631 英翻中 (331) Holy in Behavior. 行事為人要聖潔. 1/3/2024

631 英翻中 (331)               Holy in Behavior.                 行事為人要聖潔.                    1/3/2024

Jan. 3rd.    Holy in Behavior        Bible verses :1 Peter 1:14-16               Key verse : Leviticus 11:44      1 月 3 日   行事為人要聖潔.       聖經經節 :    彼前一書 1:14-16          鑰節 :         利未記 11:44

I am the Lord your God.  You shall there fore onsecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy.                                                                                                                                                              我是主你們的上帝.  因此, 你們要在那裡自潔, 成為聖潔;  因為我是聖潔的.     

God commanded Israel to be holy because He is holy.  He also admonished them to remain clean spiritually by not becoming involved in any impurity --- greed, lust, idolatry, or wrongful attitudes.  In other words, they had to abstain from compromising the sincerity of their faith, love, and devotion to the Lord.                                                                                                                                                        上帝命令以色列人要聖潔, 因為祂是聖潔的.  祂也告誡他們要保持靈性上的聖潔, 不要陷入任何不潔的事物——貪婪、情慾、偶像崇拜或錯誤的心態.  換句話說, 必須避免他們對主的信仰、愛和奉獻的誠意的沾污.

Why was doing that so important, and is this commandment relative to us today?  God gave Israel this instruction because He loved them and wanted them to experience the goodness of His blessing.  God can not bless disobedience.                                                                                                                          為什麼保持聖潔這麼重要？今天這條誡命與我們有關係嗎？ 上帝給以色列人這個教導, 是因為祂愛他們, 並希望他們經歷祂所祝福的良善.  上帝對背逆的人不給祝福。

Satan has one goal in mind for the lost man: keep him spiritually lost and estranged from God.  The enemy’s goal for the believer is to discourage him and cause him to compromise his faith by yielding to temptation.                                                                                                                                                    撒但對失喪的人有一個目標：讓他在靈性上喪失並與上帝疏遠,  敵人對信徒的目標是讓他灰心喪志, 並屈服於試探而損害他的信仰。

The enemy accomplishes this by tempting us to sin and then by accusing us before the Father.  When we yield to temptation, we stifle the flow of God’s grace in our lives, and our spiritual insight becomes fuzzier.                                                                                                                                                          敵人藉引誘使我們犯罪, 然後在天父面前控告我們來達到這個目的.  當我們屈服於試探時, 牠就扼殺了上帝恩典在我們生命中的能力, 並且我們的屬靈洞察力也變得更模糊。

There is only one way to live, and that is in purity and devotion to Christ.  The apostle Peter wrote, “As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also, be holy in all your conduct”(1 Peter 1:14-15).                                                信徒只有生活在聖潔和降服基督的事奉裡. 使徒彼得寫道,  "當為順命的兒女, 不要順從過去的情慾, 像你們從前那般的無知; 但既然蒙聖潔的主呼召, 你們就當像祂在一切行事為人上, 一樣的聖潔"（彼前 1：14-15）.

Heavenly Father, keep me from temptation.  Do not let me stifle the flow of Your grace in my life.      天父阿! 求祢保守我避免試探.  不要讓我止住祢恩典在我生命中的流暢.