我们回天家-第169章
6月16日 敬拜创造主
我们回天家-第169章
Worship the Creator, June 16
我们回天家-第169章
“应当敬拜那创造天地海和众水泉源的”(启14:7)。{HB189.1}[1]
我们回天家-第169章
Worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.—Revelation 14:7.{HB 189.1}[1]
我们回天家-第169章
人应当敬拜上帝的理由乃是因为祂是创造主,而且所有的众生都因祂而存在。所以在圣经中,每逢提到上帝要人尊崇敬拜祂为超乎异邦万神之上的时候,总是引述祂创造的权能为明证。……{HB189.2}[2]
我们回天家-第169章
The duty to worship God is based upon the fact that He is the Creator and that to Him all other beings owe their existence. And wherever, in the Bible, His claim to reverence and worship, above the gods of the heathen, is presented, there is cited the evidence of His creative power. . . .{HB 189.2}[2]
我们回天家-第169章
在《启示录》第十四章中,天使呼唤人应当敬拜创造主:这预言提到一等因三重警告的结果而遵守上帝诫命的人。在诫命之中,有一条直接提出上帝为创造主。第四诫说:“第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。……因为六日之内,耶和华造天、地、海、和其中的万物,第七日便安息,所以耶和华赐福与安息日,定为圣日”(出20:10-11)。论到安息日,主耶和华又说:“这日在我与你们中间为证据,使你们知道我是耶和华你们的上帝”(结20:20)。……{HB189.3}[3]
我们回天家-第169章
In Revelation 14, we are called upon to worship the Creator; and the prophecy brings to view a class that, as the result of the threefold message, are keeping the commandments of God. One of these commandments points directly to God as the Creator. The fourth precept declares: “The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: . . . for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.” (Exodus 20:10, 11.) Concerning the Sabbath, the Lord says, further, that it is “a sign, . . . that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.” (Ezekiel 20:20.) . . .{HB 189.3}[3]
我们回天家-第169章
“安息日之成为创造工作的纪念,其要点乃在乎它时常向人提出应当敬拜上帝的真正理由,”──因为祂是创造主,我们是祂造的。“因此,安息日乃是神圣敬拜的真基础,它以最动人的方式,发挥这伟大的真理,这是任何其他制度所不能作的。敬拜上帝──不单指在第七日的敬拜,而指一切的敬拜──的真基础,乃建立在创造主与受造之物中间的区别上。这个伟大的事实,永远不会废去,人也永远不可忘记”(安德鲁斯《安息日的历史》第27章。上帝之所以在伊甸园制定安息日,乃是要把这个真理时常摆在人面前。所以何时我们仍以祂为我们的创造主而敬拜祂,则同时安息日也要继续的存留,作为这个事实的证据和纪念。如果安息日一直被普遍遵守的话,则人类的思想与爱情便要一直归向创造主,以祂为尊崇敬拜的对象,而世上也就一直不会有拜偶像的人、无神主义者或怀疑派了。遵守安息日乃是一个证据,表明遵守的人是忠于那“创造天、地、海、和众水泉源”的真上帝。由此可见,那吩咐人敬拜上帝并遵守祂诫命的信息会特别呼召他们谨守第四条诫命。(《善恶的斗争》436-438页){HB189.4}[4]
我们回天家-第169章
“The importance of the Sabbath as the memorial of creation is that it keeps ever present the true reason why worship is due to God”—because He is the Creator, and we are His creatures. “The Sabbath therefore lies at the very foundation of divine worship, for it teaches this great truth in the most impressive manner, and no other institution does this. The true ground of divine worship, not of that on the seventh day merely, but of all worship, is found in the distinction between the Creator and His creatures. This great fact can never become obsolete, and must never be forgotten.” (J. N. Andrews,History of the Sabbath, chapter 27.) It was to keep this truth ever before our minds, that God instituted the Sabbath in Eden; and so long as the fact that He is our Creator continues to be a reason why we should worship Him, so long the Sabbath will continue as its sign and memorial. Had the Sabbath been universally kept, mankind’s thoughts and affections would have been led to the Creator as the object of reverence and worship, and there would never have been an idolater, an atheist, or an infidel. The keeping of the Sabbath is a sign of loyalty to the true God, “Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.” It follows that the message which commands us to worship God and keep His commandments will especially call upon us to keep the fourth commandment.—The Great Controversy, 436-438.{HB 189.4}[4]
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