务要传道;无论得时不得时,都要预备好。
神说,我们要按着我们的形像,照着我们的样式造人,使他们管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟、地上的牲畜、和全地、并地上所爬的一切爬物。
And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
神按着祂的形像和照着祂的样式照人。(参创一27、五1、诗一OO3、赛四三7、雅三9)
约三16
神爱世人,甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们,叫一切信入祂的,不至灭亡,反得永远的生命。
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one who believes into Him would not perish, but would have eternal life.
神爱世人,甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们。
648 罗十9
就是你若口里a认耶稣为主,心里信神叫祂从死人中复活,就必得救;
That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
我们呼求主以接受神的救恩。(a路十二8)
649 罗十10
因为人心里信,就得着义;口里承认,就得救。
For with the heart there is believing unto righteousness, and with the mouth there is confession unto salvation.
我们呼求主以接受神的救恩。
650 罗九23
且要在那些蒙怜悯、早预备得荣耀的器皿上,彰显祂荣耀的丰富;
In order that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He had before prepared unto glory,
人是神的器皿。(参赛六四8、耶十八6)
651 帖前五23、创二9
且愿和平的神,亲自全然圣别你们,又愿你们的灵、与魂、与身子得蒙保守,在我们主耶稣基督来临的时候,得以完全,无可指摘。
And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
人有灵、魂、体三部分。
创二9
耶和华神使各样的树从地里长出来,可以悦人的眼目,也好作食物;园子当中有生命树,还有善恶知识树。
And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
神要作人的生命。(参约六48)
652 亚十二1下
铺张诸天、建立地基、造人里面之灵的耶和华说,
Thus declares Jehovah, who stretches forth the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him,
诸天是为着地,地是为着人,人是为着神。 (参赛四二5)
653 赛六六1
耶和华如此说,天是我的座位,地是我的脚凳;你们要在那里为我建造殿宇?那里是我安息的地方?
Thus says Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool for My feet. Where then is the house that you will build for Me, And where is the place of My rest?
654 赛六六2
耶和华说,这一切都是我手所造的,所以就都有了;但我所看顾的,就是灵里贫穷痛悔、因我话战兢的人。
For all these things My hand has made, And so all these things have come into being, declares Jehovah. But to this kind of man will I look, to him who is poor And of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My word.
神渴望住在人的灵里。(参赛五七15、弗二22)
655 传三11
神造万物,各按其时成为美好,又将永远安置在世人心里。虽是这样,人并不能参透神从始至终的作为。
He has made everything beautiful in its own time; also He has put eternity in their heart, yet so that man does not find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
永远,乃是“神所栽种之历代以来就在运行的一种要有目的的感觉,然而在日光之下,除神以外,别无什么可以满足这种感觉。”(扩大本圣经)
656 徒十七26
祂从一本造出万族的人,住在全地面上,并且预先定准他们的时期,和居住的疆界,
And He made from one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, determining beforehand their appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwelling,
神已预先定准我们的时期和居住的疆界。
657 太十六26、罗三23
人若赚得全世界,却赔上自己的魂生命,有什么益处?人还能拿什么换自己的魂生命?
For what shall a man be profited if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul-life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul-life?
人赚得全世界,却赔上自己的魂生命。
罗三23
因为众人都犯了罪,亏缺了神的荣耀,
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
众人都犯了罪,得罪神。(参耶十三23、赛六四6)
658 罗七20、罗六23
若我去作所不愿意的,就不是我行出来的,乃是住在我里面的罪行出来的。
But if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that work it out but sin that dwells in me.
罪住在人里面。(参罗七17)
罗六23
因为罪的工价乃是死,惟有神的恩赐,在我们的主基督耶稣里,乃是永远的生命。
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
罪的工价乃是死。(参传七2)
659 来九27
按着定命,人人都有一死,死后且有审判;
And inasmuch as it is reserved for men to die once, and after this comes judgment,
人人都有一死,死后且有审判。
660 弗二4、5
然而神富于怜悯,因祂爱我们的大爱,竟然在我们因过犯死了的时候,便叫我们一同与基督活过来,(你们得救是靠着恩典,)
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, Even when we were dead in offenses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)
人原是死的,需要被点活过来。
661 耶十七9
人心比万物都诡诈,无法医治,谁能识透呢?
The heart is deceitful above all things, And it is incurable; Who can know it?
人心比万物都诡诈。
662 林后十5
将理论和各样阻挡人认识神而立起的高寨,都攻倒了,又将各样的思想掳来,使它顺从基督,
As we overthrow reasonings and every high thing rising up against the knowledge of God, and take captive every thought unto the obedience of Christ.
人的心思背叛神。(参西一21、罗八7)
663 诗九十10、约一14
我们一生的年日是七十岁,若是强壮可到八十岁;但其中所矜夸的,不过是劳苦愁烦,转眼成空,我们便如飞而去。
The days of our years are seventy years, Or, if because of strength, eighty years; But their pride is labor and sorrow, For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
没有神的人生不过是劳苦愁烦,转眼成空。(参诗三九4、九十5-6、传一14、雅四14)
约一14
话成了肉体,支搭帐幕在我们中间,丰丰满满的有恩典,有实际。我们也见过祂的荣耀,正是从父而来独生子的荣耀。
And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and reality.
基督成为肉体,为要临及罪人。
664 罗五8、约一29、约三14、约十二24、林前十五45下、约三3、罗八29
惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候,为我们死,神就在此将祂自己的爱向我们显明了。
But God commends His own love to us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
藉着基督为我们死,神就将祂的爱向我们显明了。
约一29
次日,约翰看见耶稣向他走来,就说,看哪,神的羔羊,除去世人之罪的!
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
基督是神的羔羊,除去世人的罪。
约三14
摩西在旷野怎样举蛇,人子也必照样被举起来,
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
基督了结了我们肉体中撒但邪恶的性情。(参约三14注1)
约十二24
我实实在在的告诉你们,一粒麦子不落在地里死了,仍旧是一粒;若是死了,就结出许多子粒来。
Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
基督的死释放出神圣的生命。
林前十五45下
末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵。
the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.
基督作为末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵。
约三3
耶稣回答说,我实实在在的告诉你,人若不重生,就不能见神的国。
Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
人需要重生。
665 罗八30
因为神所预知的人,祂也预定他们模成神儿子的形像,使祂儿子在许多弟兄中作长子。
Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers;
他所预定的人,又召他们来;所召来的人,又称他们为义;所称为义的人,又叫他们得荣耀。
666 申三十19
我今日呼唤天地向你们作证;我将生命与死亡,祝福与咒诅,陈明在你面前,所以你要拣选生命,使你和你的后裔都得存活;
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today: I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life that you and your seed may live,
人有自由的意志拣选生命或死亡。
667 徒三19
所以你们要悔改,并要回转,使你们的罪得以涂抹,这样,那舒爽的时期,就得以从主面前来到,
Repent therefore and turn, that your sins may be wiped away,
悔改乃是将我们的心转向神。(参雅四8、徒二38)
668 路十三3、约一12
我告诉你们,不是的。你们若不悔改,都要如此灭亡。
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
我们要悔改,否则就是灭亡。
约一12
凡接受祂的,就是信入祂名的人,祂就赐他们权柄,成为神的儿女。
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of God, to those who believe into His name,
相信主耶稣就是接受祂。
669 徒四12、可十六16
除祂以外,别无拯救,因为在天下人间,没有赐下别的名,我们可以靠着得救。
And there is salvation in no other, for neither is there another name under heaven given among men in which we must be saved.
耶稣这名是神所赐下的名,为叫我们得救。
可十六16
信而受浸的必然得救,不信的必被定罪。
He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be condemned.
我们需要相信并受浸以得救。