687 英翻中 ((387) The Foundation of Your Faith. 你信心的基礎. 2/28/2024

687 英翻中 ((387)                        The Foundation of Your Faith.             你信心的基礎.     2/28/2024           

Feb.  28.         The Foundation of Your Faith.  Bible reading : 2 Cor. 3:1-11   Key verse : James 1:6-7       2月 28 日      你信心的基礎.                          讀經：哥林多前書 2 3:1-11   鑰節 : 雅各書 1:6-7

Let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and   tossed by the wind.  For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord.      讓他憑著信心祈求, 不要有任何懷疑, 因為懷疑的人, 就像海中的波浪, 被風吹動, 翻騰.  凡是這樣的人, 不要以為他會從主耶穌那裡得到任何的祝福.

      It was 1866 in England, and pastor Samuel J. Stone’s congregation was in an uproar.  In fact, the Church of England was in a state of upheaval.  A certain bishop had just written a book concerning the authenticity of the first five books of the Bible.                                                              1866 年在英國, 沙母爾·J·斯通(Samuel J. Stone’s)牧師的聽眾一片嘩然.  事實上, 英國國教正處於動盪之中.  某位主教剛寫了一本關於《聖經》前五卷書的真實性的說明.                   

      In his “intellectual” examination of these books, the bishop called their accuracy into question.  Liberals in the church side with this bishop, while the conservative group continued to assert the inerrancy of all Scripture.  The debate raged.  Samuel Stone was concerned for the health and stability of his congregation.  Controversy was tearing them apart, and surely, severe consequences would  follow.                                                                                                                  在對這些書進行「智慧的」審查時, 主教對它們的準確性提出了質疑.  教會中的自由派站在這位主教這邊, 而保守派則繼續堅稱所有聖經都是無誤的.  爭論非常激烈.  塞繆爾·斯通關心會眾的健康和穩定.  爭議使他們分裂, 當然, 嚴重的後果也會隨之而來.

      To combat this growing division, Stone composed a series of hymns that focused on church unity.  With stirring words he celebrated Christ’s eternal position as Head of the church in his most famous hymn, “The Church’s One Foundation.”                                                                          為了對抗這種日益嚴重的分歧, 史東創作了一系列關注教會團結的讚美詩.  他在他最著名的讚美詩《教會的惟一根基》中, 用激動人心的話語慶祝了基督作為教會元首的永恆地位.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Seeing Christ as the cornerstone of the body of believers puts peripheral church issues perspective.  You are not swayed by every wind of philosophy and every controversy because you measure them by the Lord (James 1:6-7).  On the steadfast mountain of Christ and His Word ystand prepared for every issue.                                                                                                      將基督視為信徒身體的房角石, 可以正確看待教會的外圍問題.  你不會被一切哲學之風和任何爭論所左右, 因為你是透過主的道, 來衡量它們的（雅各書 1：6-7）.  在基督和祂話的堅固盤石上, 你已經為每一個問題做好了準備.

Our heavenly Father,  help me build my life on the foundation of Your Word, prepared                to face every issue on the basis of its life-changing truths.                                                              我們在天上的父, 求祢幫助我, 在祢話語的基礎上建立我的生活, 準備好以祢的道                為基礎面對改變生命的任何真理來解決每一個問題.