677 英翻中 (377) The Good News. 福音的好消息. 2/18/2024

677 英翻中 (377)                          The Good News.                  福音的好消息.                2/18/2024      

Feb.  18.        The Good News.        Bible reading : Luke 24: 44-49        Key verse : John  3:16                2 月 18 日     福音的好消息.          讀經 : 路加福音 24:44-49                鑰節 :        約翰福音 3:16

                    For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that                                                                        whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.                                                          因為上帝愛世人, 甚至將祂的獨生子賜給他們,                                                                                        叫一切凡信祂的, 不至滅亡, 反得永生.

        The concept of news in our culture is overwhelmingly pessimistic.  Murder, extortion, political, corruption, disease, poerty, war --- these are the staple elements in the majority of influential news periodicals and television programming.                                                                                                              在我們文化中的新聞意念非常的悲觀.  諸如: 謀殺, 勒索, 政治, 腐敗, 疾病, 貧窮, 和戰爭——這些意念出自大多數有影響力的新聞期刊和電視節目的主要節目.

        Perhaps that is why the good news (the translation of the Greek word for "gospel") is viewd with skepticism and cynicism.                                                                                                                                      也許這就是為什麼人們對好消息（希臘語的翻譯 “Gospel '福音' ”）持懷疑和憤世嫉俗的心態的緣故.

        "There must be a catch somewhere," modern man sneers.  "I do not know of anything today that is completely good."                                                                                                                                                  現代人冷笑道,  "一定在什麼地方出問題,  今天不知道有什麼完全好的事.”

        What he fails to understanding is that this gospel, this good news, is about the perfect God-man, the Lord Jesus Christ, Whose offer of salvatiom is untainted and unblemished.  The startling good news of the gospel is that Jesus Christ has dealt with the bad news about sin, which infects all men, receiving its death blow on our behalf.  Now, man can receive the fantastic free gift of salvation by simple faith in Christ, belieiving that He died for our sins and rose again on our behalf.                                                           他對這個福音, 這個好消息, 是關於一位是完全的上帝, 又是完全的人的 "主耶穌基督", 有關祂所提供的救恩是純潔和完全聖潔的意念不明白.   福音是令人震驚的好消息, 是耶穌基督已經處理了關於罪的惡劣消息, 罪感染了所有人, 就為贖我們的罪被釘死在十字架上.   現在, 我們可以透過簡單地信仰基督, 相信祂為我們的罪而死, 並為我們復活而獲得奇妙的, 免費的救恩禮物.

        The good news of the gospel is for the asking.  It is free.  It is permanent.  It is for every age, every temperament, every color, and every creed.  No prejudice.  No strings.  No gimmicks.                                    福音的好消息是為了祈求而存在的.  這是免費的.  好消息是永久並且是適合每個年齡, 每種氣質, 不同膚色和每種信仰而傳播的, 沒有偏見.  沒有琴弦.  沒有特別裝置.

        The gospel is this:  God love you, died for your sins, and offers you His eternal friendship --- all that's needed is your personal response of faith,                                                                                                  福音是：上帝愛你, 且為你的罪而死, 並為你提供祂永恆的友誼 --- 惟一所需要的, 只是你個人的信心回應.

              Father, thank You for the good news of the gospel, which is revealed in Your Word.                                  Thank You that You that Your offer of salvation is free.  I humbly receive it!                                               我們在天上的父, 感謝祢在祢的話語中所啟示的福音好消息.                                                               感謝祢提供的救恩是白白免費的.  我謙卑的前來接受！