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1:1 保羅、西拉、提摩太寫信給帖撒羅尼迦在神我們的父與主耶穌基督裡的教會。Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
1:2 願恩惠、平安從父神和主耶穌基督歸與你們!Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:3 弟兄們,我們該為你們常常感謝神,這本是合宜的;因你們的信心格外增長,並且你們眾人彼此相愛的心也都充足。We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. 1:4 甚至我們在神的各教會裡為你們誇口,都因你們在所受的一切逼迫患難中,仍舊存忍耐和信心。Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring. 1:5 這正是神公義判斷的明證,叫你們可算配得神的國;你們就是為這國受苦。All this is evidence that God's judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. 1:6 神既是公義的,就必將患難報應那加患難給你們的人;God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you 1:7 也必使你們這受患難的人與我們同得平安。那時,主耶穌同他有能力的天使從天上在火焰中顯現,and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. 1:8 要報應那不認識神和那不聽從我主耶穌福音的人。He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 1:9 他們要受刑罰,就是永遠沉淪,離開主的面和他權能的榮光。They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might 1:10 這正是主降臨、要在他聖徒的身上得榮耀,又在一切信的人身上顯為希奇的那日子。(我們對你們作的見證,你們也信了。)on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. 1:11 因此,我們常為你們禱告,願我們的神看你們配得過所蒙的召,又用大能成就你們一切所羨慕的良善和一切因信心所做的工夫;With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. 1:12 叫我們主耶穌的名在你們身上得榮耀,你們也在他身上得榮耀,都照著我們的神並主耶穌基督的恩。We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. This is Alex Markley's PHPScripture v1.2.0, displaying a copy of Chinese Union Version Bible in XOOPS. 本模組中文化由長島基督福音教會的Jack起始, 聖經文字部分由CCIM(網路基督使團)網站下載. 如欲修改經文請洽聖經公會. 荒漠甘泉五合一■ 中文荒漠甘泉(12月16日)
十二月十六日 「有女先知名叫亞拿……並不離開聖殿,禁食祈求,畫夜事奉神。」路加福音二章36、37節 我們越常禱告,就越會禱告。這是無疑的事。凡對於禱告時作時輟的人,他的禱告決不會發生多大效力。真摯的禱告才能產生收穫。 禱告的能力是我們每一個人都能得到的,但是,郤不是不費力就能得到的。亞伯拉罕和神如果不常有交通,他為所多瑪祈求,決不能有這樣的成功。 雅各在毗努伊勒並不是首次與神相見。主受難前與門徒的禱告,大家認為這是最赤心的禱告,但這是許多夜晚真誠奉獻的結果,而且時常天未黎明祂就起來禱告。 如果有人想毫不費力,就可以成為一個禱告的偉人,他就大錯了。以利亞的禱告,先求開天闢地,然後又求雨下降,這是不斷的禱告的結果。 哦,巴不得每一個基督徒都記得:禱告的效力,在乎禱告的堅忍。代禱者是教會最大的保護人;他們是施恩座前施憐憫給人的導管。我們應當藉禱告來學習禱告,藉繼續禱告來使禱告繼續。 ─司布真
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(12月16日)
December 16 "And there was Anna, a prophetess...which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day." (Luke 2:36,37) NO doubt by praying we learn to pray, and the more we pray the oftener we can pray, and the better we can pray. He who prays in fits and starts is never likely to attain to that effectual, fervent prayer which availeth much. Great power in prayer is within our reach, but we must go to work to obtain it. Let us never imagine that Abraham could have interceded so successfully for Sodom if he had not been all his lifetime in the practice of communion with God. Jacob's all-night at Peniel was not the first occasion upon which he had met his God. We may even look upon our Lord's most choice and wonderful prayer with his disciples before His Passion as the flower and fruit of His many nights of devotion, and of His often rising up a great while before day to pray. If a man dreams that he can become mighty in prayer just as he pleases, he labors under a great mistake. The prayer of Elijah which shut up heaven and afterwards opened its flood-gates, was one of long series of mighty prevailings with God. Oh, that Christian men would remember this! Perseverance in prayer is necessary to prevalence in prayer. Those great intercessors, who are not so often mentioned as they ought to be in connection with confessors and martyrs, were nevertheless the grandest benefactors of the Church; but it was only by abiding at the mercy-seat that they attained to be such channels of mercy to men. We must pray to pray, and continue in prayer that our prayers may continue. -C.H. Spurgeon.
■ 永活之泉(12月16日)
十二月十六日 愛的讚歌 「如今常存的有信、有望、有愛這三樣,其中最大的是愛。」哥林多前書十三章13節 這章經文可說是愛的讚歌,前三節講到愛是絕對不可缺少,好像是所有聖道的樞紐。「我若能說天使的話語,有先知講道之能,且有全備的信,叫我能移山;若將所有賙濟窮人,捨己身叫人焚燒,卻沒有愛。」接著重複三次:「我就成了鳴的鑼,……我就算不得什麼,仍然與我無益。」所以若沒有愛,這一切對我無絲毫的利益。 這些雖不易遵行,但要時常誦讀、存記、銘刻在心中,「愛是不求自己的利益」,反覆思想、一再禱告;「愛是永不止息」,想想全部的含意,因「其中最大的是愛」,讓祂來管理你的生命! 神就是愛,「常在基督裏,也常在神裏,神也常在他裏面。」哦!基督徒,你是否仍存有世俗的無愛心、自私、滿心惡毒、仇恨?可藏在神永遠愛的翅膀底下,因祂極大的能力,使你能有愛的見證,使周圍的人也可因此蒙福。使你能每天活在與父、子、靈的愛交通裏面,學習如何去愛。
■ 中文屬天日子(12月16日)
十二月十六日 在神面前角力(奮鬥) 「所以要拿起神所賜的全副軍裝……隨時多方禱告。」以弗所六章13、18節 你當與阻止你到神那裡的事奮鬥,也要為別人出力禱告;但絕不要說你在祈禱裡是與神角力,說在禱告裡與神角力是聖經裡不真實的事。如果你與神角力,你餘下的生命就要變成跛足者。如果神從你所不願意的方向來到,你拿住祂,像雅各一樣,與祂角力,那你便是強迫祂叫你的骨頭脫節。不要在神的方法中做個跛足者,卻要在神面前與事物角力,藉著祂超乎勝利者之上。在神面前角力,是有補於祂的國的事。如果你請我替你禱告,而我沒有順服基督,我雖禱告,卻是無用的;但如果我順服了基督,我的禱告就隨時發生效力。禱告只在完全順服的時候發生效力──「所以要拿起神所賜的全副武裝。」 要常常分辨神的命令,和祂所許可的旨意,例如,祂對於我們預定的旨意。神的命令是不更改的;祂許可的旨意,是我們必得在神面前與它角力的。我們對於神所許可的旨意努力,則我們便能秉承祂的命令。「萬事都互相效力,叫愛神的人得益處」──就是忠於神的命令,忠於祂在基督裡選召的人。神所許可旨意,是用以表現祂兒女的方法。我們說話,不要像軟體的海蜇一樣──「這是主的旨意,那也是主的旨意。」我們不要與神決鬥,不要與神角力,卻要在神面前與事物角力。不要在神面前懶懶的坐著,要去作光榮的奮鬥,這樣才能握住祂的力量。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(12月16日)
十二月十六日 「我打發到你們中間的大軍隊,就是蝗蟲、蝻子、螞蚱、剪蟲,那些年所吃的,我要補還你們。」約珥書二章25節 有一個朋友曾經對我說:「我一定會收我所種的,因為神說:『人種的是甚麼,收的也是甚麼。』」 我於是反駁說:「你為什麼不把你的看法運用在屬靈的事上,卻是強迫罪人為他們的罪付上代價呢?」 因基督早已為這個懲罰付上了代價,祂是為著人類被釘死在十字架上,使人不再被定罪。我們之所以仍有苦難,並非在報應的律下,乃因神要操練我們。由於基督擔當了我們的罪,成全了律法,所以我們能與祂一同復活,進入屬靈永恆的生命中。而今,我們已不僅僅活在律法的界限之下,乃是進入耶穌豐盛裡面。也因此,罪所帶給我們身體上的毀壞,將在祂救贖的工作中消失。而神的應許:「我要補還你們」,必會實現。
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