奋斗与勇敢-第273章
9月29日 最高的荣誉
奋斗与勇敢-第273章
The Highest Honor, September 29
奋斗与勇敢-第273章
(太14:3-12)
“那杀身体不能杀灵魂的,不要怕他们,惟有能把身体和灵魂都灭在地狱里的,正要怕他”(太10:28)。{CC 278.1}[1]
奋斗与勇敢-第273章
Matthew 14:3-12[1]
奋斗与勇敢-第273章
许多人对于施洗约翰的遭遇,都觉得深奥莫测。他们疑问上帝为什么让他在狱中受苦丧命。这种不可思议的天意不是我们人类的眼光所能看透的。然而我们若想到约翰不过是一个与基督一同受苦的人,那么我们对于上帝的信心就决不至动摇了。……{CC 278.2}[2]
奋斗与勇敢-第273章
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28. {CC 278.1}[2]
奋斗与勇敢-第273章
耶稣并未出来拯救祂的仆人。祂知道约翰经得起这种考验。救主固然极愿到约翰那里,使幽暗的监狱得到光明。只是祂不该置自己于仇敌的手中而危害自己的使命。祂固然极愿意拯救祂那忠心的仆人,只是为了后世必要经过监狱而遭死亡的千万圣徒,约翰必须喝那殉道的杯。将来基督的门徒在凄凉的牢狱中受苦,或在刀剑、刑架、柴堆等刑具之下丧命时,……想起施洗约翰的忠心曾为基督所亲口称许,而他也曾遭遇这同样的经历,他们心中就要得到何等的安慰啊!{CC 278.3}[3]
奋斗与勇敢-第273章
To many minds a deep mystery surrounds the fate of John the Baptist. They question why he should have been left to languish and die in prison. The mystery of this dark providence our human vision cannot penetrate; but it can never shake our confidence in God when we remember that John was but a sharer in the sufferings of Christ.... {CC 278.2}[3]
奋斗与勇敢-第273章
撒但可以缩短上帝仆人在世上的寿命。然而那“与基督一同藏在上帝里面”的生命(西3:3),他却不能毁灭。他庆幸自己使基督心中悲伤,但他却不能战胜约翰。死亡只是使他永远脱离试探的势力。……{CC 278.4}[4]
奋斗与勇敢-第273章
Jesus did not interpose to deliver His servant. He knew that John would bear the test. Gladly would the Saviour have come to John, to brighten the dungeon gloom with His own presence. But He was not to place Himself in the hands of enemies and imperil His own mission. Gladly would He have delivered His faithful servant. But for the sake of thousands who in after years must pass from prison to death, John was to drink the cup of martyrdom. As the followers of Jesus should languish in lonely cells, or perish by the sword, the rack, or the fagot, ... what a stay to their hearts would be the thought that John the Baptist, to whose faithfulness Christ Himself had borne witness, had passed through a similar experience! {CC 278.3}[4]
奋斗与勇敢-第273章
上帝向来只引领愿意接受祂指引的儿女。如果上帝的儿女,能从起初看到末后,明白他们与上帝同工所成全的光荣宗旨,那么他们自己必要选择上帝所领导他们走的路。被接升天的以诺和乘坐火车火马上升的以利亚,都不比这独自死在监狱中的施洗约翰更为伟大,更为尊荣。“因为你们蒙恩,不但得以信服基督,并要为祂受苦”(腓1:29)。在上天所能赐给世人的一切恩赐中,与基督一同受苦是最重要的委托,也是最大的光荣。(DA223,224){CC 278.5}[5]
奋斗与勇敢-第273章
Satan was permitted to cut short the earthly life of God’s messenger; but that life which “is hid with Christ in God,” the destroyer could not reach. Colossians 3:3. He exulted that he had brought sorrow upon Christ, but he had failed of conquering John. Death itself only placed him forever beyond the power of temptation.... {CC 278.4}[5]
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