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Thanks for continuing with The Way of Purity course! Today we'll consider:
谢谢你继续洁净之道的学习!今天我们要思想的是:
1.Our Glorious Inheritance as God's children
1.作为神的儿女,我们所承继的荣耀产业。
2.Our Identity in Christ
2.我们在基督里的身份。
One of Satan's lies is that faith in Christ really has no effect on our lives—that we haven't changed and remain the same old sinner we always were.
But God's Word tells us the truth about what really happens to people when they become His children and escape the bondage they were in through Adam’s sin.
撒旦的谎言之一就是然我们相信在基督里的信心对我们的生活真的没有影响 - 我们并没有被改变,还是一如既往地是那个犯罪的老我。
但是圣言告诉了我们真相,当人们成为祂的儿女,脱离了从亚当犯罪而来的捆绑时,在他们的身上真的会产生什么果效。
We need to understand our identity in Christ because knowing who we are affects the way we respond to events in our lives. When you are trying to overcome the sin of lust.
for example, you need to know that you are not a lustful person in God's eyes but that you have a new identity. If you believed that you were still lustful, and that you couldn't help yourself, you would very easily succumb to every temptation that comes your way.
我们需要明白我们在基督里的身份,因为知道我们是谁会影响到我们对生活中的各种事件所做出的反应。
比如,当你努力战胜私欲的罪时,须知在神的眼中你不是一个好色之徒,相反你有了一个新的身份。如果你认为自己依然好色,没有自控力,你就很容易臣服于随之而来的一切试探。
Knowing who we are in Christ helps us to be victorious over pornography and sexual sin. We aren't the same people we were when we were "dead in sins and trespasses" (Eph. 2:1)—we're now "new creations in Christ" with new hearts, desires, and motives.
Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:17: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" If we have repented of our sins and received Christ as Lord and Savior, we are "in Christ."
晓得我们是在基督里,这有助于我们胜过色情和性罪行。我们已不再是那“死在过犯罪恶之中”(弗 2:1)老我 - 我们如今是“在基督里新造的人”,有着全新的心灵、渴慕和动机。
保罗在哥林多后书5:17告诉我们“若有人在基督里,他就是新造的人,旧事已过,都变成新的了。”如果我们为罪悔改,并接受基督作我们的主和救主,我们就“在基督里”了。
What exactly does it mean to be "in Christ"? My Bible happens to have study notes in it, and here's what it states about being "in Christ."
“在基督里”究竟意味着什么?我的圣经对此恰好有一段学习用的注释,这就是它关于“在基督里”的说明:
"United with Christ through faith in Him and commitment to Him."
“通过信心与基督联合,并对祂委身。”
As believers, we have a spiritual union with Jesus (and thus with God Himself). The bond we have with the Lord is unseen, but is nonetheless very real.
作为信徒,我们与基督(因而与神自己)有着灵里的联合。我们与主的这种连接是不可见的,但却非常真实。
Jesus explains this in His prayer in the book of John:
耶稣在约翰福音里通过祷告解释了这一点:
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him. John 14:20-21
到那日你们就知道我在父里面,你们在我里面,我也在你们里面。有了我的命令又遵守的,这人就是爱我的;爱我的必蒙我父爱他,我也要爱他,并且要向他显现。约翰福音 14:20-21
Our relationship with God is one of living in Him, and He living in us. He gives His life to us, and we give ours to Him. He gives His love to us; we give ours to Him.
我们与神的关系是一种我们住在祂里面,祂也住在我们里面的关系。祂把自己的生命给了我们,我们也要把我们的给祂;祂把自己的爱给了我们,我们也要给祂我们的爱。
To enjoy our relationship with God to the fullest, we need to understand how He has changed our lives, and then we need to experience that change practically.
Let’s consider what God says about those who are "in Christ." All of the study questions today are taken from Ephesians 2:1-10, which contrasts who we were with who we are.
要充分享受与神的关系,我们有必要知道祂是如何改变了我们的生命,然后我们需要在实践中经历这种改变。
让我们来思想神对那些“在基督里”的人是怎么说的。今天学习的所有问题都来自以弗所书2:1-10,这可以对从前的我们和现在的我们做一个对比。
1.As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins... Eph. 2:1-10
1.你们死在过犯罪恶之中,他叫你们活过来… 弗2:1-10
Question 1
问题1
According to verse 1, what were we?
根据第一节,我们从前是什么样的人?
僵尸
活在充实的生活之中
死在自己的罪里
Paul is referring here to spiritual death. This "deadness" showed up in many ways in our lives—such as our bondage to habitual sins.
To overcome this bondage, we did not need education, behavior modification, or mere admonition to stop doing what we were doing. Instead, we needed life! We were born dead to God, His Word, and the church.
保罗在这里指的是灵里的死。这种“死”在我们的生活中有多种表现 - 例如我们被习惯性的罪所捆绑。
要胜过这捆绑,我们需要的不是教育、行为归正、或只是告诫我们不要再做那些事情,相反我们需要的是生命!我们生来对神、祂的道和教会而言就是死的。
2.in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.
2.那时,你们在其中行事为人,随从今世的风俗,顺服空中掌权者的首领,就是现今在悖逆之子心中运行的邪灵。
Question 2
问题 2
Who does verse 2 tell us we were?
第二节说我们以前是谁?
基督的跟随者
这个世界的跟随者
We were not only dead, we were following along after every temptation that came our way.
我们不仅是死的,还随从所有来找我们的试探。
Question 3
问题3
What else does verse 2 tell us we were?
第2节还就我们以前的身份,告诉了我们些什么?
满足
悖逆
经历喜乐
3.All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.
3.我们从前也都在他们中间,放纵肉体的私欲,随着肉体和心中所喜好的去行,本为可怒之子,和别人一样。
Question 4
问题4
What does verse 3 tell us we were?
第3节说我们从前是什么?
有罪的
温柔的
谦卑的
Question 5
问题5
What else does verse 3 tell us we were?
第3节还就我们从前的身份,告诉了我们些什么?
随着肉体和心中的喜好行事
可以抵挡情欲
Not only were we dead, devilish, and disobedient, but we were also depraved! This is the condition of all who follow their impulses and live to gratify their flesh. Over time, we began to be controlled by our impulses, which grew stronger and stronger.
我们不仅是死的、邪恶和悖逆的,更是堕落的!所有随从肉体的冲动并活在肉体放纵之中的人们都是这样的光景。随着时间的推移,我们开始被自己的冲动所左右,愈来愈烈。
Question 6
问题6
What does verse 3 tell us is the final description of who we used to be?
第3节对我们曾经所是的最终描述是什么?
神忿怒的对象
被神所爱
That's right, we were the destination of God's wrath! We were the bull's-eye for the arrows of God's hatred and anger. This ought to frighten us to the core of our very being—and if we've escaped the trap of sexual impurity, we ought to be grateful for the grace of God!
对了,我们是神忿怒的对象!我们是神的憎恶和忿怒之箭的靶心。这应该使我们对自己存在的本质感到恐惧 - 如果我们逃离了淫秽的网罗,我们应该对神的恩典满怀感恩!
Question 7
问题 7
Friend, please describe how your past life in pornography and immorality illustrates the above teaching. How were you dead, devilish, disobedient, and depraved?
朋友,请描述一下你过去在色情和淫乱中的生活怎样可以来说明上面的教导。你是如何死的,且邪恶、悖逆和堕落的?
Important note: we readily admit that a Christian who is alive in Christ may succumb to the temptation of pornography, adultery, or other sins.
But while the believer may be disobedient at times, he is not dead, devilish, depraved, or under the wrath of God.
The passage we have just studied is about unbelievers who live in sin. As Ephesians 2 states: "As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live."
重要提示:我们欣然承认活在基督里的基督徒有可能屈服于色情、奸淫或是其他罪的试探。但尽管信徒不时可能悖逆,他并不是死的,也不是邪恶、堕落或是在神的忿怒之下的。
我们刚才学习的经文是对那些活在罪中的未信之人而言。如以弗所书第二章声称的:“你们死在过犯罪恶之中,他叫你们活过来。”
Next, we'll see the great transformation that's taken place in those who receive Christ. We are not who we were! Our identity is different. Read the following passage, which tells us who we are now:
接下来,我们将会看到发生在那些接受基督的人身上的巨大转变。我们不再是从前的我们了!我们的身份不同了。请阅读以下的经文,这告诉我们如今我们是谁。
4.But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
4.然而神既有丰富的怜悯,因他爱我们的大爱,
Question 8
问题8
According to verse 4, what are we?
根据第4节,我们现在是什么?
被恨的
被爱的
在两者之间
It is God's love and grace that changes our identity.
是神的爱和恩典改变了我们的身份。
Question 9
问题9
What else does verse 4 tell us we are?
第4节还就我们现在的身份,告诉了我们些什么?
二等基督徒
神大爱的接受者
学步的孩子
5.made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved.
5.当我们死在过犯中的时候,便叫我们与基督一同活过来。(你们得救是本乎恩)
Question 10
问题10
What does verse 5 tell us we are?
第5节告诉我们现在是什么?
木乃伊
死在罪里
与基督同活
Question 11
问题11
What else does verse 5 tell us we are?
第5节还就我们现在的身份,告诉了我们些什么?
靠恩典得救
靠行为得救
Salvation is by grace alone. Not grace and what we do; it is all of grace. God chose us to be saved (Ephesians 1, 2 Thess. 2:13), gave us grace to believe (Acts 18:27), and keeps us saved throughout eternity (Jude).
救赎唯凭恩典,不是恩典加上我们的行为;全靠恩典。神拣选我们得救(以弗所书1,贴后2:13),赐给我们恩典来信祂(使徒行传18:27),并保守我们在永世中得救(犹大书)。
6.And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
6.他又叫我们与基督耶稣一同复活,一同坐在天上,
Question 12
问题 12
What are we in verse 6?
在第6章里,我们现在是什么?
在沙发上
属地的
与基督在一起
This is why man's methods of helping those with addictions will not work. Man can give advice, suggestions, and counsel, but man cannot impart life! Only God can raise the dead.
这就是为什么用人的办法去帮助那些成瘾的人不奏效的原因。人可以给出忠告、建议、或是辅导,但是人不能给予生命!只有神能叫死人复活。
7.in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
7.要将他极丰富的恩典,就是他在基督耶稣里向我们所施的恩慈,显明给后来的世代看。
Question 13
问题13
According to verse 7, who are we?
根据第7节,我们现在是谁?
接收者
靶心
8.For it is by grace you have been saved through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.
8.你们得救是本乎恩,也因着信;这并不是出于自己,乃是神所赐的;9也不是出于行为,免得有人自夸。
Question 14
问题14
According to verses 8 and 9, what are we?
根据第8、9节我们现在是什么?
被信心所救
被努力所救
10.For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
10.我们原是他的工作,在基督耶稣里造成的,为要叫我们行善,就是神所预备叫我们行的。
Question 15
问题15
What does verse 10 tell us we are?
第10节告诉我们现在是什么?
破碎的
神的工作
The Greek word for "workmanship" is the poema, from which we get our word "poem." We are God's poem to the world, the art that displays His grace, His workmanship of love.
希腊文的“工作(workmanship)”一词是poema, 我们的“诗歌(poem)”这个词就是从这里得到的。我们是神在这个世界上的诗歌,是彰显祂恩典的艺术品,是祂爱的工作。
Let us summarize and contrast who we were and who we are now:
让我们来总结和对比一下过去的我们和如今的我们:
We were:
我们过去是:
1.Dead in transgressions and sins (v. 1, 5)
1.死在过犯罪恶当中(第1节)
2.Followers of the world and Satan (v. 2)
2.随从这个世界和撒旦(第2节)
3.Disobedient to God (v. 2)
3.悖逆神(第2 节)
4.Gratifiers of our sinful lusts (v. 3)
4.放纵肉体的私欲(第3节)
5.Followers of our every desire and thought (v. 3)
5.随肉体和心中的喜好去行(第3节)
6.Objects of God's wrath (v. 3)
6.是神忿怒的对象(第3节)
We are:
我们如今是:
1.Loved by God (v. 4)
1.被神所爱(第4节)
2.Recipients of God's mercy (v. 4)
2.接受神的怜悯(第4节)
3.Alive with Christ (v. 5)
3.与基督同活(第5节)
4.Saved by grace (v. 5, 8)
4.靠恩典得救(第5节)
5.Raised up with Christ (v. 6)
5.与基督一同复活(第6节)
6.Seated with Christ in heaven (v. 6)
6.与基督一同坐在天上(第 6节)
7.Recipients of God's grace and kindness in Christ (v. 7)
7.在基督里接受神的恩典和慈爱(第7节)
8.Saved through faith in Christ (not from ourselves, it is a gift of God, and not by our works) (v. 8, 9)
8.在基督里因信得救(不是靠我们自己,是神的恩赐,不是靠我们的行为)(第8、9节)
9.God's workmanship (v. 10)
9.是神的工作(第10节)
Created (re-created) in Christ Jesus to do good works pre-prepared for us (v. 10)
10.在耶稣基督里造成(重新塑造的),行神预备叫我们行的善(第10节)
Friend, isn't it awesome to consider all that God has done for us? Take time right now to praise God in prayer for all the wonderful things He's done in your life. We are not the same anymore!
朋友,想到神为我们所做的一切,是不是让人心存敬畏呢?现在就花点时间,为祂在你生命所做成的一切来祷告赞美神吧。我们不再一样了!
My challenge to you is to read through the entire book of Ephesians and do this same kind of verse-by-verse study. There are even more wonderful truths you will discover about who you are now in Christ Jesus!
我给你一个艰巨的任务,要通读整卷以弗所书,也像这样逐句查经。你甚至会发现更多有关你现在在耶稣基督里的身份的奇妙真理。
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Cor. 3:18
我们众人既然敞着脸得以看见主的荣光,好像从镜子里返照,就变成主的形状,荣上加荣,如同从主的灵变成的。哥林多后书 3:18
Question 16
问题16
What are some practical differences in your life, now that you have left pornography and sexual impurity behind? Can you see a difference? Does anyone else see the change?
既然你已经离开了色情和淫秽,在你的生活中有哪些实际的不同?你能看到这些不同吗?其他人看到了你的不同吗?
Thoughts to consider:
今日思想
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. Gal. 2:20
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
Note: we mentioned above that those who are Christians are no longer the target of God's wrath. There are two situations, however, which might lead Christians who struggled with impurity to wonder if they are still targets of God's wrath:
(1) If we continue to wallow in sin, we are creating doubt about our salvation (1 John 3:6-10; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11). So if my sinful habits are a sign that I was never truly saved, then perhaps I am still an object of God's wrath!
(2) Even if I am saved and no longer in danger of hell (that's the meaning of "object of God's wrath"), as a child of God, I am still setting myself up for God's chastening if I persist in sinning.
I can tell you, from personal experience, that sometimes God's chastening feels a lot like his wrath! To read an article by Mike Cleveland entitled "Sin and Salvation," click here.
注意:我们在上面提到凡是基督徒不再是神忿怒的目标。可是,有两种情况可能会导致在污秽中挣扎的基督徒们不确定他们是否仍是神忿怒的目标:
(1)如果我们继续在罪中打滚,我们就对我们是否被拯救产生了怀疑 (约翰一书3:6-10,哥林多前书6:9-11)。所以,如果罪性的习惯成为我从未真正得救的标记,那么也许我仍是神忿怒的目标!
(2)即便我已经得救,不再有下地狱的危险(这便是“神忿怒的目标”的意思),作为神的孩子,如果仍罪性不改,就把自己放在了神的惩罚(磨练)之中。我可以告诉你,根据我自己的经验,神的惩罚感觉很像是祂的忿怒!请点击这里阅读Mike Cleveland写的“罪与救赎”。
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。
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