传道良助-第44章
第43章 传道人在家里
传道良助-第44章
Chap. 43 The Minister in His Home
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上帝希望圣经教师在自己的家庭生活中示范他所教导的真理。一个人的为人比他所说的话具有更大的影响。日常生活的虔诚会给公开的见证带来力量。忍耐、仁爱和言行一致能感动讲道所无法感动的心。{GW 204.1}[1]
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God designs that in his home life the teacher of the Bible shall be an exemplification of the truths that he teaches. What a man is, has greater influence than what he says. Piety in the daily life will give power to the public testimony. Patience, consistency, and love will make an impression on hearts that sermons fail to reach. {GW 204.1}[1]
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传道人对周围远近的人都有责任,但他的第一本分却是对自己的儿女。他不应该单顾外面的本分,而忽略了孩子们所需要的教训。他也许把自己的家庭本分看为次要,但实际上这些本分却是个人与社会福利的基础。个人的幸福和教会的成功,在很大的程度上有赖于家庭中的感化力。正确履行日常生活的本分,关系到永恒的利益。世上所最需要的,不是大思想家,而是造福家庭的好人。{GW 204.2}[2]
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The minister's duties lie around him, nigh and afar off; but his first duty is to his children. He should not become so engrossed with his outside duties as to neglect the instruction which his children need. He may look upon his home duties as of lesser importance; but in reality they lie at the very foundation of the well-being of individuals and of society. To a large degree the happiness of men and women and the success of the church depend upon home influence. Eternal interests are involved in the proper discharge of the every-day duties of life. The world is not so much in need of great minds, as of good men, who are a blessing in their homes. {GW 204.2}[2]
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传道人没有理由因外面更大范围的工作而忽略了家庭的责任。家庭的属灵福利是最重要的。在最后算账之时,上帝要问他有没有努力把他所生育的儿女带到基督面前。他虽然为别人作了许多善事,仍不能勾销他因忽略自己的儿女而欠上帝的债。{GW 204.3}[3]
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Nothing can excuse the minister for neglecting the inner circle for the larger circle outside. The spiritual welfare of his family comes first. In the day of final reckoning, God will inquire what he did to win to Christ those whom he took the responsibility of bringing into the world. Great good done for others cannot cancel the debt that he owes to God to care for his own children. {GW 204.3}[3]
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传道人的家中应当有团结的气氛。这相当于一篇实际敬虔的有效讲道。传道人夫妇既然忠心履行家中的本分,实行节制、纠正、劝勉、教导、引领的工作,他们就更适合作教会的工,并且不断增添加在家庭外完成上帝工作的力量。家庭的成员成为天上家庭的成员,成为一股行善的力量,能产生深远的影响。{GW 204.4}[4]
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There should exist in the minister's family a unity that will preach an effectual sermon on practical godliness. As the minister and his wife faithfully do their duty in the home, restraining, correcting, advising, counseling, guiding, they are becoming better fitted to labor in the church, and are multiplying agencies for the accomplishment of God's work outside the home. The members of the family become members of the family above, and are a power for good, exerting a far-reaching influence. {GW 204.4}[4]
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反之,传道人如果让儿女在顽梗背逆中长大,他讲台工作的感化力就会被他儿女的不良行为所抵消。人若不能约束自己家中的成员,就不能很好地为上帝的教会服务,并保护教会避免纷争与冲突。{GW 205.1}[5]
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On the other hand, the minister who allows his children to grow up unruly and disobedient, will find that the influence of his labors in the pulpit is counteracted by the unlovely course of his children. He who cannot control the members of his own family, cannot properly minister to the church of God, or preserve it from strife and controversy. {GW 205.1}[5]
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【家中的礼貌】
现今有一种危险,就是不注意日常生活中的细节。传道人在家庭里不可忘记说仁爱和鼓励的话。我传道的弟兄啊,你在家庭中是否表显出粗鲁,冷漠和无礼呢?若是这样,不论你说得有多好听,依然是违犯诫命的。你若在家庭生活中不表显上帝的爱,无论你怎样恳切地对别人传道,仍然没有达到为你所立的标准。不要以为离开了圣洁的讲台就冷嘲热讽,戏谑说笑的人依然是基督的代表。他心中没有上帝的爱,却充满了自私之爱和唯我独尊之念,表明他还没有正确地估计神圣的事物。基督没有与他同在,他的心中也没有感受到现代真理严肃信息的重要性。{GW 205.2}[6]
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【Courtesy in the Home】
There is danger of failing to give due attention to the little things of life. There should be no neglect on the part of the minister to speak kindly, encouraging words in the family circle. My ministering brother, do you, in the home circle, show rudeness, unkindness, impoliteness? If you do, no matter how high your profession, you are breaking the commandments. No matter how earnestly you may preach to others, if you fail to manifest the love of Christ in your home life, you are falling short of the standard set for you. Think not that the man who goes from the sacred desk to indulge in harsh, sarcastic remarks, or in jesting and joking, is a representative of Christ. The love of God is not in him. His heart is filled with self-love, self-importance, and he makes it manifest that he has not a true estimate of sacred things. Christ is not with him, and he does not go weighted with the solemn message of truth for this time. {GW 205.2}[6]
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传道人的儿女有时是世界上最受忽略的孩子,因为父亲很少与他们同在,他们只得自己找事情做,自己去寻娱乐。如果传道人家里有男孩子,他就不应把他们完全交给母亲照顾。这个责任对于母亲来说实在太重。他自己应当作他们的伴侣和朋友,竭力使他们远离恶伴,让他们做有益的事。有时作母亲可能缺乏自制力。丈夫既然看到这一点,就当多负一点责任,尽力引导孩子们归向上帝。{GW 206.1}[7]
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Ministers' children are in some cases the most neglected children in the world, for the reason that the father is with them but little, and they are left to choose their own employment and amusement. If a minister has a family of boys, he should not leave them wholly to the care of the mother. This is too heavy a burden for her. He should make himself their companion and friend. He should exert himself to keep them from evil associates, and should see that they have useful work to do. It may be hard for the mother to exercise self-control. If the husband sees this, he should take more of the burden upon himself, doing all in his power to lead his boys to God. {GW 206.1}[7]
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凡有儿女的传道人妻子应当记住,她在自己家中有一个布道的园地,她必须用不倦的精力和不息的热情作工,明白自己工作的效果要存到永远。她儿女的生命岂不是与外邦人一样宝贵么?既然如此,她就当以慈爱照顾他们。她有责任向世人彰显家庭宗教的力量与优美。她应当受原则支配,而不是受情感支配,她在工作中要意识到上帝是她的帮助者。她不可因任何事物而转离自己的使命。{GW 206.2}[8]
传道良助-第44章
Let the minister's wife who has children remember that in her home she has a missionary field in which she should labor with untiring energy and unflagging zeal, knowing that the results of her work will endure throughout eternity. Are not the souls of her children of as much value as the souls of the heathen? then let her tend them with loving care. She is charged with the responsibility of showing to the world the power and excellence of home religion. She is to be controlled by principle, not by impulse, and she is to work with the consciousness that God is her helper. She is to allow nothing to divert her from her mission. {GW 206.2}[8]
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母亲如果与基督有密切的联络,她的感化力就有无限的价值。她的爱心服务使家庭成为一个伯特利。基督与她同工,使今生的凡水变成天庭的美酒。她的儿女长大成人,会成为她今生和来世的福惠与尊荣。{GW 206.3}[9]
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The influence of the mother who has a close connection with Christ is of infinite worth. Her ministry of love makes the home a Bethel. Christ works with her, turning the common water of life into the wine of heaven. Her children will grow up to be a blessing and an honor to her in this life and in the life to come. {GW 206.3}[9]
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