330 中翻英 (70) Preface of the book "A Table in theWilderness." 曠野的筵席序言 3/19/2023

330  中翻英 (70)   Preface of the book "A Table in theWilderness."   曠野的筵席序言    3/19/2023    

Our heavenly Father, I beg You to have a mercy on me.  I am not trying to steal the honor of author's from his book which it is to glory You.  My purpose is to let much people to know You.  I repent my sin before You.  I beg You to forgive my sin. I will not do it again.  I pray in Jesus' holy name.  Amen.

編輯者深深的向訪友致歉意。"中翻英每日晨曦默思" 將近上網三個月 ，而未介紹本書的著作人  --- 金彌爾弟兄（Brother AngusI．Kinear），他從倪柝聲弟兄的講台信息及談話記錄摘選匯集而成(細節請參閱中文版的 "卷首語".) 還要說的一句話是金彌爾弟兄在他所著的序言中的一句很長的心裡話 : Few modern Chinese preachers have so glorified Christ and so edified their hearers as did Watchman Nee from the depth of his experience and the breadth of his reading(在現代中國的傳道人中，很少有像倪柝聲弟兄那樣，從他的經驗深度和閱讀廣度中，如此榮耀主耶穌基督，如此造就他們的福音聽眾。)  倪柝聲弟兄是編輯者自幼就深受其屬靈著作所感動的年輕上帝的僕人. 

 卷首語

曠野的筵席（A Table in theWilderness）一書，原系英文本，乃金彌爾弟兄（Brother AngusI．Kinear）從倪柝聲弟兄的講台信息及談話記錄摘選匯集而成。我們翻譯該書之時，曾自原著中刪去二十多篇，而由倪弟兄的其它中文著作選出相等篇幅，以補此缺。

全書共三百六十五篇，內容富有屬靈供應及啟發性，非僅安慰、勸勉及教導而已，凡有心追求生命長進及對主有更深認識者，日讀一篇，必獲裨益，愿主祝福這書，阿們。        

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三月十九日

「.... 只是非因律法，我就不知何為罪。非律法說，"不可起貪心。"  我就不知何為貪心。」（羅馬書     7:7    新國際版  ）

神識透了我的本相，祂知道我從頭到腳都充滿了罪。祂知道我在討祂喜悅的事上，是全然軟弱，并毫無所能。難處就在于我對這些沒有認識。我承認世人都是罪人，而我也是其中之一，不過我以為自己會比一些人更有希望。雖然我承認自己是軟弱，但我卻不完全相信這是真的。為此，神就使用律法，來使我認識這一件事實。因我們越是設法滿足律法的要求時，我們的失敗便越發顯明出來。保羅就是因著律法才真實的認識了自己。這律法是從「不可起貪心」開始的，無論保羅對律法其它部份的經歷如何，這第十條誡命（直譯為「不可有欲望」）是使他看見自己本相的。這誡命把他面對面的帶到圣洁的神面前。

March 19

".... Indeed I would not have know what sin was except through the law。For I would not have known what coveting realy was if the law had not said，" Do not covet." (Romans 7:7  NIV)

God understands my sinful nature. He knows that I am full of sin from head to toe. The problem is that I don't know God knows that I am quite weak and can not pleasing Him.  I admit that the whole people of the world  are sinner.  I am the one of them.  However,  I thought I would be better than someone else. While I recognize my weak, and I don't think quite that it's true.  Therefore, God used the law to make me realize this fact. For the more we try to meet the requirements of the law, the more our failure becomes apparent. It was through the law that Paul truly knew himself. The law begins with "Thou shalt not covet." Regardless of Paul's experience with the rest of the law, this tenth commandment (literally "Thou shalt not covet") was what made him see himself for who he was. This commandment brought him face to face with a holy God.