人的尊嚴、墮落與救贖 2015 北美佈道會 - 第04場 09月27日 達拉斯
今天是我們這一次
最後一個佈道會
This is the last evening about gospel rally
我們已經把這個題目講了兩天了
We have spent two days on this theme
尊貴
Dignity
墮落
Fall
以及救贖
And salvation
如果原來是不尊嚴的
If we were not originally dignified
現在的生活都沒有意義了
There is no meaning in the current life
這就是今天世界的思想跟上帝的道
不同的地方
This is how the world things now
different from the bible
上帝在以賽亞書五十五章告訴我們
Isaiah fifty-five, God says
我的道路不是你的道路
My ways are not your ways
我的意念不同你的意念
My thoughts are not your thoughts
字同"我的意念高過你的意念"
My thought is higher than your thoughts
我的道路高過你的道路
My way is higher than your ways
如同天與地一樣的遠
Is just like how heaven and earth
are separated apart
你們要回到我的面前來
You must come before me
當人用自己被造的思想
想出一大堆理論的時候
When we think about all kind of theory
with our fallen minds
我們稱這個叫做學術
We say this is academy
但學術本身是中性的
Academy itself is neutral
很多裡面已經有堅定信念的人
Those who have deep conviction in your heart
為了使人尊重他們
In order for people to respect them
他們利用學術來支持自己
They make you so academic to support them
所以我思考了二十年以後
So I have been thinking about this for twenty years
我對學術一面尊重一面害怕
Whatever I respect academy
I'm most fearful about them
我給學術一個定義
I define them in this way
So called academy
學術
Is merely
就是
A slavement of the conviction
就是我們的信念的一種奴僕
所以你有了信念以後
So you have the conviction
你就找一個被利用的學術
來支持你的信念
You want to make yourself academic theory
to support your conviction
回教徒不相信三位一體
The Moslum don't believe in the trinity
他們堅信他們的道理才是對的
They insist that they are right
所以他就用各樣的學術來支持他的理論
So they use all kind of academic theory
to support their views
今天無神論呢,也是如此
Atheists do the same
他堅信沒有上帝
They insist there is no God
所以他就硬著他的心
So they are stiff-necked
然後用各樣的學術來支持他的信仰
They use all kind of theory to support their views
所以呢,So called academy
所謂的學術
Is only a slavement of the conviction
就是你的信念變成一種奴僕
你不要以為你讀了很多書,你很聰明
Don't think you are smart because you study a lot
更不要以為你有了學術,你一定走對路
Don't think that you walk in the right way
because your academy
聖經說每一個人都走在錯路的中間
The bible says everyone has fallen in the wrong way
有的是走在死路中間
Some go to walks to death
他們的心沒有看見上帝的榮耀
Have never seen the glory of God
所以他們的思想就變成愚蠢了
So their thoughts become foolish
他們良心就變成黑暗了
Their conscience is darkened
因為他壓制了上帝所給他的真理
Cause they suppress the truth
that God has given them
什麼叫做壓制上帝所給他的真理?
What does it mean to suppress God's truth?
上帝造人的時候
When God created man
是跟所有的萬物不一樣的
Different from all are creatures
人心靈的深處有幾個最基本的知識
Deep in our hearts there are few forms of knowledge
第一
First
上帝是存在的
God exists
我們心裡有第二個知識
There's second kind of knowledge
我要有道德的責任
I have the moral responsibility
所以這兩樣的東西就是最基本的真理
These two things are the basic truth that we know
不等於你讀了書才明白
It doesn't mean we need to study, you know it
無論是美國人
Whether you are American
蘇俄人
Or the Russian
無論是印第安人
Or the Indian
無論是最野蠻的人
Or the most barbaric people
他們從內心深處都知道這兩件事
Deep in their hearts they know these two things
上帝存在
And I should do good
我需要行善
這兩樣的東西呢
These two things
也就是康德(Immanuel Kant,1724~1804)
的道德哲學,最重要的重點
Are the main point in
Immanuel Kant's philosophy
康德寫了三本重要的書
Kant wrote three books
其實應該說四本,一本小小的
Four, smaller one
第一本叫做The Critique Of The Pure Reason
第二本叫做The Critique Of The Practical Reason
純粹理性的批判
第二是實踐理性的批判
第三本叫做批判的批判
The critique of the critiques
The critique of the judgment
那第四本
The forth
很重要
An important book
但很多基督徒不注意
Many Christians don't know
這個叫The Limits Of The Reason Alone
就是在我們理性的限制裡面的宗教性
從這裡去看宗教
From this perspective
那這四本書的第一本
The first among the four
他很大膽的推翻所有宗教信仰裡面
證明上帝的那些論據
He boldly overturn all the theories
that go against all religions
所以說什麼叫做Cosmological Argument
宇宙論證
什麼叫做Teleologic Argument
就是目的論證
還有什麼叫做Ontological Argument
本體論證
那這三個東西他都推翻掉
He all abolished these arguments
所以康德很大膽的告訴我們
So he boldly told us
人沒有辦法證明上帝
We can not approve God
所以很多人以為康德是替無神論講話的
Some people think that he spoke for the atheists
He is for atheism
結果呢,不是如此
But not true
所以康德講一句話:
So he said:
「要證明上帝存在
「To prove God exists
是很難很難的事情
It's very very hard
但是要證明上帝不存在
But to prove God does not exist
是更難更難的事情。」
it's even harder。」
所以他就寫了第二本書
So he wrote the second book
第二本書叫做Critique Of The Practical Reason
就是實踐理性的批判
那這一本書在講什麼呢?
What does this book talk about?
我們頭腦所不能想明白的事情
Things that we can not think about
我們心裡早就明白了
But in our heart we understand
所以我們不能用理性推敲的事情
Without reason we can not understand these things
我們在實踐的生活中間
我們知道這是有的
In practical living we know this exists
這句話跟他以前一個叫做Blaise Pascal
的哲學家很相似(帕斯卡,1623~1662)
Similar to what Blaise Pascal said
Blaise Pascal講一句話:
He said:
「The heart has it own reason
which reason does not know。」
「我們的心裡有一種理性
是我們的理性不了解的。」
心有心之理, 非理之理所知的理
所以當你的理性不能明白的時候
When your reason can not understand this
你心裡告訴你這是有的
In your heart you know it exists
這個實在的
This is true
這是一定要遵從的
This must be followed
那麼康德就從這一方面去思想
神存在應當有別的論證
So Kant thought about other kinds
of arguments for God's existence
在他的Practical Reason的序言裡面
In his preface of this book
他有兩句話
He said two things
他有兩件事使我越來越感到害怕
There are two things that made me
more and more fearful
第一件就是在上面閃著星光的太空
Firstly the starry sky up there
第二件就是在我裡面常對我說話的良心
Second is the conscience that speak in my heart
Starry heavens above and
the speaking conscience within him
在我之外有太空
There is a starry sky above heaven
有條不紊的星際的運行在對我說話
Stars and heavens speak to me
在我裡面有良心
Within me the conscience
照著道德的最高的命令來吩咐我
According to the highest moral standard
speaking to me
所以這個人是有良心的
So this person has conscience
這個人講了一句很重要的話
He said something important
雖然康德還不是很嚴肅的一個基督徒
Although Kant is not a very strict Christian
但他講了真心的話
But he spoke real words
天上一切的現象我怎麼去了解呢?
How do I understand the phenomenon in the world?
我裡面良心對我講話
這件事實我怎麼去解釋?
How do I explain the voice that speaks from within?
所以他就發明了,這個叫做Moral Argument
So he had moral argument
不是Ontological,不是Metaphysical
不是本體論
不是cosmological
不是Teleological
不是目的論
它叫做Moral Argument
Moral Argument
所以這個叫做最高的命令
The highest command
最高的命令在我裡面
Within me
在對我說你以要做好
Says to me you must do good
你要行善
You must do good
親愛的弟兄姊妹
Dear brothers and sisters
我們在這個世界上
In this world
你無論讀多少書
No matter how much you study
你不能避免的兩個選擇
There are two choices you can't avoid
你是選擇上帝所啟示的話語
Either you choose God's words that has reveal
或著是人所產生出來的學術呢?
Or you choose academic theory
produced by men?
自從十九世紀以後
After nineteenth century
Logical Positivism
邏輯實證論
Evolutionism
Existentialism
進化論
還有許多的Linguistic的Philosophy
還有許多的哲學
厘語哲學
還有這個實證論
邏輯實證思想
存在主義、進化論
還有所有的唯物論
都越來越偏向抵擋上帝的真理
All these theories have seems to be
incline towards going against to God
而我在十五、十六歲的時候
When I was fifteen or sixteen
就在這種思想的潮流中間長大
I grew up in the climate with the such theories
我亂的不得了
I was confused
然後我到十六歲半的時候
And sixteen and half
我很艱苦、很孤單的自己對上帝禱告
I prayed to God in misery and loneliness
如果祢是存在的
If you indeed exist
求祢解答我的問題
Please answer my questions
如果祢真的是上帝
If you truly are God
祢要解決我的問題
Please solve my problems
我不願意做一個混亂、無方向
隨便跟隨人的青年人
I don't want to be a young man who is
confused and directionless
我是個性很硬
I was stiffened
立場很堅定
Very firm
不願意隨便跟人走的人
Not willing be persuaded by others
主阿,祢給我解釋,祢給我答案
God, explain to me, give me answers
然後我就向祢應許
And I would make a promise
要到全世界去解答每一個人的問題
I will be willing to go all over the world
to answer everybody's questions
我這樣把自己奉獻給上帝
That's how I dedicated my life to God
感謝上帝
Thanks be to God
當我十七歲初的時候
When I was seventeen years old
神解答了我很多重要的問題
God answered many of my important questions
我就跪在上帝面前
I knelt before God
這個理性流浪的孩子
This son with a practical mind
The rational practical son
我回到上帝面前
I came back before God
奉獻做上帝的僕人
Give myself to the Lord
然後我每一年就收問題
Every year I would take your questions
你有什麼問題,你問
Ask questions
我一定不拒絕
I wouldn't reject it
我也一定不輕看你
I wouldn't look down on the questions
特別當你用誠實問問題的時候
Particularly when you ask them honestly
我就用誠實的心把我知道的告訴你
Then with the honest heart I share with it what I know
後來在1974年的時候
In 1974
我在國際大會裡面,聽見薛華講這一句話
(Francis Schaeffer,1912~1984)
I heard Francis Schaeffer say this in the conference
Responsibility of Christians
基督徒的責任
Is to answer the honest questions
with the honest answers
就是要對那些誠實的問題
以誠實的答案來回應
當世界上的人有人很誠實問問題的時候
你要用很誠實的回答
If you are asked honest questions
you give honest answers
我從來不敢輕看反對我的人
I never despite those oppose me
人與我不懂理論
我一定要謙虛,跟他一同思想
If you don't understand I'll humble myself
and think with them
把我所知道的回答給他聽
Share with them what I know
這樣我在世界上才成為世上的光
And I become the light of the world
我才能領人回到上帝的面前
I can lead people back to God
親愛的弟兄姊妹們
今天是最後一天
This is the last day
我再重頭告訴你一件很重要的事情
I'll say to you again one more thing
把福音傳開的時候
When we preach gospel
你已經面對人思想跟福音不同的地方
You have encounter difference between
your thoughts and the gospel
Encountering the opposition of the gospel
You encountering the different stand point of
their view concerning the truth
所以當你跟與真理對抗的思想
正在爭鋒相對的時候
When you encounter a clash with the truth
你的態度要謙卑
Your attitude must be humble
你的心情要誠實
You must be honest
而且你要很鎮定的信仰來回覆疑惑的問題
You must be stay fast in facing all the questions
聖經說我們不要討論疑惑的事情
Bible says don't talk about obscure things
但是如果人實實在在在需要中間的時候
But if you really need answers
你要告訴他
And you ought to tell him
那我們這一次所講的理論
The theories we talk about
跟許多城市的題目是一樣的
Similar to what we speak in other cities
但我的切入點很不一樣
But my approaches are different
我今天對你們講的三天的題目
These three days of talks
是從人從尊嚴墮落下來
來對抗人從野蠻進化上來
Are based on the fall from the heavenly place
and how we evolution
在我的觀念中間呢
In my theory
進化論是撒但要抵擋上帝道理
一個很鋒利的一個利器
Evolution is a Satan's weapon oppose to God
因為人很喜歡他在進步中間
Because people like to talk about progress
人很喜歡前面有偉大的前景
They like a good future
如果進化論是對的
If evolution is true
那人的前途是光明的
Then the future is bright
Evolution is true
我們會有無窮無止境的進步
That infinitely make progress towards future
那這個事情好像真的是對的
This seems to be right
因為你看什麼都在進步
Everything is making progress
那我要問你為什麼道德不進步呢?
Why is the morality not progressing?
為什麼兩千年前有一位叫耶穌的
Two thousand years ago there was a Jesus
到現在沒有一個人能夠超越祂的境界
Til now no one can surpass him
我是不容易信耶穌的人
It was hard for me to believe in Jesus
當我還很年輕的時候
When I was young
我要看很多的書
I do read many books
找出各樣不同理論的立點到底在哪裡
Look for all kinds of theories
我發現黑格爾講一句話
(Georg W. F. Hegel,哲學家,1770~1831)
Hegel says
他講一句很重要的話
Very import statement
雖然人類一直進步
Although mankind is making progress
但是幾乎沒有辦法超過歷史上
所記載的耶穌道德的成就
But they can not surpass the
moral accomplishment from Jesus
這一句話是非常感動我
This moved me
因為這些人不一定是基督徒
These people may not be Christians
但是他們承認一件事情
But they acknowledge one thing
基督所已經達到的那個頂點
The climax is achieved by Christ
幾乎可以說就是所謂文化、哲學、宗教
所盼望的summum bonum(拉丁文)
Is like the highest point that the culture seek for
這個是至高的善
The highest good
至高的善這個字
不但在別的宗教裡面出現
You don't see this in other religion
在孔子(551BC~479BC)的書裡
第一面就出現了
Or you'll see this in Confucius' book
止於什麼?是什麼?
親民,民民德,最後止於什麼?
止於至善
那個叫做最高的善
Ultimate good
所以中國的思想,盼望人可以達到最高的善
So the Chinese hope that we achieve the highest good
西方的思想,盼望人可以達到最高的善
In the west area, they want the same thing
我請問你
Let me ask you
中國的文化是一直在退步還是在進步呢?
Is the Chinese culture making progress or not?
如果你把這三朝以上
有夏,夏以上,有什麼呢?
Shia dynasty, Tang dynasty
有唐,唐堯、虞舜、夏禹
這些人的道德比現在領導國家的
這些領袖的道德,高超的不得了
They were morally very high compared to
what we have now
所以我不知道到底人類在進步呢?
I don't know whether do I making progress or not
還是在退步呢?
Or on the other way?
從道德來看
Morally speaking
人是一直下、一直下、一直下
It seems to be declining
所謂的進步都是科技的
So called progress is scientific, It's all about technology
所有的進步都是所有的技術上的問題
而這些東西不是最高的東西
These are not important things
所以我們從聖經看見不是如此
From the bible, we know it is not true
人原先是尊貴的
Originally we were glorious
後來因為犯罪墮落了
We fell
因為救贖,我們可以回頭
Because the redemption, we returned
這就是基督教給我們的福音
This is the gospel from the Christianity
這是給我們看見救恩的道理
So we see the truth of salvation
剛才楊弟兄開車帶我來的時候
And when brother Yang drove me here
他是一個音樂家
He is an musician
也是一個歌唱家
Also a singer
他說我在聖經發現一件事情
He said I realize something in the bible
我就很注意聽了
I was interested
他說奇怪
He said
天使的讚美
The praise of angels
四活物的讚美
The four living beings
靈界的讚美
the spiritual realm
跟人類對上帝的讚美
But mankind worship to God
有一個很不一樣的事情
There are something different between these
那我就很有興趣了
So I was interested
我說根據你發現呢
Base on your discover
不同的地方在哪裡?
What are the differences?
他怎麼講呢?
What did he say?
當我看見啟示錄裡面
In revelation
所有的讚美
All the praise and worship
跟人的讚美不同的地方
Compared to human worship is different
人讚美的時候一定把救恩放在前面
When we worship, we always put salvation first
這個只有人才有的
Only in humanity
我說你發現的對了
I said you are right
因為只有人經歷過救恩
There is only human experienced salvation
天使有沒有經過救恩呢?
Did angel experience salvation?
有沒有呢?
其他的靈界的活物有沒有經過救恩呢?
Other spiritual beings experience salvation?
They never experience salvation
他們沒有經歷救恩
They never understand what is the
power of the gospel
他們從來沒有了解福音的大能
只有人明白救恩
Only human understand
只有人經歷福音
Only men experience salvation
只有人怎麼知道什麼叫做上帝拯救的大能
We know the power of the gospel salvation
我感謝主
當你明白救恩的時候
When you understand salvation
你的生命改變了
Your life is transformed
當真正經歷救恩的大能的時候
You truly experience the power of redemption
你對上帝的感謝就不一樣了
Your thanks giving to God is different
有一次我從香港坐飛機到台灣
Once I was taking the flight from
Hong Kong to Taiwan
我被安排坐在一個老人家的旁邊
I sit beside an elderly man
說他老人家是不大公平,因為我也是老人家
It not too fair because I am elderly too
那他是一個白人
And he is a white man
頭髮全白
His hair is all white, very tall man
高的不得了
瘦型
Very slim
看他的臉很有聰明智慧
I see the wisdom in his face
所以等飛了十分鐘以後
Ten minutes after we took off
我就開始對他講話
I started to talk to him
我說:「Where are you from?」
「你從哪裡來?」
他就說:「I am from Germany。」
「我是德國人。」
他說:「And you?」
「你呢?」
「我是Indonesia。」
「是印尼人。」
那德國是世界聞名,有教育的大國
So Germany is a country with very civilized
印尼是恐怖分子徘徊之國
Indonesia is where with its terrorists
所以看樣子,沒有什麼東西可以談下去了
It seems that no place for us to talk
所以我看著他,他看著我,我就再問
I looked at him, He looked at me, I asked
因為很多外國人你不問,他就不答
Some of these occasion they
don't answer if you don't talk
結果所談話的就不能下去了
Because there is no platform
「Are you going to Taiwan?」
「你去台灣嗎?」
他說:「Yes。」
「是。」
「And you also?」
「你也是嗎?」
我說:「Yes。」
「是的。」
那我再問他說:「Go to Taiwan for what?」
「去台灣做什麼?」
他說:「I go to teach in Taiwan University。」
「台灣大學教書。」
他在台大教書
那他說:「And you?」
「I go to preach to the Christians there。」
「我去向基督徒講道。」
所以現在已經開始談進去了
So now there is a approach
那我說:「What are you teaching in
Taiwan University?」(「你教什麼?」)
「在台灣大學教什麼?」
「I teaching philosophy。」
「我教哲學。」
他應該是個客座教授
So he must a guest speaker
他問說:「Do you like philosophy?」
「你喜歡哲學嗎?」
我說:「是。」
「Do you know philosophy?」
「你懂哲學嗎?」
我說:「A little bit。」
我說:「一點點。」
他問:「How can you know philosophy?」
「你怎麼會懂呢?」
「I have been teaching fro forty years。」
「我教了四十年。」
我教了四十年,我懂一點點
I know a little bit
那我再問他說:
Then I asked him:
「你的哲學是什麼哲學?」
「What kind of philosophy do you know?」
他說:「我是教德國哲學。」
「German philosophy。」
他問我:「我你叫什麼哲學?」
「How about you?」
我說:「我教中國哲學
「Chinese
我教希臘哲學
Greece philosophy
我也教德國哲學。」
German philosophy。」
所以兩個人談進來了
And then we have a common topic
大概他改變他的觀念
He change his mindset
不是恐怖分子
Not terrorist anymore
也是一個知識分子
You are a intellectual
我們談了以後呢
After we spoke
我就談到了德國的唯心論的問題
I talked about the idealism in Germany
Immanuel Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel
All the various philosophers
談了這些,他很有興趣
He was interested
談完了以後呢
After this conversation
我再問他一個問題
I asked him again
「Do you have any hobby?」
「你有沒有什麼嗜好?」
他說:「Yes, I like music。」
「我喜歡音樂。」
「And you?」
我說:「I like music。」
「我也喜歡音樂。」
兩個又一樣了
Common topic
我再問他
「What kind of music do you like?」
「你喜歡什麼音樂?」
他說:「classic music。」
「古典音樂。」
那他問我說:「What kind of music do you like?」
「那你喜歡什麼音樂?」
我說:「classical music。」
那他以為我跟他唱對臺戲的時候,一直講同樣的話
He though of this train to be funny
那我問他說:「Which composer you like best?」
「什麼作曲家你最喜歡?」
他說:「Brahms, Beethoven。」
(布拉姆斯,1833~1897,貝多芬,1770~1827)
「Brahms, Beethoven。」
「And what about you?」
「那你呢?」
我說:「Brahms, Beethoven。」
「也是布拉姆斯,貝多芬。」
那他就要考我了
Want to test me
「Which Brahms?」
「哪一個布拉姆斯?」
「Which Beethoven?」
「哪一個貝多芬?」
「Which symphony?」
「哪一個交響樂?」
我說:「Brahms第四我最喜歡。」
「Number four。」
「然後Brahms第一
「Number one
Beethoven一到九我都指揮過交響樂。」
First to nine symphony of Beethoven, I've conducted。」
他知道這個不好玩了
So he know "OH"
所以他以為跟我談的旗鼓相當
So he thought we were equaled
我就問他:
「What is your original race?」
「你的原本的祖籍是什麼?」
他說:「I am Jew。」
「我是猶太人。」
「And you? from Indonesia?」
「你呢?印尼人嗎?」
「I am Chinese。」
「我是中國人。」
猶太人跟中國人
Chinese and Jew
是相當彼此尊重的
They honor each other
猶太人知道中國文化很古老
The Jews know Chinese has long history
中國人也知道猶太文化不好玩
And Chinese knows the Jewish culture is not fun
所以他講:「I am Jew。」
我就開始捉弄他了
And I made fun of him
「Tell me the truth
「告訴我事實
Why Jewish people are so smart
為什麼猶太人這麼聰明
But never produce very many great composers?」
卻沒有很多偉大的音樂家?」
我就考他了
I tested him
你猶太人為什麼沒有產生最偉大的音樂家?
Why no greatest composers?
他說:「We have some。」
「我們有一些。」
我說:「Who?」
「誰啊?」
「是誰呢?」
他說:「We have Mendelssohn 。」
(孟德爾頌,1809~1847)
「我們有Mendelssohn。」
Mendelssohn是猶太人?是的
He is Jew
然後他講,「我們還有其他的人。」
「And others。」
我就對他說:
And I said:
「You don't be mistake
「你不要搞錯了
Because Mendelssohn is a Christian。」
孟德爾頌是基督徒。」
他說:「what matter?」
「有什麼關係?有什麼分別?」
「Is any difference?」
「Christian is not curious, he is a Jew。」
「他就是猶太人阿。」
我說:「Other Jews never produce music
as good as Mendelssohn。」
「其他的猶太人沒有這麼好的音樂家。」
他就開始眼睛大大看著我
And he looked at me
「What do you mean?」
「什麼意思?」
「你的意思是什麼?」
我說:「猶太人不明白上帝的救恩
「Jews don't understand God's salvation
但是基督徒明白上帝的救恩
But Christian understand
所以你們猶太人有很多指揮家
Among the Jews there are many conductors
很多鋼琴家
Many pianists
像Horowitz
(1903~1989)
像Rubinstein
(1887~1982)
你們的指揮像是Bernstein
(1918~1990)
有很多指揮我都讀過這些東西
I've studied about all these conductors
但是你們的作曲家,最重要的一個
就是Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn is the most important composer
而他成為作曲家的時候,他已經信耶穌了。」
He was a Christian when he became a composer。」
Mendelssohn的祖父叫做Moses Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn's grand father was Moses Mendelssohn
他是Immanuel Kant的好朋友
A good friend with Immanuel Kant
但是他的成就不能比康德那麼大
But his accomplishment is not as great as Kant
這個猶太人在德國住得很辛苦
This Jew had hard time in Germany
因為德國人對猶太人是比較Discriminate
Cause the German discriminated against Jews
所以後來這個Moses Mendelssohn生了一個孩子
So when Moses Mendelssohn had a son
他不要做哲學家
He didn't want to be a philosopher
他去做了銀行家
But he become a banker
你知道猶太人很有智慧
Jews are wise people
而猶太人特別很會賺錢
They had made a lot of money
所以這個Moses Mendelssohn的孩子
The son of Moses Mendelssohn
叫做Abraham Mendelssohn
Abraham Mendelssohn
他不再搞哲學
He didn't want to deal with philosophy anymore
他就搞經濟
He want to do with economics
搞銀行
Banking
搞金融
Economics, finance
後來發了大財
Made a lot of money
又生了兩個孩子
Had two sons
一個女的比較大
Two children, a daughter
一個男的比較小
And a younger son
這兩個孩子很可愛
Very adorable children
女的很美麗
The daughter was beautiful
男的很英俊
The son was handsome
又非常聰明
Intelligent
但有一天呢,這個銀行家忽然間有一個念頭
One day the banker thought
I want to be a Christian
我要成為基督徒
I stop being a Jew
我不要成為猶太人
所以他就跑到路德會的禮拜堂
He went to a Lutheranism church
申請受洗
Want to be baptized
全家信耶穌
Entire family become Christians
我不知道那個時候他的爸爸Moses還在不在
I don't know whether Moses Mendelssohn
was still around
但是當Abraham Mendelssohn決定
把孩子都帶到教會受洗的時候
Abraham Mendelssohn wanted
his children to be baptized
他是心志很堅定
He was determined
然後這兩個孩子受洗了以後
These two children after been baptized
他就常常去做禮拜
He came to church regularly
表示他不是假的
It means it was true
他是真心要信耶穌的
He was sincerely become a Christian
那麼這種高級的家庭
So this is a very high family
是有錢的猶太人
Very wealthy family
決定信耶穌
He decided to be a Christian
很不尋常
It's quiet rare
因為這個會整個猶太社會看不起的
In Jewish society, will look down on them
那這個最小的就是Mendelssohn Bartholdy
叫做Felix
Felix Mendelssohn
這個人在他十八歲的時候
When he was eighteen
他就開始寫了很偉大的音樂
He wrote great music
他十七歲的時候寫了
Midsummer light dream overture
Midsummer night dream overture at seventeen
是根據他讀了莎士比亞著作,仲夏夜之夢寫出來的
(William Shakespeare,1564~1616)
Base on what he read from Shakespeare
當他寫出來演奏的時候
When it was been performed
音樂界大大轟動起來
Everybody were fill astonished
因為他用的技術
Because his techniques
和音
His harmony
對位,style
And all of his style and techniques
遠遠超過當時所有最大最大的作曲家
Surpass all the contemporary composers
所以有人把他十七歲的作品
So someone used his works at seventeen years old
跟Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart十七歲的時候的作品
做一個比較(莫札特,1756~1791)
Compare to Mozart's works when he was seventeen
他們發現他遠遠超過莫札特
They realized he surpass Mozart
所以人省悟過來的
And everyone was awaken
世界的天才又掉下一個來了
Another genius
什麼叫天才呢?
福建人說:「天才天才,天上掉下來」
He came from heaven
天上掉下一個天才來
The genius came from heaven
天才的出現
The emergence of genius
是人類共有的
Is shared among the humanity
是人類的寶貝
Is a treasure of humanity
是我們許多的源頭
Is the reason what will happen
一個妒忌天才的人
If you are jealousy of genius
是世界上最壞的人
You are quiet lowly
看見別人好
If you see someone is good
你要為他感謝上帝
You must give thanks to God
You see someone is good
要從他吸收幸福
You must be joyful
很多人不是如此
Many people are not like that
你比我好
You are better than me
我就打死你
I will get rid of you
我就毒死你
I would poison you
我就盼望你撞車死掉
I hope you die sooner
你知道中國最出名的一個很大的醫學家
叫做扁鵲
是齊桓公時代的人
In China, there is a physician in the ancient times
A genius in medical
這個人叫做扁鵲
By the name of Bian Chua
他是一個神醫
He was a supreme physician
後來他怎麼死的呢?
How did he die?
就是因為有一個太醫,皇帝的太醫
There was a royal physician
是秦朝皇帝的皇宮醫生
聽說他很厲害,就派人用毒藥把他殺死
This physician from the palace
wanted poison him to death
這個叫做天才妒天才
That is a genius been jealousy of a greater genius
而且不是天才,是無才才妒天才
You are not a genius because your are jealous
那麼當Mendelssohn的音樂一播出來的時候
When the Mendelssohn's music was displayed
歐洲轟動了
European was astonished
Midsummer night dream overture is surpassing any works composed by Mozart when he was seventeen
超越了莫札特17歲所寫的
這是一件很大的事情
This was something major
那麼這個人信了耶穌以後
When this person became Christian
到了二十八歲的時候
He was twenty-eight
他是寫了聖保羅Oratorio(聖保羅神劇)
He wrote Saint Paul oratorio
他到了三十六歲的時候
When he was thirty-six
他再寫了以利亞,Elijah
He wrote Elijah
剛才胡忠良弟兄所唱的就是Elijah的最後一首歌
And this was performed by brother Joseph Hu earlier
美的不得了
Very beautiful
那首詩歌講什麼呢?
What does it talk about?
一個義人為主發光
A righteous man shines for the lord
就像早上的太陽,越照越明
Just like a morning sun, it gets more and more beautiful
這一首詩歌成為Elijah Oratorio最後一首
是很有意思的
This is meaningful in the last part of the oratorio
以利亞是上帝的僕人
Elijah is a servant of God
以利亞像一個義人發光的心一樣
And he was like a righteous man shining forth
雖然以利亞現在不在世界上
Although Elijah is not around anymore
但是他的事蹟,他的事奉
All the things he has done
他在基督教的影響
His influence
是一代比一代更大的
He has transcended generations
所以當Mendelssohn出來以後呢
After Mendelssohn emerged
看見基督教產生偉大的音樂
We see a lot of great Christian music
遠遠超過以前所有許多的作曲家
That surpassed many pretty composers
因為他是猶太人
Because he was a Jew
所以法國人非常不喜歡他
So the French didn't like him
而德國人也不喜歡他
German didn't like him
所以他在這個被敵對的狀況中間
要產生音樂來影響世界,是難乎其難
So he was very hard to him to produce
good music in the mid of opposition
他的時代有另外一個音樂家
In his era another musician
叫做Wagner
(華格納,1813~1883)
這個Wagner是非常討厭Mendelssohn
Wagner really hated Mendelssohn
雖然Wagner也是很大的音樂家
He was a great musician
但他們兩個的音樂相比起來
But compare two of them
不一樣的地方
Different
一個是很宏偉,神話式的這種樂句
One produce great music drama
是more than opera
因為他要把這個Opera更高尚的一層的東西放進去
Is higher than the opera, it's music drama
它叫做music drama
那麼Mendelssohn的音樂呢
Mendelssohn's music
它有那個屬靈的氣氛
There is spiritual atmosphere
有屬天的價值
Heavenly value
跟所有世界上的歌劇、神話劇都不一樣的
Different from other kinds of music
而今天我不在這裡演講音樂
I won't do further with music music yet
所以我們繼續講下去
Let's continue
那Mendelssohn的音樂
我就對這個德國人說:
I said to the German:
「你們猶太人
「You Jews
不能產生像Mendelssohn 的音樂
Can't not produce Mendelssohn's music
因為你們不明白救恩
Because you don't understand salvation
如果你明白救恩
If you do
你要感謝上帝
你對上帝的感謝
Your thanks giving to God
用音樂表達出來的時候
When it's expressed in music
就有另外一個層次的美
另外一個層次的超越
是普通的音樂不能達到的。」
It will bring it to a transcendent level of beauty。」
我再對他說:
And I said to him:
「為什麼好的音樂是從歐洲出來的呢?
「Why does good music comes from Europe?
為什麼好的宗教是從亞洲出來的呢?
And good religions come from Asia?
為什麼好的哲學、邏輯是從希臘出來的呢?
And good logic and philosophy from Greece?
好的偉大的音樂是從歐洲出來的。」
And great music from Europe。」
他說:「你這次對我講這些我都沒有好好想過。」
He said:「I never thought about this。」
我說:「所以我告訴你
So I said to you:
你是猶太人
You are a Jew
你缺乏的就是耶穌的救恩
You lack of salvation of Jesus
你要好好思想
You must think about this
因為救贖產生民族的變化
Because salvation
Produces change of people
思想的虛偽
And the changing of thinking
物質的科學的發明
And the invention in science
人文道德的進步
Progress in culture
不能用別的地方,東西代替的
These things can not replace salvation
我們剛剛講到這裡的時候
And when I talked about this
「Plug the seat belt please
we are going down Taipei。」
「我們就要降落了。」
我飛機要降下去了
We were landing
所以他說:「哎呀,很可惜。」
He said:「Oh。」
我們剛談到很興趣的時候
In the mid of a good conversation
時間完了
Now time is ending
我們要下去了
Now we must get off
所以他就問我:「你在台北幾天?」
Then he asked:
「How many days are you here?」
我說:「兩三天我就走了。」
「Two or three days I will be leaving。」
很可惜
It's pity
下飛機的時候,我們互相道別
And then we said goodbye
他講一句什麼話你知道?
「In my life
「在我生命裡
I never talked with any people
so profound, so proud, so meaningful
Just I talked with you in past half hour。」
「我從來沒有跟一個這麼有智慧
這麼深入的人來講話。」
不,他沒有講這個
「我沒有跟人談過這麼深入的東西
在過去半個鐘頭裡面,像跟你談過。」
他沒有說我很有智慧
有一點不一樣的地方
然後我們就彼此道別了
我也知道
And I knew
我一生可能永遠不能再看見他
In my life I would never seen him again
但是作為基督徒
As a Christian
我找到一個重要的切入點,告訴他
I found a very good approach point
猶太文化缺乏的是什麼?
That Jewish culture lacks something
救恩
Salvation
所以今天最後一堂
The last session today
我要跟你談的是什麼?
I wanna talk about
不是原先創造的尊嚴
Not about the original dignity
不是墮落以後的罪惡
Not about the sin after the fall
而是耶穌基督的救贖
But about the salvation of Jesus Christ
阿們?
Amen
這是基督教跟所有的宗教絕對完全不同的地方
This is how Christianity is absolutely
totally different from other religions
救恩跟宗教跟不同在哪裡呢?
Salvation is different from religion
宗教注重教,救恩注重救
Religion place emphasis on teaching
and salvation is about saving
大家說,一、二、三
人犯罪以後需要什麼呢?
After we sinned, what do we need?
人說需要教
All do we need is religion
上帝說需要救
No, we need salvation
所以這又是基督教跟所有的文化
所有的宗教不同的地方
And this is how Christianity is different
from other religions
如果教會不注重救恩
If the churches doesn't place emphasis
on redemption
只注重教導
They only about teaching
那教會不是教會
Then it's not a church
教會變成一間學校了
Just like another school
你要知道耶穌基督告訴我們:
Jesus Christ says:
「救恩是出於耶和華
「Salvation comes from the Lord
救恩是從耶穌基督而來的。」
From Jesus Christ。」
而律法是從摩西而來的
And laws came from Moses
所以救恩是從耶穌基督而來的
Salvation came from Jesus Christ
一個人認識基督
If you know Christ
就要認識最中心點
就是祂的救贖
You know the core of the issue
that is his salvation
如果我們不認識耶穌的救恩
If you don't know his salvation
我們就根本不是基督徒
Then we are not Christian at all
如果我們不接受耶穌的救恩
If we don't accept Jesus' salvation
我們跟上帝的恩典沒有關係
Then we have no relationships with his grace
我們只有享受普遍恩惠
We just enjoy common grace
健康
Health
聰明
Our intelligence
體力、氧氣
Oxygen
生活豐富
這些東西是暫時的
All the things in life are temporal
這些東西是幾十年的
That will last decades only
你無論多健康
No matter how healthy you are
有一天你會死
One day you will die
無論你多聰明
No matter how smart you are
有一天你進棺材
你有多有錢
No matter how wealthy you are
你一塊錢也不能帶去
You can't take single dollar away
所以你不要為了普遍恩典
來到上帝面前
So don't come before God just for
the common grace
有多少人只為了這些恩典
才進到教會裡面
Some people come to the church
just for this forms of grace
很多教會只用這樣的東西來吸引人到場
Many churches only draw people with these things
但是聖經不是這樣講的
But bible doesn't say that
聖經說我們需要救恩
Bible say we need salvation
就是你靈魂得救
Salvation on the soul
永遠在上帝的面前
To be eternally before God
不是單單暫時的生活
Not just a temporal life
有一次Billy Graham 被美國的國會叫去
(葛理翰,美國佈道家,1918~2018)
Once Billy Graham was summoned
by the American Government
他們給他一個最高的獎狀
Give him the highest honor
然後這是所有牧師裡面
沒有一個人曾經得到的榮譽
This his only pastor where receive this award
當那一天他從他的家飛到華盛頓
And he flew to Washington from his home
然後車把他載到國會大廈去的時候
And they brought him to the parliament house
把他帶到一個圓形那個Rotunda
圓頂下面的這個大廳
Came to that building with that dome
他們舉行了頒獎的典禮
There was a awards ceremony
他們把最高的獎狀給Billy Graham
They gave the highest honor to Billy Graham
因為在他作傳道的期間
Because when he was a pastor
他經歷過十多個總統
There were more than ten presidents
你看總統多麼短命
Presidents' life are so shortly
四年就滾蛋
Four years
最多八年就滾蛋
And or eight years
牧師很長命
Pastors live longer
我已經作了58年了
I have been a pastor for 58 yet
我經歷了美國也10多個總統了
I experienced more ten presidents too
為什麼呢?
Why?
因為牧師是很長命的
Because pastors tend to have long life
所以你們做明星很笨
Filmstar are quite foolish
因為明星很短命
Because their careers are so short
作足球明星也很笨
Footballers are as foolish too
因為運動員也很短命
Their careers are short lives
如果你作牧師
If you are a pastor
你就很長命
Then you are have long life
如果你作指揮
If you are a conductor
你也很長命
You have long life too
所以你看現在呢,林望傑已經指揮了差不多38年
He's been a conductor for 38 years yet
但是我比他更多20年
I might be fifty-eight
我58年作傳道
Fifty-eight years as pastor
所以我告訴你
I say to you
你說我不要作傳道,你很笨
You said I don't want to be pastor, you are foolish
不是你不要,是上帝不要你
It's not you don't want, God may not want you
如果上帝要你
If God wants you
你要謝天謝地,你感謝主
You must give thanks
要揀選我做祢的僕人
That God chosen you to be a servant
那你注意再聽下去
Listen carefully
當他進到國會山莊大廈裡面的時候
So when he came into the parliament
他們把一個獎狀送給他
And the honor was given to him
講完了以後呢
After the award was given
請Billy Graham給國會所有的人講幾句話
Billy Graham was invited to say few words
而那一天呢
That day
重要的部長
All the important ministers
在四周圍坐著,坐的很整齊
All sit there
All sit there pretty proper
穿很筆挺的西裝
Premium proper
然後Billy Graham上台的時候
When Billy Graham came on the stage
他眼睛就向上看
He was looking upwards
在那個大圓頂上面一直看看看
Looking at dome up there
大家只跟著他看
Everybody was looking with him at
因為重要的人看哪裡,你也要看哪裡
So you must follow the important person
因為那個方向一定有智慧
That direction must have wisdom within
所以他看完了以後
And after that
他就問他說:
Ask him:
「We have so many great men here
「我們這裡有這麼偉大的人
And the sculptures are so beautiful
這麼好的雕像
他們的雕像這麼偉大,這麼美麗
The beautiful sculptures
I want to ask you a question
我問你一個問題
Among all these people
在這些偉人當中
Now surrounding us
圍繞著我們
So great artistic, so beautiful statue
now surrounding us
這麼美的這些雕像
May I ask you a question
What is in common among these people?」
這些人當中有什麼共同點呢?」
有什麼共同點呢?
What's common among them?
這個人一問了
Then he asked this question
國會大廈那些部長都不敢回答
Nobody dared answer
因為答錯不好意思
They were embarrassed to answer wrongly
處世戒多言,言多必失
The more you speak, the more you tend to get wrong
寧可不講話
So they would be silent
所以結果沒有人回答
No be answered
他就答了
So he answered
「Let me tell you
「我告訴你
They are all different
他們都不一樣
Different time
不同的時期
Different knowledge
不同的知識
Different position
不同的位份
Different party
不同的黨派
And I tell you there's one thing in common
有一點是共同的
They are all dead。」
他們都死了。」
他們都死了
They are all dead
Billy Graham就對所有政府最重要的人
講一個挑戰的話
Billy Graham issue a challenge
to all these important officers
Where are you go to live in your eternity?
在你永恆裡你要去哪裡?
你在永恆中間你要怎麼活著?
In eternity, where will you been?
你要到哪裡去?
What's your eternal destiny?
這一句話很啟發人
It's a inspiring question
你不要看我們在世界不同
你有錢,我沒有錢,你很英俊,我不好看
你很有高地位,這個都沒有用
You keep thinking about our difference, our status
our position, these are useless
因為有一天我們都要死
One day we will all die
死了以後你到哪裡?
If you die, Where will you be?
基督教跟所有宗教不同的地方
Christianity is different from other religions
我剛才早上講一句話:
In the morning I said:
Jesus is the only one among all religion founders
To tell us where did he come from。」
「在眾多的宗教主當中
耶穌是唯一告訴我們祂從哪裡來的。」
所有宗教創辦人裡面
基督是唯一交代清楚
祂的出處從哪裡來
He is the only one who tells us where he came from
孔子有沒有說他從哪裡來?
Did Confucius tell where is he from?
釋迦摩尼有沒有說他從哪裡來?
How about Shakyamuni?
穆罕默德有沒有說他從哪裡來?
How about Muḥammad?
他們都是做人犯罪的生活
走到一半的時候發現,我有罪了
怎麼辦?
In the mid of sinful life, they realized they were sinful
我要脫離罪惡
Oh, I want to break away from sin
所以我要找真理
So I must look for the truth
找真理就證明你不是真理
If you are searching for the truth
it means you are not truth
對不對啊?
找真理就表示你沒有真理
It means you are not the truth
你不但不是真理
Not only are you not the truth
你沒有真理
You don't have the truth
你需要真理
You need the truth
你如果需要真理是每一個宗教教主
的共同點的話
If it is a common among all religious leaders
他就沒有辦法告訴你他從哪裡來
They can not tell you where they come from
他只盼望他哪裡去
They only can hope for where they can go to
他不能告訴你他哪裡來
They can not tell you where they came from
所以耶穌基督就不一樣了
But Jesus is different
耶穌基督說:「我從父出來,到了世界。」
Jesus said:「I came from Father,
came to the world。」
The only one be accountable and
responsible to tell you
Where does he come from
唯一一個有這個責任告訴你祂的出處的
祂又對我們說:
And then he said to us:
「我要把你們帶到我父那裡去
「I will bring you to where my father is
你們如果不藉著我
沒有一個人能回到父那裡去。」
No one can come to the father except to me。」
所以你在教會裡面沒有聽到基督的教訓
跟所有的宗教不同的地方在哪裡
你信耶穌是徒然的
Your life of Christian is futile if you haven't heard about how Christ is different from other religions
我在我的聚會、我的講道裡面
In all my sermons
常常也強調這一點
I wanna emphasize this
我們為什麼信主?
Why do I believe in Christianity?
因為主是不一樣的
Because he is different
主耶穌跟所有宗教的教主是不一樣的
Lord of Jesus is different from other religious leaders
祂不一樣不是份量有差別
He is not that he is quantitatively different
祂不一樣是因為品質不同,來源不同
He is qualitatively different
因為祂是有神性的救主
Because he is God, He is savior
我們感謝上帝
We give thanks to God
這樣你在基督的不同裡面
So from the difference here
你要再問這個不同帶來的是什麼呢?
Then you want to ask so what?
聖經說,帶來的就是救恩
The bible said this produces salvation
救恩是什麼呢?
就是救贖的恩典
Salvation is the grace of saving
什麼叫做恩典呢?
What is the grace?
是不憑功勞的
It means it's not by your work
不因行為的
Not by your merit
不談資格的
Not because your worthy
或不配得到的
這個沒有功勞
不靠行為
不因為我們有資格沒有
Not by your merit or your works
Or your worthiness
就白白給我們了
Freely given to you
這個叫做恩典
This is grace
那這個恩典是個救贖的恩典
This is saving grace
什麼叫做救贖的恩典呢?
What is saving grace?
不是教,而是救
But saving
教是一種有次序的學習
Teaching is a systematic process
那告訴你怎麼學
Giving knowledge
你可以進步
Telling you how you learn, how you make progress
救不先談這個事情
But saving doesn't talk about this
先把你從危機中間解救出來
To the first deliver you from the crisis
昨天、前天當教皇在Ground Zero
跟所有的宗教領袖一同站在一起的時候
When Papa Franciscus were standing together with others religious leaders at ground zero
我有感覺到他有優越的地方
I felt that he was superior
所有宗教的代表對他非常尊敬
All the religious leaders honor him very much
但我感到很可惜的事情
But something was a pity
幾乎把基督教跟所有的宗教等量齊觀
It seems the Christianity was compared
with all other religions
這是不對的事情
This is not right
因為基督教不是宗教
Because Christianity is not a religion
基督教是超宗教
It is transcend religion
基督教不是談教
It's not about teaching
基督教是談救
It's about saving
這個不是教導的問題
這是拯救的問題
拯救跟教導不同在哪裡?
What is different between saving and teaching?
如果你今天掉到海裡面去
If you fall into the sea
你發現鯊魚越來越靠近
You realize a shark is coming
那你沒有辦法游泳
And you can't swim
所以一面怕一面大喊大叫
You are so scar and you are screaming
一面掙扎一面沉淪下去
And you are struggling and you are drowning
這時候有一個人忽然站在岸上對你說:
And someone comes and stand at the shore
「你要這樣,手這樣,腳這樣
And he tells you:「you must move your hands
聽我的話
And your legs
我好好教你。」
Listen to me。」
你已經要沉下去了
You are gonna drowned
還要這樣那樣
你沒有辦法,你說:「怎麼樣?」
Oh he is teaching you to move your hands
「How?」
他說:「要這樣!」
「Oh you must do this!」
你一這樣的時候,更沉下去
And when you do that, you drowned
不久鯊魚來了
And the shark comes
不但你不能游泳
Not only can you not use it
一下子就被吃掉了
The shark will eat you up
因為那個人對你說什麼?
What the person said?
他在教你啊
He is teaching you
但如果有一個人到那個地方
他說:「現在我把這個繩子丟給你
But another person said:「 I throw a rope
拉著繩子!
Pull that rope!
你不要動,抓著繩子,我把你拉上來。」
Don't move, just pull that rope, I would deliver you。」
而這個時候呢
At this moment
你抓住繩子
You are hold on the rope tightly
你不能游泳不要緊
Doesn't matter you can't swim
他的體力很強大
But this man is strong
所以他把這個繩子拉上來的時候
He can pull the rope up
結果把你救上來的時候
And save you from the shark
他對你說什麼?
And he says to you:
「回家。」
「Go home。」
他不是說:
He didn't say:
「去補習游泳。」
「Go learn swimming now。」
他說:「回家
「Go home
我已經救你了。」
I've saved you。」
那這個叫作救
This is saving
所以教不是救
Teaching is not saving
救不是教
Saving is not teaching
大家說 ,一、二、三
教不是救,救不是教
現在你是人
You are human
你已經犯罪
You have sinned
你離開上帝
You are departed from God
你沉淪在罪惡中間
You are drowned in sin
你需要什麼呢?
What do you need?
你需要教嗎?
You need teaching?
我告訴你,可以的
教好不好?好
Is it good?It's good
但你更需要的是什麼?
But you need something more
你需要救
You need salvation more
所以耶穌基督自己說:
Jesus Christ, He said:
「基督耶穌降世
「Christ Jesus came to the world
為要拯救罪人。」
To save the sinners。」
基督耶穌降世,為要拯救罪人
耶穌自己講:「人子來
He himself said:「the son of man came
是要尋找
To seek
要拯救
To save
世上的人。」
The lost。」
我每一次用這一節經文講道的時候
Every time I preach on this verse
我不從前面講到後面
I wouldn't start from the beginning to the end
我從後面講到前面
I start from the end
基督耶穌降世
Christ Jesus came
為要拯救罪人
To save the sinners
人子到世上來
The son of man came
要尋找拯救失喪的人
To seek the lost
所以我第一點講人的失喪
I first talk about our lostness
第二點講需要尋找跟拯救
Secondly our need for salvation
不是人尋找上帝
It's not we seek God
是上帝尋找人
It's that God has sought out man
不是人尋找真理
It's not that we look for the truth
是真理的主尋找人
But the lord of the truth looks for us
不是人尋找出路
It not we look for the way out
是上帝為我們建了一條路來找我們
But God has built a way for us out
然後最後我才講到耶穌基督
And lastly I talk about Jesus
所以基督耶穌降世
是人子到世上來
為要尋找,要拯救失喪的人
To seek, to save, the lost
你先認知你失喪了
You first realize you are lost
然後你感到你需要
And you feel you need
你認知你需要上帝的尋找
You need God's salvation
因為你不能尋找上帝
Because you can not seek him
你認知你需要拯救
You realize you need salvation
因為教育沒有辦法改造人
But the teaching can not save you
有一個人叫David Adeney
(艾得理,內地會宣教士,1911~1994)
David Adeney said
他是全世界學生團契的總創辦人
He is the founder of the student fellowship
我跟他1984年
In 1984
在加利福尼亞
In California
一同跑到Wheeler xxxx去演講
We went to Wheeler xxx to speak
這一個人呢
This person
他是很重要的人
Very important man
全世界很多基督徒,大學生都很尊重他
Many Christian and undergraduates honor him
他是IVF的創辦人
He is the founder of IVF
這個人很愛中國
He loves China
在中國事奉幾十年
Serving China for decades
所以他講非常好的中文
He speaks good Chinese
Founder of IVF
David Adeney
他講一句話
在哪裡講?
在印尼講的
In Indonesia he said
他說:「Can education make people better?」
「教育可以讓人更好嗎?」
他說:「Acording to what I see
「根據我所觀察的
Education can only make people
become more smart
教育讓我們更聰明
More clever devil。」
更聰明的魔鬼。」
還沒有講完你就翻譯
教育不會改造人
It won't transform people
教育只能把人教成更聰明的魔鬼
Become clever devils
哇我那時候嚇了一跳
I was astonished
教育把人教成更聰明的魔鬼
To become clever devils
如果一個人沒有讀書
If you don't study
你最多偷雞
And you can steal roosters
一個人讀了很高的書
If you are very learned
他可以偷銀行的錢
You can steal money from the bank
他可以不必拿手槍去
滴滴答答,就把存款就匯出去了
He can just use computer he doesn't need gun at all
他可以hack
He can hack the system
他可以騙
He can steal
他可以轉帳
He can make transfers
為什麼?因為他聰明
Cause he is smart
所以你單單依靠教育
If you depend on education at all
我告訴你,人類沒有前途
And there is no hope of humanity
世界上教育最高的國家
The most educated countries
罪犯沒有比教育低的國家更少
Crime rate is not lower than other countries
最笨的鄉下
The most uneducated villages
他們犯罪也是笨笨的
他們做壞事也是做小小的
When they do evil, they'll do smaller
但是越高教育的地方
But the more educated you are
越聰明的人
The more clever you are
他犯罪的膽量越大
The more bold you are when you sin
他犯罪的技術越高
The more sophisticated you are
所以人需要教育嗎?
Do we need education?
當然我們需要教育
Of course we do
但人更需要的是什麼?
Or do we need more?
上帝的救恩
We need the salvation of God
所以我今天要做一個結束
I want to conclude
有一次有一個故事這麼講
There is a story that is told
有一個人他掉在坑裡面
There is a man fell into a well
他掉了以後就醒過來了
And then he woke up
還沒有掉以前,喝酒醉了
Because he was drunk
所以很多人呢
從來不醒過來
除非跌的很厲害,才醒過來
Some people wake up only after they fall
很多女孩子,從來不醒悟
A lot of ladies are never awaken
直到做了妓女,才醒悟
They are awaken only when they become prostitutes
給人家姦辱以後,她才醒悟
When they are humiliated by men
她以前以為自己有辦法
In the past they thought they were good
我這樣聰明,哪裡會給人家騙?
I am smart, how can I be cheated?
等她給人家騙了
When they are cheated
人家把妳衣服脫光了
When they strip you
給你醉酒了,給你喝了一些麻醉品
When they make you drunk
把妳姦辱了以後
And when they rape you
妳才醒過來
And you are awaken
有多少人失去了她的貞節
A lot ladies lose their virginity like that
多少人失去他的尊貴
They lost their honor like that
因為他尊貴的時候不醒悟
But they were not aware when they had their dignity
詩篇49篇最後一節
Psalm 49 last verse
人在尊貴之中而不醒悟
We are not awaken in the mid of honor
就如同要被拉去宰殺的禽獸一樣的可憐
Just like a beast on the verge of being slain
我再講一次
If you are not aware of our dignity
如同將要被宰殺的禽獸一樣
Just like an animal about to be
dragged to the slaughter house
我們小的時候老師說:
When we were young, our teacher said:
「你知道牛死的時候跟豬死的時候,不一樣在哪裡?」
「What's the difference between
a cow and a pig when they wanna die?」
我們一直想,扒扒頭
Before they die
豬死不呼吸了
When a pig die, it doesn't breathe
牛死也不呼吸了
Likewise for the cow
我說:「老師,一樣的。」
I said:「teacher, the same!」
他說:「不一樣。」
He said:「no。」
牛死以前
Before a cow dies
跟豬以前
Compare to the pig
死以前不一樣的
後來我想了一下想不出來
I said I don't know
「老師老師
「Teacher
豬死以前怎麼樣?牛死以前怎麼樣?」
Before a pig die, what happen?how about a cow?」
他講兩句話
很有意思
他說:「豬要死以前
「Before a pig dies
知跑不知死
They do not know they will die
But they know how to run
那麼牛死的時候
But before a cow dies
知死不知跑。」
They know they will die but so they don't run。」
所以牛死以前
人家把牠帶到屠場去的時候
They drag it to the slaughter house
一面走,一面哭
And it walks, it's crying
你沒有養過牛喔?
Have you reared a cow before?
你養過牛嗎?
Have you reared a cow before?
我也沒有
I've never
我是聽說的
I heard about this
但如果有機會我自己去看
I want to see for myself
更親身體驗
And do experience for myself
我更受感動
And I'll be deeply moved
牠知道快要死了
It knows he is gonna die
但不知道怎麼逃跑
It doesn't know how to run
就乖乖被人牽到宰殺之處
So it was just let itself be led to the slaughter house
但豬死的那一天
跑來跑去
But for the pig, it will run everywhere
牠不知到最後抓到就是死
牠就一直跑一直跑
It doesn't know that it gonna die
結果被抓到了
But it is captured
大喊大叫
It struggles
就把牠宰殺了
And it's slaughtered
所以用福建話說
牛死,知死不知跑
豬死,知跑不知死
我告訴你
如果一個人快要死了
If a person is about to die
沒有醒悟
He is not aware
還繼續做壞事
He continues doing evil
比動物都不如
He is worse than animals
這是詩篇四十九篇告訴我們的
It's in Psalm 49
人是尊貴的
We are honorable
但是人如果愚笨
But if you are foolish
沉睡
If you are asleep
要被宰殺都還沒有覺悟的話
You are not aware you are gonna to die
這是可憐的
That is pitiful
我告訴你人之所以為人
For human to be human
有一樣東西是最重要的
There is something more important
就是悟性
Our sense of awareness
而這個awareness, the sense of awareness
我們的悟性
We understand
我們了解
You realize
我們發現
You so sensitive
我們敏感
You sense something will happen
這個悟性是很重要的
So it's important to be aware
一個人沒有悟性
If you are not aware
他跟動物就沒有分別了
You are similar with animals
我們知道不知道我們的危險呢?
Are we aware of crisis?
而這個在生意場上
In the business world
這個叫做Crisis Consciousness
你有危機意識
If you are crisis conscious
你可免去很多的困難
And you can solve all the problems
你沒有危機意識
每時每刻你都會失敗
Every moment you can possibly fail
人性裡面最尊貴的一部分之一
The most honorable part of humanity
就是對神的悟性
Is that we are aware of God
對己的悟性
Aware of ourselves
對危險的悟性
Aware of crisis
對罪的悟性
Aware of sin
對機會的悟性
Aware of opportunity
對上帝恩典的悟性
Aware of God's grace
這是很要緊的
This is important
這個人喝酒醉
This person is drunk
結果模模糊糊
So in a daze
走回家的路的時候
And he was walking home
跌了一跤
He fell
掉在坑裡面了
And he fell into a well
但是掉在坑裡面的時候
Fell into a hole
馬上醒過來
And then he awoke
醒的時候怎麼樣?
And when he awoke
醒的太遲了
Too late
如果早兩步他就醒了
If he realized two steps earlier
知道這個是深坑
And knew it's a deep pit
我不要掉下去
And you will say I wouldn't fall it
但他掉下去
If I fall into the pit
才醒過來了
Then I wake up
今天很多人犯罪以後醒過來了
Many people wake up after they sin
可是太遲了
他醒過來的時候
他滿身痛的不得
And he felt a lot of pain
那個坑高的不得了
This pit was so deep
所以他開始就叫了:
And he cried out:
「救命喔,救命喔
「Save me,help me
可憐我,我在坑裡。」
Have pity on me, I am in the pit。」
但已經三更半夜了
This was in the middle of the night
很少會有人走過那裏
No one was there
他一直喊一直喊
He cried out loud
後來有一個人走過來
And then someone came
這個人慢慢走、走、走
That person slowly walked
聽見:「 救命啊、救命啊!」
And heard his cry
他就尋找聲音的源頭在哪裡
And then he looked for the source of that cry
然後跑到那個地方去
And then came to the pit
他看下去
He looked down
「你是誰? 」
「Who are you?」
「為什麼掉在這裡?」
「Why are you deep inside?」
「我喝酒醉,就跌下來了
「Oh, I was drunk, I fell in
我跌下來,才醒過來。」
After I fell, I woke up。」
「可惜,你醒的太遲了。」
「Too bad, it's too late。」
「那我要怎麼辦呢 ?
「What do I do now?
你救我吧。」
Save me。」
現在聽我話:
Listen to me:
「不正的東西,不要看
「Don't look at the thing are not right
不正的東西,不要聽
Things are not right don't listen
不正的東西,不要想
Don't think about things are not right
不正的東西,不要走
Don't walk a wrong path
因為非禮勿視,非禮勿言,非禮勿聽
See no evil, hear no evil
非禮不要問
Do no evil
這樣你就不會跌下去了
And you won't fall
所以我告訴你,做人要照規矩
So I say to you, you must work properly
應當聽的聽
Listen to the right thing
不當聽的不要聽
Don't listen to the wrong things
應當講的講
Say the right things
不當講的不要講
Don't say the wrong things
應該看得看
See the right things
不應看的不要看
Don't see the wrong things
你懂不懂?」,「懂!」
Do you know?」,「Oh, I know!」
「好不好?」,「好。」
「Is that good?」,「OK。」
「Bye Bye。」
他就走了
And he walked away
他說我已經告訴你
I have told you
做人的責任是什麼
What it means to be human
應當怎麼樣,聽懂嗎?
Have you understood?
我已經教導你了
I've told you
Bye bye,他就走了
「那麼我呢?」,他已經Bye Bye,就走了
「How about me?」,Oh that man walked away
所以他沒有辦法在那裡
他知道教育很好
He knew
The teaching was good
講的都是對的
All was right
但他還是在裡面
But he was still deep in the pit
所以他還是:「救命啊、救命啊!」
He said:「save me, save me」
過了兩個鐘頭
Two hours later
聽見腳步來了
Hear footsteps
有人走過來了
Someone walked toward him
越來越靠近的時候
Nearer and Nearer
他就開始大聲:「救命啊!」
And he cried:「save me!」
那個人站在上面
That person stood there
「哎呀你是誰啊?
「Who are you?
你怎麼跌得這麼慘?
Why are you there?
有沒有受傷阿?」
Are you hurt?」
「這裡受傷,這裡皮破了
「Oh I am hurt here, oh I am injured
這裡出血了。」
Injured everywhere。」
「好可憐
「Oh how pitiful
我很同情
I really have compassion on you
世界真是很多痛苦
What a pity, so much suffering
人生就是苦海啊
Oh so much suffering in the world
生是苦,老是苦
To be born is suffering
生病是苦,死是苦
To have to be sick is suffering, to die is suffering
生老病死苦
你我有痛苦
And everything in life is suffering, We all have suffering
今天你痛苦,我非常同情你
You are suffering, I have sympathy
我非常愛你
I love you
盼望你快快好!」
I hope you would get well soon!」
「Bye Bye」
他又走了
He walked away
他的愛心好不好呀?
Was his love good?
好
Good
他的慈悲好不好呀?好
Was his compassion good?Yes
他真的同情他嗎?他真的同情
Did he has sympathy?Yes
他知道他的困難嗎?
Did he know his difficulty?
知道了,同情了
Yes he did, empathy
結果呢?
And then what?
Bye Bye,又走了
He said:「bye bye。」
這個人想糟糕,又走了
He said:「Oh no, another person has left。」
所以我還在這裡
I am still here
那怎麼辦呢?
What do I do now?
三更半夜
In the middle of the night
我又沒有人救
No one can save me
我傷了,又不能扶
And I am still injured
那我要怎麼辦呢?
What do I do?
所以他再叫:「救命啊!」
And he cried out again:「save me!」
第三個人來了
The third person came
第三個人走到的時候
「你怎麼會掉在這裡?
「Why are you deep in there?
你什麼時候掉的?
When did you fall?
你掉的原因是什麼?」
The reason?」
「我喝酒醉,我模糊,我晚上看不清楚
「I was drunk, I was in a daze, I couldn't see clearly
我不謹慎,我愛睡覺,我掉下來了。」
I was not careful, I wanted to sleep, and I fell。」
那我現在告訴你:
I said to you:
「生作男的是命運
「It's your fate to be born a man
生做女孩子也是命運
It's also your fate to be born a woman
你能長大是命運
And it's your fate to grow up
你不能長大夭折也是命運
If you die young, it's your fate
而你順利平安是命運
Whether you are plain sailing or not, it's your fate
你不順利也是命運
Time are good or bad, it's your fate
你昨天不喝酒,也是命運
If you didn't drink, it was your fate
你喝酒,也是命運
Since you did, it was your fate
你喝酒會走回家是命運
If you could walk home, that was your fate
喝酒一半掉下去也是命運
If you felling into the pit, that was your fate
你知道嗎,人人都有命運
Everyone has a fate
而我的命就是對你講
My fate is tell you all these
你的命就是掉下去。」
Your fate is falling there。」
「Bye bye。」
And then he walked away
所以他聽了很有道理
So his thought all make sense
這一家有這一家的道理
那一家有那一家的道理
All the school of thoughts have their reason
Everything make sense
So beautiful, so perfect, I truly confess
全部都有道理,全部都有完美的道理
I learn a lot from different school
我真正的承認我從他們都學習很多
But I am still here
但是我還在這裡啊
Bye bye
他走了
And they all left
這個人就哭了
This person cried
哭到一半的時候
In the mid of his cry
他說:「救命啊!
He said:「save me!
救命啊!」
Save me!」
一個聲音腳步又來了
And then he heard footstep again
這是第四個人來
This is the forth person
他說:「你為什麼掉下去?
「Why are you here?
我喝酒醉
Oh I was drunk
我神志不清
I was in a daze
我眼睛模糊
I couldn't see clearly
我麻醉自己
I was drunk
所以我跌下來了。」
So I fell。」
「那麼有人幫助你嗎?」
「Is anybody help you?」
「有人教訓我
說非禮勿視
非禮勿聽
「Someone taught me
非禮勿言
To see no evil
To hear no evil
走正路就不會危險。」
To walk a right path。」
「然後呢?」,「他Bye Bye走掉了。」
「And then he said:『bye bye。』」
「還有沒有人?」
「Anyone else?」
有人說:「你生是很痛苦
Someone say:「Oh
死是很痛苦
Everything is suffering
生老病死很痛苦,我非常同情你
To be born, to aged, everything is suffering
He has sympathy on me
他又走了。」
And he left。」
「還有呢 ?」
有一個人說:「你生是命運
Someone said:「it's your fate to be born
你跌下去也是命運
To fall into pit is your fate
你受傷也是命運
To be injured is your fate
人人有不同命運
Everyone has different fate
所以你要接受命運
So you must accept your fate
然後他又走了
And he left
那怎麼辦呢?」
What do I do now?」
這個人說:
And this forth person said:
「現在把你的手拉上來。」
「Now give me your hand。」
他就伸出他的手
He stretched down his hand
向下把他拉起來,把他站在地上
And then pulled him out of the pit
Stood on the ground
對他說:
Said to him:
「我今天拯救你
「Today I have saved you
我要你回家
I want you to go home
要你得著新的生命
I want you to have a new life
要你脫離你的危險
To depart from your crisis
離開你罪惡的地位
To depart from your sinful position
成為得救的人。」
To become a saved person。」
所以這個人把他救起來了
This person saved that man
「某某人你是誰呀?
你為什麼救我?」
Why did you save me?」
這個人回答說:
This person said:
人子來,為要尋找拯救失喪的人
Son of the man came, to seek and save the lost
所以今天救恩臨到你了
Today salvation is coming upon you
你感謝上帝
你又要去幫助別人
You wanna go and help others
讓別人與你一同得著福音的好處
So others will share in the gospel
我為你死在十字架上
我為你留出寶血
I die on the cross for you, I bleed for you
我來解決你犯罪的問題
Solve the problem of your sin
你是上帝的仇敵
You were enemy of God
我因為愛你的緣故
But because I love you
成全上帝拯救罪人的計畫
To accomplish God's salvation plan
親身擔當你的罪
And took on the sins of man on myself
在十字架上為你流血
On the cross I bleed for you
使你的罪得著赦免
So let your sin were redeemed
為你受審判
I was judged for you
使你可以得著救贖的平安
So that you can have the peace of salvation
今天你可以回到上帝面前。」
Today you can go back to God。」
我就要把這篇的道講完了
I want to conclude this message
今天我用救贖這兩個字
Base on salvation
I want to say to you
人類的盼望不在教育
The hope of mankind doesn't lie on the education
不在心理學
Not in psychology
我發現最高教育的國家
I realize the most educated countries
自殺率也很多
Have high suicide rate as well
最高學位的人
The most educated people
都在想自私的事情
They all think about selfish things
我從前年輕的時候
In the past when I was young
我是影響知識分子
I want to influence intellectuals
讓他們再影響所有階層的人
So they could influence people on all levels
後來我年老的時候
As I aged
我非常失望
I was disappointed
一個人拿了PhD
For a person who have PhD
他真的做社會的幫助嗎?
Does it mean he can contribute to the society?
他真的造福人群嗎?
Can he bring best thing to the people?
他為什麼讀PhD?
Why he study for a PhD?
因為他要藉著高學位, 賺更多的錢
He wants to make more money
所以越有學問的人
More educated you are
越自私
More selfish tend to be
越有學位的人
The more educated you are
越顧自己
The more you concern about yourself
所以今天你看最高學位,最多學問的國家
So you look at the country has most educated people
貧富懸殊救越來越厲害
The rich poor disparity is getting wide up
有誰能拯救這個世界呢?
Who can save this world?
教皇說:「我要做窮人的朋友
The papa say:「I want to be a friend of the poor
我呼籲你們要照顧homeless。」
I encourage you to help the homeless。」
因為這些人是社會丟棄的
Cause these are the people deserted by the world
他們怎麼競爭也競爭不來
They can never compete with the rest of the world
他們體力不夠
They are physically weak
學問低淺
Mentally weak
他們沒有什麼背景
They are not educated
他們被遺棄之後
They have been deserted
他們下一代再被遺棄
And their next generation will be abandoned too
越來越窮,越來越窮
They become poorer and poorer
我開始在六七十歲的時候我醒悟過來
And when I was sixties
我不是盼望在有錢的人身上
I realize the hope is not on the rich
我不是盼望在有學問的人身上
Not among on the educated
我盼望再那些有愛心的人身上
But among the loving people
你有多餘的
If you have surpluses
你要分給人
You want to give others
你要照顧哪一種人呢?
What kind of people do you wanna help?
照顧應當得的人
Help those who is ought to be help
箴言書第三章告訴我們
Proverb three says
你手裡如果有魚
If you are fishes in your hand
你要照顧應當得的人
You wanna help those who you need to ought to help
誰是應當得的人呢?
Who are those you ought to help?
那些拚死命做工還不夠的人
不等他開口,你應當照顧他
Those work very hard and still can not xxx xxx
you must help them
有真實要為上帝做工
Those truly want to work for the Lord
有潛在能要做上帝在世界光的人
Those who can be the light of the world
你要造就他
You want to help them
你要建立他的自尊
You want to build them up
不讓他給人輕看
So that let them don't get despise
讓他們可以自愛
然後真正用智慧去照顧人
To self respect with wisdom to help others
那我們今天生命改變過來好不好?
Let our live to be transformed
讓我們今天有新的觀念好不好
Let us have new concept
我活在世界上
And I live in this world
不是一直為自己的利益自私
Do not just for my only interests
有許多靈恩派的牧師
Many Charismatic preachers
大言不慚,自私自利
They are so boastful, so selfish
最近還有一個傳道人對他的會友說:
「你們奉獻錢給我吧,我要買一架私人的飛機。」
And the pastor said to the people:
「Give money to me, I wanna buy a private jet。」
你們知道這樣的事嗎?
Do you know about this?
那這些不懂羞恥的人
These shameless pastors
這是假造我是上帝僕人的名義
They disguised as God's servants
來過非常令人羞恥的生活
To live very shameful life
基督徒,你蒙救贖
Christians, you have been saved
是為了上帝,上帝的榮耀
For God, God's glory
為了幫助別人
To help others
先建立你自己的生命度
Build up your own lives
你曾經是尊貴的
You were one with dignity
後來你是墮落的
But you fell in the sin
現在上帝把你救贖回來了
But God has saved you
上帝拯救我們
God has saved us
使我們站在磐石的上面
So we can stand on the rock
可以照顧那些跌倒的人
To help those who fall
把他們從沉淪中間把他們救出來
To deliver them from where they drown
美國在第二次世界大戰的軍事總司令
General MacArthur(麥克阿瑟將軍,1880~1964)
General MacArthur in the second world war
他有一個禱告文是全世界出名的
And he had a prayer which is so well-known
A father's prayer
一個父親在上帝面前禱告
A father's prayer before the lord
是為他的孩子禱告
For his son
上帝呀
Oh God
求你不讓我的孩子過太舒適的生活
Let my son not live a too comfortable life
不讓我的孩子過一個優越的生活
Do not let my son live a superior life
讓他受苦
Let him suffer
讓他在貧窮掙扎
Let him struggle in poverty
讓他有大風大浪來攪擾他
Let him experience the storms of life
我做父親的求你
As a father I ask you God
在大風浪中間
In the mid of the storms
你不讓他沉下去
Do not let him drown
你讓他站起來
Let him stand up
不但站起來
Not only does he stand
還可以幫助那些掉在大風浪中間的人
Then he can help others who are drowning in the middle of the storms
受苦的人
Others who are suffering
讓他不但自己站立的住
Not only can he stand firm
還能幫助別人的時候
And able to help others
我這個做父親的人
Then as a father
我可以安然離開世界
I would leave in a peace
在我年輕的時候讀那個禱告文
When I read that prayer
我很受感動
I was deeply moved
然後我跪在上帝面前
主阿你幫助我
Oh God help me
給我在大難之中我可以站立起來
In the mid of crisis, I can stand firm
給我的孩子們不是養尊處優,麻醉自己
Let my children would not be in xxx by the comfort life
給我有力量教導他們
That I have strength to teach them
讓他們可以奮鬥
That they can strive
可以自立
That they can be independent
可以有信心,可以成功
That they have faith, they have success
不讓他們沉淪
So let they do not fall and perish
讓他們在風浪中間站立的穩
In the mid of storm they can stand firm
不但站立的穩
As they stand firm
還可以救那些掉在風浪中間的人
They can save others who were fallen into the storm
我今天要結束我的講道
And as I end my message
我告訴你你需要救贖
I said to you you need salvation
如果你還沒有信耶穌
If you have not believed in Jesus
你還不認識祂十字架的大能
If you have not known the power of the cross
你會枉然度過一生
You will live your life in futility
你要知道基督為你死了
You must understand Christ die for you
為你流出寶血
He bleed for you
祂以神的身分到地上來做人
As God he came into the world as a man
又以神又是人的身分,做神與人之間的中保
Being both God and man
He was the immediator between God and man
因為基督是神
Because Christ is God
所以救恩從天上來
So the salvation came from heaven
因為基督是人
Because Christ is man
所以他經歷了你我受的痛苦
He experienced all our suffering
因為基督有血肉的身體
Because he took on the fleshy body
可以被人鞭打
可以為我們而死,因為基督為我們流血
He was injured and suffered for us
Because he bleed for us
所以我們罪得著赦免
That's why our sins were forgiven
因為基督為我們被釘十字架
Because he was crucified on the cross for us
所以我們的刑罰被祂擔當了
That why he took on our punishment
基督如果不是人
If he was not human
祂就不能死
He couldn't have die
但是如果基督是人不是神
If he was human but not God
祂就不能復活
He could not have been resurrected
基督是神又是人
Jesus was fully God, fully human
基督是神與人中間的中保
The inter-mediatedly between God and man
基督是全人類獨一的救主
The only savior in all humanity
祂為你為我死了
Die on the cross for you and me
祂藉著死亡
Through death
打敗了掌死權的魔鬼
Defeat the Satan who held the power of death
完全得勝離開死亡
And have victory over the death
祂復活了
And he was resurrected
今天坐在上帝面前
And today sit in the right hand of God
為你禱告,為我禱告
Praying for you and me
我們今天怎樣能得救呢?
How can we be saved?
因為有這一位的救主
Because we have this savior
我們從哪裡得救呢?
How do we get save?
從罪的刑罰中間得救
We have been saved from sin
從上帝的憤怒中間得救
From the rough punishment from God
從公義的審判中間得救
From God's holy judgment
從地獄的火裡面被救出來
From the fire of hell we have been saved
我們與基督一同成為上帝的兒子
Together with Christ become children of God
我們的主不但復活升天
Our Lord is not resurrected and ascended
那祂還要再來,把我們帶到永遠的地方去
He will return, to bring us to eternity
願上帝賜福給我們
May God bless us all
使我們今天真正明白
So we understand truly
什麼叫做尊嚴、墮落、與救贖
What it means to be dignity, fall, and to have salvation
我們低頭禱告
Let us pray
當我們大家低頭閉眼睛
As our heads are bowed, eyes are close
我奉主的名,懇切問你一句話
In the name of the lord I ask you
有哪一個人?
How many of you?
你說:「主阿
You say:「lord
我不願意在罪惡中間
I don't want to be in sin anymore
我不願意墮落沉淪
I don't want to be fallen anymore
祢既然來拯救我
Since you have come to save me
我願意接受祢的救恩
I am willing accept your salvation
求天父赦免我的罪
May heavenly father forgive my sin
求耶穌赦免我的靈魂
May Jesus save my soul
求聖靈把新的生命賜給我們 。」
May holy spirit give me new life。」
你今天下午
This afternoon
你願意得救
You are willing to be saved
你願意回到上帝面前
To return to God
請你把手舉起來
Raise your hands
有哪一個人?把手舉起來
感謝上帝,感謝上帝,感謝上帝
好,我要問第二個問題
Second question
有哪一個基督徒
Any Christians
既然主這樣愛我
Since God loves me so
耶穌這樣救我
Since Jesus saved me
我要愛主到底
I wanna loving him to the end
就是真心跟隨主
Be faithful to him
堅守信仰
Be faithful in my faith
為主做見證
To be stay fast in bearing testimony
有這樣的基督徒,請你把手舉起來
Any Christian, raise your hands
有哪一個人?感謝上帝,感謝上帝
今天我不呼召你們走到前面來
I won't be calling you to come forward
我要每一個人在你位子上站起來
I want all of you to stand where you are
大家一同站立起來
All of us stand where you are
我們一同來禱告
Let us pray together
每一個人站起來
Everyone stand up
十字架,十字架,永是我的榮耀
我眾罪都洗清潔,唯靠耶穌寶血
你說:「主阿,我感謝祢
You say:「Lord, I thank you
我聽明白祢的話
I understand your words
我也知道祢救恩何等寶貴。」
I know how precious your salvation is。」
你為這幾天所聽的道,你感謝主
For these few days of sermons, you give thanks to God
你聽了道,你感謝主
You give thanks to God for what you heard
手放下去,我問你第二個問題
哪一個人說:「主阿,我立志堅守對祢的信仰
Say:「Lord, I am dedicated myself to be stay fast
我一生一世好好忠心跟隨祢
Be faithfully following you all my life
為祢最美好的見證
To have good testimony for you
有這樣的人請你把手舉起來,感謝上帝,手放下去
第三個問題
Third question
有哪一個人你說:「我既然得了救恩
「Since I have been saved
我不應當自私
I should not be selfish
我應當傳福音
I need to preach gospel
我應當作見證
I should bear testimony
我應當去尋找別人
I should look for others
使他們也認識耶穌。」
So they would know Jesus。」
你要親自主動尋找人傳福音,為主做見證的人
You want to take initiative to look for people
to bear testimony for God
有這樣的人請你把手舉起來
感謝上帝,感謝上帝,手放下來
最後一個問題
Last question
You said:「Lord
如果祢肯用我
If you will to use me
祢呼召我吧
Call me
我預備我的心
I prepare my heart
做祢的僕人
To be your servant
奉獻做傳道人
To dedicated my life as a preacher for you
有哪一個人,你說我要好好禱告
If it's what you say, I want to pray
求主帶領我
May God lead me
求主呼召我
May God call me
如果我知道主的旨意
If I know your will
我奉獻作傳道。」
I want to dedicate my life to be a preacher。」
有這樣的人,請把手舉起來,有哪一個人?
感謝主,感謝主
我現在請預備作傳道的人
走到上面來,現在就出來
Those who are prepared to be pastors and preachers
剛剛舉手的人走到上面來
Come forward, those who are just raised your hands
這是神要你事奉祂,呼召你的一個記號
This is the mark how God has called you
現在走到前面
感謝上帝,還有哪一個人?
Anyone else?
那一個人說:「主阿
You say:「Lord
我也願意奉獻作傳道,如果祢肯使用我
I am willing to dedicate my life to be a preacher
If you are willing to use me
請祢的呼召臨到我
May your call come upon me
祢感動我
Move me
祢洗淨我的心
Clean my heart
祢的聖靈引導我
May your holy spirit guide me
直到我成為祢的僕人。」
Til I become your servant。」
還有哪一個人?
Anyone?
我們唱兩次十字架
As we singing the cross
我們不再延長呼召了
I will not call anymore
請你現在主動站出來
Come forward now
十字架,還有哪一個人?現在出來
永是我的榮耀,感謝上帝
感謝上帝,感謝上帝
還有哪一個人?無論你多遠,走出來
因為上帝呼召你,你不要抗拒祂
最後一次
我眾罪都洗清潔,有沒有最後的人?
現在出來
唯靠耶穌寶血
在過去五十八年九個月
Over the last fifty-eight years and nine month
我呼召人做傳道
I've call people to give their live to God
走到前頭來的,到上個月
Til last month
已經四十五萬個人了
Four hundred fifty thousand have responded his call
這邊又增加了幾百個人
Now a few hundred have come forward
我感謝上帝
I give thanks to God
神的呼召是不後悔的
God's call is definite
神的恩賜也是不收回的
God's gifting is definite
這是羅馬書告訴我們的
See this in Romans
上帝的揀選與恩召是沒有後悔的
God would never retrieve
What he has given and what he has called
然後我們盼望我們對上帝的奉獻也是不後悔的,阿們?
I pray that we would not redraw our dedication
你禱告
Pray
主給你怎樣預備
May God will help you prepare yourself
怎麼樣進到神學院,受造就
Going to seminary, to be equipped
以後成為上帝的僕人
To become a servant of God
現在請大家每一個跟我禱告
Everyone pray with me
親愛的主我感謝祢
Dear lord I thank you
在這一個混亂的世界中間
In this chaotic world
祢明確的把祢的話告訴我們
You've clearly spoken to us
祢愛我,祢為我死
You love me, you die for me
祢為我復活,祢為我升天
You resurrected for me, you ascended for me
祢為我代求,祢賜下聖靈
You've given the holy spirit to me
在我心中作見證
In my heart to bear testimony
使我永遠屬於祢
So I forever belong to you
我感謝讚美祢
I give thanks to you
祢有一天還要再來
One day you will return
接我回家
To lead me home
在父的面前,永遠與主同在
In the presence of father, be with you forever
今天我活在世界,是一個作客
And as living in this world
是一個暫時的年日,幾十年要過去
It's just a temporal journey
These decades will pass
我不願意放棄我的生命
I am not willing to give away my life
我不願意浪費我的機會
To waste away my life
我不願意失去我的地位,如果主祢願意用我
Not willing to lose my status, If you are willing to use me
幫助我做一個好的基督徒
Help me be a good Christian
做一個做見證的基督徒
Christian that bears testimony for you
領人歸主的基督徒
Lead people to Christ
結果子的基督徒
A fruitful Christian
若是主要用我
If God want to use me
求祢使用我,一生一世
Use me, for the rest of my life
全職事奉祢
Full time to be used by you
聽我的禱告,感謝讚美
奉主耶穌的聖名, 阿們
In Jesus name, Amen
今天是我们这一次
最后一个布道会
This is the last evening about gospel rally
我们已经把这个题目讲了两天了
We have spent two days on this theme
尊贵
Dignity
堕落
Fall
以及救赎
And salvation
如果原来是不尊严的
If we were not originally dignified
现在的生活都没有意义了
There is no meaning in the current life
这就是今天世界的思想跟上帝的道
不同的地方
This is how the world things now
different from the bible
上帝在以赛亚书五十五章告诉我们
Isaiah fifty-five, God says
我的道路不是你的道路
My ways are not your ways
我的意念不同你的意念
My thoughts are not your thoughts
字同"我的意念高过你的意念"
My thought is higher than your thoughts
我的道路高过你的道路
My way is higher than your ways
如同天与地一样的远
Is just like how heaven and earth
are separated apart
你们要回到我的面前来
You must come before me
当人用自己被造的思想
想出一大堆理论的时候
When we think about all kind of theory
with our fallen minds
我们称这个叫做学术
We say this is academy
但学术本身是中性的
Academy itself is neutral
很多里面已经有坚定信念的人
Those who have deep conviction in your heart
为了使人尊重他们
In order for people to respect them
他们利用学术来支持自己
They make you so academic to support them
所以我思考了二十年以后
So I have been thinking about this for twenty years
我对学术一面尊重一面害怕
Whatever I respect academy
I'm most fearful about them
我给学术一个定义
I define them in this way
So called academy
学术
Is merely
就是
A slavement of the conviction
就是我们的信念的一种奴仆
所以你有了信念以后
So you have the conviction
你就找一个被利用的学术
来支持你的信念
You want to make yourself academic theory
to support your conviction
回教徒不相信三位一体
The Moslum don't believe in the trinity
他们坚信他们的道理才是对的
They insist that they are right
所以他就用各样的学术来支持他的理论
So they use all kind of academic theory
to support their views
今天无神论呢,也是如此
Atheists do the same
他坚信没有上帝
They insist there is no God
所以他就硬着他的心
So they are stiff-necked
然后用各样的学术来支持他的信仰
They use all kind of theory to support their views
所以呢,So called academy
所谓的学术
Is only a slavement of the conviction
就是你的信念变成一种奴仆
你不要以为你读了很多书,你很聪明
Don't think you are smart because you study a lot
更不要以为你有了学术,你一定走对路
Don't think that you walk in the right way
because your academy
圣经说每一个人都走在错路的中间
The bible says everyone has fallen in the wrong way
有的是走在死路中间
Some go to walks to death
他们的心没有看见上帝的荣耀
Have never seen the glory of God
所以他们的思想就变成愚蠢了
So their thoughts become foolish
他们良心就变成黑暗了
Their conscience is darkened
因为他压制了上帝所给他的真理
Cause they suppress the truth
that God has given them
什么叫做压制上帝所给他的真理?
What does it mean to suppress God's truth?
上帝造人的时候
When God created man
是跟所有的万物不一样的
Different from all are creatures
人心灵的深处有几个最基本的知识
Deep in our hearts there are few forms of knowledge
第一
First
上帝是存在的
God exists
我们心里有第二个知识
There's second kind of knowledge
我要有道德的责任
I have the moral responsibility
所以这两样的东西就是最基本的真理
These two things are the basic truth that we know
不等于你读了书才明白
It doesn't mean we need to study, you know it
无论是美国人
Whether you are American
苏俄人
Or the Russian
无论是印第安人
Or the Indian
无论是最野蛮的人
Or the most barbaric people
他们从内心深处都知道这两件事
Deep in their hearts they know these two things
上帝存在
And I should do good
我需要行善
这两样的东西呢
These two things
也就是康德(Immanuel Kant,1724~1804)
的道德哲学,最重要的重点
Are the main point in
Immanuel Kant's philosophy
康德写了三本重要的书
Kant wrote three books
其实应该说四本,一本小小的
Four, smaller one
第一本叫做The Critique Of The Pure Reason
第二本叫做The Critique Of The Practical Reason
纯粹理性的批判
第二是实践理性的批判
第三本叫做批判的批判
The critique of the critiques
The critique of the judgment
那第四本
The forth
很重要
An important book
但很多基督徒不注意
Many Christians don't know
这个叫The Limits Of The Reason Alone
就是在我们理性的限制里面的宗教性
从这里去看宗教
From this perspective
那这四本书的第一本
The first among the four
他很大胆的推翻所有宗教信仰里面
证明上帝的那些论据
He boldly overturn all the theories
that go against all religions
所以说什么叫做Cosmological Argument
宇宙论证
什么叫做Teleologic Argument
就是目的论证
还有什么叫做Ontological Argument
本体论证
那这三个东西他都推翻掉
He all abolished these arguments
所以康德很大胆的告诉我们
So he boldly told us
人没有办法证明上帝
We can not approve God
所以很多人以为康德是替无神论讲话的
Some people think that he spoke for the atheists
He is for atheism
结果呢,不是如此
But not true
所以康德讲一句话:
So he said:
“要证明上帝存在
“To prove God exists
是很难很难的事情
It's very very hard
但是要证明上帝不存在
But to prove God does not exist
是更难更难的事情。”
it's even harder。”
所以他就写了第二本书
So he wrote the second book
第二本书叫做Critique Of The Practical Reason
就是实践理性的批判
那这一本书在讲什么呢?
What does this book talk about?
我们头脑所不能想明白的事情
Things that we can not think about
我们心里早就明白了
But in our heart we understand
所以我们不能用理性推敲的事情
Without reason we can not understand these things
我们在实践的生活中间
我们知道这是有的
In practical living we know this exists
这句话跟他以前一个叫做Blaise Pascal
的哲学家很相似(帕斯卡,1623~1662)
Similar to what Blaise Pascal said
Blaise Pascal讲一句话:
He said:
“The heart has it own reason
which reason does not know。”
“我们的心里有一种理性
是我们的理性不了解的。”
心有心之理, 非理之理所知的理
所以当你的理性不能明白的时候
When your reason can not understand this
你心里告诉你这是有的
In your heart you know it exists
这个实在的
This is true
这是一定要遵从的
This must be followed
那么康德就从这一方面去思想
神存在应当有别的论证
So Kant thought about other kinds
of arguments for God's existence
在他的Practical Reason的序言里面
In his preface of this book
他有两句话
He said two things
他有两件事使我越来越感到害怕
There are two things that made me
more and more fearful
第一件就是在上面闪着星光的太空
Firstly the starry sky up there
第二件就是在我里面常对我说话的良心
Second is the conscience that speak in my heart
Starry heavens above and
the speaking conscience within him
在我之外有太空
There is a starry sky above heaven
有条不紊的星际的运行在对我说话
Stars and heavens speak to me
在我里面有良心
Within me the conscience
照着道德的最高的命令来吩咐我
According to the highest moral standard
speaking to me
所以这个人是有良心的
So this person has conscience
这个人讲了一句很重要的话
He said something important
虽然康德还不是很严肃的一个基督徒
Although Kant is not a very strict Christian
但他讲了真心的话
But he spoke real words
天上一切的现象我怎么去了解呢?
How do I understand the phenomenon in the world?
我里面良心对我讲话
这件事实我怎么去解释?
How do I explain the voice that speaks from within?
所以他就发明了,这个叫做Moral Argument
So he had moral argument
不是Ontological,不是Metaphysical
不是本体论
不是cosmological
不是Teleological
不是目的论
它叫做Moral Argument
Moral Argument
所以这个叫做最高的命令
The highest command
最高的命令在我里面
Within me
在对我说你以要做好
Says to me you must do good
你要行善
You must do good
亲爱的弟兄姐妹
Dear brothers and sisters
我们在这个世界上
In this world
你无论读多少书
No matter how much you study
你不能避免的两个选择
There are two choices you can't avoid
你是选择上帝所启示的话语
Either you choose God's words that has reveal
或着是人所产生出来的学术呢?
Or you choose academic theory
produced by men?
自从十九世纪以后
After nineteenth century
Logical Positivism
逻辑实证论
Evolutionism
Existentialism
进化论
还有许多的Linguistic的Philosophy
还有许多的哲学
厘语哲学
还有这个实证论
逻辑实证思想
存在主义、进化论
还有所有的唯物论
都越来越偏向抵挡上帝的真理
All these theories have seems to be
incline towards going against to God
而我在十五、十六岁的时候
When I was fifteen or sixteen
就在这种思想的潮流中间长大
I grew up in the climate with the such theories
我乱的不得了
I was confused
然后我到十六岁半的时候
And sixteen and half
我很艰苦、很孤单的自己对上帝祷告
I prayed to God in misery and loneliness
如果祢是存在的
If you indeed exist
求祢解答我的问题
Please answer my questions
如果祢真的是上帝
If you truly are God
祢要解决我的问题
Please solve my problems
我不愿意做一个混乱、无方向
随便跟随人的青年人
I don't want to be a young man who is
confused and directionless
我是个性很硬
I was stiffened
立场很坚定
Very firm
不愿意随便跟人走的人
Not willing be persuaded by others
主阿,祢给我解释,祢给我答案
God, explain to me, give me answers
然后我就向祢应许
And I would make a promise
要到全世界去解答每一个人的问题
I will be willing to go all over the world
to answer everybody's questions
我这样把自己奉献给上帝
That's how I dedicated my life to God
感谢上帝
Thanks be to God
当我十七岁初的时候
When I was seventeen years old
神解答了我很多重要的问题
God answered many of my important questions
我就跪在上帝面前
I knelt before God
这个理性流浪的孩子
This son with a practical mind
The rational practical son
我回到上帝面前
I came back before God
奉献做上帝的仆人
Give myself to the Lord
然后我每一年就收问题
Every year I would take your questions
你有什么问题,你问
Ask questions
我一定不拒绝
I wouldn't reject it
我也一定不轻看你
I wouldn't look down on the questions
特别当你用诚实问问题的时候
Particularly when you ask them honestly
我就用诚实的心把我知道的告诉你
Then with the honest heart I share with it what I know
后来在1974年的时候
In 1974
我在国际大会里面,听见薛华讲这一句话
(Francis Schaeffer,1912~1984)
I heard Francis Schaeffer say this in the conference
Responsibility of Christians
基督徒的责任
Is to answer the honest questions
with the honest answers
就是要对那些诚实的问题
以诚实的答案来回应
当世界上的人有人很诚实问问题的时候
你要用很诚实的回答
If you are asked honest questions
you give honest answers
我从来不敢轻看反对我的人
I never despite those oppose me
人与我不懂理论
我一定要谦虚,跟他一同思想
If you don't understand I'll humble myself
and think with them
把我所知道的回答给他听
Share with them what I know
这样我在世界上才成为世上的光
And I become the light of the world
我才能领人回到上帝的面前
I can lead people back to God
亲爱的弟兄姐妹们
今天是最后一天
This is the last day
我再重头告诉你一件很重要的事情
I'll say to you again one more thing
把福音传开的时候
When we preach gospel
你已经面对人思想跟福音不同的地方
You have encounter difference between
your thoughts and the gospel
Encountering the opposition of the gospel
You encountering the different stand point of
their view concerning the truth
所以当你跟与真理对抗的思想
正在争锋相对的时候
When you encounter a clash with the truth
你的态度要谦卑
Your attitude must be humble
你的心情要诚实
You must be honest
而且你要很镇定的信仰来回覆疑惑的问题
You must be stay fast in facing all the questions
圣经说我们不要讨论疑惑的事情
Bible says don't talk about obscure things
但是如果人实实在在在需要中间的时候
But if you really need answers
你要告诉他
And you ought to tell him
那我们这一次所讲的理论
The theories we talk about
跟许多城市的题目是一样的
Similar to what we speak in other cities
但我的切入点很不一样
But my approaches are different
我今天对你们讲的三天的题目
These three days of talks
是从人从尊严堕落下来
来对抗人从野蛮进化上来
Are based on the fall from the heavenly place
and how we evolution
在我的观念中间呢
In my theory
进化论是撒但要抵挡上帝道理
一个很锋利的一个利器
Evolution is a Satan's weapon oppose to God
因为人很喜欢他在进步中间
Because people like to talk about progress
人很喜欢前面有伟大的前景
They like a good future
如果进化论是对的
If evolution is true
那人的前途是光明的
Then the future is bright
Evolution is true
我们会有无穷无止境的进步
That infinitely make progress towards future
那这个事情好像真的是对的
This seems to be right
因为你看什么都在进步
Everything is making progress
那我要问你为什么道德不进步呢?
Why is the morality not progressing?
为什么两千年前有一位叫耶稣的
Two thousand years ago there was a Jesus
到现在没有一个人能够超越祂的境界
Til now no one can surpass him
我是不容易信耶稣的人
It was hard for me to believe in Jesus
当我还很年轻的时候
When I was young
我要看很多的书
I do read many books
找出各样不同理论的立点到底在哪里
Look for all kinds of theories
我发现黑格尔讲一句话
(Georg W. F. Hegel,哲学家,1770~1831)
Hegel says
他讲一句很重要的话
Very import statement
虽然人类一直进步
Although mankind is making progress
但是几乎没有办法超过历史上
所记载的耶稣道德的成就
But they can not surpass the
moral accomplishment from Jesus
这一句话是非常感动我
This moved me
因为这些人不一定是基督徒
These people may not be Christians
但是他们承认一件事情
But they acknowledge one thing
基督所已经达到的那个顶点
The climax is achieved by Christ
几乎可以说就是所谓文化、哲学、宗教
所盼望的summum bonum(拉丁文)
Is like the highest point that the culture seek for
这个是至高的善
The highest good
至高的善这个字
不但在别的宗教里面出现
You don't see this in other religion
在孔子(551BC~479BC)的书里
第一面就出现了
Or you'll see this in Confucius' book
止于什么?是什么?
亲民,民民德,最后止于什么?
止于至善
那个叫做最高的善
Ultimate good
所以中国的思想,盼望人可以达到最高的善
So the Chinese hope that we achieve the highest good
西方的思想,盼望人可以达到最高的善
In the west area, they want the same thing
我请问你
Let me ask you
中国的文化是一直在退步还是在进步呢?
Is the Chinese culture making progress or not?
如果你把这三朝以上
有夏,夏以上,有什么呢?
Shia dynasty, Tang dynasty
有唐,唐尧、虞舜、夏禹
这些人的道德比现在领导国家的
这些领袖的道德,高超的不得了
They were morally very high compared to
what we have now
所以我不知道到底人类在进步呢?
I don't know whether do I making progress or not
还是在退步呢?
Or on the other way?
从道德来看
Morally speaking
人是一直下、一直下、一直下
It seems to be declining
所谓的进步都是科技的
So called progress is scientific, It's all about technology
所有的进步都是所有的技术上的问题
而这些东西不是最高的东西
These are not important things
所以我们从圣经看见不是如此
From the bible, we know it is not true
人原先是尊贵的
Originally we were glorious
后来因为犯罪堕落了
We fell
因为救赎,我们可以回头
Because the redemption, we returned
这就是基督教给我们的福音
This is the gospel from the Christianity
这是给我们看见救恩的道理
So we see the truth of salvation
刚才杨弟兄开车带我来的时候
And when brother Yang drove me here
他是一个音乐家
He is an musician
也是一个歌唱家
Also a singer
他说我在圣经发现一件事情
He said I realize something in the bible
我就很注意听了
I was interested
他说奇怪
He said
天使的赞美
The praise of angels
四活物的赞美
The four living beings
灵界的赞美
the spiritual realm
跟人类对上帝的赞美
But mankind worship to God
有一个很不一样的事情
There are something different between these
那我就很有兴趣了
So I was interested
我说根据你发现呢
Base on your discover
不同的地方在哪里?
What are the differences?
他怎么讲呢?
What did he say?
当我看见启示录里面
In revelation
所有的赞美
All the praise and worship
跟人的赞美不同的地方
Compared to human worship is different
人赞美的时候一定把救恩放在前面
When we worship, we always put salvation first
这个只有人才有的
Only in humanity
我说你发现的对了
I said you are right
因为只有人经历过救恩
There is only human experienced salvation
天使有没有经过救恩呢?
Did angel experience salvation?
有没有呢?
其他的灵界的活物有没有经过救恩呢?
Other spiritual beings experience salvation?
They never experience salvation
他们没有经历救恩
They never understand what is the
power of the gospel
他们从来没有了解福音的大能
只有人明白救恩
Only human understand
只有人经历福音
Only men experience salvation
只有人怎么知道什么叫做上帝拯救的大能
We know the power of the gospel salvation
我感谢主
当你明白救恩的时候
When you understand salvation
你的生命改变了
Your life is transformed
当真正经历救恩的大能的时候
You truly experience the power of redemption
你对上帝的感谢就不一样了
Your thanks giving to God is different
有一次我从香港坐飞机到台湾
Once I was taking the flight from
Hong Kong to Taiwan
我被安排坐在一个老人家的旁边
I sit beside an elderly man
说他老人家是不大公平,因为我也是老人家
It not too fair because I am elderly too
那他是一个白人
And he is a white man
头发全白
His hair is all white, very tall man
高的不得了
瘦型
Very slim
看他的脸很有聪明智慧
I see the wisdom in his face
所以等飞了十分钟以后
Ten minutes after we took off
我就开始对他讲话
I started to talk to him
我说:“Where are you from?”
“你从哪里来?”
他就说:“I am from Germany。”
“我是德国人。”
他说:“And you?”
“你呢?”
“我是Indonesia。”
“是印尼人。”
那德国是世界闻名,有教育的大国
So Germany is a country with very civilized
印尼是恐怖分子徘徊之国
Indonesia is where with its terrorists
所以看样子,没有什么东西可以谈下去了
It seems that no place for us to talk
所以我看着他,他看着我,我就再问
I looked at him, He looked at me, I asked
因为很多外国人你不问,他就不答
Some of these occasion they
don't answer if you don't talk
结果所谈话的就不能下去了
Because there is no platform
“Are you going to Taiwan?”
“你去台湾吗?”
他说:“Yes。”
“是。”
“And you also?”
“你也是吗?”
我说:“Yes。”
“是的。”
那我再问他说:“Go to Taiwan for what?”
“去台湾做什么?”
他说:“I go to teach in Taiwan University。”
“台湾大学教书。”
他在台大教书
那他说:“And you?”
“I go to preach to the Christians there。”
“我去向基督徒讲道。”
所以现在已经开始谈进去了
So now there is a approach
那我说:“What are you teaching in
Taiwan University?”(“你教什么?”)
“在台湾大学教什么?”
“I teaching philosophy。”
“我教哲学。”
他应该是个客座教授
So he must a guest speaker
他问说:“Do you like philosophy?”
“你喜欢哲学吗?”
我说:“是。”
“Do you know philosophy?”
“你懂哲学吗?”
我说:“A little bit。”
我说:“一点点。”
他问:“How can you know philosophy?”
“你怎么会懂呢?”
“I have been teaching fro forty years。”
“我教了四十年。”
我教了四十年,我懂一点点
I know a little bit
那我再问他说:
Then I asked him:
“你的哲学是什么哲学?”
“What kind of philosophy do you know?”
他说:“我是教德国哲学。”
“German philosophy。”
他问我:“我你叫什么哲学?”
“How about you?”
我说:“我教中国哲学
“Chinese
我教希腊哲学
Greece philosophy
我也教德国哲学。”
German philosophy。”
所以两个人谈进来了
And then we have a common topic
大概他改变他的观念
He change his mindset
不是恐怖分子
Not terrorist anymore
也是一个知识分子
You are a intellectual
我们谈了以后呢
After we spoke
我就谈到了德国的唯心论的问题
I talked about the idealism in Germany
Immanuel Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel
All the various philosophers
谈了这些,他很有兴趣
He was interested
谈完了以后呢
After this conversation
我再问他一个问题
I asked him again
“Do you have any hobby?”
“你有没有什么嗜好?”
他说:“Yes, I like music。”
“我喜欢音乐。”
“And you?”
我说:“I like music。”
“我也喜欢音乐。”
两个又一样了
Common topic
我再问他
“What kind of music do you like?”
“你喜欢什么音乐?”
他说:“classic music。”
“古典音乐。”
那他问我说:“What kind of music do you like?”
“那你喜欢什么音乐?”
我说:“classical music。”
那他以为我跟他唱对台戏的时候,一直讲同样的话
He though of this train to be funny
那我问他说:“Which composer you like best?”
“什么作曲家你最喜欢?”
他说:“Brahms, Beethoven。”
(布拉姆斯,1833~1897,贝多芬,1770~1827)
“Brahms, Beethoven。”
“And what about you?”
“那你呢?”
我说:“Brahms, Beethoven。”
“也是布拉姆斯,贝多芬。”
那他就要考我了
Want to test me
“Which Brahms?”
“哪一个布拉姆斯?”
“Which Beethoven?”
“哪一个贝多芬?”
“Which symphony?”
“哪一个交响乐?”
我说:“Brahms第四我最喜欢。”
“Number four。”
“然后Brahms第一
“Number one
Beethoven一到九我都指挥过交响乐。”
First to nine symphony of Beethoven, I've conducted。”
他知道这个不好玩了
So he know "OH"
所以他以为跟我谈的旗鼓相当
So he thought we were equaled
我就问他:
“What is your original race?”
“你的原本的祖籍是什么?”
他说:“I am Jew。”
“我是犹太人。”
“And you? from Indonesia?”
“你呢?印尼人吗?”
“I am Chinese。”
“我是中国人。”
犹太人跟中国人
Chinese and Jew
是相当彼此尊重的
They honor each other
犹太人知道中国文化很古老
The Jews know Chinese has long history
中国人也知道犹太文化不好玩
And Chinese knows the Jewish culture is not fun
所以他讲:“I am Jew。”
我就开始捉弄他了
And I made fun of him
“Tell me the truth
“告诉我事实
Why Jewish people are so smart
为什么犹太人这么聪明
But never produce very many great composers?”
却没有很多伟大的音乐家?”
我就考他了
I tested him
你犹太人为什么没有产生最伟大的音乐家?
Why no greatest composers?
他说:“We have some。”
“我们有一些。”
我说:“Who?”
“谁啊?”
“是谁呢?”
他说:“We have Mendelssohn 。”
(孟德尔颂,1809~1847)
“我们有Mendelssohn。”
Mendelssohn是犹太人?是的
He is Jew
然后他讲,“我们还有其他的人。”
“And others。”
我就对他说:
And I said:
“You don't be mistake
“你不要搞错了
Because Mendelssohn is a Christian。”
孟德尔颂是基督徒。”
他说:“what matter?”
“有什么关系?有什么分别?”
“Is any difference?”
“Christian is not curious, he is a Jew。”
“他就是犹太人阿。”
我说:“Other Jews never produce music
as good as Mendelssohn。”
“其他的犹太人没有这么好的音乐家。”
他就开始眼睛大大看着我
And he looked at me
“What do you mean?”
“什么意思?”
“你的意思是什么?”
我说:“犹太人不明白上帝的救恩
“Jews don't understand God's salvation
但是基督徒明白上帝的救恩
But Christian understand
所以你们犹太人有很多指挥家
Among the Jews there are many conductors
很多钢琴家
Many pianists
像Horowitz
(1903~1989)
像Rubinstein
(1887~1982)
你们的指挥像是Bernstein
(1918~1990)
有很多指挥我都读过这些东西
I've studied about all these conductors
但是你们的作曲家,最重要的一个
就是Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn is the most important composer
而他成为作曲家的时候,他已经信耶稣了。”
He was a Christian when he became a composer。”
Mendelssohn的祖父叫做Moses Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn's grand father was Moses Mendelssohn
他是Immanuel Kant的好朋友
A good friend with Immanuel Kant
但是他的成就不能比康德那么大
But his accomplishment is not as great as Kant
这个犹太人在德国住得很辛苦
This Jew had hard time in Germany
因为德国人对犹太人是比较Discriminate
Cause the German discriminated against Jews
所以后来这个Moses Mendelssohn生了一个孩子
So when Moses Mendelssohn had a son
他不要做哲学家
He didn't want to be a philosopher
他去做了银行家
But he become a banker
你知道犹太人很有智慧
Jews are wise people
而犹太人特别很会赚钱
They had made a lot of money
所以这个Moses Mendelssohn的孩子
The son of Moses Mendelssohn
叫做Abraham Mendelssohn
Abraham Mendelssohn
他不再搞哲学
He didn't want to deal with philosophy anymore
他就搞经济
He want to do with economics
搞银行
Banking
搞金融
Economics, finance
后来发了大财
Made a lot of money
又生了两个孩子
Had two sons
一个女的比较大
Two children, a daughter
一个男的比较小
And a younger son
这两个孩子很可爱
Very adorable children
女的很美丽
The daughter was beautiful
男的很英俊
The son was handsome
又非常聪明
Intelligent
但有一天呢,这个银行家忽然间有一个念头
One day the banker thought
I want to be a Christian
我要成为基督徒
I stop being a Jew
我不要成为犹太人
所以他就跑到路德会的礼拜堂
He went to a Lutheranism church
申请受洗
Want to be baptized
全家信耶稣
Entire family become Christians
我不知道那个时候他的爸爸Moses还在不在
I don't know whether Moses Mendelssohn
was still around
但是当Abraham Mendelssohn决定
把孩子都带到教会受洗的时候
Abraham Mendelssohn wanted
his children to be baptized
他是心志很坚定
He was determined
然后这两个孩子受洗了以后
These two children after been baptized
他就常常去做礼拜
He came to church regularly
表示他不是假的
It means it was true
他是真心要信耶稣的
He was sincerely become a Christian
那么这种高级的家庭
So this is a very high family
是有钱的犹太人
Very wealthy family
决定信耶稣
He decided to be a Christian
很不寻常
It's quiet rare
因为这个会整个犹太社会看不起的
In Jewish society, will look down on them
那这个最小的就是Mendelssohn Bartholdy
叫做Felix
Felix Mendelssohn
这个人在他十八岁的时候
When he was eighteen
他就开始写了很伟大的音乐
He wrote great music
他十七岁的时候写了
Midsummer light dream overture
Midsummer night dream overture at seventeen
是根据他读了莎士比亚著作,仲夏夜之梦写出来的
(William Shakespeare,1564~1616)
Base on what he read from Shakespeare
当他写出来演奏的时候
When it was been performed
音乐界大大轰动起来
Everybody were fill astonished
因为他用的技术
Because his techniques
和音
His harmony
对位,style
And all of his style and techniques
远远超过当时所有最大最大的作曲家
Surpass all the contemporary composers
所以有人把他十七岁的作品
So someone used his works at seventeen years old
跟Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart十七岁的时候的作品
做一个比较(莫札特,1756~1791)
Compare to Mozart's works when he was seventeen
他们发现他远远超过莫札特
They realized he surpass Mozart
所以人省悟过来的
And everyone was awaken
世界的天才又掉下一个来了
Another genius
什么叫天才呢?
福建人说:“天才天才,天上掉下来”
He came from heaven
天上掉下一个天才来
The genius came from heaven
天才的出现
The emergence of genius
是人类共有的
Is shared among the humanity
是人类的宝贝
Is a treasure of humanity
是我们许多的源头
Is the reason what will happen
一个妒忌天才的人
If you are jealousy of genius
是世界上最坏的人
You are quiet lowly
看见别人好
If you see someone is good
你要为他感谢上帝
You must give thanks to God
You see someone is good
要从他吸收幸福
You must be joyful
很多人不是如此
Many people are not like that
你比我好
You are better than me
我就打死你
I will get rid of you
我就毒死你
I would poison you
我就盼望你撞车死掉
I hope you die sooner
你知道中国最出名的一个很大的医学家
叫做扁鹊
是齐桓公时代的人
In China, there is a physician in the ancient times
A genius in medical
这个人叫做扁鹊
By the name of Bian Chua
他是一个神医
He was a supreme physician
后来他怎么死的呢?
How did he die?
就是因为有一个太医,皇帝的太医
There was a royal physician
是秦朝皇帝的皇宫医生
听说他很厉害,就派人用毒药把他杀死
This physician from the palace
wanted poison him to death
这个叫做天才妒天才
That is a genius been jealousy of a greater genius
而且不是天才,是无才才妒天才
You are not a genius because your are jealous
那么当Mendelssohn的音乐一播出来的时候
When the Mendelssohn's music was displayed
欧洲轰动了
European was astonished
Midsummer night dream overture is surpassing any works composed by Mozart when he was seventeen
超越了莫札特17岁所写的
这是一件很大的事情
This was something major
那么这个人信了耶稣以后
When this person became Christian
到了二十八岁的时候
He was twenty-eight
他是写了圣保罗Oratorio(圣保罗神剧)
He wrote Saint Paul oratorio
他到了三十六岁的时候
When he was thirty-six
他再写了以利亚,Elijah
He wrote Elijah
刚才胡忠良弟兄所唱的就是Elijah的最后一首歌
And this was performed by brother Joseph Hu earlier
美的不得了
Very beautiful
那首诗歌讲什么呢?
What does it talk about?
一个义人为主发光
A righteous man shines for the lord
就像早上的太阳,越照越明
Just like a morning sun, it gets more and more beautiful
这一首诗歌成为Elijah Oratorio最后一首
是很有意思的
This is meaningful in the last part of the oratorio
以利亚是上帝的仆人
Elijah is a servant of God
以利亚像一个义人发光的心一样
And he was like a righteous man shining forth
虽然以利亚现在不在世界上
Although Elijah is not around anymore
但是他的事迹,他的事奉
All the things he has done
他在基督教的影响
His influence
是一代比一代更大的
He has transcended generations
所以当Mendelssohn出来以后呢
After Mendelssohn emerged
看见基督教产生伟大的音乐
We see a lot of great Christian music
远远超过以前所有许多的作曲家
That surpassed many pretty composers
因为他是犹太人
Because he was a Jew
所以法国人非常不喜欢他
So the French didn't like him
而德国人也不喜欢他
German didn't like him
所以他在这个被敌对的状况中间
要产生音乐来影响世界,是难乎其难
So he was very hard to him to produce
good music in the mid of opposition
他的时代有另外一个音乐家
In his era another musician
叫做Wagner
(华格纳,1813~1883)
这个Wagner是非常讨厌Mendelssohn
Wagner really hated Mendelssohn
虽然Wagner也是很大的音乐家
He was a great musician
但他们两个的音乐相比起来
But compare two of them
不一样的地方
Different
一个是很宏伟,神话式的这种乐句
One produce great music drama
是more than opera
因为他要把这个Opera更高尚的一层的东西放进去
Is higher than the opera, it's music drama
它叫做music drama
那么Mendelssohn的音乐呢
Mendelssohn's music
它有那个属灵的气氛
There is spiritual atmosphere
有属天的价值
Heavenly value
跟所有世界上的歌剧、神话剧都不一样的
Different from other kinds of music
而今天我不在这里演讲音乐
I won't do further with music music yet
所以我们继续讲下去
Let's continue
那Mendelssohn的音乐
我就对这个德国人说:
I said to the German:
“你们犹太人
“You Jews
不能产生像Mendelssohn 的音乐
Can't not produce Mendelssohn's music
因为你们不明白救恩
Because you don't understand salvation
如果你明白救恩
If you do
你要感谢上帝
你对上帝的感谢
Your thanks giving to God
用音乐表达出来的时候
When it's expressed in music
就有另外一个层次的美
另外一个层次的超越
是普通的音乐不能达到的。”
It will bring it to a transcendent level of beauty。”
我再对他说:
And I said to him:
“为什么好的音乐是从欧洲出来的呢?
“Why does good music comes from Europe?
为什么好的宗教是从亚洲出来的呢?
And good religions come from Asia?
为什么好的哲学、逻辑是从希腊出来的呢?
And good logic and philosophy from Greece?
好的伟大的音乐是从欧洲出来的。”
And great music from Europe。”
他说:“你这次对我讲这些我都没有好好想过。”
He said:“I never thought about this。”
我说:“所以我告诉你
So I said to you:
你是犹太人
You are a Jew
你缺乏的就是耶稣的救恩
You lack of salvation of Jesus
你要好好思想
You must think about this
因为救赎产生民族的变化
Because salvation
Produces change of people
思想的虚伪
And the changing of thinking
物质的科学的发明
And the invention in science
人文道德的进步
Progress in culture
不能用别的地方,东西代替的
These things can not replace salvation
我们刚刚讲到这里的时候
And when I talked about this
“Plug the seat belt please
we are going down Taipei。”
“我们就要降落了。”
我飞机要降下去了
We were landing
所以他说:“哎呀,很可惜。”
He said:“Oh。”
我们刚谈到很兴趣的时候
In the mid of a good conversation
时间完了
Now time is ending
我们要下去了
Now we must get off
所以他就问我:“你在台北几天?”
Then he asked:
“How many days are you here?”
我说:“两三天我就走了。”
“Two or three days I will be leaving。”
很可惜
It's pity
下飞机的时候,我们互相道别
And then we said goodbye
他讲一句什么话你知道?
“In my life
“在我生命里
I never talked with any people
so profound, so proud, so meaningful
Just I talked with you in past half hour。”
“我从来没有跟一个这么有智慧
这么深入的人来讲话。”
不,他没有讲这个
“我没有跟人谈过这么深入的东西
在过去半个钟头里面,像跟你谈过。”
他没有说我很有智慧
有一点不一样的地方
然后我们就彼此道别了
我也知道
And I knew
我一生可能永远不能再看见他
In my life I would never seen him again
但是作为基督徒
As a Christian
我找到一个重要的切入点,告诉他
I found a very good approach point
犹太文化缺乏的是什么?
That Jewish culture lacks something
救恩
Salvation
所以今天最后一堂
The last session today
我要跟你谈的是什么?
I wanna talk about
不是原先创造的尊严
Not about the original dignity
不是堕落以后的罪恶
Not about the sin after the fall
而是耶稣基督的救赎
But about the salvation of Jesus Christ
阿们?
Amen
这是基督教跟所有的宗教绝对完全不同的地方
This is how Christianity is absolutely
totally different from other religions
救恩跟宗教跟不同在哪里呢?
Salvation is different from religion
宗教注重教,救恩注重救
Religion place emphasis on teaching
and salvation is about saving
大家说,一、二、三
人犯罪以后需要什么呢?
After we sinned, what do we need?
人说需要教
All do we need is religion
上帝说需要救
No, we need salvation
所以这又是基督教跟所有的文化
所有的宗教不同的地方
And this is how Christianity is different
from other religions
如果教会不注重救恩
If the churches doesn't place emphasis
on redemption
只注重教导
They only about teaching
那教会不是教会
Then it's not a church
教会变成一间学校了
Just like another school
你要知道耶稣基督告诉我们:
Jesus Christ says:
“救恩是出于耶和华
“Salvation comes from the Lord
救恩是从耶稣基督而来的。”
From Jesus Christ。”
而律法是从摩西而来的
And laws came from Moses
所以救恩是从耶稣基督而来的
Salvation came from Jesus Christ
一个人认识基督
If you know Christ
就要认识最中心点
就是祂的救赎
You know the core of the issue
that is his salvation
如果我们不认识耶稣的救恩
If you don't know his salvation
我们就根本不是基督徒
Then we are not Christian at all
如果我们不接受耶稣的救恩
If we don't accept Jesus' salvation
我们跟上帝的恩典没有关系
Then we have no relationships with his grace
我们只有享受普遍恩惠
We just enjoy common grace
健康
Health
聪明
Our intelligence
体力、氧气
Oxygen
生活丰富
这些东西是暂时的
All the things in life are temporal
这些东西是几十年的
That will last decades only
你无论多健康
No matter how healthy you are
有一天你会死
One day you will die
无论你多聪明
No matter how smart you are
有一天你进棺材
你有多有钱
No matter how wealthy you are
你一块钱也不能带去
You can't take single dollar away
所以你不要为了普遍恩典
来到上帝面前
So don't come before God just for
the common grace
有多少人只为了这些恩典
才进到教会里面
Some people come to the church
just for this forms of grace
很多教会只用这样的东西来吸引人到场
Many churches only draw people with these things
但是圣经不是这样讲的
But bible doesn't say that
圣经说我们需要救恩
Bible say we need salvation
就是你灵魂得救
Salvation on the soul
永远在上帝的面前
To be eternally before God
不是单单暂时的生活
Not just a temporal life
有一次Billy Graham 被美国的国会叫去
(葛理翰,美国布道家,1918~2018)
Once Billy Graham was summoned
by the American Government
他们给他一个最高的奖状
Give him the highest honor
然后这是所有牧师里面
没有一个人曾经得到的荣誉
This his only pastor where receive this award
当那一天他从他的家飞到华盛顿
And he flew to Washington from his home
然后车把他载到国会大厦去的时候
And they brought him to the parliament house
把他带到一个圆形那个Rotunda
圆顶下面的这个大厅
Came to that building with that dome
他们举行了颁奖的典礼
There was a awards ceremony
他们把最高的奖状给Billy Graham
They gave the highest honor to Billy Graham
因为在他作传道的期间
Because when he was a pastor
他经历过十多个总统
There were more than ten presidents
你看总统多么短命
Presidents' life are so shortly
四年就滚蛋
Four years
最多八年就滚蛋
And or eight years
牧师很长命
Pastors live longer
我已经作了58年了
I have been a pastor for 58 yet
我经历了美国也10多个总统了
I experienced more ten presidents too
为什么呢?
Why?
因为牧师是很长命的
Because pastors tend to have long life
所以你们做明星很笨
Filmstar are quite foolish
因为明星很短命
Because their careers are so short
作足球明星也很笨
Footballers are as foolish too
因为运动员也很短命
Their careers are short lives
如果你作牧师
If you are a pastor
你就很长命
Then you are have long life
如果你作指挥
If you are a conductor
你也很长命
You have long life too
所以你看现在呢,林望杰已经指挥了差不多38年
He's been a conductor for 38 years yet
但是我比他更多20年
I might be fifty-eight
我58年作传道
Fifty-eight years as pastor
所以我告诉你
I say to you
你说我不要作传道,你很笨
You said I don't want to be pastor, you are foolish
不是你不要,是上帝不要你
It's not you don't want, God may not want you
如果上帝要你
If God wants you
你要谢天谢地,你感谢主
You must give thanks
要拣选我做祢的仆人
That God chosen you to be a servant
那你注意再听下去
Listen carefully
当他进到国会山庄大厦里面的时候
So when he came into the parliament
他们把一个奖状送给他
And the honor was given to him
讲完了以后呢
After the award was given
请Billy Graham给国会所有的人讲几句话
Billy Graham was invited to say few words
而那一天呢
That day
重要的部长
All the important ministers
在四周围坐着,坐的很整齐
All sit there
All sit there pretty proper
穿很笔挺的西装
Premium proper
然后Billy Graham上台的时候
When Billy Graham came on the stage
他眼睛就向上看
He was looking upwards
在那个大圆顶上面一直看看看
Looking at dome up there
大家只跟着他看
Everybody was looking with him at
因为重要的人看哪里,你也要看哪里
So you must follow the important person
因为那个方向一定有智慧
That direction must have wisdom within
所以他看完了以后
And after that
他就问他说:
Ask him:
“We have so many great men here
“我们这里有这么伟大的人
And the sculptures are so beautiful
这么好的雕像
他们的雕像这么伟大,这么美丽
The beautiful sculptures
I want to ask you a question
我问你一个问题
Among all these people
在这些伟人当中
Now surrounding us
围绕着我们
So great artistic, so beautiful statue
now surrounding us
这么美的这些雕像
May I ask you a question
What is in common among these people?”
这些人当中有什么共同点呢?”
有什么共同点呢?
What's common among them?
这个人一问了
Then he asked this question
国会大厦那些部长都不敢回答
Nobody dared answer
因为答错不好意思
They were embarrassed to answer wrongly
处世戒多言,言多必失
The more you speak, the more you tend to get wrong
宁可不讲话
So they would be silent
所以结果没有人回答
No be answered
他就答了
So he answered
“Let me tell you
“我告诉你
They are all different
他们都不一样
Different time
不同的时期
Different knowledge
不同的知识
Different position
不同的位份
Different party
不同的党派
And I tell you there's one thing in common
有一点是共同的
They are all dead。”
他们都死了。”
他们都死了
They are all dead
Billy Graham就对所有政府最重要的人
讲一个挑战的话
Billy Graham issue a challenge
to all these important officers
Where are you go to live in your eternity?
在你永恒里你要去哪里?
你在永恒中间你要怎么活着?
In eternity, where will you been?
你要到哪里去?
What's your eternal destiny?
这一句话很启发人
It's a inspiring question
你不要看我们在世界不同
你有钱,我没有钱,你很英俊,我不好看
你很有高地位,这个都没有用
You keep thinking about our difference, our status
our position, these are useless
因为有一天我们都要死
One day we will all die
死了以后你到哪里?
If you die, Where will you be?
基督教跟所有宗教不同的地方
Christianity is different from other religions
我刚才早上讲一句话:
In the morning I said:
Jesus is the only one among all religion founders
To tell us where did he come from。”
“在众多的宗教主当中
耶稣是唯一告诉我们祂从哪里来的。”
所有宗教创办人里面
基督是唯一交代清楚
祂的出处从哪里来
He is the only one who tells us where he came from
孔子有没有说他从哪里来?
Did Confucius tell where is he from?
释迦摩尼有没有说他从哪里来?
How about Shakyamuni?
穆罕默德有没有说他从哪里来?
How about Muḥammad?
他们都是做人犯罪的生活
走到一半的时候发现,我有罪了
怎么办?
In the mid of sinful life, they realized they were sinful
我要脱离罪恶
Oh, I want to break away from sin
所以我要找真理
So I must look for the truth
找真理就证明你不是真理
If you are searching for the truth
it means you are not truth
对不对啊?
找真理就表示你没有真理
It means you are not the truth
你不但不是真理
Not only are you not the truth
你没有真理
You don't have the truth
你需要真理
You need the truth
你如果需要真理是每一个宗教教主
的共同点的话
If it is a common among all religious leaders
他就没有办法告诉你他从哪里来
They can not tell you where they come from
他只盼望他哪里去
They only can hope for where they can go to
他不能告诉你他哪里来
They can not tell you where they came from
所以耶稣基督就不一样了
But Jesus is different
耶稣基督说:“我从父出来,到了世界。”
Jesus said:“I came from Father,
came to the world。”
The only one be accountable and
responsible to tell you
Where does he come from
唯一一个有这个责任告诉你祂的出处的
祂又对我们说:
And then he said to us:
“我要把你们带到我父那里去
“I will bring you to where my father is
你们如果不借着我
没有一个人能回到父那里去。”
No one can come to the father except to me。”
所以你在教会里面没有听到基督的教训
跟所有的宗教不同的地方在哪里
你信耶稣是徒然的
Your life of Christian is futile if you haven't heard about how Christ is different from other religions
我在我的聚会、我的讲道里面
In all my sermons
常常也强调这一点
I wanna emphasize this
我们为什么信主?
Why do I believe in Christianity?
因为主是不一样的
Because he is different
主耶稣跟所有宗教的教主是不一样的
Lord of Jesus is different from other religious leaders
祂不一样不是份量有差别
He is not that he is quantitatively different
祂不一样是因为品质不同,来源不同
He is qualitatively different
因为祂是有神性的救主
Because he is God, He is savior
我们感谢上帝
We give thanks to God
这样你在基督的不同里面
So from the difference here
你要再问这个不同带来的是什么呢?
Then you want to ask so what?
圣经说,带来的就是救恩
The bible said this produces salvation
救恩是什么呢?
就是救赎的恩典
Salvation is the grace of saving
什么叫做恩典呢?
What is the grace?
是不凭功劳的
It means it's not by your work
不因行为的
Not by your merit
不谈资格的
Not because your worthy
或不配得到的
这个没有功劳
不靠行为
不因为我们有资格没有
Not by your merit or your works
Or your worthiness
就白白给我们了
Freely given to you
这个叫做恩典
This is grace
那这个恩典是个救赎的恩典
This is saving grace
什么叫做救赎的恩典呢?
What is saving grace?
不是教,而是救
But saving
教是一种有次序的学习
Teaching is a systematic process
那告诉你怎么学
Giving knowledge
你可以进步
Telling you how you learn, how you make progress
救不先谈这个事情
But saving doesn't talk about this
先把你从危机中间解救出来
To the first deliver you from the crisis
昨天、前天当教皇在Ground Zero
跟所有的宗教领袖一同站在一起的时候
When Papa Franciscus were standing together with others religious leaders at ground zero
我有感觉到他有优越的地方
I felt that he was superior
所有宗教的代表对他非常尊敬
All the religious leaders honor him very much
但我感到很可惜的事情
But something was a pity
几乎把基督教跟所有的宗教等量齐观
It seems the Christianity was compared
with all other religions
这是不对的事情
This is not right
因为基督教不是宗教
Because Christianity is not a religion
基督教是超宗教
It is transcend religion
基督教不是谈教
It's not about teaching
基督教是谈救
It's about saving
这个不是教导的问题
这是拯救的问题
拯救跟教导不同在哪里?
What is different between saving and teaching?
如果你今天掉到海里面去
If you fall into the sea
你发现鲨鱼越来越靠近
You realize a shark is coming
那你没有办法游泳
And you can't swim
所以一面怕一面大喊大叫
You are so scar and you are screaming
一面挣扎一面沉沦下去
And you are struggling and you are drowning
这时候有一个人忽然站在岸上对你说:
And someone comes and stand at the shore
“你要这样,手这样,脚这样
And he tells you:“you must move your hands
听我的话
And your legs
我好好教你。”
Listen to me。”
你已经要沉下去了
You are gonna drowned
还要这样那样
你没有办法,你说:“怎么样?”
Oh he is teaching you to move your hands
“How?”
他说:“要这样!”
“Oh you must do this!”
你一这样的时候,更沉下去
And when you do that, you drowned
不久鲨鱼来了
And the shark comes
不但你不能游泳
Not only can you not use it
一下子就被吃掉了
The shark will eat you up
因为那个人对你说什么?
What the person said?
他在教你啊
He is teaching you
但如果有一个人到那个地方
他说:“现在我把这个绳子丢给你
But another person said:“ I throw a rope
拉着绳子!
Pull that rope!
你不要动,抓着绳子,我把你拉上来。”
Don't move, just pull that rope, I would deliver you。”
而这个时候呢
At this moment
你抓住绳子
You are hold on the rope tightly
你不能游泳不要紧
Doesn't matter you can't swim
他的体力很强大
But this man is strong
所以他把这个绳子拉上来的时候
He can pull the rope up
结果把你救上来的时候
And save you from the shark
他对你说什么?
And he says to you:
“回家。”
“Go home。”
他不是说:
He didn't say:
“去补习游泳。”
“Go learn swimming now。”
他说:“回家
“Go home
我已经救你了。”
I've saved you。”
那这个叫作救
This is saving
所以教不是救
Teaching is not saving
救不是教
Saving is not teaching
大家说 ,一、二、三
教不是救,救不是教
现在你是人
You are human
你已经犯罪
You have sinned
你离开上帝
You are departed from God
你沉沦在罪恶中间
You are drowned in sin
你需要什么呢?
What do you need?
你需要教吗?
You need teaching?
我告诉你,可以的
教好不好?好
Is it good?It's good
但你更需要的是什么?
But you need something more
你需要救
You need salvation more
所以耶稣基督自己说:
Jesus Christ, He said:
“基督耶稣降世
“Christ Jesus came to the world
为要拯救罪人。”
To save the sinners。”
基督耶稣降世,为要拯救罪人
耶稣自己讲:“人子来
He himself said:“the son of man came
是要寻找
To seek
要拯救
To save
世上的人。”
The lost。”
我每一次用这一节经文讲道的时候
Every time I preach on this verse
我不从前面讲到后面
I wouldn't start from the beginning to the end
我从后面讲到前面
I start from the end
基督耶稣降世
Christ Jesus came
为要拯救罪人
To save the sinners
人子到世上来
The son of man came
要寻找拯救失丧的人
To seek the lost
所以我第一点讲人的失丧
I first talk about our lostness
第二点讲需要寻找跟拯救
Secondly our need for salvation
不是人寻找上帝
It's not we seek God
是上帝寻找人
It's that God has sought out man
不是人寻找真理
It's not that we look for the truth
是真理的主寻找人
But the lord of the truth looks for us
不是人寻找出路
It not we look for the way out
是上帝为我们建了一条路来找我们
But God has built a way for us out
然后最后我才讲到耶稣基督
And lastly I talk about Jesus
所以基督耶稣降世
是人子到世上来
为要寻找,要拯救失丧的人
To seek, to save, the lost
你先认知你失丧了
You first realize you are lost
然后你感到你需要
And you feel you need
你认知你需要上帝的寻找
You need God's salvation
因为你不能寻找上帝
Because you can not seek him
你认知你需要拯救
You realize you need salvation
因为教育没有办法改造人
But the teaching can not save you
有一个人叫David Adeney
(艾得理,内地会宣教士,1911~1994)
David Adeney said
他是全世界学生团契的总创办人
He is the founder of the student fellowship
我跟他1984年
In 1984
在加利福尼亚
In California
一同跑到Wheeler xxxx去演讲
We went to Wheeler xxx to speak
这一个人呢
This person
他是很重要的人
Very important man
全世界很多基督徒,大学生都很尊重他
Many Christian and undergraduates honor him
他是IVF的创办人
He is the founder of IVF
这个人很爱中国
He loves China
在中国事奉几十年
Serving China for decades
所以他讲非常好的中文
He speaks good Chinese
Founder of IVF
David Adeney
他讲一句话
在哪里讲?
在印尼讲的
In Indonesia he said
他说:“Can education make people better?”
“教育可以让人更好吗?”
他说:“Acording to what I see
“根据我所观察的
Education can only make people
become more smart
教育让我们更聪明
More clever devil。”
更聪明的魔鬼。”
还没有讲完你就翻译
教育不会改造人
It won't transform people
教育只能把人教成更聪明的魔鬼
Become clever devils
哇我那时候吓了一跳
I was astonished
教育把人教成更聪明的魔鬼
To become clever devils
如果一个人没有读书
If you don't study
你最多偷鸡
And you can steal roosters
一个人读了很高的书
If you are very learned
他可以偷银行的钱
You can steal money from the bank
他可以不必拿手枪去
滴滴答答,就把存款就汇出去了
He can just use computer he doesn't need gun at all
他可以hack
He can hack the system
他可以骗
He can steal
他可以转帐
He can make transfers
为什么?因为他聪明
Cause he is smart
所以你单单依靠教育
If you depend on education at all
我告诉你,人类没有前途
And there is no hope of humanity
世界上教育最高的国家
The most educated countries
罪犯没有比教育低的国家更少
Crime rate is not lower than other countries
最笨的乡下
The most uneducated villages
他们犯罪也是笨笨的
他们做坏事也是做小小的
When they do evil, they'll do smaller
但是越高教育的地方
But the more educated you are
越聪明的人
The more clever you are
他犯罪的胆量越大
The more bold you are when you sin
他犯罪的技术越高
The more sophisticated you are
所以人需要教育吗?
Do we need education?
当然我们需要教育
Of course we do
但人更需要的是什么?
Or do we need more?
上帝的救恩
We need the salvation of God
所以我今天要做一个结束
I want to conclude
有一次有一个故事这么讲
There is a story that is told
有一个人他掉在坑里面
There is a man fell into a well
他掉了以后就醒过来了
And then he woke up
还没有掉以前,喝酒醉了
Because he was drunk
所以很多人呢
从来不醒过来
除非跌的很厉害,才醒过来
Some people wake up only after they fall
很多女孩子,从来不醒悟
A lot of ladies are never awaken
直到做了妓女,才醒悟
They are awaken only when they become prostitutes
给人家奸辱以后,她才醒悟
When they are humiliated by men
她以前以为自己有办法
In the past they thought they were good
我这样聪明,哪里会给人家骗?
I am smart, how can I be cheated?
等她给人家骗了
When they are cheated
人家把妳衣服脱光了
When they strip you
给你醉酒了,给你喝了一些麻醉品
When they make you drunk
把妳奸辱了以后
And when they rape you
妳才醒过来
And you are awaken
有多少人失去了她的贞节
A lot ladies lose their virginity like that
多少人失去他的尊贵
They lost their honor like that
因为他尊贵的时候不醒悟
But they were not aware when they had their dignity
诗篇49篇最后一节
Psalm 49 last verse
人在尊贵之中而不醒悟
We are not awaken in the mid of honor
就如同要被拉去宰杀的禽兽一样的可怜
Just like a beast on the verge of being slain
我再讲一次
If you are not aware of our dignity
如同将要被宰杀的禽兽一样
Just like an animal about to be
dragged to the slaughter house
我们小的时候老师说:
When we were young, our teacher said:
“你知道牛死的时候跟猪死的时候,不一样在哪里?”
“What's the difference between
a cow and a pig when they wanna die?”
我们一直想,扒扒头
Before they die
猪死不呼吸了
When a pig die, it doesn't breathe
牛死也不呼吸了
Likewise for the cow
我说:“老师,一样的。”
I said:“teacher, the same!”
他说:“不一样。”
He said:“no。”
牛死以前
Before a cow dies
跟猪以前
Compare to the pig
死以前不一样的
后来我想了一下想不出来
I said I don't know
“老师老师
“Teacher
猪死以前怎么样?牛死以前怎么样?”
Before a pig die, what happen?how about a cow?”
他讲两句话
很有意思
他说:“猪要死以前
“Before a pig dies
知跑不知死
They do not know they will die
But they know how to run
那么牛死的时候
But before a cow dies
知死不知跑。”
They know they will die but so they don't run。”
所以牛死以前
人家把牠带到屠场去的时候
They drag it to the slaughter house
一面走,一面哭
And it walks, it's crying
你没有养过牛喔?
Have you reared a cow before?
你养过牛吗?
Have you reared a cow before?
我也没有
I've never
我是听说的
I heard about this
但如果有机会我自己去看
I want to see for myself
更亲身体验
And do experience for myself
我更受感动
And I'll be deeply moved
牠知道快要死了
It knows he is gonna die
但不知道怎么逃跑
It doesn't know how to run
就乖乖被人牵到宰杀之处
So it was just let itself be led to the slaughter house
但猪死的那一天
跑来跑去
But for the pig, it will run everywhere
牠不知到最后抓到就是死
牠就一直跑一直跑
It doesn't know that it gonna die
结果被抓到了
But it is captured
大喊大叫
It struggles
就把牠宰杀了
And it's slaughtered
所以用福建话说
牛死,知死不知跑
猪死,知跑不知死
我告诉你
如果一个人快要死了
If a person is about to die
没有醒悟
He is not aware
还继续做坏事
He continues doing evil
比动物都不如
He is worse than animals
这是诗篇四十九篇告诉我们的
It's in Psalm 49
人是尊贵的
We are honorable
但是人如果愚笨
But if you are foolish
沉睡
If you are asleep
要被宰杀都还没有觉悟的话
You are not aware you are gonna to die
这是可怜的
That is pitiful
我告诉你人之所以为人
For human to be human
有一样东西是最重要的
There is something more important
就是悟性
Our sense of awareness
而这个awareness, the sense of awareness
我们的悟性
We understand
我们了解
You realize
我们发现
You so sensitive
我们敏感
You sense something will happen
这个悟性是很重要的
So it's important to be aware
一个人没有悟性
If you are not aware
他跟动物就没有分别了
You are similar with animals
我们知道不知道我们的危险呢?
Are we aware of crisis?
而这个在生意场上
In the business world
这个叫做Crisis Consciousness
你有危机意识
If you are crisis conscious
你可免去很多的困难
And you can solve all the problems
你没有危机意识
每时每刻你都会失败
Every moment you can possibly fail
人性里面最尊贵的一部分之一
The most honorable part of humanity
就是对神的悟性
Is that we are aware of God
对己的悟性
Aware of ourselves
对危险的悟性
Aware of crisis
对罪的悟性
Aware of sin
对机会的悟性
Aware of opportunity
对上帝恩典的悟性
Aware of God's grace
这是很要紧的
This is important
这个人喝酒醉
This person is drunk
结果模模糊糊
So in a daze
走回家的路的时候
And he was walking home
跌了一交
He fell
掉在坑里面了
And he fell into a well
但是掉在坑里面的时候
Fell into a hole
马上醒过来
And then he awoke
醒的时候怎么样?
And when he awoke
醒的太迟了
Too late
如果早两步他就醒了
If he realized two steps earlier
知道这个是深坑
And knew it's a deep pit
我不要掉下去
And you will say I wouldn't fall it
但他掉下去
If I fall into the pit
才醒过来了
Then I wake up
今天很多人犯罪以后醒过来了
Many people wake up after they sin
可是太迟了
他醒过来的时候
他满身痛的不得
And he felt a lot of pain
那个坑高的不得了
This pit was so deep
所以他开始就叫了:
And he cried out:
“救命喔,救命喔
“Save me,help me
可怜我,我在坑里。”
Have pity on me, I am in the pit。”
但已经三更半夜了
This was in the middle of the night
很少会有人走过那里
No one was there
他一直喊一直喊
He cried out loud
后来有一个人走过来
And then someone came
这个人慢慢走、走、走
That person slowly walked
听见:“ 救命啊、救命啊!”
And heard his cry
他就寻找声音的源头在哪里
And then he looked for the source of that cry
然后跑到那个地方去
And then came to the pit
他看下去
He looked down
“你是谁? ”
“Who are you?”
“为什么掉在这里?”
“Why are you deep inside?”
“我喝酒醉,就跌下来了
“Oh, I was drunk, I fell in
我跌下来,才醒过来。”
After I fell, I woke up。”
“可惜,你醒的太迟了。”
“Too bad, it's too late。”
“那我要怎么办呢 ?
“What do I do now?
你救我吧。”
Save me。”
现在听我话:
Listen to me:
“不正的东西,不要看
“Don't look at the thing are not right
不正的东西,不要听
Things are not right don't listen
不正的东西,不要想
Don't think about things are not right
不正的东西,不要走
Don't walk a wrong path
因为非礼勿视,非礼勿言,非礼勿听
See no evil, hear no evil
非礼不要问
Do no evil
这样你就不会跌下去了
And you won't fall
所以我告诉你,做人要照规矩
So I say to you, you must work properly
应当听的听
Listen to the right thing
不当听的不要听
Don't listen to the wrong things
应当讲的讲
Say the right things
不当讲的不要讲
Don't say the wrong things
应该看得看
See the right things
不应看的不要看
Don't see the wrong things
你懂不懂?”,“懂!”
Do you know?”,“Oh, I know!”
“好不好?”,“好。”
“Is that good?”,“OK。”
“Bye Bye。”
他就走了
And he walked away
他说我已经告诉你
I have told you
做人的责任是什么
What it means to be human
应当怎么样,听懂吗?
Have you understood?
我已经教导你了
I've told you
Bye bye,他就走了
“那么我呢?”,他已经Bye Bye,就走了
“How about me?”,Oh that man walked away
所以他没有办法在那里
他知道教育很好
He knew
The teaching was good
讲的都是对的
All was right
但他还是在里面
But he was still deep in the pit
所以他还是:“救命啊、救命啊!”
He said:“save me, save me”
过了两个钟头
Two hours later
听见脚步来了
Hear footsteps
有人走过来了
Someone walked toward him
越来越靠近的时候
Nearer and Nearer
他就开始大声:“救命啊!”
And he cried:“save me!”
那个人站在上面
That person stood there
“哎呀你是谁啊?
“Who are you?
你怎么跌得这么惨?
Why are you there?
有没有受伤阿?”
Are you hurt?”
“这里受伤,这里皮破了
“Oh I am hurt here, oh I am injured
这里出血了。”
Injured everywhere。”
“好可怜
“Oh how pitiful
我很同情
I really have compassion on you
世界真是很多痛苦
What a pity, so much suffering
人生就是苦海啊
Oh so much suffering in the world
生是苦,老是苦
To be born is suffering
生病是苦,死是苦
To have to be sick is suffering, to die is suffering
生老病死苦
你我有痛苦
And everything in life is suffering, We all have suffering
今天你痛苦,我非常同情你
You are suffering, I have sympathy
我非常爱你
I love you
盼望你快快好!”
I hope you would get well soon!”
“Bye Bye”
他又走了
He walked away
他的爱心好不好呀?
Was his love good?
好
Good
他的慈悲好不好呀?好
Was his compassion good?Yes
他真的同情他吗?他真的同情
Did he has sympathy?Yes
他知道他的困难吗?
Did he know his difficulty?
知道了,同情了
Yes he did, empathy
结果呢?
And then what?
Bye Bye,又走了
He said:“bye bye。”
这个人想糟糕,又走了
He said:“Oh no, another person has left。”
所以我还在这里
I am still here
那怎么办呢?
What do I do now?
三更半夜
In the middle of the night
我又没有人救
No one can save me
我伤了,又不能扶
And I am still injured
那我要怎么办呢?
What do I do?
所以他再叫:“救命啊!”
And he cried out again:“save me!”
第三个人来了
The third person came
第三个人走到的时候
“你怎么会掉在这里?
“Why are you deep in there?
你什么时候掉的?
When did you fall?
你掉的原因是什么?”
The reason?”
“我喝酒醉,我模糊,我晚上看不清楚
“I was drunk, I was in a daze, I couldn't see clearly
我不谨慎,我爱睡觉,我掉下来了。”
I was not careful, I wanted to sleep, and I fell。”
那我现在告诉你:
I said to you:
“生作男的是命运
“It's your fate to be born a man
生做女孩子也是命运
It's also your fate to be born a woman
你能长大是命运
And it's your fate to grow up
你不能长大夭折也是命运
If you die young, it's your fate
而你顺利平安是命运
Whether you are plain sailing or not, it's your fate
你不顺利也是命运
Time are good or bad, it's your fate
你昨天不喝酒,也是命运
If you didn't drink, it was your fate
你喝酒,也是命运
Since you did, it was your fate
你喝酒会走回家是命运
If you could walk home, that was your fate
喝酒一半掉下去也是命运
If you felling into the pit, that was your fate
你知道吗,人人都有命运
Everyone has a fate
而我的命就是对你讲
My fate is tell you all these
你的命就是掉下去。”
Your fate is falling there。”
“Bye bye。”
And then he walked away
所以他听了很有道理
So his thought all make sense
这一家有这一家的道理
那一家有那一家的道理
All the school of thoughts have their reason
Everything make sense
So beautiful, so perfect, I truly confess
全部都有道理,全部都有完美的道理
I learn a lot from different school
我真正的承认我从他们都学习很多
But I am still here
但是我还在这里啊
Bye bye
他走了
And they all left
这个人就哭了
This person cried
哭到一半的时候
In the mid of his cry
他说:“救命啊!
He said:“save me!
救命啊!”
Save me!”
一个声音脚步又来了
And then he heard footstep again
这是第四个人来
This is the forth person
他说:“你为什么掉下去?
“Why are you here?
我喝酒醉
Oh I was drunk
我神志不清
I was in a daze
我眼睛模糊
I couldn't see clearly
我麻醉自己
I was drunk
所以我跌下来了。”
So I fell。”
“那么有人帮助你吗?”
“Is anybody help you?”
“有人教训我
说非礼勿视
非礼勿听
“Someone taught me
非礼勿言
To see no evil
To hear no evil
走正路就不会危险。”
To walk a right path。”
“然后呢?”,“他Bye Bye走掉了。”
“And then he said:『bye bye。』”
“还有没有人?”
“Anyone else?”
有人说:“你生是很痛苦
Someone say:“Oh
死是很痛苦
Everything is suffering
生老病死很痛苦,我非常同情你
To be born, to aged, everything is suffering
He has sympathy on me
他又走了。”
And he left。”
“还有呢 ?”
有一个人说:“你生是命运
Someone said:“it's your fate to be born
你跌下去也是命运
To fall into pit is your fate
你受伤也是命运
To be injured is your fate
人人有不同命运
Everyone has different fate
所以你要接受命运
So you must accept your fate
然后他又走了
And he left
那怎么办呢?”
What do I do now?”
这个人说:
And this forth person said:
“现在把你的手拉上来。”
“Now give me your hand。”
他就伸出他的手
He stretched down his hand
向下把他拉起来,把他站在地上
And then pulled him out of the pit
Stood on the ground
对他说:
Said to him:
“我今天拯救你
“Today I have saved you
我要你回家
I want you to go home
要你得着新的生命
I want you to have a new life
要你脱离你的危险
To depart from your crisis
离开你罪恶的地位
To depart from your sinful position
成为得救的人。”
To become a saved person。”
所以这个人把他救起来了
This person saved that man
“某某人你是谁呀?
你为什么救我?”
Why did you save me?”
这个人回答说:
This person said:
人子来,为要寻找拯救失丧的人
Son of the man came, to seek and save the lost
所以今天救恩临到你了
Today salvation is coming upon you
你感谢上帝
你又要去帮助别人
You wanna go and help others
让别人与你一同得着福音的好处
So others will share in the gospel
我为你死在十字架上
我为你留出宝血
I die on the cross for you, I bleed for you
我来解决你犯罪的问题
Solve the problem of your sin
你是上帝的仇敌
You were enemy of God
我因为爱你的缘故
But because I love you
成全上帝拯救罪人的计划
To accomplish God's salvation plan
亲身担当你的罪
And took on the sins of man on myself
在十字架上为你流血
On the cross I bleed for you
使你的罪得着赦免
So let your sin were redeemed
为你受审判
I was judged for you
使你可以得着救赎的平安
So that you can have the peace of salvation
今天你可以回到上帝面前。”
Today you can go back to God。”
我就要把这篇的道讲完了
I want to conclude this message
今天我用救赎这两个字
Base on salvation
I want to say to you
人类的盼望不在教育
The hope of mankind doesn't lie on the education
不在心理学
Not in psychology
我发现最高教育的国家
I realize the most educated countries
自杀率也很多
Have high suicide rate as well
最高学位的人
The most educated people
都在想自私的事情
They all think about selfish things
我从前年轻的时候
In the past when I was young
我是影响知识分子
I want to influence intellectuals
让他们再影响所有阶层的人
So they could influence people on all levels
后来我年老的时候
As I aged
我非常失望
I was disappointed
一个人拿了PhD
For a person who have PhD
他真的做社会的帮助吗?
Does it mean he can contribute to the society?
他真的造福人群吗?
Can he bring best thing to the people?
他为什么读PhD?
Why he study for a PhD?
因为他要借着高学位, 赚更多的钱
He wants to make more money
所以越有学问的人
More educated you are
越自私
More selfish tend to be
越有学位的人
The more educated you are
越顾自己
The more you concern about yourself
所以今天你看最高学位,最多学问的国家
So you look at the country has most educated people
贫富悬殊救越来越厉害
The rich poor disparity is getting wide up
有谁能拯救这个世界呢?
Who can save this world?
教皇说:“我要做穷人的朋友
The papa say:“I want to be a friend of the poor
我呼吁你们要照顾homeless。”
I encourage you to help the homeless。”
因为这些人是社会丢弃的
Cause these are the people deserted by the world
他们怎么竞争也竞争不来
They can never compete with the rest of the world
他们体力不够
They are physically weak
学问低浅
Mentally weak
他们没有什么背景
They are not educated
他们被遗弃之后
They have been deserted
他们下一代再被遗弃
And their next generation will be abandoned too
越来越穷,越来越穷
They become poorer and poorer
我开始在六七十岁的时候我醒悟过来
And when I was sixties
我不是盼望在有钱的人身上
I realize the hope is not on the rich
我不是盼望在有学问的人身上
Not among on the educated
我盼望再那些有爱心的人身上
But among the loving people
你有多余的
If you have surpluses
你要分给人
You want to give others
你要照顾哪一种人呢?
What kind of people do you wanna help?
照顾应当得的人
Help those who is ought to be help
箴言书第三章告诉我们
Proverb three says
你手里如果有鱼
If you are fishes in your hand
你要照顾应当得的人
You wanna help those who you need to ought to help
谁是应当得的人呢?
Who are those you ought to help?
那些拚死命做工还不够的人
不等他开口,你应当照顾他
Those work very hard and still can not xxx xxx
you must help them
有真实要为上帝做工
Those truly want to work for the Lord
有潜在能要做上帝在世界光的人
Those who can be the light of the world
你要造就他
You want to help them
你要建立他的自尊
You want to build them up
不让他给人轻看
So that let them don't get despise
让他们可以自爱
然后真正用智慧去照顾人
To self respect with wisdom to help others
那我们今天生命改变过来好不好?
Let our live to be transformed
让我们今天有新的观念好不好
Let us have new concept
我活在世界上
And I live in this world
不是一直为自己的利益自私
Do not just for my only interests
有许多灵恩派的牧师
Many Charismatic preachers
大言不惭,自私自利
They are so boastful, so selfish
最近还有一个传道人对他的会友说:
“你们奉献钱给我吧,我要买一架私人的飞机。”
And the pastor said to the people:
“Give money to me, I wanna buy a private jet。”
你们知道这样的事吗?
Do you know about this?
那这些不懂羞耻的人
These shameless pastors
这是假造我是上帝仆人的名义
They disguised as God's servants
来过非常令人羞耻的生活
To live very shameful life
基督徒,你蒙救赎
Christians, you have been saved
是为了上帝,上帝的荣耀
For God, God's glory
为了帮助别人
To help others
先建立你自己的生命度
Build up your own lives
你曾经是尊贵的
You were one with dignity
后来你是堕落的
But you fell in the sin
现在上帝把你救赎回来了
But God has saved you
上帝拯救我们
God has saved us
使我们站在磐石的上面
So we can stand on the rock
可以照顾那些跌倒的人
To help those who fall
把他们从沉沦中间把他们救出来
To deliver them from where they drown
美国在第二次世界大战的军事总司令
General MacArthur(麦克阿瑟将军,1880~1964)
General MacArthur in the second world war
他有一个祷告文是全世界出名的
And he had a prayer which is so well-known
A father's prayer
一个父亲在上帝面前祷告
A father's prayer before the lord
是为他的孩子祷告
For his son
上帝呀
Oh God
求你不让我的孩子过太舒适的生活
Let my son not live a too comfortable life
不让我的孩子过一个优越的生活
Do not let my son live a superior life
让他受苦
Let him suffer
让他在贫穷挣扎
Let him struggle in poverty
让他有大风大浪来搅扰他
Let him experience the storms of life
我做父亲的求你
As a father I ask you God
在大风浪中间
In the mid of the storms
你不让他沉下去
Do not let him drown
你让他站起来
Let him stand up
不但站起来
Not only does he stand
还可以帮助那些掉在大风浪中间的人
Then he can help others who are drowning in the middle of the storms
受苦的人
Others who are suffering
让他不但自己站立的住
Not only can he stand firm
还能帮助别人的时候
And able to help others
我这个做父亲的人
Then as a father
我可以安然离开世界
I would leave in a peace
在我年轻的时候读那个祷告文
When I read that prayer
我很受感动
I was deeply moved
然后我跪在上帝面前
主阿你帮助我
Oh God help me
给我在大难之中我可以站立起来
In the mid of crisis, I can stand firm
给我的孩子们不是养尊处优,麻醉自己
Let my children would not be in xxx by the comfort life
给我有力量教导他们
That I have strength to teach them
让他们可以奋斗
That they can strive
可以自立
That they can be independent
可以有信心,可以成功
That they have faith, they have success
不让他们沉沦
So let they do not fall and perish
让他们在风浪中间站立的稳
In the mid of storm they can stand firm
不但站立的稳
As they stand firm
还可以救那些掉在风浪中间的人
They can save others who were fallen into the storm
我今天要结束我的讲道
And as I end my message
我告诉你你需要救赎
I said to you you need salvation
如果你还没有信耶稣
If you have not believed in Jesus
你还不认识祂十字架的大能
If you have not known the power of the cross
你会枉然度过一生
You will live your life in futility
你要知道基督为你死了
You must understand Christ die for you
为你流出宝血
He bleed for you
祂以神的身分到地上来做人
As God he came into the world as a man
又以神又是人的身分,做神与人之间的中保
Being both God and man
He was the immediator between God and man
因为基督是神
Because Christ is God
所以救恩从天上来
So the salvation came from heaven
因为基督是人
Because Christ is man
所以他经历了你我受的痛苦
He experienced all our suffering
因为基督有血肉的身体
Because he took on the fleshy body
可以被人鞭打
可以为我们而死,因为基督为我们流血
He was injured and suffered for us
Because he bleed for us
所以我们罪得着赦免
That's why our sins were forgiven
因为基督为我们被钉十字架
Because he was crucified on the cross for us
所以我们的刑罚被祂担当了
That why he took on our punishment
基督如果不是人
If he was not human
祂就不能死
He couldn't have die
但是如果基督是人不是神
If he was human but not God
祂就不能复活
He could not have been resurrected
基督是神又是人
Jesus was fully God, fully human
基督是神与人中间的中保
The inter-mediatedly between God and man
基督是全人类独一的救主
The only savior in all humanity
祂为你为我死了
Die on the cross for you and me
祂借着死亡
Through death
打败了掌死权的魔鬼
Defeat the Satan who held the power of death
完全得胜离开死亡
And have victory over the death
祂复活了
And he was resurrected
今天坐在上帝面前
And today sit in the right hand of God
为你祷告,为我祷告
Praying for you and me
我们今天怎样能得救呢?
How can we be saved?
因为有这一位的救主
Because we have this savior
我们从哪里得救呢?
How do we get save?
从罪的刑罚中间得救
We have been saved from sin
从上帝的愤怒中间得救
From the rough punishment from God
从公义的审判中间得救
From God's holy judgment
从地狱的火里面被救出来
From the fire of hell we have been saved
我们与基督一同成为上帝的儿子
Together with Christ become children of God
我们的主不但复活升天
Our Lord is not resurrected and ascended
那祂还要再来,把我们带到永远的地方去
He will return, to bring us to eternity
愿上帝赐福给我们
May God bless us all
使我们今天真正明白
So we understand truly
什么叫做尊严、堕落、与救赎
What it means to be dignity, fall, and to have salvation
我们低头祷告
Let us pray
当我们大家低头闭眼睛
As our heads are bowed, eyes are close
我奉主的名,恳切问你一句话
In the name of the lord I ask you
有哪一个人?
How many of you?
你说:“主阿
You say:“lord
我不愿意在罪恶中间
I don't want to be in sin anymore
我不愿意堕落沉沦
I don't want to be fallen anymore
祢既然来拯救我
Since you have come to save me
我愿意接受祢的救恩
I am willing accept your salvation
求天父赦免我的罪
May heavenly father forgive my sin
求耶稣赦免我的灵魂
May Jesus save my soul
求圣灵把新的生命赐给我们 。”
May holy spirit give me new life。”
你今天下午
This afternoon
你愿意得救
You are willing to be saved
你愿意回到上帝面前
To return to God
请你把手举起来
Raise your hands
有哪一个人?把手举起来
感谢上帝,感谢上帝,感谢上帝
好,我要问第二个问题
Second question
有哪一个基督徒
Any Christians
既然主这样爱我
Since God loves me so
耶稣这样救我
Since Jesus saved me
我要爱主到底
I wanna loving him to the end
就是真心跟随主
Be faithful to him
坚守信仰
Be faithful in my faith
为主做见证
To be stay fast in bearing testimony
有这样的基督徒,请你把手举起来
Any Christian, raise your hands
有哪一个人?感谢上帝,感谢上帝
今天我不呼召你们走到前面来
I won't be calling you to come forward
我要每一个人在你位子上站起来
I want all of you to stand where you are
大家一同站立起来
All of us stand where you are
我们一同来祷告
Let us pray together
每一个人站起来
Everyone stand up
十字架,十字架,永是我的荣耀
我众罪都洗清洁,唯靠耶稣宝血
你说:“主阿,我感谢祢
You say:“Lord, I thank you
我听明白祢的话
I understand your words
我也知道祢救恩何等宝贵。”
I know how precious your salvation is。”
你为这几天所听的道,你感谢主
For these few days of sermons, you give thanks to God
你听了道,你感谢主
You give thanks to God for what you heard
手放下去,我问你第二个问题
哪一个人说:“主阿,我立志坚守对祢的信仰
Say:“Lord, I am dedicated myself to be stay fast
我一生一世好好忠心跟随祢
Be faithfully following you all my life
为祢最美好的见证
To have good testimony for you
有这样的人请你把手举起来,感谢上帝,手放下去
第三个问题
Third question
有哪一个人你说:“我既然得了救恩
“Since I have been saved
我不应当自私
I should not be selfish
我应当传福音
I need to preach gospel
我应当作见证
I should bear testimony
我应当去寻找别人
I should look for others
使他们也认识耶稣。”
So they would know Jesus。”
你要亲自主动寻找人传福音,为主做见证的人
You want to take initiative to look for people
to bear testimony for God
有这样的人请你把手举起来
感谢上帝,感谢上帝,手放下来
最后一个问题
Last question
You said:“Lord
如果祢肯用我
If you will to use me
祢呼召我吧
Call me
我预备我的心
I prepare my heart
做祢的仆人
To be your servant
奉献做传道人
To dedicated my life as a preacher for you
有哪一个人,你说我要好好祷告
If it's what you say, I want to pray
求主带领我
May God lead me
求主呼召我
May God call me
如果我知道主的旨意
If I know your will
我奉献作传道。”
I want to dedicate my life to be a preacher。”
有这样的人,请把手举起来,有哪一个人?
感谢主,感谢主
我现在请预备作传道的人
走到上面来,现在就出来
Those who are prepared to be pastors and preachers
刚刚举手的人走到上面来
Come forward, those who are just raised your hands
这是神要你事奉祂,呼召你的一个记号
This is the mark how God has called you
现在走到前面
感谢上帝,还有哪一个人?
Anyone else?
那一个人说:“主阿
You say:“Lord
我也愿意奉献作传道,如果祢肯使用我
I am willing to dedicate my life to be a preacher
If you are willing to use me
请祢的呼召临到我
May your call come upon me
祢感动我
Move me
祢洗净我的心
Clean my heart
祢的圣灵引导我
May your holy spirit guide me
直到我成为祢的仆人。”
Til I become your servant。”
还有哪一个人?
Anyone?
我们唱两次十字架
As we singing the cross
我们不再延长呼召了
I will not call anymore
请你现在主动站出来
Come forward now
十字架,还有哪一个人?现在出来
永是我的荣耀,感谢上帝
感谢上帝,感谢上帝
还有哪一个人?无论你多远,走出来
因为上帝呼召你,你不要抗拒祂
最后一次
我众罪都洗清洁,有没有最后的人?
现在出来
唯靠耶稣宝血
在过去五十八年九个月
Over the last fifty-eight years and nine month
我呼召人做传道
I've call people to give their live to God
走到前头来的,到上个月
Til last month
已经四十五万个人了
Four hundred fifty thousand have responded his call
这边又增加了几百个人
Now a few hundred have come forward
我感谢上帝
I give thanks to God
神的呼召是不后悔的
God's call is definite
神的恩赐也是不收回的
God's gifting is definite
这是罗马书告诉我们的
See this in Romans
上帝的拣选与恩召是没有后悔的
God would never retrieve
What he has given and what he has called
然后我们盼望我们对上帝的奉献也是不后悔的,阿们?
I pray that we would not redraw our dedication
你祷告
Pray
主给你怎样预备
May God will help you prepare yourself
怎么样进到神学院,受造就
Going to seminary, to be equipped
以后成为上帝的仆人
To become a servant of God
现在请大家每一个跟我祷告
Everyone pray with me
亲爱的主我感谢祢
Dear lord I thank you
在这一个混乱的世界中间
In this chaotic world
祢明确的把祢的话告诉我们
You've clearly spoken to us
祢爱我,祢为我死
You love me, you die for me
祢为我复活,祢为我升天
You resurrected for me, you ascended for me
祢为我代求,祢赐下圣灵
You've given the holy spirit to me
在我心中作见证
In my heart to bear testimony
使我永远属于祢
So I forever belong to you
我感谢赞美祢
I give thanks to you
祢有一天还要再来
One day you will return
接我回家
To lead me home
在父的面前,永远与主同在
In the presence of father, be with you forever
今天我活在世界,是一个作客
And as living in this world
是一个暂时的年日,几十年要过去
It's just a temporal journey
These decades will pass
我不愿意放弃我的生命
I am not willing to give away my life
我不愿意浪费我的机会
To waste away my life
我不愿意失去我的地位,如果主祢愿意用我
Not willing to lose my status, If you are willing to use me
帮助我做一个好的基督徒
Help me be a good Christian
做一个做见证的基督徒
Christian that bears testimony for you
领人归主的基督徒
Lead people to Christ
结果子的基督徒
A fruitful Christian
若是主要用我
If God want to use me
求祢使用我,一生一世
Use me, for the rest of my life
全职事奉祢
Full time to be used by you
听我的祷告,感谢赞美
奉主耶稣的圣名, 阿们
In Jesus name, Amen