐变作愁闷。”（第9节）。严肃起来，去掉你的轻率，为你的罪忧伤。

现在有些人会说这是一种病态的绝望和忧郁的生活，并用圣经上关于说不来的喜乐（彼得前书1:8）和满足（希伯来书13:5）来反驳。

但是雅各书上的这段经文是指一个需要悔改的人来说的，而其他的经文指的是悔改的果效。真实的悔改意味着把欢乐变成忧愁，为我们的罪而忧伤。

Question 7

问题7

Have you sincerely mourned over your sin? Are you exchanging light-hearted laughter for seriousness and sadness, at least for a time? Please explain:

你真诚地为你的罪忧伤过吗？你是否摒弃了轻浮的嬉笑，至少一段时间内变得严肃和忧伤了吗？请解释：

Truth 7: "Humble yourselves"(verse 10). During my years of immorality, I thought myself to have the final say on Scripture. I considered myself an authority, and I did not like to be challenged by those whom I considered inferior (such as my pastor, my seminary teachers, and most anybody else). 

I was deceived! When I finally went to my pastor and asked for help, I determined not to argue with him, teach him, or "prove my point"—I would only ask for help and listen to his counsel. To get out of habitual sin, Friend, we must humble ourselves.

真理7：“谦卑你自己”（第10节）。在我不道德的那些年日里，我觉得自己可以对圣经作最终解释,把自己当成是权威人士，而且不喜欢被我认为不如我的那些人挑战（例如我的牧师，神学教师，以及其他很多人）。

我在自欺！当我最后找到我的牧师寻求帮助的时候，我决定不与他争论，或是教导他，或是“证明我的观点” – 我仅仅请求他的帮助并听取他的建议。要想走出习惯性的罪，朋友,我们必须谦卑自己.

We can tell when God is working in the heart of a course member because they do not want to argue or point out all the wrongs of the course. They desire simply to learn and ask for assistance. 

They recognize their need, and humbly ask God and us for help. Those who are serious about humbling themselves always find victory. Indeed, the verse that tells us to humble ourselves continues "and He will lift you up" (verse 10)!

我们可以告诉你，神在学员的心里做工时，是因为他们不愿争辩或指出课程中所有的错误。他们单纯地渴望学习并请求得到帮助。 

他们认识到自己的需求，谦卑地向神和向人请求帮助。那些真心谦卑自己的人，总是能得到最终的胜利。的确，告诉我们要谦卑的经文，下一节就是说“祂必叫你们升高。”（第10节）

Question 8

问题 8

Finally, please share what you have learned today, or what you will put into practice. Have you seen yourself in this passage? What do you need to change in order to be truly free from habitual sin?

最后，请与我们分享你今天所学的，或是你将如何应用到实践中。你从这些经文中看到自己了吗？你需要做哪些改变来真正从习惯性的罪中得到释放？

Scriptures to consider:

思想经文

Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? 

You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.1 Corinthians 6:18-20

你们要逃避淫行。人所犯的，无论什么罪，都在身子以外;惟有行淫的，是得罪自己的身子。岂不知你们的身子就是圣灵的殿吗？

这圣灵是从神而来，住在你们里头的;并且你们不是自己的人,因为你们是重价买来的，所以要在你们的身子上荣耀神。  哥林多前书6:18-20

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.Ephesians 5:3

至于淫乱并一切污秽，或是贪婪，在你们中间连提都不可，方合圣徒的体统。以弗所书 5:3

21Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.

22Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.

23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent

24 and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,

25 then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.

26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.

27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

28 What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.Job 22:21-28

21你要认识（原文作顺服）神，就得平安。福气也必临到你。

22你当领受他口中的教训，将他的言语存在心里。

23你若归向全能者，从你帐棚中远除不义，就必得建立。

24要将你的珍宝丢在尘土里，将俄斐的黄金丢在溪河石头之间。

25全能者就必为你的珍宝，作你的宝银。

26你就要以全能者为喜乐，向神仰起脸来。

27你要祷告他，他就听你。你也要还你的愿。

28你定意要作何事，必然给你成就。亮光也必照耀你的路。

约伯记22:21-28

There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor [valley of Trouble] a door of hope. There she will sing as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.Hosea 2:15

她从那里出来，我必赐她葡萄园，又赐她亚割谷作为指望的门。她必在那里应声（或作歌唱），与幼年的日子一样，与从埃及地上来的时候相同。 何西阿书2:15

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。