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1:1 作使徒的保羅(不是由於人,也不是藉著人,乃是藉著耶穌基督,與叫他從死裏復活的父 神) Paul, an apostle--sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead--
1:2 和一切與我同在的眾弟兄,寫信給加拉太的各教會。 and all the brothers with me,To the churches in Galatia: 1:3 願恩惠、平安從父 神與我們的主耶穌基督歸與你們! Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 1:4 基督照我們父 神的旨意,為我們的罪捨己,要救我們脫離這罪惡的世代。 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 1:5 但願榮耀歸於 神,直到永永遠遠。阿們! to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1:6 我希奇你們這麼快離開那藉著基督之恩召你們的,去從別的福音。 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel-- 1:7 那並不是福音,不過有些人攪擾你們,要把基督的福音更改了。 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 1:8 但無論是我們,是天上來的使者,若傳福音給你們,與我們所傳給你們的不同,他就應當被咒詛。 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 1:9 我們已經說了,現在又說,若有人傳福音給你們,與你們所領受的不同,他就應當被咒詛。 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! 1:10 我現在是要得人的心呢?還是要得 神的心呢?我豈是討人的喜歡嗎?若仍舊討人的喜歡,我就不是基督的僕人了。 0 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. 1:11 弟兄們,我告訴你們,我素來所傳的福音不是出於人的意思。 I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up. 1:12 因為我不是從人領受的,也不是人教導我的,乃是從耶穌基督啟示來的。 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. 1:13 你們聽見我從前在猶太教中所行的事,怎樣極力逼迫殘害 神的教會。 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. 1:14 我又在猶太教中,比我本國許多同歲的人更有長進,為我袓宗的遺傳更加熱心。 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 1:15 然而,那把我從母腹裏分別出來、又施恩召我的 神, But when God, who set me apart from birth(\f1 1:15 Or|i from my mother's womb|d ) and called me by his grace, was pleased 1:16 既然樂意將他兒子啟示在我心裏,叫我把他傳在外邦人中,我就沒有與屬血氣的人商量, to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man, 1:17 也沒有上耶路撒冷去見那些比我先作使徒的,惟獨往阿拉伯去,後又回到大馬士革。 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. 1:18 過了三年,才上耶路撒冷去見磯法,和他同住了十五天。 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter(\f2 1:18 Greek|i Cephas|d) and stayed with him fifteen days. 1:19 至於別的使徒,除了主的兄弟雅各,我都沒有看見。 I saw none of the other apostles--only James, the Lord's brother. 1:20 我寫給你們的不是謊話,這是我在 神面前說的。 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie. 1:21 以後我到了利亞和基利家境內。 Later I went to Syria and Cilicia. 1:22 那時,猶太信基督的各教會都沒有見過我的面。 I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 1:23 不過聽說那從前逼迫我們的,現在傳揚他原先所殘害的真道。 They only heard the report: <<The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.>> 1:24 他們就為我的緣故,歸榮耀給 神。 And they praised God because of me. 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(03月10日)
三月十日 「義人必因信而活。」希伯來書十章38節(直譯) 眼見和感覺常會代替信心。高興的情感和滿足的經歷僅是基督人生活中的一部份,並不是全部份。前途中埋伏著的試煉、逼迫、戰爭,絕非不幸,乃是我們必受的訓練。 在這一切患難的經歷中,我們須認定主活在我們裏面,不管我們的感覺怎樣。許多人因為感覺而跌倒;他們依靠感覺,不依靠信心。 有一個姊妹告訴我們;她有一次覺得神離開了她。祂的恩典、憐憫,似乎完全跑開了。她在這種情形之下有六星期之久,有一天神對她說: 「凱塞林,你一直在外面的感覺上尋找我,所以找不著;這六星期中我卻在裏面等著你;你應當到你靈中內室裏來找我,因為我在那裏。」 我們應該分辨情感和事實,這是何等快樂的一回事:當魂感覺孤單淒涼的時候,我們的信心仍能說:「我看不見您,我感覺不到您,但是您始終在這裏,所以我一直是這樣的我。哦,主,您一直在這裏;荊棘雖然沒有燒燬,但是的確被火燒著。我要把我腳上的鞋脫下來,因為我所站的是聖地。」 ─基督徒報 我們應該信神的話語和能力過於信我們自己的感覺和經歷。我們的磐石是基督,漲落的不是磐石,乃是我們魂中的海潮。 ─羅斯福特 我們的眼睛應該凝視基督所已經完成的工作。我們應當仰望耶穌,張起我們的帆來,勇勇敢敢地與浪相搏。不要留戀在不信的港口裡,不要躺臥在黑暗的死寂裏,不要任你的感覺上下顛簸,像碇泊在港口的船隻一般。屬靈的生活不是蹲伏在情感上的,也不是留戀在淺水裏的。撐開去!撐到狂風大浪中去。信靠主!祂是管理海洋的主。飛鳥越飛得高,越是安全。如果牠飛得低─靠近地面─牠也許會陷入捕鳥者所設的網羅裏去。照樣,如果我們一直匍匐在低地上─倚靠感覺、情感─我們就要看見我們自己將要被千萬種網羅——懷疑、失望、誘惑、不信……—─所纏累。這就是「好像飛鳥,網羅設在眼前仍不躲避。」(箴一17) ─馬克特夫
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月10日)
March 10 "The just shall live by faith." (Heb. 10:38.) SEEMINGS and feelings are often substituted for faith. Pleasurable emotions and deep satisfying experiences are part of the Christian life, but they are not all of it. Trials, conflicts, battles and testings lie along the way, and are not to be counted as misfortunes, but rather as part of our necessary discipline. In all these varying experiences we are to reckon on Christ as dwelling in the heart, regardless of our feelings if we are walking obediently before Him. Here is where many get into trouble; they try to walk by feeling rather than faith. In all these varying experiences we are to reckon on Christ as dwelling in the heart, regardless of our feelings if we are walking obediently before Him. Here is where many get into trouble; they try to walk by feeling rather than faith. One of the saints tells us that it seemed as tough God had withdrawn Himself from her. His mercy seemed clean gone. For six weeks her desolation lasted, and then the Heavenly Lover seemed to say: "Catherine, thou hast looked for Me without in the world of sense, but all the while I have been within waiting for thee; meet Me in the inner chamber of thy spirit, for I am there." Distinguish between the fact of God's presence, and the emotion of the fact. It is a happy thing when the soul seems desolate and deserted, if our faith can say,"I see thee not. I feel thee not, but Thou art certainly and graciously here, where I am as I am." Say it again and again: "Thou art here: though the bush does not seem to brun with fire., it does burn. I will take the shoes from off my feet, for the place on which I stand is holy ground." ─London Christian. Believe God's word and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your Rock is Christ, and it is not the Rock which ebbs and flows, but your sea. ─Samuel Rutherford. Keep your eye steadily fixed on the infinite grandeur of Christ's finished work and righteousness. Look to Jesus and believe, look to Jesus and live! Nay, more; as you look to him, hoist your sails and buffet manfully the sea of life. Do not remain in the haven of distrust, or sleeping on your shadows in inactive repose, or suffering your frames and feelings to pitch and toss on one another like vessels idly moored in a harbor. The religious life is not a brooding over emotions, grazing the keel of faith in the shallows, or dragging the anchor of hope through the oozy tide mud as if afraid of encountering the healthy breeze. Away! With your canvas spread to the gale, trusting in Him, who rules the raging of the waters. The safety of the tinted bird is to be on the wing. If its haunt be near the ground─if it fly low─it exposes itself to the fowler's net or snare. If we remain grovelling on the low ground of feeling and emotion, we shall find ourselves entangled in a thousand meshes of doubt and despondency, temptation and unbelief. "But Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight sight of THAT WHICH HATH A WING" (marginal reading Prov. 1:17). Hope thou in Gods ─J. R. Macduff.
■ 永活之泉(03月10日)
三月十日 禱告是聖靈的工作 「神差祂兒子的靈進入你們的心,呼叫:『阿爸父!』」加拉太書四章6節 我們知道「阿爸父」在客西馬尼由主耶穌口中喊出的意義何在。這表示祂的完全順服以至於死,也說出神的愛要使罪人得贖的旨意得以成就。在主的禱告中,祂已準備好作任何的犧牲,甚至將生命獻上。在那次禱告中,我們看見祂的心;祂的地位是在神寶座的右邊,祂在神面前代禱有何等奇妙的大能,並將聖靈傾倒的權能。 唯有將祂兒子的靈吸入我們心裡,就是父所賜的聖靈。我們的主盼望我們能像祂一樣將自己完全交給神;像祂一樣的禱告,願意出任何代價,使神的旨意能通行在地上。神的愛如何在祂拯救靈魂的願望中顯明出來,照樣主耶穌也藉著為罪人捨己而顯明瞭祂的願望。今天祂同樣地求神將此愛也充滿祂的子民,使他們能全然將自己奉獻於代禱的事工,並肯出任何代價,藉著代禱使神的愛臨到將要滅亡的人身上。 唯恐有人以為代禱的職事太高而力不能及,所以主耶穌的聖靈已經進入我們的心,我們可能在祂的權能中奉祂的名像祂一樣禱告。此乃是一個肯將自己完全降服於聖靈引領的人,才會受這神聖的愛催促而專一過著一直代禱的生活,因為他知道那是神自己工作在他裡面。 現在我們可以明白基督如何能將無限的應許給了祂的門徒,使他們的禱告得著答應。他們首先必須先被聖靈充滿。如今我們才明白神所以如此重視代禱,乃是要藉此使祂的救贖計劃得以實現,唯有聖靈能將神自己的願望吹到我們裡面,使我們能為人代禱。 禱告: 阿爸父啊!答應我們藉著聖靈,將那為著愛靈魂而不停代禱的靈,放在我們裡面。基督已經為他們死了。求您讓您的兒女看見您向那些肯答應您崇高的呼召而獻上自己的人所賜的福及能力是何等大。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月10日)
三月十日 有道可傳,就當與道打成一片 「務要傳道。」提摩太后書四章2節 我們得救,不但是成為溝通的工具,卻要成為神的兒女。我們不僅變為靈性的媒介,卻要變為靈性的使者;使道成為我們自己的部份。神的兒子是祂自己的道。祂的言語是靈和生命。我們既為祂的門徒,我們的生命必是我們使命的犧牲物。自然的心也會做些服務的事,但是在生命變成道的犧牲物以前,非因認罪而痛心,非因聖靈而受洗,非體會神的旨意是不會成功的。 作見證和傳道之間,是有種區分的。一個傳道人,是確覺神的呼召,決意運用他的各種能力來宣傳神之真理的。神將我們從自己的觀念中救出來,把我們鑄成形體,以適其用;如五旬節以後的門徒一樣。五旬節並沒有教訓門徒甚麼事,只是使他們躬身實踐所宣傳的道而已,「你們就是這些事的見證。」(路廿四48) 於你說話之間,給神絕對的自由吧!在神的道解放別人以前,你自己必要得著真的解放。收集你的材料,在你說話之時,把它燃燒吧!
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月10日)
三月十日 「神所賜出人意外的平安,必在基督耶穌裡,保守你們的心懷意念。」腓立比書四章7節 保守我們心懷意念的乃是神所賜的平安,這種能幫助我們瞭解一切情況的平安,正是神在我們生命中的氣息。只有祂能保守我們,也只有祂能使我們不受任何傷害。這是不是你的經驗? 神在歇工之後才休息,我們也該如此。當我們剛開始與基督同行時,難免會在肉體中事奉、嘗試、掙扎,想要自己救自己。但是惟有在我們停止肉體中的事奉的同時,神才能以平安祝福我們,並且按著祂的旨意成就祂給我們的目標。 朋友,你可曾聽過 希望、聖潔、喜悅,這樣稱頌的字眼? 愛的樂章從天而降, 一直環繞在我耳中。 聖潔的保惠師已經來到, 主基督就快再來。 憂傷的人,幫助者就在你左右, 保惠師就在你眼前, 祂來帶我們到我們的王那裡去, 使我們配得見祂, 我欣喜保惠師已經來到,主耶穌就快再來。
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