晚安 今天是我們這一個月 第三天的聚會 Good evening, this is the last section of this month 我們大家再打開詩篇第8篇 Let us again turn to Psalms 8 這是第2篇的彌賽亞詩篇 This is the second Messianic Psalms 第2篇、第8篇、第16篇、第22篇 我們就一直講下去 So from 2 to 8 to 16 and to 22, we continue on 我們再從第1節念到第2節 And once again we read from verse 1 to verse 2 我們大家一同開聲來讀 Together 耶和華我們的主啊，祢的名在全地何其美 祢將祢的榮耀彰顯於天 祢因敵人的緣故，從嬰孩和吃奶的口中，建立了能力 使仇敵和報仇的閉口無言 第3節跟第4節跟第5節 Verse 3 to 5 我觀看你指頭所造的天 並祢所陳設的月亮星宿 便說：人算甚麼，祢竟顧念他？ 世人算甚麼，祢竟眷顧他？ 祢叫他比天使微小一點 並賜他榮耀尊貴為冠冕 第6到第8節我自己念 祢派他管理祢手所造的，使萬物 就是一切的牛羊、田野的獸 空中的鳥、海裡的魚 凡經行海道的，都服在祂的腳下 第9節大家再開聲一同來念 Verse 9 together 耶和華我們的主啊，祢的名在全地何其美 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth 我們讀經就到這個地方 And we stop the reading of scripture here 我們昨天開始的時候 Yesterday when we began 我們看見這個詩人看見大地的偉大 The author sees the majesty of the earth 大地的美麗 And the beauty of this earth 他就透過看得見的物質，看到那看不見的上帝 And through the scene where we can see the unseen God 他透過看得見的地，看到了在天上的寶座 And through the seeable world he can see the throne of the heaven 他看見了被造的世界 看見了創造世界的主 So he sees the creature world and sees the Lord of creator 一個人如果只看見被造界的美 So if a person only can see the beautiful scene of the world 而沒有看到美的源頭 And he couldn’t see the beauty of the source 這個人沒有達到最高的享受 And he couldn’t reach the peak of the enjoyment 他也沒有達到最大的智慧 And he couldn’t reach the greatest wisdom 一個人在與所有表現出來的世界中間 In all the things that can be seen or manifests 思想產生世界沒有表現的源頭的時候 So when the thoughts produce the results but couldn’t go back to the origin of the source 他的心就不是被看得見的所包圍、所限制 So his heart only be surrounded by all the seeable and the limited things 你能夠飲水思源 So when you drink the water you can ponder on the original 你們看自然而享受超自然 When you look the origin on the phenomena of the world and you can enjoy the one that surpasses the phenomena 如果你問世界上的人：你們的享受是甚麼？ If you ask the people what is your enjoyment? 最低的人他說：我享受情慾的快樂 The lowest people who say they enjoy their lust 我享受性的歡樂 And the joy from sex 我享受女人 Or they enjoy woman 我享受我年輕的時光 Or enjoy when we are youthful 而這些都是必要過去的 And these would be passed 一個人青春只有幾十年 And youthfulness only lasts for decades 等年老來的時候 When the old age comes 你有眼看不見 So you have eyes but you cannot see 你有耳聽不清楚 Ears cannot hear 你有手顫抖沒有力量 And your hands are trembling 你有腳不能行走 Your legs can’t walk 我每一次上台要人扶上去的時候 Every time when I come to pulpit I need to be carried 我就感到我怎麼變成老人家呢？ I felt that how can I become old? 我明明從前我從來過去都不是老人家 In the past I was so young 我從小住在樓上 Since I was small, I live in the upstairs 樓上跟樓下的階梯都是差不多24到27、8之間 So the staircase are 24 to 27 stairs 當我最健壯的時候 So when I was in the strongest 我從樓上到樓下，兩步就到了 I only need two steps from the fifth floor to the ground floor 我跳就到它一半 I need to jump 再跳就到樓下 And I jump again two steps 到20年前 About 20 years ago 我還是兩步下來的 I still can use two steps 你從來沒有想到我的力量大到這個地步 You can’t imagine that I am so strong 但是現在呢 But now 28個階梯 28 staircase 我最少28步 I need at minimum 28 steps 最多要56步 At maximum 56 steps 一階要兩個步 So one staircase I need two steps 因為什麼呢？ Why? 我們年紀青春的時代一下就過去了 As we are young, it has been passed 我們健康的年日一下就過去了 As we are healthy, it has been passed 我們眼睛很明亮的年日一直下去 When we can see clearly, it has been passed 如果你看傳道書最後1章 If you see the last chapter of Ecclesiastes 這一個寫書的這麼講 So the author 你趁著年幼 When you are young 你記念造你的主 You need to commemorate your Lord Creator 你不要等你年老來的時候 And to know when your are old 那如果那個時候你再注意你讀的那一段聖經 And when are you old you only read this scripture 因為他完全用詩歌的形式，來描寫人老的時候的狀況是怎麼樣 You actually use a poetic form to describe a person when he is old 所以是很美麗的描寫 So using a beautiful description 也是很深奧的描寫 Using a very deep profound description 也是很不容易的描寫 It’s very difficult to understand 所以神的話就是這樣的奇妙 But this is the way the word of God’s plan 親愛的弟兄姊妹們 So dear brothers and sisters 如果你問世界上的人 If you ask the people in the world 你享受的是甚麼？ What do you appreciate? 我享受我所看得見的 And I am enjoying the world I can see 我享受用錢可以買到的 I can enjoy things I can buy with money 我享受物質的生活給我的方便 I can enjoy the convenience from all the material world 給我的喜樂 And the joy brought from these things 這些東西都是暫時的 All these things are temporal 所以Westminster Confession So in the Westminster Confession of Faith 這個Small (Shorter) Catechism裡面 The Small(Shorter) Catechism 裡面有一句話 There is a word 人在世界上最大的責任是甚麼？ What's the chief end of man? 它的答案是甚麼呢？ The answer is 要榮耀上帝 To glorify God 又要享受上帝 And to enjoy God 這個很難明白了 And it’s very difficult to understand 我們怎樣才能榮耀上帝？ How do we glorify Him? 那第二句更難明白 And the second sentence is even more difficult 我們要享受上帝 We need to enjoy God We should glorify God and enjoy Him 我們要榮耀上帝並以祂為樂 我們怎樣享受上帝？ How do we enjoy God? 詩篇的作者告訴我們 The author of Psalm 我看見上帝的名字在全地何其美 He says that I see the name of the Lord is so majestic in all the earth 不是這個世界何其美 Not just the earth 是神的名何其美 But is the name of the Lord that is majestic 所以他是看見上帝的美麗 So he can see the name of the Lord 看見上帝的偉大 He can see the greatness of the Lord 看見上帝創造的智慧 And he can see the wisdom of the creation of God 正像保羅在羅馬書第一章所講的 Just like Paul says in Romans chapter 1 我們的上帝，雖然我們用眼睛不能看見 Although we cannot see our eyes with God 祂藉著祂所造之物 Through the creatures and the creation 祂把祂的永恆，跟祂的神性都表現出來 And his eternity and divinity has been manifested 你看見世界上有超過物質的上帝的權能嗎? Do you see the power of God that surpassed all the material and physical things? 在印尼有一個傳道人 There is a pastor in Indonesia 是很出名而且很老才離開世界 He is very famous and he passed away when he was very old 在九十多歲的時候 About 90 years old 我去他的城市講道 Once I visit his city 那個時候他已經身體非常衰弱了 At that was the time that he was very weak 他坐在桌子最重要的地方 He sit at the most important place in the table 在那個時候我大概38歲，我坐在旁邊 I was 38 and I sit at the side 我們叫他叫公公 We call him grandfather 我們叫他叫作 We call him as a person is very old 這個人年輕的時候 When he was young 整個城市裡面賭博大王 He is King of gamble 他每次賭每次勝 Every time he engages in gamble, he win 從來沒有輸過一次 And he never loses 每次賭警察都不來找 Every time when he won the police do not come 每次警察來找，他都不在 Every time when the police came he was not there 所以這個人運氣太好了 He was too lucky 從來沒有給警察抓過一次 He was never arrested 而他是很厲害 He was good 他是差不多可以算今天我要賺多少錢 He can calculate how much he can win 很多人立志要打敗他，從來沒有打敗他 Many people want to defeat him they couldn’t make it 所以他們就討厭他討厭的半死 So they hate him a lot 又佩服他佩服的半死 They also respect him a lot 因為總是勝不會輸 Because he never loses 我想你們肯定也有很多愛賭博的人 I think in the audience many this kind people 如果他活到現在，在天上賭，可能你們都輸給他 If he still lives until today, perhaps you lose 有一天人家說 So just one day 宋尚節博士到這個地方來講道 One day a buddy told him Dr. John Sung come to preach 他說：宋尚節是甚麼？ He asks who is John Sung? 他做甚麼工作的？ What is his work? 他來這裡講甚麼？ Why does he come here? 他說：(9:45)，他給他名字，你去聽聽看看 Can you try to listen to him? 他就去聽道了 And he went to listen 他聽道的時候 When he listen 他嚇了一跳 He was stunned 宋尚節講道跟甚麼人都不一樣 John Sung when he preaches which is different to others 他有時候上台穿的衣服五六件 Sometime he has 5 to 6 clothes 哇！厚得不得了 It’s very thick 印尼天氣很熱 In Indonesia it’s very hot 大概六十年前 60 years ago 七十年前 70 years ago 都沒有冷氣 There’s no air con 宋尚節穿了好幾件衣服 John Sung has many clothes 上台講道講道 When he preaches 他忽然間把衣服脫掉 He takes away the clothes 他說：我們都是假冒為善 He says, we are all hypocrites 我們想穿好衣服 We need to have our clothes 人家看不見我們裡面 When others see us, they couldn’t see 等我一開衣服 When I take off the clothes 你才知道裡面是怎麼樣 You can see inside 所以他把一件衣服一開掉的時候 When he take off the first clothes 裡面一大堆的布條 There are many banners 懶惰、驕傲、妒忌、姦淫、貪心、犯罪、抽菸、喝酒 All the things, gambler, smoking, adultery and all these things are appeared in his clothes 所以他一開衣服的時候 So when he opens the clothes 人家就看見他裡面一大堆東西 People can see all the things in his body 我告訴你今天你以為你是好人 He says today you thought you are good 你穿一件好看的道德的外衣 It’s merely you have a good moral clothes 所以你從來不知道你是甚麼人 So people never know who you are 但是你太太知道 But your wife knows 你多麼懶惰 You are so lazy 你多麼骯髒 You are so dirty 你多麼妒忌 You are jealous 你多麼敗壞 You are so corrupt 你多麼貪心 You are so greedy 不但你太太看見 Not just your wife 上帝更看見你 And God can see even the truth 他一這麼講，聽道的人都明白了 When he says in this manner then people understand 後來他講講講下去以後 When he continues on 上帝說，他說：上帝不要你這樣的生活 And he says, God doesn’t want you to live in this manner 要你脫下舊人 Want you to take away the old man 穿上新人 To get a new man 他再把第二件衣服再開掉了 He takes away the second clothes 然後就把第三件衣服穿上去 And he takes on the new clothes the third one 穿上去以後 After he takes the new clothes 有仁義 There is righteousness 有聖潔 Holiness 有良善 Kindness 有誠實 honesty 有真理 And the truth 他用這樣的講道 Using this kind of preaching 使很多人覺悟他們是罪人 Many people realize they are sinners 今天有很多牧師傳道，怎麼講怎麼講，聽的人從來不覺悟 Today the preachers no matter how do they speak, people cannot understand 但是宋博士講道 But when Dr. Sung he preaches 短短講一篇 Only a few sentences 聽眾都明白了 The listeners can understand 所以計志文牧師對我說 And Rev. Andrew Ji told me 他說：很多人批評宋尚節 He said many people criticized John Sung 說他講道太過戲劇化 And he said he is too dramatic 講道一點不像有學問的人一樣 He is not a serious scholar 其實宋尚節是在美國，Cincinnati, Ohio大學拿到了化學博士，這個最有學問的人 Actually Dr. John Sung is a chemistry PhD from American United 但他講道的時候不是彰顯自己的厲害 When he preaches he doesn’t manifest 他要把上帝深奧的道理講得很淺，使鄉下的人一聽就明白 He tries to use simple language to speak the word of God that the people from village can understand 所以計志文牧師說 Rev. Andrew Ji says 他一講就提起人家的精神 When he says people can be stimulated 再講，人家就明白他講的 And continue people can understand 再講下去 And he continues on 人受感動生命就改變了 People will be moved and your life will be changed 一個傳道人能達到這三樣 If a pastor can reach these three things 你還有甚麼要批評的？ What else you want to criticize? 你還有甚麼要要求的？ What else you want to demand? 我們講道的時候 When we preach 我們到底能不能吸引人注意聽 Can we attract people to listen attentively? 我們講道的時候，到底能不能使人容易明白？ When we preach, can we make people understand easily? 你講道的時候 到底能不能感動人，使人心意更新變化？ Can we move people and renew their heart and lives 我聽計志文對宋尚節的評論 When I listen to the analysis of Andrew Ji to John Sung 我心裡：阿們、阿們 I say Amen in my heart 所以我也在主的面前禱告 So I pray to God 求主幫助我 May the Lord also help me 給我講的時候人家有精神來聽 That when I preach people have spirit to listen 給我講的時候把意思把它講得清楚 When I preach I can use the simple meaning to manifest the meaning 給人講的時候，使大家受感動產生改變 When I preach people can move and change their lives 宋尚節在20年到40年代 From 1920 to 1940 of John Sung 一共傳道只有15年 And he only preaches for 15 years 他是上帝給中國人一個很大的禮物 He is a great gift from God to Chinese 當他在美國拿了博士以後 After he got a PhD in states 他可以做教授 He can become a professor 但是神感動他做傳道 But God actually move him to become a pastor 他不想賺錢 He does not want to make money 他就回到中國的新化、福建的鄉下 He goes back to the village in Xinhua and Fujian, China 在路上分單張 He distributes the gospel tracts 見人就傳福音 He evangelizes whoever he sees 進主日學傳道給別人聽 And goes to Sunday school to preach 到學校門口分單張 Goes to school to give the tracts 北京大學請他到北京去作教授 Beijing university invites him to become professor 他拒絕了 He rejects 他就在新化的地方傳道 Only in Xinhua he evangelizes 有一次有一個學校請他教化學 There is a school which invites him to teach chemistry 他第一課說 On the first lesson 他說：世界上最大的化學 He said the biggest chemistry in the world 就是耶穌基督五餅二魚叫五千個人吃飽 Is when Jesus Christ feeds the 5000 with 2 fishes and 5 bread 校長莫名其妙 And the principal was so amazed 你來教書變成來講耶穌基督 You want to teach chemistry but you preach Jesus Christ 所以很多人就不喜歡他 Many people dislike him 但是他愛主的心 But his heart to was loving by Lord 他傳福音的心 His heart to evangelize 幾乎沒有人可以與他相比 No one can compete him 那有一天，計志文在新化開佈道大會的時候 Once Andrew Ji runs a evangelistic meeting in Xinhua 宋尚節坐在下面 John Sung is listening 那前面有很多的長老執事都不注意聽道，在那邊打瞌睡 Many deacons and elders fell asleep they do not listen 那計志文就講這句話 Andrew Ji, he said 你們要悔改 You need to repent 因為天國近了 The heaven is near 他講的時候，前面的長老還在睡覺 When he says this all the deacons and elders they are sleeping 忽然從台上跳下去 And he jump from the pulpit 把那個睡覺的人一個個把他搖醒 He shakes all these people that fell asleep 你轉過來，天國近了，你要悔改！ He actually shakes them 他們嚇死了 They are astonished 他再第二個再搖，再搖 He does the same thing to the second 那些人不但不生氣，原來每個都搖不單單是我 Those people do not angry because he shakes everybody 所以把兩排的人都搖醒了以後 So when these people they get awake 再跑到上面 He comes back to the pulpit 再繼續講道 Continue to speak 有一天他講完道了以後 When he finished one day 誰要作傳道？ He asks who want to become a pastor? 出來！ Come out 不要做生意 Do not become businessman 要傳福音 You become an evangelist 為主工作 Do the work for God 出來的人很多青年人 Many young people came out 其中一個就是Ohio大學化學博士宋尚節跪在那邊 One of them is the PhD from Ohio university John Sung 後來宋尚節就把計志文一同聯合起來 John Sung get together with Andrew Ji both of them 那他們組織了中國20年代最重要的佈道團 So they become the most important evangelistic missions in the 1920s last century 叫作伯特利佈道團 They call Bethel 計志文作團長 The Bethel evangelistic mission, the chairman is Andrew Ji 請宋尚節加進去 John Sung is one of the preachers 後來他們在三年半的時間 Three and half years 跑了中國18省的地方 They’ve gone to 18 provinces in China 帶領了幾十萬個人歸向上帝 They can bring hundred thousand of people to Christ 到了1943年的時候 Until 1943 宋尚節離開世界了 John Sung passed away 計志文再到處做工 Andrew Ji continued on 到了1949年的時候 Until 1949 共產黨把整個中國拿去 Communists took over the entire China 但是這個時候，中國上帝已經預備了幾十萬愛主的傳道人、青年人繼續為主工作 But this moment God has prepared hundred thousands of the young people to continue to work for God in China 所以在1949年 So in 1949 毛澤東拿下中國的時候 When Communist Mao Zedong took over China 全中國的基督徒只有278萬 During that time only 2.78 million Chinese Christian 然後共產黨用各樣的辦法要消滅宗教 And Communist uses many kind of tricks to destroy religion or Christianity 他們把牧師、傳道關到監牢裡面去 Many pastors are being arrested 把許多教會的門把它關起來 Many of doors of churches are being closed 把很多教會變成共產黨解放軍吃飯的禮堂 Many of the churches become canteens for the army to have food 他們以為這個宗教是過去落後的時代，歷史遺下來的東西 They thought the religion is something that outdated and is inherited from the history 當人進到科學時代以後 Because we are entering the scientific era 我們不需要上帝 We do not need God 我們不需要耶穌基督 We do not need Jesus Christ 我們不需要聖經 We don’t need the Scripture 共產黨是1921年創立的 In 1921 we have Communist party which was established 他們到了1949年的時候 In 1949 在28年的時間 Within 28 years 就拿下了整個中國 They took over and ruled over China 把蔣介石趕到台灣去 Chiang Kai-shek was cast to Taiwan 但是到了1980年的時候 In 1980 中國第一次普查人口 When Chinese they tried to calculate the numbers of the population 那時候，中國人從4億多變成8億 From 400 million to become 800 million 然後從1980年到2000年 From 1980 to 2000 中國從8億變成10億 From 800 million become 1 billion 從2000一直到2015年 From 2000 to 2015 中國已經從10億8千萬變成13億9千萬 From 1.08 billion it become 1.39 billion 那麼你說中國人在共產黨逼迫之下 There are big persecution 教會到底多少增長呢？ By communists how much is the growth of the Christian Church? 1949年 中國基督徒，天主教加基督教一共是278萬 We have seen 2.78 million, the Catholic and the protestant 現在中國人的數目有多少呢？ But now, how many population in entire China 大略估計，大概是1億3千萬 About 130 million 所以這表示神是活的 It means God is alive 人可以逼迫基督徒 Man can persecute Christian 人可以關閉教會 We can close the church 人可以攔阻傳福音 We can hinder evangelism 但是福音不會因為人攔阻而不被傳開 The gospel would be evangelized that even if we stop it 神的工作不因為人的逼迫而就消滅過去 The work of God wouldn’t stop and be cast away because man have stop it 我們感謝上帝 We give thanks to God 那是在20到40年的時候 From 20 to 40 伯特利佈道團 The bethel mission 在北部，中國的北部18個省份所結的果子留下來的果效 They’ve borne fruit in 18 provinces in northern China 我們的主是活的上帝 Our Lord is the living God 我們的主是得勝的上帝 He is the victorious God 我們的主從來不讓仇敵得勝 He never allows the victory to go back to the enemy 這世界敗壞的力量愈來愈大 The corrupted power in this world is so strong 但是上帝的工作愈來愈興旺起來 But the work of God continue to revive 你們在吉隆坡、在馬來西亞的基督徒 You Christian in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 比在新加坡基督徒更辛苦 You are more difficult compared with those in Singapore 你們的政府不准用聖經印阿拉這個字 Your government does not allow you to print Allah in scripture 你們的政府不許可你們買禮拜堂建基督教型式的住所 You cannot have any Christian form of buildings 正像你們這個教會從外面看一點不像教會 Just like the church from the outside, it does not look like a church 但是感謝上帝 But we give thanks to God 就在這10年裡面 Throughout these 10 years 吉隆坡教會正統的、進步最快的，就是這個教會 It grows the most throughout 10 years in all orthodox churches 為什麼呢？ 因為神不靠人 Because God does not depend on man 神自己行祂的事情 And God will do on his own 所以聖經告訴我們 So the Scripture says 我們不但享受神 We are not just enjoying God 我們還要享受神奇妙的得勝 We are enjoying in his amazing victories 上帝的得勝是怎麼樣的得勝？ How does the victory look like? 祂從嬰孩建立能力 From the infant he established strength 從吃奶的小孩子的身上建立祂的能力 From the baby he established strength 昨天我提到一句話 Yesterday I mentioned 這個嬰孩應當可以解釋就是耶穌基督降生到世界上 The infant we can explain who is the incarnation of Christ to this world 成為神得勝仇敵的一個能力的建立 He became the establishment of the strength of God to have victory over the enemies 當耶穌生在世界上的時候 When Christ was born into this world 這個以色列沒有一個人知道這是神的兒子降世 Israelites don’t know that this is the son of God that coming to this world 真正知道這個嬰孩降生的竟然是外邦人 The one they knew that Jesus Christ came in this world is the gentile 就是在東方一些的博士 The wise men from the east 他們看天象的時候 When they look at the sky 看見一顆星 They saw a star 這顆星就預表一個王生下來 The star for signifying a King has been born 他們說如果這個王生下來 They say if this is the King 我們就應當去找他 We need to find him 我們應當去拜他 We need to worship him 東方博士看見這顆星移動的時候，他們就隨著星向前走 So the wise men see the King from the orient, they go to look over the star 這些是人中很特別的人 These are special men among the ordinary man 因為他看見了神的旨意 They see the guidance and the will of God 看見了神的引導 They see the guidance of God 看見了神在歷史上的作為 They see the work of God in the history 賜下一個君王到地上來 There was a King has been born in this world 猶太人讀律法 Jews study on the law 猶太人研究聖經 And study on the Scripture 在整個猶太全地沒有一個人知道這個事情 In the entire Judea no one knew about this 耶穌生的時候 When Christ was born 猶太人不醒悟 The Jewish do not know 是外邦人看見上帝的心 The gentile see the work of God 耶穌死的時候 When Jesus died 猶太人不認識 是十字架的強盜認識耶穌是天國的君王 Only the rubber in the crucifixion know Jesus Christ is the King in the heaven 當耶穌被釘死的時候 When Christ was crucified 以色列人不知道祂是上帝的兒子 Israelites do not know he is the son of God 是一個羅馬軍隊的百夫長說：這真是上帝的兒子 Only a centurion from the Roman army knew this is the son of God 這是很大的諷刺 This is a very big cynical 生的時候 When he was born 以色列人一個都不知道祂 Israelites do not know him 是外邦的、東方博士認識祂 Only the wise men from the orient know about him 祂死的時候 When he died 沒有一個猶太人知道他是上帝的兒子 Not even one Jewish know he is the son of God 但是這個百夫長是羅馬人，他說：祂真是上帝的兒子 The Roman centurion that actually said he is the son of God 這個生下的嬰孩 The baby has been born 就是以賽亞書第9章第6節、第7節所預言的嬰孩 This is the baby that been prophesied in Isaiah ch.9 verse 6 and 7 For unto us a child is born 因有一嬰孩為我們而生 A son is given 有一子為我們降生 這個嬰孩成為抵擋魔鬼、反對仇敵力量的建立 So he become the strength of establishment of the opposite of Satan 剛才王福牧師特別提到一句話 Just now Rev. Fu Wang, he said 這個嬰孩生下來以後 When this baby was born 後來呢？ And then 連希律王要來拜祂，主不讓希律王有拜祂的權柄 Even Herod want to worship him, the Lord doesn’t give him the chance 因為為什麼這些博士們來找希律王呢？ Why does the King of the wise men from the orient went to see Herod 因為他認為王應當是在王宮 They thought that the King must be born in palace 所以他們因為到了希律王宮 They thought when they go to palace 就聽見一個孩子唉這個，這個哇哇正在哭的聲音 They will hear the cry of the baby 所以就問那希律王：請問以色列王是不是生在這裡呢？ They ask Great Herod, was the King born here? 希律王說這裡沒有人生 Herod says there is no baby 沒有王生下來 There is no King 所以你們去找吧 You can go and find 如果找到了回來告訴我 If you find him, can you tell me? 我可以去拜祂 I can worship him 結果他們去的時候 When they go 希律王就很緊張 Herod is trembling 因為我是王 I am the King 現在有一個新的王生下來 And you say there is a new born King 新的王生下來以後 After you have a new born King 祂一定要代替我作王 The new born King will replace me 那我的王位就沒有了 My throne will be gone 所以我要趁祂還是嬰孩，我把祂殺死 I may kill the baby when he was young 希律王就叫那些文士那些法利賽人來 Great Herod ask the scribes and pharisees come 你們是研究聖經的 You study on the bible 請你給我找 Can you tell me 有一個王要生下來 There is a King has been born 這個王要統治以色列人 The new born King will rule over israelites 這個王到底生在哪裡？ Where is he born? 聖經這麼厚 The bible is so thick 我找也找不到 I cannot find it 你們給我找吧 後來他們就回來報告他 So they report to him 聖經實在有說 The Scripture did say 說有一個王要生下來 The King is to be born 這個王生在伯利恆 The new born King is in Bethlehem 所以我們把這個事情告訴王 So we tell you about this 希律王知道了以後 Herod knows about this 就叫整個御軍到伯利恆去，殺死兩歲以下所有的孩子 He sent his royal army to go to Bethlehem to kill all the infants that below 2 years 為什麼兩歲以下呢？ Why below 2 years? 因為這個事情發生到現在 When the thing happened until now 還不到兩年的時間 Less than two years 所以兩歲以下的都殺死 The babies that below 2 years have to be killed 除去後來的患難 To take away all the disasters that will come 不但如此 Not only so 希律王還怎麼講呢？ Herod says 把他們殺死 You kill the babies 為什麼殺死兩歲以下的呢？ Why do we kill the babies below 2 years? 除了時間的問題以外 Besides the time 還有一個很重要的問題 There is an important problem 因為這個王以後一定威脅他 This King will bring a threat to him 所以他一定要把這個孩子把他殺死 So he should kill the baby 所以這樣殘忍的君王 Such a cruel King 就消滅了兩歲以下所有的嬰孩 He destroyed the babies below 2 years 一個一個用刀把他殺死 Killed babies with knifes 但是上帝知道希律王的敗壞 But God knew the corruptness of Herod 所以這個軍兵還沒有殺害嬰孩的時候 Before the army came to kill 就讓約瑟、馬利亞聽見上帝的聲音 Joseph and Mary hear the voice of God 起來 Arise 離開這裡！ Flee away 往埃及去 To Egypt 所以呢，希律王的軍隊還沒有殺死這些嬰孩以前 Before the army of Herod come to kill 馬利亞跟約瑟就把baby Jesus把祂帶到埃及去 Mary and Joseph brought baby Jesus to Egypt 但是有一天上帝又對他們說 Until one day God said to them again 你回去吧 Now you can return 因為殺那嬰孩的人已經死了 Because the killer of the babies has died 當你回去的時候呢 When they go back 希律王已經死了 Herod has died 他真的要敬拜耶穌基督嗎？ Did he want to worship Jesus? 不是 That’s not the case 他講的都是好話 He speaks all the good words 他做的都是壞事 But the things that he does are evil 他講的都是假的 He speaks about hypocrisy 他做的惡的事都是真的 He does all the evil things in fact 所以他把所有兩歲以下的孩子都殺完了以後 After he killed all the babies below 2 years old 不久以後上帝讓他死了 Not soon after that God allowed him to die 當耶穌基督跟馬利亞跟約瑟回來的時候 When Jesus Christ with his parent can return 已經不讓他有敬拜的機會了 He no longer had the chance to worship Jesus 親愛的弟兄姐妹們 Dear brothers and sisters 這一個生下的嬰孩 The new born King 也就是在耶利米書裡面所講的 This is what the Book of Jeremiah had said 耶和華說：我要行一件新事 Jehovah says, I want to do a new thing 用女子護衛男子 That the woman will defend the man 為什麼叫做女子護衛男子呢？ What’s the meaning the woman will defend the man? 當我在23歲的時候 When I was 23 我念神學的時候 When I studied theology 我們神學一班在討論這件事情 Our students were discussing about this 上帝意思是甚麼呢？ What’s the meaning of God? Woman defends man 那時候我就講一句話 I said during the time 這應當是指藉著馬利亞來懷胎，把耶穌基督生在這個世界上來 This is about the womb of Mary to give birth to Jesus Christ to this world 因為這裡沒有提到男子護衛男子 It doesn’t say that man defend man 也不是提到男子護衛女子 Or man protects woman 那是提到女子護衛男子 It says about a woman defending man 馬利亞是一個女人 Mary is a woman 耶穌是一個男人 Jesus is a man 上帝讓耶穌在馬利亞懷中被懷胎而成形 Jesus Christ was allowed to put into the womb of Mary and he become a man 聖靈感孕 By the spiritual of the Holy Spirit 叫這一個童貞女 And this virgin 護衛這個將要生出來的男孩 To protect this man 成為人類的救主 Become the savior of man 我的老師從愛爾蘭來的 My professor is from Ireland 他說：唐崇榮，你的看法很特別 He told me that Steven Tong, your opinion is so special 雖然不是每個解經家都這麼講 Although the others do not explain in this manner 但是我相信你講的是很有道理的 But I believe this is reasonable 用女人護衛男人 Use woman to defend man 歷史上最清楚的一件事情 The clearest thing in the history 就是聖靈感孕馬利亞 Is the Holy Spirit give birth to Jesus to Mary 把耶穌基督懷在她的孕裡面 Jesus Christ was conceived by the womb of Mary 使祂被生出來 這個嬰孩 The baby 以後要對上帝的仇敵施行報仇 In the future he will actually cast out revenge to the enemy of God 在第二章裡面講的 In Ch. 2, it says 上帝把鐵杖交給祂 God had given you the iron rod 祂用鐵杖管理萬國 With the iron rod he will rule over the world 把反對祂的人如同窯器把它摔碎 Those people who’s against him simply like broken pottery vessels 親愛的弟兄姐妹 我們從這裡看見了 We can see from here 基督要得勝蛇的頭 Christ will have victories over the head of the serpents 基督是女人的後裔 He is the descendant of the woman 女人的後裔與蛇的後裔要彼此為敵 The descendants of serpents and woman will actually be against each other 蛇的後裔要傷女人後裔的腳跟 The descendants of serpents will harm the heel of the descendant of the woman 女人的後裔要傷牠的頭 The descendant of the woman will actually hurt the head of the serpent 上帝藉著道成肉身一個嬰孩，成就了祂所有得勝、勝利的原因 Through the infants incarnation, God will have victorious over all the enemies of him 所以這裡說 你要用嬰孩與吃奶的口，在他們的口中，建立你自己的能力 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength 所以耶穌基督 And Jesus Christ 要為上帝爭戰 He will fight for God 打倒所有的仇敵 He will have defeated all the enemies 使報仇的閉口無言 The avenger will shut down his mouth 這一段的聖經真是要講彌賽亞了 This is the beginning about messiah 但接下去 Then continues on 詩人又再講另外一件事情 The poet actually tries to say another thing 而這件事情跟第一節有關係 Which is related to the very first verse 以後的話語就跟第二節再有關係 The words later on actually relate to verse 2 為什麼編排的時候有這樣前前後後不相應的東西 What is the reason for this kind of disorder? 因為他在耶穌降生以前一千年 Because this is 1000 years before Christ 所以他有預感 So he has the feelings 聖靈的工作 The work of the Holy Spirit 他一些預知 What he has for signifying 但是不很詳細 Is not so clear 所以第一節 Verse 1 他說上帝的名，比全地更美 He says, how majesty is the name of the Lord 第二節 2nd verse 你榮耀彰顯在天 He says, your glory is being manifested in heaven 嬰孩要勝過仇敵 The baby will have victorious over enemies 第三節所講的話 And verse 3 是很特別的話 Is very special 我感到這一件事很特別 I felt that this is very particular 那個時候我第一次注意到這裡，我大概是23歲 The first time when I paid attention to this, I was 23 這裡講到甚麼呢? What he says here? 我看天 I look at the heaven 我看月亮 I look at the moon 我看星宿 I look at the stars 我看見你的指頭 I saw the work of your fingers 那麼看完了以後呢? After that 便自省 Then I think to myself 然後自己對自己說 I say to myself 人算甚麼 What is man? 祢竟顧念我 You are mindful of them 世人算甚麼? And what is man? 你竟眷顧人的兒子 You actually care for the son of man 這段聖經使我感到很驚奇 I felt astonished 為什麼呢? 因為大衛竟然從地看到天上去 From the earth, David can see Heaven 他除了看到上帝的榮耀被彰顯在天上以外 Beside he sees the glory of God be manifested in heaven 他也感到人的地位跟天上被造界的關係，何等大的差別 He felt the differences between the creatures in this world and God the creator in heaven 當我一眼看見的時候 He said when I see from afar 我看見了你所陳設的天 I see the heaven that you have declared 我看見了你所放的月亮 I see the moon that you have put 他看見你所放的星宿 I see the stars that you have set in place 每一個人看天的時候 Every time we look at the heaven 你馬上會看到自己多麼渺小 You realize how small we are 我看到你所做的 He says, I see your work 你指頭所造的天 The work of your fingers 你所陳設的月亮星宿 And the moon and stars that you have set in place 我便說：人算甚麼？ I said to myself what is man? 你知道人多麼小嗎？ Do you know how small is man? 人小到一個地步 We are so tiny 真是微不足道 And it’s so tiny 如果太陽像一個盤那麼大 If the Sun is like a plate 那麼地球多少大呢？ And how big is the Earth? 地球像大頭針的尾巴那麼大 The Earth seems like a pin of the needles 如果你把太陽當作這麼大 那麼地球像你們縫針的大頭針的尾巴那麼小 The Earth is just like the end of a needle 那因為太陽比地球大300萬(33.3萬)倍 Because the Sun is 3 million (333 thousand) times compared to Earth 太陽離開地球 The distance between each 平均距離 In average 一萬萬五千萬公里 150,000,000 kilometers 或著9,600萬英哩 About 9,600 million miles That’s the numbers (150,000,000 km) 從那個光射到地球來 When the light shines on the earth 光的速度多快你知道嗎? How far is the speed of Sun (light)? 光的速度是1秒鐘3，多少啊? 1秒鐘18萬6千英哩 或著1秒鐘差不多是30萬公里 1 second you can go to 300 thousand km 如果用我們平常速度來算 Using our ordinary speed 如果你有一個火箭 If you have a rocket 能夠繞地球一圈 You can make a circle 再一圈 Another circle 那你需要多少時間? How much time do you need? 現在我解釋給你聽 I can explain to you 如果我們現在地球繞太陽 When the Earth circuits round the Sun 每一個鐘頭剛剛好一千公里 Every hour 1000 km 所以這樣地球整個一圈是2萬4千英哩 The circumference of the Earth is 24 thousand miles 或著差不多等於4萬公里 Or is about 40 thousand km 繞地球一圈 One circle 是4萬公里 Is 40 thousand km 2圈8萬公里 80 thousand km 3圈是12萬公里 120 thousand km 6圈是24萬公里 240 thousand km 如果我們用這樣的計算 Using this kind of calculation 那麼光的速度 The speed of the light of the Sun 一秒鐘就是繞地球7圈半 1 second you can circle around for 7.5 circuits 在7圈半1秒鐘 7.5 rounds in a second 每一秒鐘 In a second 繞7圈半 7.5 rounds 那麼從太陽光射的時候 From the Sun to Earth 每一秒鐘就是18萬6千公里(英哩) So the light moves every second 18萬6千公里(英哩) 186 thousand km (miles) 這樣一直到地球來 Unto the Earth 要用8分鐘13秒 Taking 8 minutes and 13 seconds 太陽光射到地球來 Then the light of the Sun come to Earth 這個距離遠的不得了 The distance is so far 因為不是用平常的速度算 They do not calculate with ordinary speed 是用光的速度算 Using the calculation of the speed of the light 你從新加坡開車到檳內(檳島) From Singapore to Pinang 你最少要8個鐘頭 At least 8 hours 那麼這幾百公里 So hundreds km 如果說850公里 For example 850 km 或著說650公里 Or 650 km 那你開8個鐘頭才到 So 8 hours 但這不過是800公里 But it is 800 km 光的速度 The speed of light 每一秒鐘是30萬公里 Every second it can actually travel 300 thousand km 是18萬6千英哩 300 thousand km (186,000 miles) 而地球一圈 One circuit of the Earth 是4萬里(公里) 140000 km 4*7多少? 4 times 7 4*7=28 7圈以後再加2萬，就叫做7圈，7圈半，就是一秒鐘的時間 That is the time that you can travel with 1 second 但是光是直線的 But the light travel in straight lines 所以愛因斯坦曾經提到愈大的物體，使光經過的時候會變成曲線 (Einstein mentioned that light travels in straight path until it encounters the nearness of large celestial bodies) 所以這個光在大物體的吸力之下，它會變成繞彎一點點，但是不能繞圓圈的 (Light can travel in a curve due to gravity of heavy objects but cannot to go in a circle) 所以宇宙這麼大 So how big the universe is 現在我們用一個手電筒 We use a torch light 壓下去 When we press it 光射去的時候 When the light shot In every second it travels 300 thousand km 幾乎可以繞七圈半地球 It will go around the earth for 7.5 rounds 但是如果這個光是不繞而直射的話 But if it go straight 你用一個手電筒射到太陽去 If you use the torch light shooting to the Sun 你需要8分鐘又13到15秒 You need 8 minutes and 13 to 15 seconds 這個表示這麼大 It’s so big 所以當你看見宇宙這麼大的時候 When you see the majesty of the universe 太陽像個盤子一樣 地球就像個大頭針的頭那麼大 The Earth is like the tip of the needle 太陽比地球大300萬倍 So that 3 million times the Sun compared to Earth 地球是那麼小 The Earth is so small 那麼你多麼小啊？ How small you are? 地球小到那麼小 If the Earth is so tiny 那中國小的不得了 So in the tiny Earth 馬來西亞更小 China is so small, Malaysia is smaller 新加坡更更更更更小 Singapore of course is much smaller 那麼你呢？ 更更….差不多不看得見了 You are much smaller that couldn’t be seem 人雖然這麼小 Although we are so small 人是惟一可以對上帝說：上帝啊，我反對祢 We are the only one that can say, oh God, I am against you 上帝如果真的要計較 If God want to argue with you 就比(把)你壓一壓，一隻螞蟻就死掉還更容易 He just presses you just like you press ants 但是神愛世人 But God love the world 你反對祂 You’re against Him 祂還給你氧氣，使你可以繼續反對祂 He gives you oxygen that you can continue to oppose Him You oppose Him 祂還給你自由 He gives you the freedom 使你可以繼續反對祂 Then you can have freedom to continue to oppose Him 祂還給你能力 He gives you the strength 使你有能力繼續反對祂 You have the strength to continue to oppose Him 人反對上帝的自由是神給的 We have the freedom of opposition that God gives us The freedom to oppose God is given by God 上帝給人類反對祂的自由 人反對上帝的能力是上帝給的 The strength for us to oppose Him which is given by God 人反對上帝的機會是上帝給的 The chances for us to oppose Him which are also given by God 那麼為什麼上帝造人反對祂，還把這些恩典、自由、機會、能力，還給人呢? Why did God give us the chances , opportunity and freedom to oppose Him? 因為人在神面前，神讓我們有機會有一天可以悔改 Actually God grants man a chance one day we can repent before Him 那麼詩人跟別的人不一樣的地方 Man is different from the others 他一看到神的偉大 The poet is different when he sees the majesty of God 太空多麼偉大 How big the sky is 月亮星宿多麼繁多 How numerous the moon and stars are 反過來就問了 And then he asks 我算甚麼？ He asks, what is man? 人算甚麼？ 上帝啊！祢還要照顧我 You still take care of me 我這麼渺小 I am so tiny 祢還要顧念我嗎？ 我告訴你這句話很偉大 This is a very great word 大家說一二三 together 平常你這麼講嗎? Usually what do you say? 我們很少講：人算甚麼 We do not say that 我們多數講 We always say 他算甚麼？ What is he？ 他算甚麼? Who is he? 如果人對你說那個人很厲害，你說：嗤！算甚麼？ People say he is so good. Then you say, what is he? 如果一個人能從〝他算甚麼〞變成自己對自己講〝我算甚麼〞，這個人還不錯 If one day you can say, who I am! And this is better 我常常說，人算甚麼？ Do I Always ask 沒有 What is man? We never ask 我們常常說，他算甚麼？ We say, what is he? What is he? 美國怕中國 America is afraid of China 中國怕蘇聯 China is afraid of Soviet Union 蘇聯怕美國 Soviet Union is afraid of America 每一個政治體系 Every political system 他們都會對別的國家說，你算甚麼！ They always tell others, who you are! 我不怕你 I am not afraid of you 這個世界的政治就這樣變化下來 This is how the politics in the world has been changed 但是甚麼時候你看到一個人說：我算甚麼？ When is the time that you see a person saying, who am I? 我這個人算甚麼? What am I? 你就知道這個人開始謙卑下來 And he starts to become humble 謙卑是很難學的功課 Because humble is very difficult to learn 驕傲是不必學就會的 Being proud you do not need to learn 從來沒有人學到大學畢業才懂得：喔！我現在可以驕傲了 (No one didn’t say that I can be proud until he graduated from college) 他小的時候有三塊糕，他弟弟兩塊，他就驕傲了 When he was young, he has three pieces of cakes more than his brother has. He became proud 他比人更高兩公分，他就驕傲起來 He is taller than others 2 cm, then he becomes proud 我們有太多的理由可以驕傲 We have too many reasons to be proud 我們太沒有權柄謙卑下來 We have no authority for us to be humble 我們沒有知識謙卑下來 We have no knowledge to tell us to be humble 我們多數是驕傲的 This is the majority of man 而且人驕傲的時候是沒有覺悟自己有錯誤的 When we are proud, we do not realize we are wrong 你有沒有看到一個人走路走到一半，你說：欸，你在做甚麼？他舉起手：我正在驕傲。有沒有? You never see a person saying“ I am proud”when he is walking 有兩件事是很難認出自己的罪的 There are two things that is difficult to realize that you have this kind of sins 第一 The first 妒忌 Jealousy 第二，驕傲 The second is pride 妒忌的人一直想為什麼別人比他好，他根本沒有想說：我是不是正在犯罪？ A jealous man always feels that why is people better than me. He never thought that he is sinning 驕傲的人常講，自己一定要比別人更好才可以，從來沒有感覺到，我這樣做是錯的事 A person with pride he never thought that he is wrong, he only realizes that people are worse than him 當他真正估計自己的時候 When you truly estimate yourself 感到自己甚麼都沒有 To Estimate yourself you realize you are nothing 是不應當驕傲的 You shouldn’t be proud 這種人是很少很少的 This is the minority among the man 最近有一些人問我一個問題 Recently people asks me this question 你這一生有沒有感到你比別人是不一樣的? In your life do you ever realize you are special compared to others? 我很誠實的說 I am very honest to say 我從來沒有感到我有甚麼不一樣 I never thought I am different 我也沒有感到我有甚麼比別人更好的 I never felt I am better than others 我就感到每一個人都是一樣的 I thought everybody is the same 但是神給我的機會 But the chance God gives me 我一定抓住 I will grab it 神給我能做的事情 God gives me the things I can do 我一定努力去做 I will do it diligently 到75歲 Until I am 75 我的精神還是一樣的 I still have the same spirit 我從來不認為我比別人好 I never thought I am better than others 我從來沒有認為我比別人更聰明 I never thought I am cleverer than others 我結婚的那一天 On the day I got married 我感到我太太比我聰明的多 I realized that my wife is much smarter 大家說我比她聰明的多 However people say in a different manner 因為我發現她很多會做的我都不會做 I realized she knew a lot of things that I did not know 雖然有一些我會做她也不會做 Although the things I know she does not know 但是聖經告訴我們 But the Scripture says 大衛看(造)，被造的天的時候 When David looks at the sky that has been created 他忽然間問這幾句話 And he asks questions What is man? He asks 我告訴你 Let me tell you 如果你說：他算甚麼？他算甚麼？ If you ask, what is he? What is he? 這很正常 This is ordinary 如果你能說：我算甚麼？我算甚麼？ If you ask, who am I? Who am I? 這不是很反常 This is not just unordinary That’s not abnormal, that is super normal 這個是超常 所以你說：他算甚麼？他算甚麼？ What is he? What is he? 這個很平常 This is very ordinary 我算甚麼？我算甚麼？ 這很超常 This is super normal 所以這種的人 This kind of people 才是偉大的人 They are great people 這種的人 才是歷史上有成就的人 They are the successful people in history 有人問愛迪生 People asked Thomas Edison 你這麼大的天才 You are a great talent 愛迪生回答說 Edison answered 甚麼叫做天才？ What is the meaning of being a talent? 你知道甚麼叫做天才呢? What do you mean to be a talent? 就是天分只有1 He says, talent is 1% tendency 加上(90分9)99分的努力，這個叫做天才 And have 99% diligence and hard work, that is called talent 愛迪生是大天才 He is a great genius 但是愛迪生小的時候一點也不天才 But he was not a talent when he was young 所以他11歲的時候 When he was 11 老師說：這封信帶回去 The teacher asked him to bring back a letter 交給你媽媽 To your mother 他不知道甚麼信 He didn’t know what it was 他就拿了 He took the letter 他就跑回家了 To home 到家的時候 When he reached home 媽媽：老師說這封信是給媽媽的 He told his mother that the letter is for you 結果媽媽把信打開了 When the letter was opened 以後就發抖 She began to tremble 然後眼淚就流下來 And shed tears 她說：兒啊 She said, my son 來吧 Come to me 你聽 Listen 你的老師說 Your teacher says The teacher says 你這個孩子太笨了 You are too stupid, your teacher says 你這是不可能教成功的孩子 You cannot be taught, you cannot be successful 但是從今天開始 So from today onwards 我們決定把他開除 We actually need to expel you 請他在家裡隨便做甚麼孩子我們不管 You’ve been expelled from school, you can do whatever you want 明天以後不可以再到學校來 Tomorrow you are expelled 這個媽媽一直哭一直哭 The mother keeps shedding tears 我原來生了一個很笨的孩子 I have a foolish kid 是不能教成功的孩子 He cannot be taught 是沒有辦法幫助的孩子 And cannot be helped 所以她把信放在桌邊以後 The letter was put aside 她說：孩子啊，過來 And bring the son to her 她把愛迪生抱起來 Hug her son 大哭一場 Then cry 這個孩子嚇死了 The son was frightened 到底媽媽發生甚麼事 What happened? 看了這封信為什麼變成一直哭 Why the letter made she cry? 他的媽媽說 His mother said 愛迪生 Edison 你是不能教的 You cannot be taught 你太笨了 You are too foolish 沒有辦法進步的 You cannot actually grow 但是我告訴你 But let me tell you 我是你的媽媽 I am your mother 我與你立志 I make up my mind with you 我抱著你對你說 I hug you and say 我要自己教你 I will teach you myself 把你教成一個成功的孩子 So you’ll become a successful kid 感謝上帝 Give thanks to God 現在世界沒有人在辯論這個事情 No one debates about this 愛迪生是教不成的嗎? Is he uneducated? 愛迪生是太笨的嗎? Is he too stupid? 他的發明 His invention 造益了全人類 Bring benefit to all the world 他有幾百種的發明 Hundreds of them 幾千種的註冊 Thousands of being registered 他發明了留聲機 The (phonograph) 他發明了這個收音機 The radio 發明了電燈 The light ball 當他研究電燈的時候 When the light ball was being studied 一直試驗一直不成功 He continues studying and studying Try and test 他試驗了1700次 More than 1700 times 當燈光一亮的時候 When the tungsten was being burned out 他停下來說，成功了 He said, it is done 他不再試了 He never tries 今天我們試三次就不要了 Today we try 3 times and we let it go 就怪自己不是天才 We blame ourselves we are not genius 愛迪生試驗1700次才成功 He’s tried for 1700 times 因為他不是天才 Because he is not a genius 所以當你問我天才是甚麼呢? So when you ask me what genius is 天才就是1分的天資 1 % of talent 加上99分的努力 99% of hard-working diligence 這叫做天才 This is genius 我們華人啊 As a Chinese 有很多小的時候很厲害的孩子 When we are young, we are always good 最近我聽到一句話很難過 Recently I heard a statement and I was sad 他說亞洲的孩子 He said the Asian kids 彈琴彈得很好的 They can play the piano well 馬上大家稱讚他 Everybody praises them 後來大的時候呢 When they grew up 有的就去出音樂 Someday they actually went to become musicians 成功以後 They are success 演奏就很出名 They can play well 但是幾乎沒有1%，到老的時候還是繼續成功 Not even 1% of them is successful until they are old 我說啊，你說甚麼? Then I ask, what do you say? The Asian kids 小的時候很厲害的時候 When they are young, they are so good 大家一稱讚他，頭一大起來就不再學 When you praise them, they become proud 你們知道中國有個很著名的，在蕭邦鋼琴演奏拿到第一名的 There is a person in Chopin piano competition win first prize 這個人是深圳(重慶)的孩子 He is a kid from Shenzhen (Chongqing) 叫李雲迪 His name is Li Yundi 聽過嗎？聽過的舉手我看看，只有一點點，你甚麼都不聽。我再問你 Let me ask you again 李雲迪在哪裡？ Where is he? 現在在哪裡? Where is he now? 演奏會常常出現嗎？沒有 Does he always appear in performance? 還有人請他在彈鋼琴嗎? 沒有 Does anyone still invite him to play piano? 音樂廳裡面有他的名字嗎? Or is he in the music concert hall? 很少啦！ rare 他一成功以後 After he succeeded 他就欣賞自己的成功 He appreciated his own success 他就穿最漂亮的皮衣 He has the best tuxedo 最漂亮的汽車 And has the best car 他就不大愛練鋼琴 He does not practice 就在名落千丈 He became not famous 慢慢慢慢就靠從前賣的、錄音的，那些版權費來過生活 Sooner he needs to rely and depend on the money that he earned in the past 其實我很想請他到印尼我的音樂廳演奏 Actually I want to invite him to Jakarta 但是每一個人聽了我的提議就說，不必啦，不必請這個人 Everybody said to me, fine, it’s okay. Forget about him 我說，為什麼？ I ask, why? 他說有一次他演奏不好好練習 There’s one time he was not good in his practice 當交響樂一直演下去的時候 When the orchestra needs to continue to practice 他突然就忘記了要彈的曲 He forgot what to play 然後交響樂一直彈下去 Then the orchestra continues 他鋼琴聲音沒有繼續 His piano cannot play 這樣一共有35個bar沒有聲音出來 And 35 bars without voices 從那個時候開始 From that day 差不多沒有人要請他 No one wants to invite him 另外一個叫郎朗聽過沒有？ There is another person called Lang Lang 聽過的請舉手，喔！郎朗聽的更多了 Much more 這個人母親對他說 His mother told him 你去那裏演奏 When you perform 媽媽跟你去 Mother will go with you 從早到晚 Morning to night 你要彈琴 You need to play 我要盯你幾個鐘頭 I need to set a time 站你旁邊 I would stand beside you 繼續督促你 So that you can practice 所以他到現在還是很成功 Until now he is still successful 親愛的弟兄姊妹 關係在哪裡？ What is the difference? 不同在哪裡？ 關係在他是甚麼？ It’s about who is he? 他是甚麼？ We ask who is he? 反過來 And conversely 對自己說 We say to ourselves Who am I? 我甚麼都沒有 I have nothing 當你謙卑的時候 When you are humble 你有前途 You have future 當你只輕看別人的時候 When you despise others 你一定沒有成功 You have no success 我這一生已經過了75年了 I have 75 years’ experience 也看見了很多的天才後來甚麼用處都沒有 I’ve seen many geniuses at the end are useless 還有看過很多比較普通的人，勇敢努力殷勤最後大大成功 I’ve seen many ordinary man, they’re actually diligent at the end are successful 最近我要鼓勵幾個青年人 Recently I encourage a few young people 盡可能拿一個博士學位 Try your best to have a PhD 盡可能用功一點 Try much harder 哎呀，太困難了！ It’s very difficult 就是困難才需要用功 It is difficult that you need to be diligent 一個人怕困難 If you’re afraid 不肯努力 Do not have the diligence 不肯犧牲 And do not sacrifice 我們怎麼能成就呢? How do we succeed? 所以主有可能的話 So if possible 那我們每一個人都努力 Everyone of us to be diligent 我告訴你我是從小 Let me tell you from my childhood 很貧窮的人 I am from poor family 我沒有機會讀很高的學府 I have no chance to go to higher education 而在印尼我不要成為這個..這個，我還不能成為印尼籍 And in Indonesia I still can’t become a citizen in the past 我又不承認共產黨 I cannot recognize the communist 所以我是一個無國籍的人 So I am stateless 我如果出國超過幾個月就不能回來 If I go to foreign country more than few months, I cannot return 而如果我要申請出國證，我要花幾個月的時間 I need to spend months to apply for my visa to go out to foreign country 第一次新加坡請我講道 The first time I was invited to Singapore 我等了四個月才拿到新加坡的入境證 I need to wait for 4 months to get the visa 我去講道12天回來，一離開新加坡就不能再去 I’ve preached for 12 days, after I depart I cannot go back again 我這一生很辛苦 It’s very difficult for me 我不能到美國去讀書 I cannot go to US to study 因為那個時候我沒有那個印尼籍的身分 I even do not have the citizenship in Indonesia 我又沒有共產中國籍的身分 I do not have my citizenship as well in China 我是一個無國籍的人 I have no citizenship 無國籍的人不能出國太久 I cannot go out for a long time 所以我只能夠好好在印尼自修，為上帝工作 I only can self-study in Indonesia and do the work for God 我從來沒有在美國念過神學 I never study in States 當我56歲的時候 When I was 56 我在美國辦神學 I actually did a theological education in US 在10年裡面 In 10 years 有超過1800位碩士、博士以上的人在參加我的學院 We have 1800 students with master and PhD holders, they came to study 我要依靠上帝 I need to depend on God The Scripture says 詩人看見天 The poet looks at the sky 看見神造的宇宙 To see the heaven that God created 便說，人算甚麼？ And he say, what is man? 講完了這句話以後 他馬上說 And he says 祢派他管理天上的鳥、地上的獸、海底的魚 You’ve actually given them the power to dominate over the works of your hands, (including the beast of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the seas) 所以詩篇第8篇 So in Psalm No. 8 是人與宇宙之間的一個比較 This is a comparison between man and the creatures 這個人是誰呢? Who is this man? 這個人當然就是亞當 It actually refers to Adam 這個人當然就是耶穌 And refers to Jesus 亞當是人類的第一個代表 Adam is the first representative 耶穌是全人類的第二個代表 Jesus Christ is the second representative 這裡講的人是指亞當嗎? Is this man referred to Adam? 這裡所講的是指耶穌嗎? Or referred to Jesus? 完全沒有講 He does not say 他提到這句話的人 When he said this 也不是亞當 Is not Adam 也不是耶穌 And is not Jesus 是誰啊？ 寫這篇詩的是誰？ And the author 誰？大衛 Is David 所以這裡，上帝要用大衛講甚麼呢? What God tried to use David to say? 請你注意喔！ Please pay attention 天 The sky, the heaven 人 Man 地 The earth 神 God 物 The creatures 大衛把自己放在人的地位裡面 David placed himself in the position of man 他代表全人類講出這樣的話語 Represent entire human being to speak this 上帝啊！ Oh God! 我看見祢指頭所創造、所陳設的天 O’ Lord, I look at the sky that you created of your fingers 我看見祢所陳設的月亮、星宿，這麼大、這麼高 I have seen the moon and the stars that you have set in place, it’s so big and is so high 我再看我自己 I look at my self 這麼微小 I’m so little 這麼微不足道 I’m so tiny 我這麼沒有價值 I have no value 天這麼大 But the heaven is so big 宇宙這麼廣 The universe is so great 我這麼小 這樣呢，他就得到了一個比例的答案了 He has an answer in ratio 人太小了 Man is too tiny 人完全沒有地位 We have no position 人完全沒有價值 We have no value 他講完了以後呢 He said after that 突然間講了一句話 And then suddenly he said 祢卻派他管理天上的鳥、地上的獸、海底的魚 You make him become the dominance of the beasts, the birds and the fishes 所以這樣發現了他用另外一個觀念看自己 He has another concept towards himself 我比神所造的天 Compared to the heaven of God creator 我是渺小的 我比神所造的動物 Compared to the other animals of the world 我是高超的 I am greater 我不能掌管宇宙 I cannot dominate over the cosmos 但是神要我掌管萬物 But God wants me to dominate over the creatures 所以某一個角度來看 So from a perspective 我看自己小的不得了 I am so tiny and small 但是用另外一個角度來看 From another perspective 我自己高的不得了 I am so high 凡經行海道的 (whatever passes along the seas) 凡爬行地面的 And all the quarry animals 凡翱翔天際的 And all the flying birds 祢都交給人 You have given them to man 讓人管理牠 And trusted us 所以這樣子人就變成兩個可能性 So we become two possibilities 一個可能性看自己微小的時候，自卑的不得了 From the first perspective, (you feel so lowly when you realize you are so tiny) 第二個可能性 The second possibility 看人的可能性跟潛在能的時候 When we look at our potential 我們看自己高的不得了 (We think highly of ourselves) 所以你不奇怪 So you do not feel strange 人類的心理狀態就在兩種極端的中間渡過 In our heart and mind, we actually have these two kinds of position 這兩種的這個不應當有的狀態 These two kinds of situation 第一種 過分自卑 We actually have low self-esteem 輕看自己 Low self-esteem 憐憫自己 Despise and pity ourselves 看自己甚麼都沒有 Look at ourselves as nothing 第二 The second 看自己太高 We have high self-esteem 高傲 We are too proud 這個狂傲 We are too boosting ourselves 輕看別人 Despise others 把自己看得太高 (We think too highly of ourselves) 所以這個在心理學裡面 So in the psychology 叫做superiority complex The superiority complex 還有inferiority complex 自卑感和這個高超感 就是超越萬有的這個自傲感 So the superiority 還有這個自己看不起自己的自卑感 And the second you have the inferiority of humbleness 你知道不知道 Do you know 人類的兩大毛病 We have two kinds of mistakes 是從這兩個不同的極端產生出來 Which has been derived from this dualism of this kind of complexity 那麼你看見無邊的天際的時候 When we look at the sky there’s no edge 你看自己渺小 We look at ourselves too tiny 看見人的潛在能的時候 And look at our potential 看見人高得不得了 (think too highly of ourselves) 那這兩個東西 These two things 一直在欺騙我們 Deceiving ourselves 一直在裡面攪擾我們 Is actually challenging ourselves 所以我們常常給兩種錯誤的觀念欺騙，而失去了自己的尊重 So we’re always interfered by these two things and we can lose our dignity 人到底應當驕傲嗎? Do we need to be proud? 我們應當自卑嗎? Do we need to be too humble? 我們驕傲以後會更好嗎? Or if we’re too proud, can we become better? 我自卑以後會更好嗎? After we have low self-esteem, can we become better? 當一個人過分、過分、過分驕傲的時候 If we have continued to be proud overly 他就會犯三種罪 They will have three kinds of sin 他自己不發現 They cannot realize 當一個人過分自卑、自卑、自卑的時候 When a person feels too inferior 他又犯了另外三種罪 You also have three kinds of sin 是自己也完全不明白的 你看見有的人在神經病院裡面 Some people are being caught into the places for mental disorder 他看人都不看人 They cannot look at others 他天天搥胸 And always beat themselves 他看到自己活在世界是沒有價值的 They felt that they have no value 還有有一些人活在世界上 And some people live in the world 不但不會自卑 They are not inferior 他殺人也不懼怕 They kill others, they are not afraid 他害人也不逃走 They harm others, they do not escape 從來沒有自己責備自己 They never rebuke themselves 所以現在我要跟大家思想 So now we want to ponder 在宇宙中間 In the universe 上有天 下有物 The earth, the creatures 上有神 下有畜 Below there are all the animals 上有靈 Spirit 下有非靈的物質界 We have unspiritual physical world We are in between the spiritual world and the material world 所以我們在靈界和創造界的中間 When the spiritual world is overlapping with the material world 這個靈界和這個創造界這個互相交叉 交界裡面 We are the only being within the two categories combined together 在交界當中我們是唯一存在的活物 人做人很難 So as a human being is difficult 人做人很矛盾 And is very contradictive 人做人常常在掙扎中間 We are always challenging ourselves 在限制中間 In limitation 在矛盾中間 In contradiction 我們有偉大的理想 We have a great idea 我們有苛刻的限制 But we have a limitation in practice 我們有崇高的想像力 We have a very high ideal imagination 我們有很低鄙的限制 We have been limited in our length Where are human being? 我們在哪裡? 人在哪裡？ 人的地位在哪裡？ Where is our position? 人的身分是甚麼? What is our position? 這幾千年來 Few thousand years 人類最大的問題 Our biggest problem 不是科學的問題 Is not a scientific problem 不是政治的問題 Is not a political problem 不是物質的問題 Is not a physical problem 不是生意的問題 Is not a business problem 人最大的問題 就是人自己找不到人在宇宙中的身分在哪裡的問題 Is that man cannot find out true identity in the universe What is human identity in the universe? 人類的身分在哪裡? 宇宙中間我應當放在哪裡？ In the universe, what is my position? 如果你的家剛剛買了新的房子 If you have just purchased a new house 你也去買沙發椅 And you got a sofa 你要去買床 You got a bed 你要買櫥子 You go to get a cupboard 你要買桌子 You got a table 你要買許多的椅子 And all the chairs 你要買廚房用具 All the equipments in the kitchen 你要買灶房用具 And in the washroom 每一個都放正常的地方 Put all equipments in ordinary place 你不會把浴缸放在客廳 The bathtub would not be put in the living hall 也不會把飯桌放在你床的旁邊 The dining set would not be put beside the bed 你不會把天花板貼在牆壁上 Or the ceiling on the wall 你不會把地磚放在天花板上面 Or the tiles in the ceiling 你會把它放的剛剛好 In the right place 地磚也硬的 The tiles are hard 天花板也輕的 The ceilings should be light 如果天花板是重的 If the ceilings are heavy 掉下來你就更矮一點點了 You are actually destroyed 如果地磚是輕的 If the tiles are light 你踢它就破了 When you step, it will break 所以這個就不耐用了 So it is breakable 天花板可以很輕 The ceilings need to be light 地磚要很重 The tiles need to be heavy 天花板一定要可以很粗 The ceilings need to be rough 地磚一定要很細 You need to have flat and smooth tiles 不然小孩子一跌倒整個腳都碎了、受傷了 Or the kids will be actually harmed when they fall down if you have this kind of tiles 所以你的責任是甚麼呢？ What is your responsibility? I have all these things 我有這些東西 I should put everything properly 每個東西放在應當有的位置 Put everything in the right place 放在準確的位置 灶放在廚房，煮飯要用灶 The cooker you must put in the kitchen 你不能把灶放在廁所的旁邊 You cannot put it in the toilet 你一定要把這個盤、碗放在櫥子裡 The plates and bowls should be put in cupboard 你不會放在天花板的上面 You will not put it in the ceiling 你一定把桌子放在這個飯廳的裡面 And the table should be put in the dining hall 椅子周圍放在那邊 The chairs surround the table 甚麼都放完了以後 You put all these things 最後一個問題 The last question 你要把你放在哪裡？ How about you? 我自己要放在哪裡？ Where is my place? 一天到晚在客廳嗎？ Do you sit in the living hall? 我不夠休息 I don’t have enough relaxation 我一天到晚在床上嗎？ Or on the bed? 我沒有做工 I do not work 所以最大的困難 So the biggest difficulty Where do you put yourself in all your furniture 在所有的這個家具當中，你放在哪裡? 很重要的事情 It is very important 很多人不知道把自己放在哪裡 Many people do not know where do we put ourselves God created this universe 上帝創造世界 Now I want to ask myself 我問自己 Where should be my place in the universe? 我自己的位置在世界在哪裡? 我的身分是甚麼？ What is my identity? 我的身分有了 If I have my identity 我才知道我的責任是甚麼 Then I will know my tasks 我的工作是甚麼 And my function If you never find out your own identity, how can you know your duty, your responsibility 如果我不知道我的身分，怎麼知道我們的工作和這個責任 今天神經病的人失敗在哪裡？ Today the people in mental disorder, what is his problem? 他找不到身分 He cannot find a position 他在家裡 In the house 沒有身分 No identity 在社會 In the society 在政府裡面 In the government There’s no identity 在學校沒有身分 In the school, no identity 他不知道把自己放在哪裡 They do not know where to place themselves 所以他就亂了 So they are chaotic 他就神經病了 They become mental disorder 我告訴你最大的神經病從哪裡開始 The biggest mental disorder came from 你在上帝跟上帝所造的萬物中間，你不知道你的身分在哪裡 It is when God created heaven and the earth, you do not know where do you put yourself 所以這篇的詩篇是很大的詩篇 This is a very big and great psalm 不是關係芝麻綠豆大的小事 It is not just related to worry tiny and little things 這裡不是關係一個人的感情、知識，這些芝麻破碎的小事情 It is not related to those things that you thought it is very tiny and little 這裡在講的是甚麼？ What is he talking about? He said, God 祢造了萬有 You created the all things 祢在萬有之上 You’re above all things 萬有中間 In all the creatures 彰顯祢的榮耀 Your glory 彰顯祢的美麗 Manifest your beauty 祢的名在全地何其美 Your name is so majestic 但是 But then 我呢？ How about me? 我這個人在哪裡？ Where am I? 我應當站在哪裡？ Where should I stand? 我處在甚麼地位？ Where is my position? 我在天之下 I was below the heavens 在地之上 I was above the earth 我在神之下 I am below God 我在畜之上 I am above animals Below God, above animals 我在上帝之下 Below the creator, above the creatures 在創造者之下 I am in between 我在中間 我處在中間 所以Let me know my place 讓我知道我的身分 求祢給我知道我的身分在哪裡 Let me know my place 現在大家注意聽 Pay attention 人被造 When we were created 在上帝的下面 We are below God 在自然的上面 Be above Nature 大家說 一二三 在We are below God 上帝的 We are above the Nature 所以神在我上面 And God is above me 物質在我下面 The physical world is below me 我找到這個身分以後 After I found my position, my identity 那我就能頂天立地 So I can stand firm in my identity 我能夠stand under God and above the earth I can find out my position I can be stable in my identity 我不但可以頂天立地 Not only I can stand firm below God and before the creatures 我還可以安分守己 I can do my tasks 那麼我對別人怎麼看呢？ How do I treat others? 別人一樣的 They are similar 我是人 I am man 他也是人 And he is also man 我是上帝按祂的形式樣式造的 I am created in the image and likeness of God 他也是按上帝的形像樣式造的 As well as him 所以我跟他的地位，我是一樣的 On position speaking, we are the same 天在我的上面 The heaven is above us 地在我的下面 The earth is below us 我對你 To you 你對我 And to me 要同等地位 We are equal 彼此相愛 Love each other 男對女 Man to woman 女對男 Woman to man 要一樣的看待 Be equal 那這個對神的高超 So the superiority toward God 對物質自然的低下 And the inferiority to the earth 對人與人之間的平等 The equality between man 都認清楚以後 After we recognize all these things 那你做人就做得像樣了 As a man, you can behave like a man 你做人就不會亂來了 You will not behave in confusion 如果你把自己看得比甚麼人更高 If you treat yourself better and higher than any other people 你就否認你在神的下面 You actually ignore you’re below God 你就把你自己看得比甚麼人更低 If you treat yourself as inferior than any other things 你就否認你有上帝的尊貴 You actually deny you have the dignity of God 所以世界人類所有的問題 All the problems of the human being 都從每一個人沒有找到他應當有的身分而開始的 All began from man could not find his own identity and position 你說毛澤東偉大嗎？ You say that is Mao Zedong great? 哇！使中國人有自尊心 He made dignity for Chinese 毛澤東敗壞嗎？ Is Mao Zedong corrupt? 毛澤東在1966、1976年 So 1966 to 1976 3500萬中國人死於非命 He made 35 million of Chinese die in a very bad manner 一個強盜多壞，也不會害死3500萬人 Even a robber, how bad he is! He won’t cause harm to the life of 35 million 現在ISIS多壞 Isis is so bad 他們那個suicide bomber多壞 And the suicide bomber is so evil 不會害死多少州，幾千幾萬人 They bring half to 10 thousand or even 100 thousand 但是因為文化大革命 But the Culture Revolution 中國人死了3500萬不應該死的人 35 million of Chinese life has to be taken away 文化大革命以前 Before the Culture Revolution 1921到1966 1921 to 1966 中國人又死了3500萬人 Another 35 million 都是一個毛澤東搞起來的 Because of one person, Mao Zedong 這是歷史上最大陷人於災難與死亡的一個罪魁 It’s the cruelest detection that caused harmful to many in the history 希特勒發動了第二次世界大戰 Hitler started the second World War 所有死的人大概是3500萬 It’s also about 35 million people had died 從共產黨立黨到1976年 From communist party began until 1976 中國人死的是7000萬人 There were 70 million Chinese had died 歷史上從來沒有這麼發生 In history there is never such a thing happened 而到了1976年的時候 In 1976 中國人變成世界最窮的國家 They became the poorest country 最亂的國家 The most chaotic country 最不健康的國家 The unhealthiest country 就是為了要應付一個自以為是神的 Just to deal with a person who thought himself is God 毛澤東應當讀這篇聖經 Mao Zedong should read the Bible 他說上帝啊！我看祢指頭所造的天 You see the works of your fingers of God 祢手按立的月亮星宿 To see the moon and stars you put in place And I asked, what is man? 毛算甚麼？ What is Mao Zedong? 毛澤東算甚麼？ 毛澤東不讀這節聖經 He never studies this 所以他就說：我就是神 He said, I am God 你們要敬拜我 Worship me 戰無不勝的毛澤東是這樣萬勝、得勝、萬歲 Undefeated Mao Zedong can long live Mao Zedong The thinking and the idea of undefeated Mao Zedong has long life forever and ever 所以呢他說：萬歲！萬歲！他死了以後，兩年裡面，毛澤東語錄就不可以再印了 He said, long live Mao Zedong! After 2 years he died, his books cannot be printed anymore 萬歲？ Is it long live? 兩歲 2 years 當一個人把自己當作神的時候 If a person thought he was God 他不明白這節這一段聖經要講甚麼 He cannot understand that what this scripture says He said, what is man? 祢竟眷顧他 You are mindful of him 世人算甚麼？ What is the son of man? 祢竟紀念他 You care of him 當唐山大地震 During the earthquake in Tang Shan 幾十萬人死的時候 Many people had died 英國、美國、法國都說我們要過去幫助你們中國人 The western countries came to say they want to help 因為你們死傷太多了 Because many people have died 毛澤東說：中國不需要美國幫助 Mao Zedong said, we do not need American aid 不需要英國幫助 We don’t need British 不需要法國幫助 We don’t need France 甚麼意思呢? What’s the meaning? 讓中國人死就死吧 Let Chinese die 死 死 死 死 死 Die and die 有一個人 A person 他要去找他哥哥 Wanted to find his brother 他就進到唐山大地震的地方去 He went to the place where was an earthquake in Tang Shan 進去的時候 When he went in 共產黨的軍隊說：你做甚麼進來？ The communist army asked him why 這裡是災區 This is a disaster area 除了我們自己派人去查，你們不可以進去 Except that our own people investigation, you cannot go in 他說：我的哥哥可能快要死了 He said, my brother is dying 他說：我知道我要救他 I knew I need to save him 他們說：不准進去 You cannot go in 他還是一直要進去 He wanted to go in 他們一開槍把他打死 And they killed him 遠遠有個他的朋友 There’s a friend of him 看見這個事情 Saw this scenery 後來他在一個雜誌上寫了一句話 In a magazine he wrote 我親眼看過日本人怎麼殺害中國人 I have seen how the Japanese killed the Chinese 他們這麼殘忍我看到了 How so cruel they are I have seen 今天我沒有想到 But we need to think 我們中國人殺自己中國人，比外國人殺我們中國人更殘忍 Chinese killed our own Chinese is crueler than the foreigners 作弟弟的要去救哥哥都不可以 This is a brother to save his brother 那個時候真的非常可怕的災禍 Cause that is a very chaotic situation in the disaster 為什麼呢？因為中國有一個人不承認他是人 Because there’s a person who did not recognize he is a man 他承認他是神 He said he is God 所以他認為他應當管理全中國 He claimed that he has the right to overrule China 每一個人要絕對聽他的話 Everybody needs to listen to him absolutely 凡不聽他的話的人 If you don’t listen 他有絕對的權柄認他們的生死 He has the absolute authority to kill them 詩篇不是這樣 Psalm does not say this 詩篇告訴我們 Psalm says 我是尊貴的 I am dignified 我比所有被造之物更尊貴 More dignified than other creatures 高過天上的鳥 And higher than the birds in the sky 地上的獸 And the beasts 海裡的魚 Fishes in the sea 我雖然這麼尊貴 Although I am so dignified 但我是卑微的 But I am lowly 我是很小的 因為上帝造了天這麼偉大 Because God has created the great skies and heavens 月亮星宿這麼偉大 The moon and stars are so great 所以在這裡告訴我們 人地位上的矛盾 Our contradiction in the position 找到自己身分上的困難 When we find the difficulties in our identity 比起上帝所造的天 Compare to the heaven of God 我是卑微的 I am so lowly 比起上帝所造的獸 Compare to the beasts 我是高尚的 I am higher 在神的下面 Below God I am so small 在物質的上面 Above all the creatures 詩篇第8篇 Psalm No.8 告訴我們 Has told us 人在神面前應當謙卑 Before God we need to be humble 詩篇第8篇告訴我們 Psalm No.8 also tells us 人在萬有的面前應當自尊 Before the creatures we need to be dignified How dignified is human being 我們多尊貴 How glory is human being 我們多榮耀 We are so honored We are so glorious 有這個榮耀 We should appreciate ourselves 我們應該尊敬自己的地位 自己有自尊心 We have self-respect 應當自敬自愛 To love and honor ourselves 作一個有尊貴的人 Become a dignified person 我今天告訴你 Let me tell you today 你是很尊貴的 We are very dignified 所以你不要輕看自己 Do not despise yourself 你不要太自卑感 Do not be too inferior 你不要看自己甚麼都沒有用 Do not deem yourself useless 以為你自己甚麼盼望都沒有 Make yourself hopeless 因為那是撒但第一方面要害你，給你的攻擊 This is what in the first place the Satan wants to defeat you and harm you Satan wants to defeat you, wants to attack you through the inferiority complex 靠著你自己自卑的想法 用自卑感來屈服你 Your inferiority will defeat you 你不要聽牠的 Do not listen 第二樣 撒但用superiority complex來抬舉你 Using the superiority complex to lift up you 使你用假像把自己當作上帝 Using the false phenomena to treat yourself as God 讓你永遠跌倒 Forever you will stumble 永遠失敗 Forever you fall 先把你丟得高高 It lifts up you high 然後把你摔下去 And then make you fall 讓你滅亡 That you will be perished 你是誰呢? Who are you? 你是人 You are the man 人是誰呢？ 人是尊貴的 Man is dignified 今天人是按著上帝的形象樣式 Because we are created in the image and likeness of God Who is man? 人是卑微的 We are lowly 因為上帝把我們造在祂下面，在祂的寶座下面，我們應當敬拜祂 We are created below the throne of God, we need to worship God 所以你讀這段聖經 So when you listen to this scripture 你讀出人的身分 You will know our identity Below God and worship Him 在上帝之下敬拜祂 Above all the created things and overcome them 在萬物之下，在萬物之上我們要管理他們 我們要在神面前敬拜祂 Before God to worship Him 我們在萬物之上管理牠 And above all things we dominate them 一個人能伏在上帝的下面 For us to bow before God 他就有權柄叫全萬有都伏在他下面 We have the authority to ask all the things in this world we have dominion over them 如果你不願意submit yourself before God If you do not submit ourselves to God You have no privilege, no right, no power to let all the created things submit before Him 我們沒有資格讓其他的萬物要向我們屈服 人是上帝的形象 We are the image of God 所以人代表神 So we represent God 人是萬有的主人 We are the ruler of all things 所以我們管理動物 So we have dominion over animals 只有人把所有的動物抓來 Only we can take all the animals 放在動物園裡面 To put in the zoo 從來沒有動物把人抓去放在人園裡面 And animals couldn’t put us into the zoo of the human 上帝說 God says 你要管理天上的鳥 You have dominion over the birds 你要管理地上的獸 And rule over the beasts 你要管理海裡的魚 And also the fishes 你知道人是世界所有萬物的三軍總司令 We are the general officers of all the fishes and birds and beasts 你今天不要怕甚麼東西 Do not be afraid of all these things 獅子要順服人 The lions need to submit 老虎要順服人 The tigers need to submit 蛇要順服人 The serpent need to submit to man 你看馬戲團 Look at the circus Circus is the proof the man can control over every kind of animals 是一個證據人類可以控制這些動物 對不對啊? Isn’t it? 在馬戲團裡面 In the circus 甚麼動物都被人約束了 All the animals are limited by men 被制伏了 Send it to bondage 為什麼懼怕牠? Why are we afraid? 我小的時候 When I was young 聽一個牧師講道 Listen to a pastor he preaches 我嚇了一跳 I was so frightened 他說有一天哪 He said a day 他到鄉下去傳道 He evangelized to these poor in the village 很多很高的草 There’re many high grasses 所以他要走這個要轉過去的時候 When he passed by the bushes and brushes 他沒有辦法看到那邊的甚麼 He cannot see the things in another side 有一天他拿一本聖經 He took a bible 到一個鄉下去講道 He preached in a village 他經過鄉村一條很危險的路 He had to pass by a road that is very dangerous 他走走走走 And he passed by 走到十字路口的時候 To a crossroad 突然間發現那邊一隻老虎 He realized there’s a tiger 躺著 It’s lying down 那麼他就要走過去 When he tried to pass by 老虎走過來，跳上來 The tiger jumped 咬他怎麼辦? Want to bite him and what happened? 所以那時候緊張的不得了 And he’s so anxious 他心裡頭說主啊主啊，我要死了 He said, oh! I’m gonna die, Lord 我快要死了 I will die 他就站起來 He stood up 他說：老虎！ He said, tiger 我奉上帝的名 In the name of God 吩咐你走掉！ I actually command you to go away 因為我要去傳道！ I need to go to preach 你不要搗蛋 Do not disturb 那老虎就乖乖走了 And the tiger went away 離開他了 And went away 他就快快跑了 Then he ran away 跑了一段以後 And after that 他說，那是老虎欸 And he said, a tiger is there 哎呀！那是老虎欸 Oh, it’s a tiger 他就整個身體摸摸摸摸 He started to get frightened 好像腫起來 And trembling 後來差不多倒下去 He almost fell down 人家看見他把他扶起來 People actually helped him up 問他說甚麼事啊？ Asked him what happened? 你為什麼這麼緊張？ Why are you so anxious? 他說老老老… He said, there is a… 老甚麼？老甚麼？講清楚 老老老老…老虎！ He said, there is a tiger 他一講，那些人抓住他一同跑得半死 After he said “there is a tiger”, everybody ran away 才想起多麼可怕的事 He was so terrified 後來他講道，他說 And then he said 弟兄姊妹 He said, dear brothers and sisters 我那時候也怕得半死 I was also afraid at that time 但我想起聖經的話 But I thought of the words of Bible 上帝造人 God created man 要你管理天上的鳥 To dominate the birds The beasts And the fishes 所以我就大膽起來 I became courageous 我奉主的名 In the name of Lord 吩咐你老虎：走掉吧！ Ask the tiger to go away 老虎就走掉了 The tiger fled away 我才今天還在你們中間傳道 And today I stand before you 我相信這個傳道人是誠實的 I believe he is so honest 他講得是真正誠實的事 This was truly happened 當你記得你是人的時候 When you remember you are a man 你不要怕任何動物 Do not be afraid of any animal 注意這句話 When you remember you are human 你要靠著上帝的恩典 Through the grace of God 把上帝這一個安排的話把它活出來 Depends on the Word of God arrangement we live our life God created man to rule over all the animals 上帝創造人要這個管理所有的動物 但是我們犯罪的時候 But when we have sinned 我們又不記得上帝話的時候 We forget the Word of God 我們就變得軟弱的 We become week 親愛弟兄姊妹 我們今天的毛病在哪裡？ Today where is our problem? 早上驕傲的像上帝一樣 In the morning we are so proud like God 下午就自卑的像一條蟲一樣 In the afternoon we are inferior like a caterpillar 哇！有的人甚麼都不怕 Some of the people they’re never afraid of anything Never be afraid of everything, except his wife 只怕老婆 Only the wife 你如果騙老婆 If you deceive your wife 做不對的事情 Or do the wrong things 老婆一下子就比你大了 And your wife becomes bigger 如果你行真理 If you do truth 你順服上帝 You obey God 你老婆多兇都要聽你的話 Even the wife is so fierce, she needs to listen to you 這一篇道理啊 This word 詩篇第8篇哪 Is the words from Psalm No. 8 是很偉大的詩 Is very great 我大概23歲的時候 好好讀這篇以後 When I read this 我發展了一套很大的宇宙論 I developed a very important theory of cosmos 神在人之上 God is above man 人在物之上 Man is above creatures 大家說123 Man is above the creatures 如果你亂了以後呢？ If you confuse this 物在你之上 Creatures are above you 當你亂的時候 When you confuse Material will be above you The material is above you God will be below you So God is below you 那你就踐踏上帝 So you trample on God 你就輕看上帝 Despise God 那你就追求物質 Then you seek after the material 這樣的人是甚麼人呢? What kind of people is this? 主啊，給我發財吧 He said, oh Lord! Give me wealth 他要的不是主 He does not want Lord 他要的是財 He wants wealth 他利用的是主 He uses God 主變成他的玩具 And becomes his utility 財變成他的目標 Wealth become his goal 所以一直把物跟神調轉過來 So we up side down the material world and God 這裡告訴我們：不是 The Scripture says it’s not 你要把他調轉回去 Overturn again 讓神在你上面 God is above us 讓物在你的下面 Physical material will be below us Allah, manusia 上帝、人 Manusia Alam 和這個宇宙 Allah 上帝 我很喜歡馬來文呢 I love this Malay language 我很喜歡印尼文呢 This kind of language Allah怎麼講呢? And God 你能夠Allahm? 不能的 You cannot say it that 你一定開著口對不對？ You need to open your mouth You say God 自然呢？ And nature? You need to shut your mouth 你就要關起來對不對? 所以be open system to God and closed system to matter 對上帝開放，對人是關閉 對神有開放系統 It has the open system to God 對物質有關閉系統 And the closed system toward the material world 物質是我可以關閉起來的 I can close some of the material world 我可以控制的 We need to open our mouth to God 神是要向祂開口 稱頌祂 Praise Him 求告祂 To glorify Him 榮耀祂的 Human Nature 科學 The science 如果沒有基督教 There’s no Christianity 就是個封閉系統 Is a closed system 現在我對科學家講 Let me say to the scientists Science 有了基督教 With Christianity 就是開放系統 It becomes an open system 科學還有關閉系統、開放系統 The science has open or closed system 科學的封閉系統 The closed system of science 是從主前600年 It is 600 years before Christ 一直到主後100年期間 And about 100 years after Christ 因為這個時候希臘人真正研究大自然 This was the time when the Greeks truly studied on the nature 希臘人研究大自然 The Greeks studied on the nature 他說認為自然是一個對象 They thought this nature is open to them 不能動搖 Cannot be changed 沒有別的原因 There’s no reason 就是一個現實 So is a fact 好像一個盒子 Just like a box 打開來 You need to open it 我再打開來 And open it Continue to open 我再研究 And open and study 我計算 I calculate 我寫下來 I write it 把這些計算的原則 And all the recording principles 方法做好了 It’s epistemology 代代傳下去 And the methodology to be passed down 自然一定給我解釋清楚 The nature will explain all things 所以呢希臘 The Greek 在主前600年 600 years B.C. 一直到主前200年的時候 Until 200 B.C. 他們所寫的書只有兩種 They only have 2 kinds of books 一種叫做on nature 這個論自然 第二種叫on principle The second這個論這個律 用甚麼原則 What kind of principle? 用甚麼規律 用甚麼邏輯 What kind of logic? 去推敲去研究 To actually find and get 去分析去比較 To analyze and compare 去觀察去歸納 To make all the simulation 你就可以明白自然了 Then you can understand 他就是用自然來研究自然 Use the nature to study on nature 那麼自然背後有甚麼？ What is behind nature? 他們有一種學問叫metaphysics There’s metaphysics Metaphysics它在希臘文就是ta meta ta phusika That is Greek 甚麼意思呢？ What is the meaning? The world beyond the physical world 這個metaphysics 在有形世界以外的無形界，這個研究叫作形上學 So the metaphysics that’s what they call Let me say 今天希臘宣布破產了 Today when the Greeks declare bankruptcy 你知道嗎？我好像做夢，他們老祖宗對我說：我的子孫笨死了 Since I have dreamed that their ancestors told me, “my descendants are so foolish” 他的老祖宗是誰啊? Who is their ancestor? 蘇格拉底、柏拉圖、亞里斯多德 Socrates, Plato, Aristotle 這是古代全世界最聰明的三個人 And the most intelligent people in Asia 我教希臘哲學教了45年 I have been teaching philosophy for 45 years 好像昨天這三個人出來對我說 It seems that yesterday these three person appeared Steven Tong, you are teaching my philosophy 唐崇榮你教我的哲學 We are Greek people 我們是希臘人 But we are so smart 我們這麼聰明 But our descendants are so foolish 我們的後代是這麼愚昧 They now go bankrupt today 現在這個破產 They are stupid 笨蛋 到耶穌降生以後 Until after Jesus Christ was born 科學變成開放系統 Science became an open system 在物質世界上面有上帝 Because in the physical world above, there’s God 在人心裡面有神啟示的智慧 In our hearts, we have the wisdom that God revealed to us 研究世界的時候 We study the world 就開放的世界 We have the open system 來研究這個世界 To study the world 所以這從基督教開始 It’s from Christianity 你說基督教甚麼開始，甚麼時候把這個貢獻放在世界上？ When is the beginning that we contribute this open system to the world? 從使徒信經開始 From the Apostle’s Creed Apostle’s Creed使徒信經 我信 It says, the creed says “I believe” 我信甚麼？ I believe? 我..你不知道我信甚麼？ Do you know what do you believe? 我信老婆阿？ I believe my wife 我說123 I say, I believe 我信上帝 In God, and the almighty God, and the Lord of creator of all things 歷史上從來沒有這樣幾句話 There’s no such word that being recorded 這是歷史上第一句話 The first word in the history 人類的信仰裡面提到一件事情 In our faith, it mentions 這世界上面有創造者 Above this world there is a creator 創造者就是上帝 The creator is God 我相信祂是萬有的主宰 I believe he is the Lord of all things I believe in God 全能的父 The father of almighty 世界的創造者 The maker of all things 當你講這一句話的時候 When you confess it 你就不是單單在世界的有形封閉裡面來做科學 You never do your science in the closed system in the world You are not doing your science in the closed system of the nature 現在你在這個關閉系統做科學 You now face to the open world, open system to God the Creator 現在卻是面對上帝的開放系統 You know this is the revelation of God 知道這個上帝的啟示 So- called the natural, so-called the general revelation 這個是自然啟示 And God who created this world 創造天地的上帝 Who give me the wisdom 給我們智慧 So I can search 我可以觀察 I can know 我可以知道 I can understand 我可以明白 God’s will in creation 上帝在世界的旨意 We are under God 我們在上帝之下 We are above the nature 在自然之上 Di bawah Allah 在上帝之下 Di atas alam 那你就找到身分了 So you can find your identity 你不要用物質引誘我 Do not use the material to seduce me 你不要用薪水大我就聽你的話 Do not use money to want me to listen to you 我活在世界上 When I live in this world 順服上帝 Obey God 敬拜上帝 To Worship God 掌管宇宙 To dominate the world 管理宇宙 To rule over the world 我研究萬有 To study all things 榮耀上帝 我是基督徒 I am a Christian 對上帝 To God 有個open system We have an open system 自然在這個裡面 Nature within it 所以自然要服我 The nature listen to us 我要服上帝 We listen to God 每一個人都這樣 Everyone behaves in this manner 世界就太平了 We have the peace in this world 沒有像希特勒這樣的魔鬼 We do not have devil like Hitler 沒有像毛澤東這樣的獨裁 We do not have a dictator like Mao Zedong 沒有像那些政治界那些很野蠻的人 Or all this barbarous politicians 因為我們相信人與人之間共同有上帝的榮耀 We believe that all of us are equal, we have the glory of God 就是從這一段的聖經來的 This is from the passage in Bible 祢造他 You created him 比天使微小一點 He is a little lower compared to the Angels 祢要賜給他榮耀尊貴為冠冕 You crowned him with glory and honor Man are glory (glorious) 我們有榮耀 Glorious 榮耀 Man are honorable 和冠冕 Man are a little lower than God 我們的尊貴是比上帝更小的 Man are higher than whole universe 比世界更大 你讀這段聖經 When you read this Bible 最後你讀出你是誰 At the end, you realize who you are 那最後你才知道 At the end you know 所要講的不是你、我 It’s not speaking about us 而是真正達到神最後要求的 This is the demand of God at the end 那一位是誰? Who is that? 是基督 Is Christ 就是彌賽亞 Is Messiah 所以這一篇是彌賽亞詩篇 This is the Messianic Psalm 今天我讀到這個地方 Today we stop here 我們低頭禱告 We pray together 主啊！求祢賜福 我們所聽的、所思想的、所知道的、所信的 可以成為我們生命、生活的力量 使我們一生一世，在這種最高的智慧中間 過一個討祢喜悅的生活 感謝讚美 奉主耶穌基督的名求的 阿們