我们回天家-第75章
3月14日 洁净圣殿
我们回天家-第75章
Cleansing the Temple, March 14
我们回天家-第75章
“岂不知你们是神的殿,神的灵住在你们里头吗”(林前3:16)?{HB91.1}[1]
我们回天家-第75章
Do you not know that you are the temple of God?—1 Corinthians 3:16.{HB 91.1}[1]
我们回天家-第75章
耶稣洁净圣殿,就是宣布祂作弥赛亚的使命,并开始祂的工作。这原为上帝居住而造的圣殿,是要给以色列和全世界的人作实际的教训。亘古以来,上帝的本意,是要每一个受造的生灵,从光明圣洁的撒拉弗以至于人类,都作创造主所居住的圣殿。但因为罪,人类就不能再作上帝的居所。人心受了罪恶的污秽和蒙蔽,已不再显示上帝的荣耀。然而,上帝的儿子成了肉身,上天的旨意得以成全了。上帝便住在人性之中,藉着救赎的恩惠,人心重新成了祂的圣殿。上帝要耶路撒冷的圣殿永世见证每一个人所能达到的崇高程度。可是犹太人虽为此建筑物如此自豪,但竟不懂其中重要的意义。他们没有献上自己作为圣灵的殿。耶路撒冷圣殿的院子,充满了可憎之营业的吵攘之声,正像人心的殿,被肉体的情欲和不洁的思想所玷污。耶稣洁净圣殿,赶出其中属世的买卖人,就是宣布祂洁净人心罪污的使命──洁净那些腐化人心的世俗的企图,自私的欲望和邪恶的习惯。“万军之耶和华说……你们所寻求的主,必忽然进入祂的殿,立约的使者,就是你们所仰慕的,快要来到。他来的日子,谁能当得起呢?祂显现的时候,谁能立得住呢?因为祂如炼金之人的火,如漂布之人的碱。祂必坐下如炼净银子的,必洁净利未人,熬炼他们像金银一样”(玛3:1-3)。……{HB91.2}[2]
我们回天家-第75章
In the cleansing of the temple, Jesus was announcing His mission as the Messiah, and entering upon His work. That temple, erected for the abode of the divine Presence, was designed to be an object lesson for Israel and for the world. From eternal ages it was God’s purpose that every created being, from the bright and holy seraph to individual men and women, should be a temple for the indwelling of the Creator. Because of sin, humanity ceased to be a temple for God. Darkened and defiled by evil, the human heart no longer revealed the glory of the Divine One. But by the incarnation of the Son of God, the purpose of Heaven is fulfilled. God dwells in humanity, and through saving grace people’s hearts become again His temple. God designed that the temple at Jerusalem should be a continual witness to the high destiny open to every soul. But the Jews had not understood the significance of the building they regarded with so much pride. They did not yield themselves as holy temples for the Divine Spirit. The courts of the temple at Jerusalem, filled with the tumult of unholy traffic, represented all too truly the temple of the heart, defiled by the presence of sensual passion and unholy thoughts. In cleansing the temple from the world’s buyers and sellers, Jesus announced His mission to cleanse the heart from the defilement of sin—from the earthly desires, the selfish lusts, the evil habits, that corrupt the soul. “The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: and He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver.” (Malachi 3:1-3.) . . .{HB 91.2}[2]
我们回天家-第75章
人心被一切罪恶所侵占,单靠自己不能将其驱逐出去。只有基督能洁净人的心殿。然而祂决不勉强进来。祂现在到人心里来,与到从前的圣殿不同,因为祂说:“看哪!我站在门外叩门,若有听见我声音就开门的,我要进到他那里去”(启3:20)。……祂一来了,就必洁净心灵,使之成圣,以致可以成为上帝的圣殿,“成为上帝藉着圣灵居住的所在”(弗2:22)。(《历代的愿望》161,162页){HB91.3}[3]
我们回天家-第75章
We cannot by ourselves cast out the evil throng that have taken possession of the heart. Only Christ can cleanse the soul temple. But He will not force an entrance. He comes not into the heart as to the temple of old; but He says, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him.” (Revelation 3:20.) . . . His presence will cleanse and sanctify the soul, so that it may be a holy temple unto the Lord, and “an habitation of God through the Spirit.” (Ephesians 2:21, 22.)—The Desire of Ages, 161, 162.{HB 91.3}[3]
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