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All trinity studies Previous Download 看中文 Next Father and Son Created Man and Woman in Their Divine Image FATHER AND SON CREATED MAN AND WOMAN IN THEIR DIVINE IMAGE (PP chapter 2) CHRIST ALONE IS THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF GOD [Quote] Man was to bear God's image, both in outward resemblance and in character. CHRIST ALONE is “the express image” (Hebrews 1:3) of the Father; but man was formed in the likeness of God. His nature was in harmony with the will of God. His mind was capable of comprehending divine things. His affections were pure; his appetites and passions were under the control of reason. He was holy and happy in bearing the image of God and in perfect obedience to His will. PP 45.2 [Analysis] This quote necessitates that only two divine beings are in the exact same image. If God was a trinity and all three persons created man in their own image, then how is it that ONLY the Son of God is the express image of the Father's person? Where is the other person who is supposed to be the other express image of the Father? [Analysis] Only Christ is the express image of the Father because He is the only begotten Son who inherited His Father's features, nature and attributes. If the Holy Spirit was another divine being that is also the express image of the Father, then the Father would have had two begotten Sons! Does God have two begotten Sons? No! Christ is the ONLY begotten Son (John 1:14; 3:16) of God. Or as some suggest, does Christ have two Fathers? Never! There is only one Father in heaven, who is both Christ's Father and our Father (Matt 23:9; John 20:17; 1 Cor 8:6; Eph 4:6)! ONLY ONE EQUAL TO GOD [Quote] Among all the creatures that God had made on the earth, there was not one equal to man. And God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” Man was not made to dwell in solitude; he was to be a social being. Without companionship the beautiful scenes and delightful employments of Eden would have failed to yield perfect happiness. Even communion with angels could not have satisfied his desire for sympathy and companionship. There was none of the same nature to love and to be loved. PP 46.1 [Analysis] Before Eve was taken out of Adam, there was not one creature equal to man. Then God created a woman who had the same nature and was one equal to man. Now man and woman were made in the image of God and Christ (the express image of God). Just as Christ was begotten of the Father and was (and still is) equal to Him, so likewise Eve was begotten of Adam (or the express image of Adam) and was equal to him, because they were made in the image of God and His Son. [Analysis] If God was a trinity and the first human beings were made in the image of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, then God should have made two more human beings to make a threesome of equal beings in order to reflect the image of the Trinity. CHRIST IS GOD'S SECOND SELF [Quote] God Himself gave Adam a companion. He provided “an help meet for him” - a helper corresponding to him - one who was fitted to be his companion, and who could be one with him in love and sympathy. Eve was created from a rib taken from the side of Adam, signifying that she was not to control him as the head, nor to be trampled under his feet as an inferior, but to stand by his side as an equal, to be loved and protected by him. A part of man, bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh, she was his second self, showing the close union and the affectionate attachment that should exist in this relation. “For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it.” Ephesians 5:29. “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one.” PP 46.2 [Analysis] The close union between Adam and Eve was a reflection of the close union between the Father and Son. The two divine beings are one in character and purpose. As the Son of God, Christ is not inferior to God, but He stands by God's side as an equal. Having come out of God, Christ is a part of God, He is God's second self, just as Eve was a part of Adam and was Adam's second self. That leaves no room for a third being. [Analysis] If God was a trinity and the first human beings were made in the image of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, then marriage should have been between three persons instead of two. Instead of "the two shall become one," it should have been "the three shall become one." The fact that God and Christ created two human beings that reflect their image and made the two humans one in love and sympathy, tells us that two divine beings did the creating, not three as per the Trinity doctrine. PRAISE TO THE CREATOR FATHER AND SON [Quote] While they remained true to God, Adam and his companion were to bear rule over the earth. Unlimited control was given them over every living thing. The lion and the lamb sported peacefully around them or lay down together at their feet. The happy birds flitted about them without fear; and as their glad songs ascended to the praise of their Creator, Adam and Eve united with them in thanksgiving to the FATHER and the SON. 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返回研究目录 上一篇 下载中文 下一篇 守安息日为圣 今天我们要简单地探讨安息日这个课题当中的一些要点。相信这教导对许多人来说是了如指掌的，也是多年以来最备受关注的课题，特别是安息日会复临信徒。 大多数人是因为安息日而认识了基督复临安息日会这个教派。事实上，上帝在过去兴起基督复临安息日会的主要目的之一，就是要恢复安息日的遵守。上帝已指定我们必须在这一天敬拜祂，这也是十条诫命当中的第四条。 在怀爱伦先知的著作里有一个预言清楚说到：“时候将到，安息日将会被世人轻视”。首先，让我们回到上帝的诫命，是记载在出埃及记，并详细地读完第四条诫命，然后再看看可以从中汲取什么教训。 出埃及记 20:8-11 “当记念安息日，守为圣日。六日要劳碌作你一切的工，但第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作，因为六日之内，耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以耶和华赐福与安息日，定为圣日。 这里说当记念安息日，并要做什么呢？守为圣日。这是第四条诫命中的核心点。我们不仅要纪念安息日，还要守这日为圣。那我们知道安息日的设立是为了纪念创世大工，纪念上帝在六日之内创造天地万物并在第七日安息了。 因此，安息日的设立是为了让我们纪念创造跟我们的创造主。但是它并没有停在那里，上帝不仅单单要我们纪念祂。这段经文接着说： 守为圣日。六日要劳碌作你一切的工，但第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作，因为六日之内，耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以耶和华赐福与安息日，定为圣日。 我想花一点时间来探讨这个圣洁,或神圣的概念。因为这是第四条诫命的中心点。我们不光要纪念安息日，还要守它为圣日。现在就让我们翻开圣经的最后一本书，启示录 15:3-4。 启示录 15:3-4 唱上帝仆人摩西的歌和羔羊的歌，说：“主上帝，全能者啊，你的作为大哉，奇哉！万世之王啊（“世”或作“国”），你的道途义哉，诚哉！主啊，谁敢不敬畏你，不将荣耀归与你的名呢？因为独有你是圣的，万民都要来在你面前敬拜，因你公义的作为已经显出来了。” 在这里，我们读到唯独上帝是圣洁的。问题是，诫命要我们守安息日为圣。但是这里却说独有上帝才是圣的。换句话说，上帝是唯一圣洁的一位，那祂如何命令我们守这日为圣或使我们成圣呢？ 我们必须明白的是，上帝有一位独生子，从祂怀里出来的亲生儿子，希伯来书称耶稣为上帝本体的真像。那作为上帝真实的儿子并祂本体的真像，耶稣与父一样，同是圣洁的。不然的话，祂就不是真神的真像了。 这就是圣洁的泉源结束的地方，就是唯独上帝，那万有的本源，和祂儿子耶稣在本质上是圣洁的。因此，除了他们俩以外没有人是圣洁的。除非我们与圣洁的源头结合，或领受祂们的圣洁。 让我们来探讨圣经中几个有关圣洁的情景，几个与上帝和祂的圣洁有关联的例子。我们从启示录 4：8-11 开始。 启示录 4:8-11 四活物各有六个翅膀，遍体内外都满了眼睛。他们昼夜不住地说：“圣哉，圣哉，圣哉，主上帝是昔在、今在、以后永在的全能者！”每逢四活物将荣耀、尊贵、感谢归给那坐在宝座上、活到永永远远者的时候，那二十四位长老就俯伏在坐宝座的面前敬拜那活到永永远远的，又把他们的冠冕放在宝座前，说：“我们的主，我们的上帝，你是配得荣耀、尊贵、权柄的，因为你创造了万物，并且万物是因你的旨意被创造而有的。” 我们能够想象这幕场景吗？围绕着上帝宝座的所有生物都清楚理解圣洁是什么。我们都必须查考圣经以学习有关圣洁的课题，因为遵守第四条诫命是极为重要的。 在安息日休息不工作是不足够的，加上我们不但要纪念这一日，还要做到守安息日为圣。由此，今天我们每一个人都必须知道如何守安息日为圣。 我们必须明白的是，我个人对圣的定义和你对圣的定义也许会不一样，每个人或许有自己的看法和理解，所以我们必须从圣经中找出它最正确的定义。 我们先来看圣经里的一个故事，它特别为我们启示，一个人若没有跟从与圣洁攸关的指示，其所带来的后果会是怎样的，而且这后果必是非常严重的。我们来看 撒母耳记下 6:6-11 到了拿艮的禾场，因为牛失前蹄（或作“惊跳”），乌撒就伸手扶住上帝的约柜。上帝耶和华向乌撒发怒，因这错误击杀他，他就死在上帝的约柜旁。大卫因耶和华击杀（原文作“闯杀”）乌撒，心里愁烦，就称那地方为毗列斯乌撒，直到今日。那日，大卫惧怕耶和华，说：“耶和华的约柜怎可运到我这里来？”于是大卫不肯将耶和华的约柜运进大卫的城，却运到迦特人俄别以东的家中。耶和华的约柜在迦特人俄别以东家中三个月，耶和华赐福给俄别以东和他的全家。 当我们读到这个故事时，我们可能会想，等等，这是怎么回事呢，为什么会这样。这个人单纯地只想做一件好事。眼看牛失蹄了，这位男人就因为害怕约柜会倒在地上，而伸出援手去扶住它。 他是怀着善意的，他的出发点单单是想避免约柜倒在地上。到底他何错之有呢？如果我们只读完这段经文，我们可能心想我们所侍奉的上帝或许不太公平，甚至有些残忍。 为什么上帝要击杀这位好心人呢？让我们翻开民数记以找出答案。民数记 4:15 民数记 4:15 将要起营的时候，亚伦和他儿子把圣所和圣所的一切器具遮盖完了，哥辖的子孙就要来抬，只是不可摸圣物，免得他们死亡。会幕里这些物件是哥辖子孙所当抬的。 “将要起营的时候，亚伦和他儿子把圣所和圣所的一切器具遮盖完了，哥辖的子孙就要来抬”， 让我们在这里停顿一下。我们知道以色列人在旷野搭建了一个圣幕。我们也晓得这些以色列人不会长久呆在一处，他们在旷野中不断迁移。所以上帝在如何设立圣所并谁能在圣所里供职这些方面上给了他们清楚的指示，而且祂这样做是有原因的。让我们继续读完这节经文。 “只是不可摸圣物，免得他们死亡。会幕里这些物件是哥辖子孙所当抬的。” 上帝无比清楚地给了他们明确的指示，让他们知道要如何处理圣物。另外，我们从这里学到的教训就是，圣洁是比我们想象中还要大的，且更为要紧的。 话说回来，大卫在这件事情发生后心里非常矛盾和困惑。他无法理解上帝为什么要这么做。怀爱伦先知在先祖与先知这本书里 有稍微谈到大卫当时的反应。让我们来读一读，看看事情为什么会如此发生。 大卫与他的百姓会合，他们安排了这项神圣的任务，是以欢欣乐意的心情来从事的； 但由于他们没有遵照耶和华的指示而行，因此祂就不能悦纳他们的服务。非利士人不知道上帝的律例，所以当他们把约柜送回以色列之地时，虽然把它放在牛车上运走，但耶和华却认可他们如此行。可是以色列人的手中有上帝的圣旨，有关于搬运约柜之事的明确指示，所以当他们忽略了这些指示，就是侮辱了上帝。乌撒则犯了更大的擅专之罪。他曾违犯了上帝的律法，故对约柜的神圣性感觉麻木了，他身上还有未曾承认的罪，竟敢冒犯上帝的禁令，而擅自触摸那代表上帝临格的象征。上帝不能接受一部分的顺从，不容许人在遵守他诫命的事上疏忽大意。他要借着那降在乌撒身上的刑罚使全以色列人得到深刻的印象，知道严格注意上帝命令的重要性。这样，一个人的死亡可以令百姓悔改，免得上帝的刑罚降在千万人身上。（怀爱伦著，《先祖与先知》原文第705页，第3段） “大卫与他的百姓会合，他们安排了这项神圣的任务，是以欢欣乐意的心情来从事的； 但由于他们没有遵照耶和华的指示而行，因此祂就不能悦纳他们的服务。非利士人不知道上帝的律例，所以当他们把约柜送回以色列之地时，虽然把它放在牛车上运走，但耶和华却认可他们如此行。” 上帝对他们的无知睁一只眼闭一只眼。上帝根据每个人所得到的亮光来审判各人。 “可是以色列人的手中有上帝的圣旨，有关于搬运约柜之事的明确指示，所以当他们忽略了这些指示，就是侮辱了上帝。乌撒则犯了更大的擅专之罪。他曾违犯了上帝的律法，故对约柜的神圣性感觉麻木了，他身上还有未曾承认的罪，竟敢冒犯上帝的禁令，而擅自触摸那代表上帝临格的象征。上帝不能接受一部分的顺从，不容许人在遵守他诫命的事上疏忽大意。” 朋友们，是什么造成死亡呢？什么事必定会导致死亡呢？就是罪，因为经上记着说，罪的工价乃是死。 “他要借着那降在乌撒身上的刑罚使全以色列人得到深刻的印象，知道严格注意上帝命令的重要性。这样，一个人的死亡可以令百姓悔改，免得上帝的刑罚降在千万人身上。” 所以即使在这一个大卫认为不公平的举动之中，我们也看见了上帝大爱的彰显，因为这件事救了千万人免受刑罚。不过上帝并没有任意选了乌撒来罚他或牺牲他的，而是乌撒本身有罪，因此承受了罪的代价。接下来，在怀爱伦著作中的下一面，她提到了大卫，我们来看。 上帝的谴责在大卫身上已经生效。他因此空前地体会到上帝律法的神圣，以及严格顺从的必要。上帝施恩给俄别以东全家，使大卫再希望约柜会使他和他的百姓蒙福。（怀爱伦著，《先祖与先知》原文第706页，第2段） 当然这里的律法是概括性的，这包括祂所有的律法和话语。但是当我们回到第四条诫命时，显而易见的就是这与我们所谈到的都有相同的道理。这是关乎一个神圣的课题，是一个宇宙的上帝要求或指示我们守之为圣的日子。 圣经里有一个很好的故事，虽然它与安息日没有直接的关系，但是它对我们今天所要学习和理解的道理很有帮助。这故事记载在路加福音 10:38-42，在我们读的当儿，我要你们好好思考以下这个问题，安息日其实是为了什么而被设立的呢？是什么让这一日成为圣洁的呢，而我们在那日又如何成为圣洁呢？ 路加福音 10:38-42 他们走路的时候，耶稣进了一个村庄。有一个女人名叫马大，接他到自己家里。她有一个妹子名叫马利亚，在耶稣脚前坐着听他的道。马大伺候的事多，心里忙乱，就进前来说：“主啊，我的妹子留下我一个人伺候，你不在意吗？请吩咐她来帮助我。”耶稣回答说：“马大，马大！你为许多的事思虑烦扰，但是不可少的只有一件，马利亚已经选择那上好的福分，是不能夺去的。” 圣经在这儿为我们呈现了两种人。 马利亚清楚明白耶稣的身份并耶稣对她的重要性。只要有机会与耶稣同在，她就愿意把所有的一切都放下，不让其他事物来占据她的思想。她想要做的唯一事情就是花时间与耶稣共处并与祂交谈，向祂学习并享受祂的同在。 反之，我们看到她的姐姐马大依然在劳碌奔波，忙东忙西，继续忙着做她一贯所做的事情。她忙着打扫，忙着预备食物等等，希望能为她的主预备一切，使他得到最好的待遇。 尽管如此，主以为我们预备了一个特别的日子，使我们能得到所谓的充电，一个我们都应该把焦点完全放在祂身上的日子。为什么呢？因为祂赐给了我们六天的时间来忙碌，来完成自己的私事。 这就是我们每一天的生活，我们必须做工，读书，做饭，打扫家居，照顾家人等等。但是到了第七日，耶稣以一种特别的方式来到我们的生命中。我们都晓得上帝给安息日赐下了特别的祝福。而玛利亚也清楚明白了与主同在并与主联系意味着什么。我们来看历代愿望一书中的一段引言。 马大不应该缺少“一件事”，就是安详虔诚的精神，一种对关乎将来不朽之生命的知识，和灵程长进所必需的恩典更为深邃的思虑。她应该少为暂时的事操心，而多为永恒的事焦急。耶稣教导他的儿女们，务必抓紧每一个机会来获得真知识，使他们能有得救的智慧。基督的圣工固然需要审慎积极的工人；广大的工作园地，正需要像马大这样热心从事宗教活动的人；但是，他们务要先同马利亚一起坐在耶稣脚前；务要藉基督的恩典使他们的殷勤、敏捷和魄力成圣；然后他们的人生才能成为一股不可征服的向善的力量。（怀爱伦著，《历代愿望》原文第525页，第2段） 弟兄姐妹们，若要遵守一个日子为圣，我们就必须与圣洁的来源合而为一。 我们都像马利亚一样，需要坐在耶稣的脚前向他学习，选择那永远不能被夺去的上好福分。我们像马大一样也需要常常竭力多作主工。那较高超的基督徒成就，惟在乎多用双膝跪下作诚恳的祈祷。……若有一丝自私的根保留在心灵之内，当不防备之时或要发芽生长，因而有多人沾染污秽。（怀爱伦著，《使我们认识祂》原文第351页，第4段） 在以赛亚书第58章最后两节，上帝在安息日的课题上给了我们一些明确的指示和教导，并让我们晓得上帝在这一天对我们的要求是什么。 以赛亚书 58:13-14 “你若在安息日掉转（或作“谨慎”）你的脚步，在我圣日不以操作为喜乐，称安息日为可喜乐的，称耶和华的圣日为可尊重的，而且尊敬这日，不办自己的私事，不随自己的私意，不说自己的私话，你就以耶和华为乐。耶和华要使你乘驾地的高处，又以你祖雅各的产业养育你。”这是耶和华亲口说的。 “你若在安息日掉转你的脚步，在我圣日不以操作为喜乐，称安息日为可喜乐的，称耶和华的圣日为可尊重的，而且尊敬这日，不办自己的私事，不随自己的私意，不说自己的私话。” 那我们要是不说自己的私话，那我们应该说谁的话和听谁的话呢？ 自己的话吗？我们一周内的成就吗？我们生意上的成绩吗？不是的，是基督的话语才对。玛利亚就是知道基督的话语有多么的可贵。她明白这些话语是公义和圣洁的来源。让我们继续读下去。 “你就以耶和华为乐。耶和华要使你乘驾地的高处，又以你祖雅各的产业养育你。这是耶和华亲口说的。”上帝藉着安息日赐下特别的福气给那些愿意领受的人。 论到安息日，有一件我们必须注意的事，是不要论断别人，因为我们不能看透人心，也不理解别人的处境。也许他人还未得到亮光，未明白安息日的真理，或者缺乏知识，不晓得要如何守安息日。这就是为什么上帝根据个人所得的亮光来审判世人。 尽管如此，上帝给我们祂的话语，即圣经和预言之灵，是有其原因的。我们得到了这些亮光，就应该好好地去研究，明白真理并与他人分享。现在让我们翻开教会证言卷六，来看看上帝赐给怀爱伦先知的一些知识，使我们有一些概念，在安息日来临前该做什么准备，并在安息日当天有什么要特别注意的。 安息日开始 在星期五这一天，为安息日所作的一切准备都应当完成。所有的衣服都要预备妥当，一切的饭食也当作好。此外如擦鞋，沐浴等事，均应一一办妥。这是可能做到的，只要你肯定规把它做成，则自然不难办到。安息日这天并不是给人缝补衣裳，烹调食物，寻求欢乐，或从事其它俗务的。在日落之前当将一切世俗的工作放在一边，一切世俗的报章杂志，也当收藏起来。做父母的当向儿女说明其所以如此行的原因和目的，并让他们也在这准备遵照诫命守安息日的事上有份。（怀爱伦著，《教会证言卷六》原文第355页，第3段） 根据上帝的话语，要遵守一个日子为圣是有一些条件的。我们再来看一段引言，也是同一页的上一段。 许多人须受教知道如何整肃仪表，以参赴安息日崇拜聚会。他们来到上帝面前，不应还穿着平素的衣服。各人都当有一身特为安息日而制备的服装，作为到上帝殿中参赴聚会时穿着之用。我们固然不应效法世界的风尚，但也决不可不关心自己的仪表。我们虽应避免盛妆艳服，但仍须讲求清洁整齐，因为上帝的子民在外表和内心都当纯洁。（怀爱伦著，《教会证言卷六》原文第355页，第2段） 接下来，我们来翻开第360页的第1段。 当我们迫不得已而需要在安息日旅行之时，也当设法避免与那些会吸引我们去注意俗事的人同行。当保守我们的心意，专心思念上帝，与衪谈心。遇有机会，就当向人传讲真理。要时常准备，以便救济受难的人，帮助缺乏者，在这一类的事情上，上帝要我们将衪所给的智慧和知识，付诸实用。但我们却不应商谈业务，或作任何普通的、世俗的谈话。因为随时随在，上帝都要我们藉着尊敬安息日，证实我们对衪的忠诚。（怀爱伦著，《教会证言卷六》原文第360页，第1段） “当我们迫不得已而需要在安息日旅行之时，也当设法避免与那些会吸引我们去注意俗事的人同行。当保守我们的心意，专心思念上帝，与衪谈心。遇有机会，就当向人传讲真理。要时常准备，以便救济受难的人，帮助缺乏者，在这一类的事情上，上帝要我们将衪所给的智慧和知识，付诸实用。但我们却不应商谈业务，或作任何普通的、世俗的谈话。” 我们不应该做任何世俗的谈话。为什么呢？记得我们在以赛亚书上所读的吗？在上帝的安息日不可说自己的私话。 “因为随时随在，上帝都要我们藉着尊敬安息日，证实我们对衪的忠诚。” 这段话是特别写给上帝的传道人的，就是那些到各个地方去传福音的弟兄姐妹们，当然我们尽可能要避免在圣安息日旅行到别的地方去。 但是如果无可避免的话，那我们应该注意我们的心思意念和言行举止。因为上帝所看的，是我们的出发点和我们行为的动机。 很多时候，我们没有遵守安息日的行为只是一些症状，而我们没有守安息日为圣的原因，或问题的根源，是因为我们个人没有与基督建立美好的关系。 也许我们还不明白玛利亚所明白的道理。我们没有玛利亚所拥有的欲望，就是当基督在她身边的时候她所要得到的。因此，很多时候，我们不断地想把这些症状治好，但却不断失败，也许每一次都失败。 因为我们没有对症下药，或更准确地说，我们不知道这问题的根本所在。好，现在让我们再读一段引言。 “我们要命令所有人，如果可以避免的话，尽可能不要在安息日洗他们的碗碟。在上帝的圣日做任何不必要的工作会让上帝蒙羞。如果可以的话，碗碟应该留到安息日结束之后才洗，这样做不会显得不一致，反而更加妥当。” （怀爱伦著，《信函》第104号，1901年，原文第9段） 我们尽可能避免在安息日洗碗碟，除非逼不得已。我们是在家里进行家庭崇拜的，那比如说用餐时我们不够碗碟供大家使用的情况，那么先用完餐的弟兄姐妹可以先把碗碟洗干净，再把餐具传给其他人。因此，正如我刚才所说的，很多时候最重要的是我们的出发点。接下来我们看这一段： 关于上帝就祂的圣日对你的要求，你必须有更高的见解。凡在上帝已赐给你的那六天能做成的事，你都应在那六天完成。但是圣日的时间，你不应抢夺上帝一时一刻。（怀爱伦著，《教会证言—卷二》原文第701页，第3段） 安息日结束 当太阳西沉之时，要有祈祷之声和赞美的歌声表示神圣的时间的终止，邀请上帝在劳作周的种种忧虑中与我们同在。（怀爱伦著，《教会证言—卷六》原文359页，第1段） 朋友们，我们刚刚在旧约圣经中所看到的，就是上帝对于守安息日为圣这件事上所作的一些要求，而这些要求被详细地记载在这些证言中，是有它的目的的。除此之外，我们越发亲近上帝时，就会越发明白这些真理。 因为你与上帝越要好，你就会越不想在上帝的圣日中抢夺祂的一分一秒。因为我们会以耶和华为乐，我们会在这特别的日子与我们这位特别的神，并祂儿子享受在一起的美好时光。 难得我们可以在这一天完全撇下一切的工作，一切的劳苦重担，忧愁挂虑并世俗的任何事情而来到上帝的面前，全心全意地与父和子相交，享受从天而来的福份。 说到这里呢，我想分享一个对我们很重要但许多人却都忽略的道理，记载在雅各书2:8-10。 雅各书 2:8-10 经上记着说：“要爱人如己。”你们若全守这至尊的律法，才是好的；但你们若按外貌待人，便是犯罪，被律法定为犯法的。因为凡遵守全律法的，只在一条上跌倒，他就是犯了众条。 我们必须遵守全十条律法。那让我来问你，你能够守安息日为圣却不孝敬父母吗？根据这段经文，答案很明显是不能。我们不能在守安息日或任何一条诫命的当儿又同时干犯另一条诫命。我们若是拜其他神或拜偶像的话，试问能守得安息日为圣吗？当然不能。为什么呢？因为圣经说，凡遵守全律法的，只要在一条上跌倒，他就是犯了众条。 这就是为什么上帝末时的子民，也被称为余民或圣徒, 不仅是守安息日的，而且也是守上帝诫命和耶稣真道的，你可以在启示录14：12看到这一点。我们不可能只守一条，但在其他诫命上跌倒，却误以为自己遵守了诫命。 我们必须有基督住在我们里头，靠着祂的力量来遵守全十条诫命，并结出圣灵的果子。只有这样，我们才能有基督的品格并有能力去面对那要来临的兽印记的大艰难时期。 单单知道关于安息日是不足够的，只知道星期日和三位一体敬拜是兽的印记也是不足够的。因为当那时候来到时，我们很有可能会跌倒。唯有基督藉着祂的灵住在我们里面，为我们塑造祂的品格，我们才能遵守得住所有的诫命并忍耐到底，直等到基督复临。 朋友们，让我们继续寻求上帝的公义，并祈求祂藉着祂儿子赐给我们祂的义，也让我们能遵守祂的安息日为圣，作为一个能使我们分别为圣的印记并藉着这一日与父并祂儿子更亲近。愿我们每一位都能认识上帝，经历祂，并有坚定的信心来奔走天国的道路。愿上帝赐福每一位，阿门。 上一篇 返回研究目录 下一篇 到最頂

返回研究目录 上一篇 下载中文 Read in English 下一篇 Unmasked圣经研究 圣经研究 第一课 是否重要呢？我们可以知道吗？ 1。当上帝的子民不认识祂时，祂是否高兴呢？ 何西阿书 4:1 “以色列人哪，你们当听耶和华的话。耶和华与这地的居民争辩，因这地上无诚实、无良善、无人认识上帝。 （争辩：争论，纷争，争执，争吵，反对) 2。人所当尽的本分是什么？ 传道书 12:13 这些事都已听见了，总意就是敬畏上帝，谨守他的诫命，这是人所当尽的本分（或作“这是众人的本分”）。 3。敬畏上帝是什么意思呢？ 圣经作者经常使用一种称为排比的写作风格，他们会写一个思想，然后用不同的词重复它，但暗示相同的含义。 箴言1：7 “敬畏耶和华是知识的开端，愚妄人藐视智慧和训诲。” 箴言9：10 敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端，认识至圣者便是聪明。 箴言2：5 “你就明白敬畏耶和华，得以认识上帝”。 “敬畏耶和华” = “认识上帝” 4。在末世的日子里，我们要传扬的第一个信息是什么？ 启示录14：7 他大声说：“应当敬畏上帝，将荣耀归给他，因他施行审判的时候已经到了，应当敬拜那创造天、地、海和众水泉源的。” （第一位天使信息的一部分是把对上帝的认识带回给人们。） 5。认识上帝是否重要呢？ 何西阿书4：6 “我的民因无知识而灭亡。你弃掉知识，我也必弃掉你，使你不再给我作祭司。你既忘了你 神的律法，我也必忘记你的儿女。” 何西阿书6:6 “我喜爱良善（或作“怜恤”），不喜爱祭祀；喜爱认识上帝，胜于燔祭。” 6。为什么认识上帝这么重要？ 约翰福音17：3 “ 认识你独一的真神，并且认识你所差来的耶稣基督，这就是永生。” 彼得后书1:2 “愿恩惠、平安因你们认识上帝和我们主耶稣，多多地加给你们。” 7。对上帝的认识包括了什么呢？ a。知道上帝是谁 提摩太后书1：12 “为这缘故，我也受这些苦难，然而我不以为耻。因为我知道我所信的是谁，也深信他能保全我所交付他的（或作“他所交托我的”），直到那日。” （保罗知道上帝是谁，这就是为什么他能够向那些无知并不认识他们所崇拜的神之人宣告他的上帝：使徒行传17：23） b。知道祂的道路/荣耀/品格 出埃及记33:13 “我如今若在你眼前蒙恩，求你将你的道指示我，使我可以认识你，好在你眼前蒙恩，求你想到这民是你的民。” 出埃及记 33：18 摩西说：“求你显出你的荣耀给我看。” （道=荣耀） 出埃及记34:6,7 “耶和华在他面前宣告说：“耶和华，耶和华，是有怜悯、有恩典的上帝，不轻易发怒，并有丰盛的慈爱和诚实。为千万人存留慈爱，赦免罪孽、过犯和罪恶，万不以有罪的为无罪，必追讨他的罪，自父及子，直到三四代。” （上帝的品格在这里显示为祂的荣耀。） 约翰一书4:7-9 “ 7亲爱的弟兄啊，我们应当彼此相爱，因为爱是从上帝来的。凡有爱心的，都是由上帝而生，并且认识上帝。没有爱心的，就不认识上帝，因为上帝就是爱。上帝差他独生子到世间来，使我们藉着他得生，上帝爱我们的心在此就显明了。” （认识上帝 = 爱上帝和爱人，因为上帝就是爱） c。遵守祂的诫命 提多书1:16 “ 他们说是认识上帝，行事却和他相背；本是可憎恶的，是悖逆的，在各样善事上是可废弃的。” (认识上帝会使人顺服祂。教义不是终点；它是一个能使人更加认识上帝并更接近祂的管道。） 8。我必须做些什么来亲密地认识上帝？ 箴言2:3-5 “呼求明哲，扬声求聪明。寻找它，如寻找银子，搜求它，如搜求隐藏的珍宝，你就明白敬畏耶和华，得以认识上帝。” 9。我们能知道上帝是谁吗？上帝是否在祂话语中向我们揭示他自己呢？ 罗马书1：20 “自从造天地以来，上帝的永能和神性是明明可知的，虽是眼不能见，但藉着所造之物就可以晓得，叫人无可推诿。” 约翰一书5:20 “我们也知道上帝的儿子已经来到，且将智慧赐给我们，使我们认识那位真实的，我们也在那位真实的里面，就是在他儿子耶稣基督里面。这是真神，也是永生。” 10。我们只单单因什么而夸口呢？ 耶利米书9：23，24 “耶和华如此说：“智慧人不要因他的智慧夸口，勇士不要因他的勇力夸口，财主部要因他的财物夸口。夸口的却因他有聪明，认识我是耶和华，又知道我喜悦在世上施行慈爱公平和公义，以此夸口。这是耶和华说的。” 圣经研究 第二课 圣经里的上帝是谁？ 1。根据旧约圣经，我们有几位神呢？ 申命记 6：4 “以色列阿 ， 你要听。耶和华我们上帝是独一的主 。 申命记4：35 “这是显给你看，要使你知道，惟有耶和华他是上帝，除他以外，再无别神。” 耶利米书 10：10 “惟耶和华是真上帝，是活上帝，是永远的王。他一发怒，大地震动；他一恼恨，列国都担当不起。”(查阅第6题） 2。根据新约圣经，我们有几位神呢？ 哥林多前书8：4 “论到吃祭偶像之物，我们知道偶像在世上算不得什么；也知道上帝只有一位，再没有别的上帝。” 以弗所书4:6 “一上帝，就是众人的父，超乎众人之上，贯乎众人之中，也住在众人之内。” 提摩太前书 2：5 “ 因为只有一位上帝，在上帝和人中间，只有一位中保，乃是降世为人的基督耶稣。” 雅各书2：19 “你信上帝只有一位，你信的不错；鬼魔也信，却是战兢。” 3。 谁是最有资格告诉我们关于独一真神的？ 约翰福音1：18 “ 从来没有人看见上帝，只有在父怀里的独生子将他表明出来。 约翰福音3：11 “ 我实实在在地告诉你：我们所说的，是我们知道的；我们所见证的，是我们见过的；你们却不领受我们的见证。” 4。 根据耶稣 —— a。“独一的真神 ”是谁？ 约翰福音17：3 “ 认识你独一的真神，并且认识你所差来的耶稣基督，这就是永生。 b。耶稣说我们应该向谁祷告？ 马太福音6：9-13 “所以，你们祷告要这样说：‘我们在天上的父，愿人都尊你的名为圣。愿你的国降临。愿你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。我们日用的饮食，今日赐给我们。免我们的债，如同我们免了人的债。不叫我们遇见试探，救我们脱离凶恶（或作“脱离恶者”）。因为国度、权柄、荣耀，全是你的，直到永远。阿们。’” c。诫命中哪是第一要紧的呢？ 马可福音12：28-32 “有一个文士来，听见他们辩论，晓得耶稣回答的好，就问他说：“诫命中哪是第一要紧的呢？” 耶稣回答说：“第一要紧的，就是说：‘以色列啊，你要听，主我们上帝，是独一的主。你要尽心、尽性、尽意、尽力爱主你的上帝。’ 其次就是说：‘要爱人如己。’再没有比这两条诫命更大的了。” 那文士对耶稣说：“夫子说，上帝是一位，实在不错。除了他以外，再没有别的上帝。 在我们能够爱上帝之前，我们必须认识祂。对上帝正确的认识对我们与祂的关系至关重要。文士同意只有一个上帝，除了祂以外，再没有别的上帝 。 d。耶稣有没有纠正那文士呢？ 马可福音12：34 “ 耶稣见他回答得有智慧，就对他说：“你离上帝的国不远了。”从此以后，没有人敢再问他什么。(那文士的信心反映了整个犹太名族的信心。犹太人相信只有一位上帝。） 约翰福音8：41“你们是行你们父所行的事。”他们说：“我们不是从淫乱生的，我们只有一位父，就是上帝。” e。犹太人的上帝是谁？ 约翰福音8：54“ 耶稣回答说：“我若荣耀自己，我的荣耀就算不得什么；荣耀我的乃是我的父，就是你们所说是你们的上帝。” (注罗马书3：29） f。真正敬拜者敬拜的对象是谁？ 约翰福音4：21-23 “耶稣说：“妇人，你当信我。时候将到，你们拜父也不在这山上，也不在耶路撒冷。你们所拜的，你们不知道；我们所拜的，我们知道，因为救恩是从犹太人出来的。时候将到，如今就是了，那真正拜父的，要用心灵和诚实拜他，因为父要这样的人拜他。” 5。根据使徒们， 那位独一的一位上帝是谁？ 哥林多前书8：6 “然而我们只有一位上帝，就是父，万物都本于他，我们也归于他；并有一位主，就是耶稣基督，万物都是藉着他有的，我们也是藉着他有的。 雅各书3：9 “我们用舌头颂赞那为主、为父的，又用舌头咒诅那照着上帝形像被造的人。” 罗马书15：6 一心一口荣耀上帝、我们主耶稣基督的父。 以弗所书4：6 一上帝，就是众人的父，超乎众人之上，贯乎众人之中，也住在众人之内。 哥林多后书 1:3 愿恩惠、平安从上帝我们的父并主耶稣基督归与你们！ 6。那又真又活的上帝是谁？ 帖撒罗尼迦前书1：9，10 “因为他们自己已经报明我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像，归向上帝，要服侍那又真又活的上帝，等候他儿子从天降临，就是他从死里复活的、那位救我们脱离将来忿怒的耶稣。” 圣经研究 第三课父上帝的主权 圣经怎么说到关于父的主权呢？ 以下是关于父上帝的一些事实，希望能在这个课题上给我们一些启示。 1。 父是万物的本源。 哥林多前书8：6 “然而我们只有一位上帝，就是父，万物都本于他，我们也归于他；并有一位主，就是耶稣基督，万物都是藉着他有的，我们也是藉着他有的。 哥林多后书 5：18 “一切都是出于上帝，他藉着基督使我们与他和好，又将劝人与他和好的职分赐给我们。” 罗马书11：36 “因为万有都是本于他，倚靠他，归于他。愿荣耀归给他，直到永远。阿们！” 以弗所书3：14，15 “ 因此，我在父面前屈膝，（天上地上的各（或作“全”）家都是从他得名）” 2。父是基督的上帝 a。道成肉身之后 马太福音27：46 “约在申初，耶稣大声喊着说：“以利，以利！拉马撒巴各大尼？”就是说：“我的上帝，我的上帝！为什么离弃我？” b。在祂复活之后 约翰福音20：17 “耶稣说：“不要摸我，因为我还没有升上去见我的父。你往我弟兄那里去，告诉他们说：我要升上去见我的父，也是你们的父；见我的上帝，也是你们的上帝。” 以弗所书1：3 “愿颂赞归与我们主耶稣基督的父上帝，他在基督里曾赐给我们天上各样属灵的福气。” 启示录 3:12 “得胜的，我要叫他在我上帝殿中作柱子，他也必不再从那里出去。我又要将我上帝的名和我上帝城的名（这城就是从天上、从我上帝那里降下来的新耶路撒冷），并我的新名，都写在他上面。” （看希伯来书1：9，彼得前书1：3） 3。只有父被称为至高者 比较以下两个章节: 诗篇78：17 “他们却仍旧得罪他，在干燥之地悖逆至高者。” 以赛亚书63：8-10 他说：“他们诚然是我的百姓，不行虚假的子民。”这样，他就作了他们的救主。他们在一切苦难中，他也同受苦难，并且他面前的使者拯救他们。他以慈爱和怜悯救赎他们，在古时的日子常保抱他们、怀揣他们。他们竟悖逆，使主的圣灵担忧；他就转作他们的仇敌，亲自攻击他们。 父上帝是这些经文的主题。这里提到两个生物，父上帝（被称为“他们的救主”）和基督（被称为“ 他面前的使者 ”）。 ......耶稣也被称为“至高上帝的儿子”。 马可福音5：7 大声呼叫说：“至高上帝的儿子耶稣，我与你有什么相干？我指着上帝恳求你，不要叫我受苦！” 路加福音8:28 他见了耶稣，就俯伏在他面前，大声喊叫，说：“至高上帝的儿子耶稣，我与你有什么相干？求你不要叫我受苦。” 上述的章节清楚地区别了父和子。父被称为 “至高上帝”，而耶稣被称为“至高上帝的儿子”。 4。父的岁数比耶稣大 约翰福音14：28 “你们听见我对你们说了，我去还要到你们这里来。你们若爱我，因我到父那里去，就必喜乐，因为父是比我大的。” 上述经文中的“大”这个词来自（G3187“μείζων” meizon），意思是年龄比较大/比较年长，这与罗马书9：12翻译的“大”是相同的，“上帝就对利百加说：“将来大的要服侍小的。” 5。父比万有都大 约翰福音10:29 “我父把羊赐给我，他比万有都大，谁也不能从我父手里把他夺去。” 6。父是基督的头 哥林多前书11：3 “我愿意你们知道，基督是各人的头，男人是女人的头，上帝是基督的头。” 7。父是超乎众人之上的 以弗所书 4：4-6 4 身体只有一个，圣灵只有一个，正如你们蒙召，同有一个指望；5 一主，一信，一洗，6 一上帝，就是众人的父，超乎众人之上，贯乎众人之中，也住在众人之内。 8。父是天地的主 马太福音 11:25 “那时，耶稣说：“父啊，天地的主，我感谢你！因为你将这些事向聪明通达人就藏起来，向婴孩就显出来。” （看路加福音10：21） 9。耶稣从祂父领受了什么？ a。祂的生命 约翰福音 5:26 “因为父怎样在自己有生命，就赐给他儿子也照样在自己有生命；” b。祂的权柄 马太福音28:18 “耶稣进前来，对他们说：“天上地下所有的权柄都赐给我了。” （看马太福音11：27；约翰福音5：22-27；17：2） c。祂的国 但以理 7:14 “得了权柄、荣耀、国度，使各方、各国、各族的人都侍奉他。他的权柄是永远的，不能废去，他的国必不败坏。” 路加福音1：32 “他要为大，称为至高者的儿子，主上帝要把他祖大卫的位给他。” （也看哥林多前书15：24-28；以弗所书1：22） d。祂受人敬拜的权利 约翰福音5:22 “父不审判什么人，乃将审判的事全交与子，23 叫人都尊敬子如同尊敬父一样。不尊敬子的，就是不尊敬差子来的父。” （看使徒行传2：36；腓立比书2：9-10；希伯来书1：6） e。祂的名 腓立比书 2:9 “所以上帝将他升为至高，又赐给他那超乎万名之上的名，10 叫一切在天上的、地上的和地底下的，因耶稣的名无不屈膝，” 希伯来书1：4 “他所承受的名既比天使的名更尊贵，就远超过天使。” f。万有 约翰福音 3:35 “父爱子，已将万有交在他手里。” 约翰福音 13:3 耶稣知道父已将万有交在他手里，且知道自己是从上帝出来的，又要归到上帝那里去，。。。”（看希伯来书1：2） 上述经文为我们充分证明了父上帝至高的主权。但是，这么做，我们并没有贬低上帝儿子耶稣的地位，价值或神性。 （更多有关父和子同等的信息，请参阅第5课。) 圣经研究 第四课 耶稣是谁？ 1。耶稣说祂自己是谁？ 约翰福音10：36 “父所分别为圣，又差到世间来的，他自称是上帝的儿子，你们还向他说‘你说僭妄的话’吗？” 2。父上帝怎么说关于耶稣的身份？ 马太福音3：16，17 “耶稣受了洗，随既从水里上来。天忽然为他开了，就看见上帝的灵，彷佛鸽子降下，落在他身上。从天上有声音说：“这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的。” 马太福音17：5 “说话之间，忽然有一朵光明的云彩遮盖他们，且有声音从云彩里出来说：“这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的，你们要听他。” 3。门徒们对耶稣的身份有什么样的理解？ 马太福音16：15，16 “耶稣说：“你们说我是谁？” 西门彼得回答说：“你是基督，是永生上帝的儿子。” 约翰福音11：27 “马大说：“主啊，是的，我信你是基督，是上帝的儿子，就是那要临到世界的。” 马太福音14：33 “在船上的人都拜他，说：“你真是上帝的儿子了。” 使徒行传9：20 “就在各会堂里宣传耶稣，说他是上帝的儿子。” 4。堕落的天使知道耶稣是上帝的儿子吗？ 路加福音4：3 “魔鬼对他说：“你若是上帝的儿子，可以吩咐这块石头变成食物。” 路加福音8：28 “他见了耶稣，就俯伏在他面前，大声喊叫，说：“至高上帝的儿子耶稣，我与你有什么相干？求你不要叫我受苦。” 马可福音5：7 “大声呼叫说：“至高上帝的儿子耶稣，我与你有什么相干？我指着上帝恳求你，不要叫我受苦！” 5。在圣经里还有谁被称为“上帝的儿子”？ 路加福音3：38 “以挪士是塞特的儿子，塞特是亚当的儿子，亚当是上帝的儿子。” 亚当是被造的儿子（创世纪5是1），天使也是如此（约伯记38：7）。 约翰一书3：1 “你看父赐给我们是何等的慈爱，使我们得称为上帝的儿女；我们也真是他的儿女。世人所以不认识我们，是因未曾认识他。” 我们是被赎回来/领养的儿子（罗马书8：15）。 6。基督如何是上帝的儿子？ 约翰一书4：9 “上帝差他独生子到世间来，使我们藉着他得生，上帝爱我们的心在此就显明了。” 耶稣不是像亚当一样是被造的儿子，也不是和我们一样是被领养的儿子，耶稣是独生子；祂是儿子因为祂是为父所生的。 约翰福音3：16 “上帝爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的，不至灭亡，反得永生。” 7。耶稣何时成为人子？ 加拉太书4：4 “及至时候满足， 上帝就差遣他的儿子，为女人所生，且生在律法以下，” 路加福音1：31 “你要怀孕生子，可以给他起名叫耶稣。” 在道成肉身时，耶稣为马利亚所生而成为人子。 8。基督是何时为父所生的？ 弥迦书5：2 “伯利恒以法他啊，你在犹大诸城中为小。将来必有一位从你那里出来，在以色列中为我作掌权的；他的根源从亘古、从太初就有。” “根源”也表示“起源”。耶稣是从亘古、从太初的日子里（永恒的日子）被生出的。 9。在永恒的日子里发生了什么事呢？ 箴言 8:22-30 “在耶和华造化的起头，在太初创造万物之先，就有了我。从亘古，从太初，未有世界以前，我已被立。没有深渊，没有大水的泉源，我已生出。大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已生出。耶和华还没有创造大地和田野，并世上的土质，我已生出。他立高天，我在那里；他在渊面的周围划出圆圈，上使穹苍坚硬，下使渊源稳固，为沧海定出界限，使水不越过他的命令，立定大地的根基。那时，我在他那里为工师，日日为他所喜爱，常常在他面前踊跃，” 在以上的这段经文里，耶稣在智慧的称号之下（哥林多前书1：24,30;歌罗西书2：3）向读者指出在太初创造万物之先的某个时侯，祂“从父出来”或“为父所生”。 10。耶稣是否在伯利恒诞生之前被称为上帝的儿子？ 箴言30：4 “谁升天又降下来？谁聚风在掌中？谁包水在衣服里？谁立定地的四极？他名叫什么？他儿子叫名叫什么？你知道吗？” 但以理3：25 “王说：“看哪，我见有四个人，并没有捆绑，在火中游行，也没有受伤。那第四个的相貌好像神子。” 诗篇2：12 “当以嘴亲子，恐怕他发怒，你们便在道中灭亡，因为他的怒气快要发作。凡投靠他的，都是有福的。” 11。在道成肉身之后，耶稣是否教导人祂是从父出来的？ 约翰福音8：42 “耶稣说：“倘若上帝是你们的父，你们就必爱我；因为我本是出于上帝，也是从上帝而来，并不是由着自己来，乃是他差我来。” 约翰福音16：27 “父自己爱你们，因为你们已经爱我，又信我是从父出来的。” 12。相信耶稣是上帝真实的亲生儿子对我们来说是否重要呢？ 约翰一书2：22，23 “谁是说谎话的呢？不是那不认耶稣为基督的吗？不认父与子的，这就是敌基督的。凡不认子的，就没有父；认子的，连父也有了。” 约翰一书5：10，11 “信上帝儿子的，就有这见证在他心里；不信上帝的，就是将上帝当作说谎的，因不信上帝为他儿子作的见证。11 这见证就是上帝赐给我们永生，这永生也是在他儿子里面。” 约翰福音3：36 “信子的人有永生；不信子的人得不着永生（原文作“不得见永生”），上帝的震怒常在他身上。” 约翰福音20：31 “但记这些事，要叫你们信耶稣是基督，是上帝的儿子，并且叫你们信了他，就可以因他的名得生命。” 13。为什么犹太人要杀基督？ 马太福音26：63-65 “耶稣却不言语。大祭司对他说：“我指着永生上帝叫你起誓告诉我们，你是上帝的儿子基督不是？” 耶稣对他说：“你说的是。然而我告诉你们，后来你们要看见人子坐在那权能者的右边，驾着天上的云降临。” 大祭司就撕开衣服，说：“他说了僭妄的话，我们何必再用见证人呢？这僭妄的话，现在你们都听见了。” 约翰福音19：7 “犹太人回答说：“我们有律法，按那律法，他是该死的，因他以自己为上帝的儿子。” 耶稣宁可死也不愿意否认祂为上帝儿子的真实身份！身为凡人的我们是否更应该承认耶稣为上帝儿子的真实身份呢？ 14。那些相信和接受耶稣为上帝儿子的会得到什么应许呢？ 约翰福音1：12 “凡接待他的，就是信他名的人，他就赐他们权柄，作上帝的儿女。 圣经研究 第五课父和子的同等 我们已经确定了耶稣是上帝的儿子，因为祂是在永恒的日子里为父所生/从父出来。 1。父与子是不是同等的？ 腓立比书2：6 “他本有上帝的行像，不以自己与上帝同等为强夺的：” 在这一课里，我们会查考圣经来看看上帝是否向我们显明祂们同等的基础。父和子为什么同等呢？ 2。耶稣从祂神圣的出生承受了什么？ 希伯来书1:4 “ 他所承受的名既比天使的名更尊贵，就远超过天使。" 出埃及记 23:20,21 “看哪，我差遣使者在你前面，在路上保护你，领你到我所预备的地方去。他是奉我名来的（或作我的名在他里面），你们要在他面前谨慎，听从他的话，不可惹（”惹“或作”违背“）他，因为他必不赦免你们的过犯。 耶稣身为上帝的儿子承受了祂父的名。我们也知道耶稣是当时以色列人面前的使者，并有着天父的名。因此，我们得出结论，耶稣在伯利恒之前承受了祂父亲的名，这表示耶稣在道成肉身之前早就是上帝的儿子了。 3。“名”代表什么？ 本质/本性：“并且造男造女。在他们被造的日子，上帝赐福给他们，称他们为人。” 创世记5：2 权柄： “我奉我父的名来。”约翰福音5：43 （看约翰福音10：25；马太福音21：23） 品格： “美名胜过大财；恩宠强如金银。” 箴言22：1 （看传道书7：1；箴言15：30） 藉着承受父的名，耶稣也承受了父的神性。 4。这证明了基督是什么呢？ 希伯来书1:1-3 上帝既在古时藉着众先知多次多方地晓谕列祖； 就在这末世藉着他儿子晓谕我们，又早已立他为承受万有的；也曾藉着他创造诸世界。他是上帝荣耀所发的光辉，是上帝本体的真像，常用他权能的命令托住万有。他洗净了人的罪，就坐在高天至大者的右边。” 基督是上帝本体的真像。祂与父上帝有着同样神圣的本性和生命。耶稣为儿子的身份和祂所承受的一切使祂成为： a。万有的主—“承受万有的” b。创造主—“藉着他创造诸世界” c。上帝的真像并与祂同等—“上帝荣耀所发的光辉，是上帝本体的真像” d。万有的维持者—“托住万有” e。救主—“他洗净了人的罪” f。中保—“坐在高天至大者的右边” 5。在道成肉身之前，圣经是否向我们显明基督是上帝的真像？ 启示录12：7 “在天上就有了争战。米迦勒同他的使者与龙争战，龙也同它的使者去争战，” “米迦勒”的意思是“像上帝的一位。”这再一次证实了耶稣在永恒的日子里承受了这个名字。 6。基督还承受了什么？ 约翰福音5:26 因为父怎样在自己有生命，就赐给他儿子也照样在自己有生命。” 父赐给祂儿子祂所拥有的生命，因此耶稣承受了这生命。这是耶稣能赐给凡相信祂的人之不朽并原有的生命。 7。这是否使耶稣成为一位配得我们赞美和敬拜的神性生物呢？ 希伯来书 1:8，6 论到子却说：“上帝啊，你的宝座是永永远远的，你的国权是正直的。再者，上帝使长子到世上来的时候（或作“上帝再使长子到世上来的时候”），就说：“上帝的使者都要拜他。” 歌罗西书2：9；1：19 “因为上帝本性一切的丰盛，都有形有体地居住在基督里面，因为父喜欢叫一切的丰盛在他里面居住。” 上帝本性一切的丰盛，或祂的神性，都居住在上帝的儿子里。祂是完全有神性的，因为祂父亲是神。 8. 我们是否应该尊敬子如同尊敬父一样？ 约翰福音 5:23 “叫人都尊敬子如同尊敬父一样。不尊敬子的，就是不尊敬差子来的父。” 我们尊敬和敬拜子如同父一样。祂们两都有着相同的本性。当我们尊敬并敬拜祂的儿子时，我们向上帝归与最高的荣耀 （腓立比书 2：11）。 9。犹太人是否明白耶稣声称与父平等？ 约翰福音 5:18 “所以犹太人越发想要杀他，因他不但犯了安息日，并且称上帝为他的父，将自己和上帝当作平等。” 10。犹太人为什么要拿石头打耶稣？ 约翰福音10:33-36 “犹太人回答说：“我们不是为善事拿石头打你，是为你说僭妄的话；又为你是个人，反将自己当作上帝。” 耶稣说：“你们的律法上岂不是写着‘我曾说你们是上帝’吗？经上的话是不能废的。若那些承受上帝道的人，尚且称为上帝；父所分别为圣，又差到世间来的，他自称是上帝的儿子，你们还向他说‘你说僭妄的话’吗？” 犹太人明白，耶稣自称是上帝的儿子，意思说祂将自己和上帝当作平等。耶稣本身也明白这一点。耶稣与上帝的同等是基于祂为上帝儿子的身份。 圣经研究 第六课 圣灵— 第一部分：上帝的灵/人的灵 1。人是按着什么形像造的？ 创世纪 1:26 “上帝说：“我们要照着我们的形像，按着我们的样式造人。。。” 2。上帝在对谁说话呢？是否有令一位有着上帝形像的神性生物呢？ 圣经形容基督为唯一一位有着上帝形像的神性生物。 哥林多后书 4:4 “此等不信之人被这世界的上帝弄瞎了心眼，不叫基督荣耀福音的光照着他们。基督本是上帝的像。” 腓立比书 2:6 “他本有上帝的行像，不以自己与上帝同等为强夺的，” 歌罗西书 1:15 “爱子是那不能看见之上帝的像，是首生的，在一切被造的以先。 希伯来书1：4 “他所承受的名既比天使的名更尊贵，就远超过天使。” 除非圣经有为我们揭示另一位有着上帝的形像或上帝样式的神性生物，否者最合理的结论就是在创世纪 1：26 里，父上帝是在对祂儿子说话。 3。“形像”和“样式”这两个词包括了什么？ 创世纪 5:3 “亚当活到一百三十岁，生了一个儿子，形像样式和自己相似，就给他起名叫塞特。” 我们在这里看到塞特有着亚当的形像和样式。这包括肉体和属灵两方面。 4。人（有灵的活人）是由什么构成的？ 创世纪 2:7 “耶和华上帝用地上的尘土造人，将生气吹在他鼻孔里，他就成了有灵的活人，名叫亚当。” 5。如果人是按照上帝的形像造的，那人包含了两个方面，一个灵和一个身体，这是否意味着上帝和基督也同样有一个灵和一个实体呢？ a。上帝有没有一个实体？ •先知们看见上帝: —耶利米 列王记上 22:19 “米该雅说：“你要听耶和华的话。我看见耶和华坐在宝座上，天上的万军侍立在他左右。” —以赛亚 以赛亚书 6:1 “当乌西雅王崩的那年，我见主坐在高高的宝座上。他的衣裳垂下，遮满圣殿。” （还有但以理[但以理7：9，13] 和约翰[启示录4：2，3] 看见上帝） •基督在道成肉身之前本有上帝的形像: 腓立比书 2:6 “他本有上帝的行像，不以自己与上帝同等为强夺的，” •耶稣说父有一个实体但是没人见过: 约翰福音6:46 “这不是说有人看见过父，惟独从上帝来的，他看见过父。”（参阅约翰福音 5：37） •我们必得看见上帝: 马太福音 5:8 “清心的人有福了，因为他们必得见上帝。” b。上帝是否有灵？ 上帝： 约翰福音4:24 “上帝是个灵（或无“个”字），所以拜他的，必须用心灵和诚实拜他。” 耶稣： 哥林多前书15:45 “经上也是这样记着说，“首先的人亚当成了有灵的活人（“灵”或作“血气”）”，末后的亚当成了叫人活的灵。” 神性实体 + 神圣的灵 = 神性生物 6。“人与他的灵”和“上帝与祂的灵”之间是否有任何相似之处？ 哥林多前书2:11 “除了在人里头的灵，谁知道人的事？像这样，除了上帝的灵，也没有人知道上帝的事。” （“像这样”也表示“同样的”） 以上的经文告诉我们“人的灵对人来说是什么”和“上帝的灵对上帝来说是什么”是一样的。然而，这经文指出了一个非常重要的区别。虽然人的灵是“在他里头”，但上帝的灵并不仅限制于上帝的实体里头。 7。人的灵指的是什么? 心/ 思想——但以理2:1 “尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他作了梦，心里烦乱，不能睡觉。” （“心”原文作“灵”） 诗篇34：18 “耶和华靠近伤心的人，拯救灵性痛悔的人。” (请看诗篇51：10，17；77：6；78：8，以西结书36：26） 生命/气息—约伯记27：3 “我的生命尚在我里面，上帝所赐呼吸之气仍在我的鼻孔内。” (以赛亚书38：16；也看约伯记27：3；启示录11：11） 人的灵是他自己的性格，思想和生命。是他自己的位格。 8。圣经如何解释上帝的灵呢？ -心/思想—比较以赛亚书40：13和罗马书11：34。 以赛亚书40:13 “谁曾指示耶和华的灵，或作他的谋士指教他呢？” 罗马书 11：34 “谁知道主的心？谁作过他的谋士呢？”（也看哥林多前书2：16） -生命—约翰福音6:63 “叫人活着的乃是灵，肉体是无益的。我对你们所说的话就是灵，就是生命。” 罗马书8：10 “基督若在你们心里，身体就因罪而死，心灵却因义而活。” （也看创世纪2：7；约伯记27：3；33：4；启示录11：11） 9。如果人的灵正是他自己的存在/位格，那么我们可以说上帝的灵是祂自己的同在/临格吗？ 诗篇139：7 “我往哪里去，躲避你的灵？我往哪里逃，躲避你的面？” 诗篇51：11 “不要丢弃我，使我离开你的面；不要从我收回你的圣灵。” （圣灵 = 面 = 同在） 总结：上帝有一个实体的形式，也有一种属灵的同在。祂的灵不仅限于祂的身体里头。我们的灵是我们自己的位格，思想和存在，同样的，上帝的灵也是祂自己的位格，思想和同在。 圣经研究 第七课 圣灵— 第二部分：圣灵的身份 在上一课中，我们确认了上帝的灵是祂自己的思想，生命，同在和位格。在本课中，我们希望明白到到圣灵的起源和身份。 1。耶稣离开之前答应了什么？ 约翰福音14:16,17,26 “我要求父，父就另外赐给你们一位保惠师（或作“训慰师”。下同），叫他永远与你们同在，就是真理的圣灵，乃世人不能接受的。因为不见他，也不认识他；你们却认识他，因他常与你们同在，也要在你们里面。。。但保惠师，就是父因我的名所要差来的圣灵，他要将一切的事指教你们，并且要叫你们想起我对你们所说的一切话。” 2。根据圣经，圣灵是谁的灵呢？请比较以下两节经文： 马可福音13：11 “人把你们拉去交官的时候，不要预先思虑说什么；到那时候，赐给你们什么话，你们就说什么，因为说话的不是你们，乃是圣灵。” 马太福音10：19，20 “你们被交的时候，不要思虑怎样说话，或说什么话。到那时候，必赐给你们当说的话，因为不是你们自己说的，乃是你们父的灵在你们里头说的。” 圣灵=父的灵 再比较以下两节经文： 彼得后书1：21 “因为预言从来没有出于人意的，乃是人被圣灵感动，说出上帝的话来。” 彼得在他第一封书信里说到同样的事情，他说： 彼得前书1：10，11 “论到这救恩，那预先说你们要得恩典的众先知早已详细地寻求考察，就是考察在他们心里基督的灵，预先证明基督受苦难，后来得荣耀，是指着什么时候，并怎样的时候。” 圣灵=基督的灵 根据以上四节经文，我们可以很肯定地得出以下结论： 基督的灵=圣灵=父的灵 3。 一共有几个圣灵呢？ 以弗所书4：4 “身体只有一个，圣灵只有一个，正如你们蒙召，同有一个指望；” （参阅哥林多前书6：17；12：13；以弗所书2：18） 4。当我们领受圣灵时，我们会领受谁呢？ 约翰福音14:23 “耶稣回答说：“人若爱我，就必遵守我的道，我父也必爱他，并且我们要到他那里去，与他同住。” 根据耶稣，当我们领受圣灵时，我们是领受父和子。 5。父和子是否拥有同一个灵呢？ 罗马书8：9，10 “如果上帝的灵住在你们心里，你们就不属肉体，乃属圣灵了。人若没有基督的灵，就不是属基督的。基督若在你们心里，身体就因罪而死，心灵却因义而活。” 在这节经文里，保罗说到同一个灵时用了以下的词：上帝的灵，圣灵，基督的灵，基督。这告诉我们保罗相信圣灵是父和子所共同享有的灵。 6。圣灵是从哪里来的呢？ 约翰福音15：26 “但我要从父那里差保惠师来，就是从父出来真理的圣灵，他来了，就要为我作见证。” 7。为什么圣灵是从父出来的呢？ 哥林多前书8:6 “然而我们只有一位上帝，就是父，万物都本于他，我们也归于他；并有一位主，就是耶稣基督，万物都是藉着他有的，我们也是藉着他有的。” 罗马书11:36 “因为万有都是本于他，倚靠他，归于他。愿荣耀归给他，直到永远。阿们！” 圣灵是从父出来的，因为一切都本于祂，祂是一切的本源。（ 更多相关信息，请参阅第3课。） 8。圣灵藉着谁来到我们这里呢？ 以弗所书2:18 “因为我们两下藉着他【耶稣】被一个圣灵所感，得以进到父面前。” 约翰福音20:22 “说了这话，就向他们吹一口气，说：“你们受圣灵。” 父的灵藉着耶稣来到我们这里，也藉着祂回到父那里去。 9。到我们这里来成为我们保惠师的是谁？ 约翰福音14:18，19 “我不撇下你们为孤儿，我必到你们这里来。还有不多的时候，世人不再看见我，你们却看见我，因为我活着，你们也要活着。” 10。父要怎么把耶稣差到我们这里来呢？是耶稣的肉体还是祂的灵？ 加拉太书4:6 “你们既为儿子，上帝就差他儿子的灵进入你们（原文作“我们”）的心，呼叫：“阿爸，父！” 注：保罗在加拉太书里告诉我们，当我们领受耶稣的灵时，我们将呼叫：“阿爸，父！” 他同样在罗马书 8：15说到，当我们领受儿子的心时，我们将呼叫：“阿爸，父！” 这再一次证明了圣灵是耶稣的灵。也比较加拉太书4：6和使徒行传3：26. 11。当我们领受耶稣的灵时，我们是否领受耶稣以外的另一位呢？ 哥林多后书 3:17 “主就是那灵；主的灵在哪里，那里就得以自由。” 保罗在歌林多前书8：6告诉我们，有一位主，就是耶稣基督，接着在以弗所书告诉我们圣灵只有一个。然而，保罗在以上的经文里告诉我们“主就是那灵”。如果主就是耶稣而圣灵只有一位的话。那相信圣灵是主耶稣灵的形式是非常合理并符合圣经的。耶稣本身来到我们这里带当我们个人的保惠师。圣灵就是耶稣的位格。 12。圣经是否告诉我们耶稣成了灵呢？ 哥林多前书15:45 “经上也是这样记着说，“首先的人亚当成了有灵的活人（“灵”或作“血气”）”，末后的亚当成了叫人活的灵。” 13。为什么圣经偶尔说到当保惠师要来时，是父和子要来，但是其它经文却说耶稣是那灵呢？ 哥林多后书 5:19 “这就是上帝在基督里叫世人与自己和好，不将他们的过犯归到他们身上，并且将这和好的道理托付了我们。” 约翰福音14:10，20 “ 我在父里面，父在我里面，你不信吗？我对你们所说的话，不是凭着自己说的，乃是住在我里面的父作他自己的事。20 到那日你们就知道我在父里面，你们在我里面，我也在你们里面。” 14。在我们心门外叩门的是谁呢？ 启示录3：20 “看哪，我站在门外叩门，若有听见我声音就开门的，我要进到他那里去，我与他，他与我，一同坐席。” 15。什么是有荣耀的盼望呢？ 歌罗西书1：27 “上帝愿意叫他们知道，这奥秘在外邦人中有何等丰盛的荣耀，就是基督在你们心里成了有荣耀的盼望。” 圣经研究 第八课 圣所中的父子 1。我们在哪里可以学习更多关于上帝的事呢？ 圣经告诉我们说，上帝的道在圣所里。我们可以透过圣所来认识上帝。 诗篇 77:13 “神阿，你的作为是洁净的 [原文作: 你的道在圣所中]，有何神大如神呢？” 诗篇 63:2 “我在圣所中曾如此瞻仰你，为要见你的能力，和你的荣耀。” 关于上帝的事，圣所有什么要说的呢？圣所及其职务给我们启示了几位神性生物呢？ 2。圣所的职务包含了几个阶段呢？ 圣所的职务包含了三个阶段: 院子，圣所，和至圣所。我们会各别探讨这三个阶段，看看我们可以从中学到什么。 一，至圣所 a。我们可以从至圣所中学到什么关于神性生物的教训呢？ 上帝给了严格的指示，除祂以外，只有一个生灵获准进入至圣所。 1. 耶稣，我们的大祭司: 只有大祭司获准进入至圣所（希伯来书 9:6,7）。耶稣是我们天上的大祭司（希伯来书 4:14; 5:10; 6:20） 2. 父上帝坐在宝座上: 上帝的临格住在施恩宝座上--（出埃及记 25:21,22: 诗篇 80:1）。父上帝就是那坐在天上圣所中的宝座上的一位（启示录 4:2; 5:1-6） 3. 耶稣把我们的祷告带到父面前: 只有一位生物，即大祭司，能在赎罪日当天把香炉带入幔子内到上帝面前（利未记 16:11-13）。香炉代表众圣徒的祷告，掺杂了基督的公义（诗篇 141:2; 启示录 5:8; 8:3）基督接纳我们的祷告，再把它带到祂父亲面前，混杂着祂的功劳和公义。 b。至圣所给我们呈现了几位神性生物？祂们是谁呢？ 只要我们简单研究地上圣所中的至圣所，就会发现两位神性生物而已，即父与子，祂们是由地上的大祭司和坐在宝座上的上帝来代表的。 二，圣所 a。我们可以从地上圣所中学到什么关于神性生物的教训呢？ 1。耶稣是我们在天上的祭司/大祭司: 在圣所头一格供职的祭司或大祭司预表基督我们的大祭司。 2。上帝在圣所中的临格: 圣经也告诉我们说，在地上的圣所中，上帝曾在圣所和至圣所彰显祂的荣耀。 出埃及记 33:9-11 "摩西进会幕的时候，云柱降下来，立在会幕的门前，耶和华便与摩西说话。众百姓看见云柱立在会幕门前，就都起来各人在自己帐棚的门口下拜。耶和华与摩西面对面说话，好像人与朋友说话一般，摩西转到营里去，惟有他的帮手一个少年人嫩的儿子约书亚，不离开会幕。" （亦参阅出埃及记 29:42-44; 30:36; 40:34,35; 列王纪上 8:10,11; 历代志下 5:13,14; 7:1,2） 在出埃及记 33:9-11中，我们看到了圣所中有两位生物的例子---中保人摩西和上帝。当然我们知道摩西代表耶稣，即上帝与人类之间的唯一中保（提前 2:5）。所以，这个例子预表了在天上圣所中头一格的两位---就是我们的中保和大祭司耶稣基督，和父上帝两位。 3。陈设饼的桌子: 陈设饼的桌子上摆列了两行陈设饼，每行六个（利未记 24:5,6）。这两行代表父子俩，原因在于此: • 两个冠冕: 陈设饼的桌子上摆着两个冠冕或一个双冠冕（出埃及记 25:23-25译成”金牙边”）。为什么两个呢？ • 耶稣是饼/粮: 饼/粮代表耶稣（约翰福音 6:51）。但耶稣说: “我与父原为一” （约翰福音 10:30）。所以，饼也可以代表父。这就是为什么上帝指示祭司将陈设饼在桌子上摆列成两行（不是一行或三行），代表父子俩。而桌子上也设有两个金冠冕/金牙边（不是一个，也不是三个）。 • 耶稣同坐在父的宝座上: 启示录3:21告诉我们说，耶稣同坐在父的宝座上。所以，宝座上有两位神性生物。 • 陈设饼的桌子和上面所摆列的两叠饼恰当地代表了父和子在天上圣所的头一格内，就是耶稣履行祂职份的圣所内。 b。地上圣所给我们呈现了几位神性生物呢？ 他们是谁呢？ 地上圣所的研究证明只有两位神性生物，就是中保/大祭司耶稣，和父上帝。这再次印证了两位神性生物而已，不是三位。 c。圣灵又如何呢？祂在圣所中吗？ 在圣所中有些不具位格的和无生命的元素，代表圣灵，例如用来点燃灯台的油。但重点是，我们没有看见代表圣灵的第三位生物。圣灵的确有在，但没有形体，不像父子有形体那样。油是圣灵的一种象征，然而油也用在圣所中来产生光，而光则是耶稣的象征（约翰福音8:12; 9:5） 三，圣所的院子 a。我们可以从圣所的院子中学到什么关于神性生物的教训呢？ 院子中的职务涉及三位生物: 1。耶稣为祭牲: 祭牲不论是羊羔或牛犊（利未记 4:3）代表上帝的儿子耶稣（约翰福音 1:26,39） 2。我们是罪人: 那亲手杀祭牲的罪人（利未记 4:4）代表认罪并献上属灵祭物的罪人（彼得前书 2:5）。 3。耶稣是那受膏的祭司: 受膏的祭司将血带入圣所（利未记 4:5）。这也代表耶稣，我们的大祭司。（希伯来书 4:14; 5:10; 6:20） b。院子的职务给我们呈现了几位神性生物? 这些是院子职务所涉及的唯一生物。我们只看见一位神性生物。 c。其他的祭司代表什么? 当然不止一位祭司在院子里供职，在圣所也是如此。这些祭司可以代表这两个选项的其中一个: 1。基督的表号 2。所有圣徒（圣经称跟随基督的人为“有君尊的祭司”（彼得前书 2:9）。他们代表那些与神合作同工之人。 不论你相信哪一个是对的，其论点仍然成立，没有任何生物来代表圣灵。 d。圣灵又如何呢？它在院子里是否有代表？ 我们在院子中再次看见一些代表圣灵的东西，但这些东西都是不具位格和无生命的，不像代表耶稣的人物一般。例如: 1。燔祭坛上的火---在使徒行传2:3中，我们看见圣灵像火焰一般沛降下来。 2。洗濯盆的水---在新约圣经中，水曾被用来代表圣灵（参阅约翰福音 4:14; 7:38,39; 启示录 22:1） 但论点仍然成立，我们看不见任何地方有代表圣灵为一个生物的，就如同父与子一样。 e。大祭司在院子里有哪一个角色是与耶稣在地上的工作有关的呢？ 有一点很重要，我们必须注意的，大祭司的其中一个角色或任务是教导百姓（以西结书 44:23）。这当然是在圣幕的外面发生，因为除了祭司，没有人获准进去里边。换句话说，祭司不光要在圣所里上帝面前供职，他也要出去教导百姓。 有趣的是，祭司在出去教导百姓之前，必须先换衣服。他们必须穿上另一件衣服，而留下在上帝面前供职的圣衣。 以西结书 44:19 "他们出到外院的民那里，当脱下供职的衣服，放在圣屋内，穿上别的衣服，免得因圣衣使民成圣。" 就在这里，我相信这表号给了我们一个很有趣和富有启发的领悟。我们的大祭司基督的任务之一，就是在圣所外教导百姓。不光如此，但按着这个表号，祂必须换上别的衣服，或说祂必须以”另一种形式” 来显现自己，不同于祂在上帝面前时的形式。 而这恰好就是基督现今所作的事。耶稣以祂肉身形式在天上圣所中供职的同时，祂也依然藉着祂的灵在地上服侍教会（加拉太书 4:6）。耶稣已经应许要常与我们同在，永不离开或抛弃我们（马太福音 28:20; 希伯来书 13:5）。圣经告诉我们说，耶稣与祂门徒在一起，”和他们同工”（马可福音 16:20）。 由此可见，地上的圣所只给我们呈现了两位神性生物而已: 父与子。圣所中没有空间留给第三位生物。再者，圣所的职务教导我们说，耶稣若要应验表号，祂就必须行祭司所行的，即出去教导百姓。祂藉着他自己的灵，也就是圣灵，做到了这一点。使徒们也都明白这一点，所以保罗宣告说耶稣是圣灵（哥林多后书 3:17; 哥林多前书 8:6; 亦参考第七课以获得更多相关资讯）。 上一篇 返回研究目录 下一篇 到最頂

返回研究目录 上一篇 下载中文 下一篇 路德在公会前的辩护 路德在公会前的辩护 （好比基督徒在三位一体信徒面前的辩护） 　　“但我不过是一个人，而不是神；所以我要为自己辩护，像基督所作的一样：‘若是我说错了，你们指出我的错来。’……我以上帝的慈悲，恳求皇上陛下和诸侯殿下，要根据先知和使徒的著作证明我的错误。在我明白看出我的错误之后，我就必立刻撤回每一个错误，并愿首先把我的书丢在火里。 　　“我刚才所说的，表明我对于我可能遭受的危险已经加以深思熟虑；可是我非但不因这些危险而沮丧，反而大大喜乐，因为我看到今天的福音像古代一样，已经成为磨难和倾轧的缘由。这就是上帝之道的特征与结果。基督说过：‘我来并不是叫地上太平，乃是叫地上动刀兵。’上帝的旨意是奇妙可畏的；你们务要谨慎，免得在试图止息争端时，反而攻击了上帝的圣道，以至招来可怕而难以解救的危险，祸患，和永久的灭亡。……我可以从上帝的教训中举出很多的例子；我可以讲到法老，巴比伦王，或以色列诸王，当他们采取一些似乎极机巧的措施，如利用议会等来巩固自己的权力的时候，事实上他们正是在毁灭自己呢。‘上帝发怒，把山翻倒挪移，山并不知觉。’” 　　“至尊陛下和伟大的侯爷既要我作一个明白，简单，而确切的答复，我的答复就是：我不能将我的信仰交给教皇或是议会去审断，因为很明显的，他们常常犯错误，并且互相矛盾。除非藉着《圣经》的明证，或清晰的推理使我信服，除非根据我所引证的经文使我满意，除非使我的良心受到《圣经》的约束，我就不能，也不愿撤回这些著作。因为一个基督徒违背自己的良心是不妥当的。这就是我的立场，此外我别无主张；惟愿上帝帮助我，阿们！” （怀爱伦著，«善恶之争»，原文第159,160页） 上一篇 返回研究目录 下一篇 到最頂

All trinity studies Previous Download 看中文 Next Two Beings and Not Three According to the Bible TWO BEINGS not three according to the BIBLE Proverbs 30:4 "Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?" ONLY TWO BEINGS 1 Corinthians 8:6 "But to us there is but ONE God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and ONE Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him." ONLY TWO BEINGS Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ONLY TWO BEINGS Mark 13:32 / Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." ONLY TWO BEINGS 1 Corinthians 1:9 "God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord."ONLY TWO BEINGS 1 Corinthians 11:3 "But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God." ONLY TWO BEINGS 2 Corinthians 5:19 "To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation." ONLY TWO BEINGS John 1:14, 18 "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. ... v18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." ONLY TWO BEINGS John 3:16, 18 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. v18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." ONLY TWO BEINGS John 5:26 "For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;" ONLY TWO BEINGS John 8:16, 28, 42 "And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. v28 When you have lifted up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he, and that I DO NOTHING OF MYSELF; but as my FATHER has taught me, I speak these things. v42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me." ONLY TWO BEINGS John 12:44-45, 49 "Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. v45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. v49 FOR I HAVE NOT SPOKEN OF MYSELF; but the FATHER which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.” ONLY TWO BEINGS John 14:10, 20, 23, 24 "The words that I speak unto you I SPEAK NOT OF MYSELF: but the FATHER that dwelleth in me v20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. v23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. v24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me." ONLY TWO BEINGS John 17:3 “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” ONLY TWO BEINGS John 17:8 "For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me." ONLY TWO BEINGS John 20:17 "Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." ONLY TWO BEINGS Romans 8:3 "……God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh…." ONLY TWO BEINGS 1 John 1:3 "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ." ONLY TWO BEINGS 1 John 2:22, 23 "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. v23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also." ONLY TWO BEINGS 1 John 5:10, 11 "He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. v11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son." ONLY TWO BEINGS Ephesians 3:9 “God….created all things by Jesus Christ.” ONLY TWO BEINGS Hebrews 1:1-2 "God....spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;" ONLY TWO BEINGS This is why John 1:3 says: “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” Other translations say, “Through him (Jesus) all things were made” (NIV) because “God created everything through him” (NLT). ONLY TWO BEINGS 1 Peter 3:18 "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:" ONLY TWO BEINGS Revelation 1:1 “The Revelation of JESUS CHRIST, WHICH GOD GAVE UNTO HIM, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John.” ONLY TWO BEINGS Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

All trinity studies Previous Download Next I am the Bread of Life I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE John 6:22-71 is so rich in the non-trinitarian understanding of the Holy Spirit. A comparison with the writings of Paul and Ellen White and the Psalms sheds light on the identity of the Spirit. Read John 6:27 "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father SEALED." Compare with Eph 1:13,14 "In whom [Christ] ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were SEALED WITH THAT HOLY SPIRIT of promise, Which is the earnest [guarantee] of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory." Compare also 2 Cor 1:22 "Who [God] hath also SEALED us, and given the earnest [guarantee] of the SPIRIT in our hearts." Comparing John 6:27 with Eph 1:13,14 and 2Cor 1:22, we find an indication that the meat that Christ gives us that will spring up to eternal life is His Holy Spirit, for God has sealed us with Christ's Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee for our future inheritance. Read John 6:33 "For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world." The Bread here is synonymous with the Meat in verse 27 above. If the meat that Christ gives us is His Spirit, then we can expect that the Bread from God that gives life to the world would also be Christ's Spirit. Read John 6:35 "And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." The Bread of Life is Jesus Himself, although in verse 33 Jesus used the 3rd person to refer to Himself, as He also did in John 14:16 when speaking of the Comforter or Spirit of truth. Read John 6:51 "I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." When Christ said to eat this bread, He could not have meant His physical body. The only other possibility is His Spirit, for we can take or receive His Spirit into our heart. The following quote from the Spirit of Prophecy reveals that it is the Holy Spirit that comes to our soul and transforms our heart to reproduce the image or character of God in us when the Bread of Life is assimilated into our life. So the Bread of Life is Christ's Spirit, which is received into our heart, with which we are sealed for eternal life. "The Holy Spirit comes to the soul as a Comforter. By the transforming agency of His grace, the image of God is reproduced in the disciple; he becomes a new creature. Love takes the place of hatred, and the heart receives the divine similitude. This is what it means to live "by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." This is eating the Bread that comes down from heaven." {Desire of Ages 391} Read John 6:56 "He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him." Compare with John 14:17 "Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you." Compare also with Gal 4:6 "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father." When we take Christ's Spirit (represented by His flesh/meat/bread), Christ will dwell in us by His Spirit, as He promised in John 14:17, that the Spirit of truth will be in us, and as Paul said in Gal 4:6, the Spirit of God's Son has been sent into our hearts. The following SOP quote also confirms that eating the Bread of Life is the assimilation of Christ's mind and character into our life. In other words, when we receive His Spirit into our heart, we have His mind and character. So the Holy Spirit is also Christ's mind and character. "We are living in times full of importance to each one. Light is shining in clear, steady rays around us. If this light is rightly received and appreciated, it will be a blessing to us and to others; but if we trust in our own wisdom and strength, or in the wisdom and strength of our fellowmen, it will be turned into a poison. In the struggle for eternal life, we cannot lean upon one another. The BREAD OF LIFE must be eaten by each one. Individually we must partake of it, that soul, body, and mind may be revived and strengthened by its transforming power, thus becoming assimilated to the MIND and CHARACTER of JESUS CHRIST. God must be made first and last and best in everything." {Testimonies to Ministers 385.1} Read John 6:63 "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." In John 5:21, Christ said He quickens [gives life to] the dead. "For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will." Psa 119:50 "Thy word hath quickened me." Christ's flesh also represents the words that He speaks, and His words are spirit and life. In Psa 33:6 we see a parallel between His Word and His breath. "By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth." In John 20:22, He breathed upon them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." So word and breath are both synonymous with the Spirit. Both His flesh and His words refer to His Spirit that quickens. In other words, when we take in Christ's words, or His Spirit, He makes us alive forever. Compare with 1 Cor 15:45 "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit." Christ is the last Adam. After His ascension, He was made a quickening Spirit, which means a Spirit that gives us eternal life. This is the same Spirit of truth, the Comforter, that He promised to send, and which He fulfilled when He came to the disciples again on the day of Pentecost as a quickening Spirit. And by receiving the Spirit of Christ into our heart, we are sealed for eternal life. 2 Cor 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." John 6:64-66 "But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him." Just as many of Christ's disciples in His day did not want to believe in the Bread of Life, so today many who profess to follow Christ do not want to believe in the Spirit of Christ. They were offended when Christ offers them His own Spirit to dwell in their heart, for they believe in another spirit other than Christ. So in the end they walk no more with Christ, even though they may think they are serving God actively. These are the ones who will shockingly hear Christ say, "I never knew you." (Matt 7:23) How terrible that will be! May we ever receive Christ's Spirit into our heart so that we reflect His character fully and be sealed unto eternal life. Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

返回研究目录 上一篇 下载中文 Read in English 下一篇 破解十五个拒绝安息日的理由(上) 这篇文章旨在分析一些拒绝安息日的传道人和教会领导们所普遍给出的理由或借口，以揭穿他们推翻安息日真理的企图。我们将从圣经找出证据来证明他们的理论尽都是谬论，并且提出合理的论点来反驳这些假道理。我所列出的论点有15个点之多，我们将逐一探讨。 1. 我们应该守星期日来纪念耶稣复活吗？ 2. 日历是否改变了安息日? 3. 我们怎么知道安息日落在哪一天？ 4. 我们可以自选任何一天当它作安息日吗？ 5. 主日是哪一天？ 6. 安息日专属于犹太人吗？ 7. 安息日是为人类设立的！ 8. 十诫已经废除了吗？ 9. 耶稣是我们的安息日吗？ 10. 安息日已经废除了吗？ 11. 我们不在律法之下，而是在恩典之下？ 12. 耶稣是否违犯了安息日？ 13. 安息日是在新约之下吗？ 14. 大多数人怎么可能对安息日有所误解？ 15. 圣经是否说安息日已经改为星期日？ 我们必须记住，不管一个理由有多么的堂皇或广泛流行，只要它经不起圣经的考验，它就是一个有心人编出来的歪理，归根结底也都是撒但所启发的。所以一切理论都必须建立在圣经的基础上。 1. 我们应该守星期日来纪念耶稣复活吗？ 第一点，我们应该守星期日来纪念耶稣复活吗？这是守星期日的信徒经常提出的理由，以支持他们遵守星期日的宗教习俗。这听起来非常合理，耶稣既然在星期日复活，祂的复活又那么重要，那么我们遵守祂复活的日子为安息圣日又有何不妥呢？ 非常不妥！不错，耶稣确实是在那星期的第一日复活的。祂的复活确实是人类历史上最重要的事件。但是圣经完全没有给一丁点暗示，宣告第七日安息日已经因耶稣的复活而转移到了第一日。圣经也从未命令我们遵守第一日为圣日。 安息日在历史上为罗马天主教所修改，是为了纪念他们的太阳神，所以他们选择在太阳神的崇拜日来做礼拜，这也与耶稣的复活毫无关系，也不是上帝所悦纳的，因它完全违背圣经的原则。人总是喜欢为了适应自己的传统来改变上帝的律法。正如耶稣所说的一样： 马可福音 7：9 又说：“你们诚然是废弃上帝的诫命，要守自己的遗传。 他们说耶稣的复活很重要，因此必须在这个日子敬拜他。其实这并不是一个很好的论点，因为圣经还有提到其他一样重要的日子，比如说耶稣的死。祂在一个星期五为我们而死。那是历史上最重要的死亡事件，也是最有意义的。它标志着我们的救赎已经得到保障，耶稣成功为我们偿还了罪债，以至我们不必受第二次的死。 祂为我们受苦受难，受尽凌辱，背负全人类的罪，然后在十字架上壮烈牺牲。那么说，我们岂不应该把安息日定在星期五吗？难道我们只纪念耶稣的复活，却忘了纪念祂的死吗？ 所以啊，我们不能按照自己的逻辑来设定哪一天为安息日，因为上帝早已命定了，而且祂从未提过这一天会有任何变动。如果有的话，圣经一定会提出很多证据的。显然这是人们凭空想出来的歪理。 论到耶稣的死和复活，我们也必须纪念，但不能把这两件事变成纪念创造的安息日。使徒保罗吩咐我们说： 哥林多前书 11：26 你们每逢吃这饼，喝这杯，是表明主的死，直等到他来。 我们举行圣餐礼，是为了纪念耶稣的死，当然也一道纪念耶稣的复活。另外保罗说，洗礼是纪念耶稣复活的一种仪式，而我们每一天也都必须重生，显出新生的样式。 罗马书 6：4 所以我们藉着洗礼归入死，和他一同埋葬，原是叫我们一举一动有新生的样式，像基督藉着父的荣耀从死里复活一样。 所以圣餐礼和洗礼的目的是纪念耶稣的死和祂的复活。这才是圣经所命定的。我们不能随意把安息日从第七日改成第一日。 有些星期日教会的信徒会说：可是门徒明明在耶稣复活那日一起聚会啊，他们难道不是守安息日，以庆祝耶稣的复活吗？所以门徒也是守星期日的啊。 这种说法实际上是基于一个非常大的误解。圣经从未记载过门徒改守星期日为安息日而停守原来的第七日为安息日。事实上，圣经告诉我们，门徒当时还不相信耶稣已经复活，那么试问他们怎么会在当天守安息日并庆祝祂的复活呢？ 马可福音 16：12-14 12 这事以后，门徒中间有两个人往乡下去。走路的时候，耶稣变了形像，向他们显现。13 他们就去告诉其余的门徒，其余的门徒也是不信。 14 后来，十一个门徒坐席的时候，耶稣向他们显现，责备他们不信，心里刚硬，因为他们不信那些在他复活以后看见他的人。 明显的是，门徒还不信他们的主已经从死里复活了，因此他们的聚会不可能是欢喜快乐地庆祝基督复活。约翰为我们揭晓了他们聚会的原因。 约翰福音 20：19 那日（就是七日的第一日）晚上，门徒所在的地方，因怕犹太人，门都关了。耶稣来站在当中，对他们说：“愿你们平安！” 他们聚会的原因，是因为害怕犹太人。他们怕自己的主死了之后，下一个就轮到他们了。他们惧怕遭犹太人下毒手，于是他们聚集在一块儿保护自己、商量对策、并互相鼓励。此时耶稣就出现在他们当中，说：“愿你们平安！” 因为他们心中没有平安。 简单来说，这次的聚会根本不能证明什么。再加上我们看到了新约圣经全书都一再证明门徒和早期教会信徒都依然遵守着安息日，所以宣称门徒守的安息日已经改成星期日这种说法是站不住脚的。 也请不要再说安息日已经因耶稣的复活从第七日改成了第一日，因为这种假道理没有任何圣经经文的支持。 2. 日历是否改变了安息日? 我们要探讨的第二点是，日历是否影响或改变了安息日？有人这么说，是因为我们今天所用的日历并不是当代犹太人所用的日历。 大家不用担心。事实就是，虽然日历改变了，但不会影响或混淆每周七日周期的循环。我们可以百分百肯定地说，我们今天所遵守的第七日安息日与耶稣当时所遵守的安息日是同一日。 1582年的日历更改是教皇贵勾利十三世所做的 ，但这一更改并没有干扰每周的周期。他于 1582 年在日历上做了一个微小的改变，所以我们现在所用的公历是以他命名的，就是贵勾利日历。 教皇贵勾利十三世对日历做了什么改变呢？1582年之前，儒略历实际上是由尤利乌斯·凯撒在公元前46年左右制定的，并以他命名。 但是儒略历将一年的时间长度设定为 365 又1/4 天。这是不正确的，因为一年实际上比 365 又1/4 天少了 11 分钟。这 11 分钟累积起来，到了 1582 年，日历的日期已经与太阳系脱离了 10 天。 教皇贵勾利尝试通过将这十天从日历中删除来解决这个问题。 1582 年 10 月 4 日是星期四，那么第二天，星期五，应该是 10 月 5 日，但贵勾利把它改为 10 月 15 日，正好向前跨越了十天，以使日历与天体恢复和谐。 一周七日的周期是否混乱了呢？并没有，星期五仍然紧随着星期四，星期六仍然在星期五之后等等。同样的，第七天仍然存在，所以每周七日的周期并没有受到干扰。 当我们在星期六遵守第七日安息日时，我们就是遵守耶稣所遵守的同一日，正如路加福音 4：16 所告诉我们的那样，耶稣每周都遵守了安息日，那是他素常的规矩。 路加福音 4：16 耶稣来到拿撒勒，就是他长大的地方。在安息日，照他平常的规矩进了会堂，站起来要念圣经。 有意思的是，美国海军天文台也报告称，每周周期的连续性从未发生过任何变动。另外我们只要看看犹太人就知道了。他们从古至今从未停止过遵守安息日的规矩，而他们在今时今日还依然在遵守星期六为安息日。 所以我们不用再找借口说，因着日历的改变，安息日也随之消失在其中了。然后说我们无法知道哪一日是原来的第七日了。这些都是借口罢了。上帝肯定会保留每一周的一致性和完整性，让每个时代的忠心子民都能纪念和遵守每周的第七日为安息日。 3. 我们怎么知道安息日是哪一天呢？ 那么我们接下来要继续探讨的是，我们怎么知道安息日落在哪一天？我们有没有什么铁证可以证明安息日确实落在今天的星期六呢？ 那些经常宣称我们不能正确地知道安息日是哪一天的人都是在说谎，都在用谬论来安慰那些不服从第四条诫命的人。那么我们有什么证据来反驳他们呢？除了说全能的上帝不会让祂的安息日失传之外，我们还有五个证据，足以证明我们今天依然能够遵守正确的安息日。 第一，现代词典给我们证明星期六是第七日，也是安息日。 你要是到在线英文词典dictionary.com搜寻Saturday的话，你就会看到星期六的定义是：一周的第七日。同样的，你要是搜寻Sunday的话呢，它就会告诉你星期日的定义是：一周的第一日。那么你要是上任何汉语词典的软件或网站去搜寻安息日，那里都会这样说： 《圣经》记载，上帝在六日内创造天地万物，第七日完工休息。犹太教尊这日为圣日，名叫安息日（即星期五日落到星期六日落的一昼夜时间）。这一天礼拜上帝，不做工作。基督教以星期日为安息日，又称主日。 英文词典也一样，都说：每周的第七日，星期六，是犹太人和一些基督徒休息和进行宗教活动的日子。在这里他们还引用了出埃及记20：8-11，即第四条诫命。 但是安息日的第二个定义是：每周的第一日，星期日，大多数基督徒守这一日，以纪念基督的复活。我们刚刚也谈过，这根本不是出自上帝圣言的。圣经从未教导我们这样做！ 况且，圣经也不曾说过，一周的第一日已经因耶稣的复活而变成了新的安息日。这种说法根本就没有任何圣经依据，因为它不是出自圣经的，而是源自天主教的传统。 第二，耶稣的复活证明了安息日是星期六。 奇妙的是，耶稣的复活不但没有证明安息日已经更改，相反的，耶稣的复活恰恰给我们证明了安息日就是星期六，而且耶稣也为我们树立了榜样，即便在他死后也依然遵守了安息日。 圣经说，基督是在星期五预备日死的，然后是在星期日，一周的第一日，复活的。几乎所有的教会都通过遵守耶稣的受难日和复活节的星期日来承认这一事实。我们来看一个圣经证据： 路加福音 23：52-54 52 这人去见彼拉多，求耶稣的身体；53 就取下来用细麻布裹好，安放在石头凿成的坟墓里，那里头从来没有葬过人。54 那日是预备日，安息日也快到了。 这明显证明耶稣是在安息日的前一日死的。那一日称为预备日，因为那是给我们为安息日做好准备的日子。我们再往下看，第55和第56节。 路加福音 23：55-56 55 那些从加利利和耶稣同来的妇女跟在后面，看见了坟墓和他的身体怎样安放。56 她们就回去，预备了香料香膏。她们在安息日，便遵着诫命安息了。 请注意这些妇女在安息日，遵着诫命安息了。而这些事实是路加在耶稣死了几十年之后才写的，这也证明安息日从未改变。诫命说，第七日是安息日，因此我们知道安息日是今天的星期六。再来注意下一节怎么说。 路加福音 24：1-3 1 七日的头一日，黎明的时候，那些妇女带着所预备的香料来到坟墓前，2 看见石头已经从坟墓滚开了。3 她们就进去，只是不见主耶稣的身体。 圣经非常清楚地形容了这三天。耶稣是在星期五也就是预备日被钉死。祂在星期六也就是安息日在坟墓里安息。然后祂在星期日，也就是一周的第一日复活起来的。 只要你知道并相信耶稣在哪一天受难和复活，就不难知道安息日是哪一天了，因为圣经清楚地说，安息日就是第七日，也就是星期六，是耶稣受难和复活之间的那一日。 这其实一点也不复杂，问题是我们愿不愿意放下自己的偏见，单纯地接受圣经真理？ 第三，星期六这个名词在上百种语言中都一致性地称之为安息日。 你知不知道第七日星期六，在世界各地上百种语言中的专用名词意思相等于安息日，词根也都源自安息日的希伯来文Shabbat和希腊文Sabbaton？ 比如说意大利语，星期六一词称为 Sabbato，西班牙语则是 Sabado，葡萄牙语也是 Sabbado，俄语是 Subbota ，波兰语是 Sobota。所有这些名词在不同语言中却都含有完全相同的意思，那就是“安息日”或“休息日”。 这只是许许多多例子中的几个罢了。这证明了什么？这证明在这 100 种起源于创世记 11 章的巴别塔的语言之前的时代，星期六就已经被公认为安息日了，而且还被纳入那一天的专用名词中。 除了那些以异教名称来命名一周之间的日子的语言之外，第七日在世界各地仍然被称为安息日，正如主在创世时所命的名称那样。 创世纪 2：3 上帝赐福给第七日，定为圣日，因为在这日上帝歇了他一切创造的工，就安息了。 第四，天主教把安息日从星期六转移到星期日去。 罗马天主教曾多次公开承认是他们把圣经的安息日从第七日转移到第一日星期日的。我们在上一期的研究《安息日的真理》中也看过好几段天主教亲口承认自己改变安息日的事实。大家可以回顾一下。现在我们就来看其中一个例子，取自《皈依者的天主教要理问答》一书中的一段。 “问：安息日是哪一天？ “答：星期六是安息日。 “问：为什么我们遵守星期日而不是星期六？ “答：我们遵守星期日而不是星期六，是因为天主教会在老底嘉会议（公元 364 年）中将安息日的神圣庄严从星期六转移到了星期日。” ——彼得葛依尔曼（Peter Geiermann），《皈依者的天主教要理问答》，第50页，第3 版，1957年 天主教宣称他们有凌驾于圣经之上的权柄，因此有权力把安息日从星期六转移到星期日。正如但以理书所预言的那样，这个敌基督的制度将要改变上帝的节期和律法，也就是安息日。 但以理书 7：25 他必向至高者说夸大的话，必折磨至高者的圣民，必想改变节期和律法。圣民必交付他手一载、二载、半载。 她想改变上帝的律法，并以为自己已经改了，但事实上没有任何人或教会有权柄改变上帝的律法，就算是天主教也没有这种权力。上帝的律法是神圣而永不改变的，祂也从不曾赐给任何人权柄来改变祂的诫命。 总而言之，天主教企图对上帝的安息日所做的更改，就足以证明真正的安息日就是星期六，而不是天主教和大多数的基督教派所一致拥护的星期日。 所以凡是遵守星期日的人不是敬畏上帝，或遵行祂的旨意，而是表现出他对天主教教皇的忠心和服从，以及承认天主教至上的权威，甚至超越于圣经之上。 我想再一次提醒大家必须做正确的选择，必须站在正确的一方，否则后果自负。 第五，犹太人素来遵守星期六为安息日。 我们来到了第五个证明安息日是星期六的最有力证据之一，就是犹太人素来遵守星期六为安息日。 犹太人从亚伯拉罕的时代起就开始遵守着第七日，直到今天仍然在遵守这个规矩。一整个民族，数以百万计的人一直在仔细地守住时间，周复一周，年复一年，不管有日历或没有日历都好，数千年以来皆是如此。他们会忘记或遗忘这重要的日子吗？那是不可能的！ 唯一能让他们把这日子忘掉或叫他们算错日子的方法，就是同时让整个国家的人民多睡一天，再加上自那天以后没有人告诉他们所发生的事，否则的话，这是不可能发生的。 以七天为一个周期来测量时间是没有科学或天文学依据的，因为这不是人类所制定的，而是上帝所亲自命定的。一个星期七天的周期起源于创世的故事中，显明这是上帝完美的计划，并且它还被神迹般地保存了下来，主要是为了一个原因，就是安息圣日为人类指向那位独一真神的创造主。这是祂对世界和人类生命的主权的标志，是创造和救赎的证据。 难道这不是上帝要我们永远遵守安息日的原因吗？正如我们之前所看过的一样，先知以赛亚向我们说明，安息日必永远长存，而我们在以后的新天新地里也必遵守安息日。 以赛亚书 66：22-23 22 耶和华说：“我所要造的新天新地，怎样在我面前长存，你们的后裔和你们的名字也必照样长存。23 每逢月朔、安息日，凡有血气的必来在我面前下拜。这是耶和华说的。 安息日对上帝忠心的子民是如此的珍贵，以至于他们会一直遵守下去，直到他们进入新天新地还要继续遵守。并且正是因为如此，他们才得以进入新天新地。 4. 我们可以当任何一天作安息日吗？ 第四点，我们可以自行决定当任何一天作安息日吗？这个拒绝守第七日安息日的借口我听过太多太多次了。所以我们今天就来深入探讨一下这种说法是否正确，是否有任何圣经的依据支持它。 其实啊，撒但也通过这个论点来预备世人接受最后的伪安息日，因为相信这种论点的人不愿意顺从上帝的诫命而遵守第七日的安息日，所以当撒但的爪牙推出星期日法令时，他们就会很轻易地接受并与世界联合来对抗上帝了。 我们必须知道，上帝用自己的指头把十诫写在石版上，祂写下了历代不变的伟大律法。每一句话都严肃而意味深长。没有一句话是模棱两可或隐秘的。 基督徒或非基督徒，受过教育或未受过教育的人，都可以毫无疑问地理解十诫简单明了的话语。那么上帝所要表达的是不是祂所写下来的呢？那当然啊！ 上帝所说所写的确实就是祂要我们明白的道理。没有人以律法太复杂以致无人能明白为理由来拒绝遵守十条诫命。再说，上帝已毫不含糊地命令人遵守第七日，而不是七日中的其中任何一日。 上帝没有说：“当纪念一日为安息日，至于是哪一日呢，你们随意挑选一日吧！” 绝对没有这样的事，虽然很多人希望上帝这样说。 有人则说他们在一周中的每一日都遵守安息日，认为上帝所造的日子没有贵贱之分，每一日都是一样的，天天都可以是安息日。这是上帝要我们遵守的吗？祂曾说过每一日都是安息日而没有特别受赐福和分别为圣的日子吗？圣经说： 出埃及记 20：8-11 8 当记念安息日，守为圣日。9 六日要劳碌作你一切的工，10 但第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作，11 因为六日之内，耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以耶和华赐福与安息日，定为圣日。 这才是圣经的教导。认为每一天都是安息日其实是一个为了逃避遵守第七日安息日而编造出来的借口。想想看，上帝说，六日你要劳碌做工，第七日是你当守的安息日。我们能不能对上帝说：“上帝啊，你错了，第七日不是你的安息日，我们可以随意遵守任何一日甚至是每一日。” 你这样嘲弄上帝和祂的诫命岂不是很危险吗？上帝渴望我们每一天都敬拜祂、侍奉祂、赞美祂、向祂祷告、为了荣耀祂而做每一件事，这是没错的。但是，上帝把第七日分别开来，作为我们崇拜祂和纪念祂的神圣日子，是与其他六日大不相同的。在这圣日当中我们何工都不可做。 请大家思考一下，如果你每天都遵守安息日的话，那就表示你每一天都不做工，每一日都在安息。这样你不叫圣洁，而叫懒惰。故此，每一日是安息日的论点根本是站不住脚的。 十诫中的大部分诫命都是以“不可”做为开始的。但在律法的中心是第四条诫命，这一条特别的诫命是以“当纪念”为开始的。 上帝吩咐并提醒祂的子民，让他们时刻记念一个早已存在但却被人遗忘的日子。注意创世记如何形容安息日的起源。 创世纪 2：1-3 1 天地万物都造齐了。2 到第七日，上帝造物的工已经完毕，就在第七日歇了他一切的工，安息了。3 上帝赐福给第七日，定为圣日，因为在这日上帝歇了他一切创造的工，就安息了。 上帝赐福给哪一日并且定为圣日呢？第七日。如何守这一日为圣呢？就是在这一天安息。那么我们可以守其余的六日为圣日吗？不可以，因为上帝没有吩咐我们在首六日安息。祂吩咐我们六日要劳碌作我们一切的工。 在利未记第10章中，亚伦的儿子拿答和亚比户，理应从祭坛带来圣火，但正如经上记着说，他们居然擅自带来了凡火。 圣火和凡火看起来一样吗？一样。他们在化学性质上是否一样呢？一样。但是上帝能否接受凡火来取代祂所命定的圣火呢？不能。 利未记 10：2 就有火从耶和华面前出来，把他们烧灭，他们就死在耶和华面前。 可见上帝完全不能接受它。那么同样的，当我们献上世俗的一天来取代祂神圣的一天时，上帝会有什么感受呢？ 更何况，如果我们献上的是崇拜三位一体太阳神的日子来取代真神的安息日的话，上帝会开心吗？此外，上帝特别的祝福只限于这特别且神圣的一天。上帝为何将这一天定为圣日呢？ 这是因为上帝是圣洁的。这一日是与上帝亲近的圣洁时光。朋友，上帝用自己的指头把诫命写在石版上，这表示十条诫命是极为重要的，以至上帝必须亲自动手写下它。石版则代表律法是坚固、永恒、不可挪移、不可动摇和永不改变的。 上帝在西奈山上还有给摩西其他的吩咐和其他的律法，但他们都不是刻在石版上的，而且那些都是后世的影儿，是指向基督的，且都被钉在十字架上了。十条诫命是唯一刻在石版上，是唯一永远长存的律法。 上帝为什么要赐福与第七日呢？那是因为祂在六日之内创造了天地万物，而第七天乃是地球的生日，是对伟大的创世大工的纪念日。这一天也是对我们是否爱上帝和顺服祂之考验，同时也是庆祝创造的一天。这一天也提醒我们，将来上帝会重新创造新天新地。 纪念创造的安息日可以更改吗？绝对不可以。这是永不更改的事实，就好比一个国家的独立日是不可随意改变的，或者一个人的生日也是不容更改的。你可以选择早几天或迟几天才来纪念或庆祝，但这并不能把你的生日改变成那一日，它依然会是那固定的日子。 安息日也是一样的道理，你自行在另一天守安息日并不会把那一天变成安息日，上帝所定下的安息日只能是第七日，这是永不更改的。 上帝曾经赐给人类自己挑选其中一日为安息日的权利吗？没有。相反的，上帝藉着祂的话语一再地向我们显明，祂所奠定的安息日是坚如磐石的，是不容篡改的。 有人说任何一天都可以随意选择作为安息日，都可以把它定为圣日，这些人实际上高举自己高于上帝，因为他们不愿意随从上帝的诫命，只随从自己的意思而行。 现在我们来谈谈吗哪的故事，好让大家更明白这个道理。 出埃及记 16：4-5 4 耶和华对摩西说：“我要将粮食从天降给你们。百姓可以出去，每天收每天的份，我好试验他们遵不遵我的法度。 5 到第六天他们要把所收进来的预备好了，比每天所收的多一倍。” 大家可以自行看完整章的上下文。我只想带出一个重点。以色列人在旷野漂流的40年来，上帝给他们施行了三个神迹。 第一，每天都有吗哪从天降下，除了第七日安息日没有之外。 第二，吗哪留着过夜到早晨必定变质发臭，除了第七日安息日之外（第六日留着过夜，到安息日早晨依然甜美新鲜）。 第三，第六日预备日有双倍的吗哪降下，使额外的吗哪能留到安息日食用，这样上帝的子民就不必在安息日出去捡吗哪，而得以遵守第七日安息日了。 出埃及记 16：29 你们看！耶和华既将安息日赐给你们，所以第六天他赐给你们两天的食物，第七天各人要住在自己的地方，不许什么人出去。” 当时也有一些以色列人与今天一般的基督徒有着相同的想法。他们认为七日之内任何一天都可以作安息日，不一定要守上帝的第七日。结果如何呢？ 出埃及记 16：27-28 27 第七天百姓中有人出去收，什么也找不着。28 耶和华对摩西说：“你们不肯守我的诫命和律法，要到几时呢？ 这些在第七日劳碌的人违犯了上帝的诫命，他们遵从自己的私欲，没有在预备日多捡一份，结果安息日就得挨饿了，因此他们错过了上帝所赐的福气和神迹。 许多基督徒都是为了方便自己而选择比较容易遵守的日子，这样他们也就违犯了上帝的命令，以自己的日子来取代上帝神圣的日子。 时至今日上帝是否对那些不守祂诫命的人有一样的看法呢？当然是啊！过去，今日、未来，上帝永远都是一样的，祂永不会改变。不遵守安息日依然是违犯了十条诫命的律法。看看雅各如何解释说： 雅各书 2：10-11 10 因为凡遵守全律法的，只在一条上跌倒，他就是犯了众条。11 原来那说不可奸淫的，也说不可杀人。你就是不奸淫，却杀人，仍是成了犯律法的。 5. 主日是哪一天？ 我们所要探讨的下一个问题是，主日到底是哪一日，它和安息日又有什么区别呢？ 首先，我们必须知道，整本圣经只有一次使用“主日”一词，就是在启示录 1：10。 启示录 1：10 当主日，我被圣灵感动，听见在我后面有大声音如吹号。。。 我们知道主确实有一个特别的日子。这一节没有清楚道出这特别的日子是哪一日。但是圣经在这个问题上给我们提供了许多的证据，使我们可以轻松解开谜团。 肯定的是，整本圣经没有一节经文将第一日称为“主日”。我们不能把自己的偏见读入圣经，曲解圣经的真理。反之，圣经确实明确地指出，主日就是指安息日。 一周内唯一蒙主赐福或称为圣日的日子是第七日安息日。况且圣经说，耶稣是安息日的主，所以主的日子明显就是安息日。 马太福音 12：8 因为人子是安息日的主。 马可福音 2：28 所以人子也是安息日的主。 顺便一提，耶稣没有说，“人子是安息日”，或说，人子是“主安息日”，而是说，“人子是安息日的主”。大家必须搞清楚这一点，因为许多拒绝安息日的人说，耶稣就是我们的安息日，我们有祂就等于守了安息日。这简直就是歪理。我们将在下一次的分享更深入探讨这种论点。 话说回来，主耶稣和父上帝从起初就一起创造了天地万物并设立了安息日，上帝藉着祂儿子立定了一切所有，又将万物都交在祂儿子的手中，所以耶稣自然就成为了安息日的主。 启示录记载约翰在主日看见异象，那么可想而知，他是在安息日看见异象的，而不是今天的人所声称的星期日或主日。大家切记，真正的主日只有安息日，其他所谓的主日都是伪造的。 请注意早期教会的历史学家卢修斯所写的以下一段话。 “公元 325 年，罗马主教西尔维斯特（公元 314-337 年）正式更改了第一日的名称，称其为主日。” (卢修斯著，《教会历史》 第739页) 下面我们再来看出自天主教的一段引言。 “圣约翰谈到主日（启 1：10），但他没有告诉我们那是一周中的哪一天，更不用说告诉我们哪一天将取代诫命中规定的安息日。 圣路加谈到门徒在一周的第一天聚在一起擘饼。 使徒行传 20：7。 圣保罗（哥林多前书 16：2）吩咐哥林多信徒应在一周的第一天储备好他们指定给犹大地忠实信徒的慈善义款：但双方都没有告诉我们，从今以后，一周的第一日将成为敬拜日和基督徒的安息日； 因此，对于这个古老的习俗，我们真正拥有的最好权威就是教会的见证。 因此，那些假装以宗教的理由遵守星期日的人，却不注重同一教会权威所规定的其他节日，这就说明他们这一行为更多地是出于幽默，而不是出于宗教，因为星期日和节假日都建立在同一个基础上，即（罗马天主）教会的宗教仪式。” ——《天主教徒指导》，第 17 版，第 272-273页。 这样看来，今日所谓的星期日为主日，不是出自圣经的，而是罗马天主教根据自己的传统和权柄命定的日子。他们这种作法绝对没有经过上帝的允许和批准。圣经的主日，即主耶稣的日子，就是第七日安息日，即星期六。守星期日从来都不是圣经的教导。 6. 安息日专属于犹太人吗？ 下来，我们要探讨安息日是不是专属于犹太人的圣日？拒绝安息日的人有一个很普遍的借口或论点，就是声称安息日仅仅是为犹太人设立的，而与基督徒完全扯不上关系。 当然，这也是极为荒谬的说法，是对圣经缺乏理解所作出的结论。可悲的是，这种错谬的论调已经变得如此普遍，以至于许多基督徒已将其称为“犹太人的安息日”。 但是我们在圣经中找不到这样的表达方式或词汇。安息日被称为“耶和华的安息日”，是属于真神上帝的，而不属于犹太人的。 出埃及记 20：10 但第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作， 英王钦定本的直接翻译是这样读的：”但第七日是耶和华你上帝的安息日”。圣经从不曾说过安息日只是为犹太人设立的，也不曾称安息日为犹太人的安息日。 我们来注意一下耶稣亲口说的一句话，就一目了然了。 马可福音 2：27 又对他们说：“安息日是为人设立的，人不是为安息日设立的。 安息日是为谁设立的呢？犹太人吗？不是的。耶稣说是为人，即为全人类设立的。只要你是人，你就理应遵守安息日，因为人类是上帝所创造的。 说到这段经文呢，人们又自作聪明想出了一个道理来，就是说，既然安息日是为人设立的，那么人自然有权利选择不遵守这一日。 事实上，全部十条诫命都是为人设立的，那么难道我们就可以自由违犯这些诫命了吗？那当然不可以。 人类是在第六日受造的，我们有第七日的唯一原因是因为上帝为了给人类提供安息的时间而添加了它。它是为人类设立的。自大的法利赛人认为安息日是为他们设立的，所以耶稣纠正了他们说，安息日是给所有人设立的，是给所有人的祝福，但他们却随意把它变成了充满律法主义各种规则的日子。 还有另一个用以反驳这论点的更强证据就是，亚当夏娃是在上帝设立安息日时唯一存在世上的人类。说白一点，当时并没有犹太人。犹太人是在设立安息日之后的两千多年以后才有的。 所以安息日绝对不可能是单为犹太人设立的。这种论点是完全站不住脚的。安息日是在创世时就已经设立的，为的是纪念上帝的创造大工，所以这是给全人类遵守的，而不可能只给犹太人遵守。 除了安息日之外，上帝在创世时还设立了另一个制度，就是婚姻制度。女人是为男人创造的，正如安息日是为人创造的一样。没有人会相信婚姻只是为犹太人设立的吧？ 有意思的是，这两个上帝所设立的最原始、最圣洁、最完美的制度，都是为人而设立的，都是有特别的祝福在里头的，都是使人与创造主联合的，而且也都是最受撒但攻击的。 撒但成功地在许多国家摧毁了一男一女的婚姻制度和第七日安息日制度。我们身为上帝最后一代的子民，必须恢复和宣传安息日的真理，恢复最原始最纯真的敬拜之日，叫人撇弃撒旦的伪安息日，即那敬拜太阳神的星期日。 论到第四条诫命不是单为犹太人设立的，其实全部十条诫命都不是单为犹太人设立的。大家明白了这一点就不再被迷惑了。请问不可拜其他神，不可雕刻并敬拜偶像，不可杀人，不可奸淫，当孝敬父母等等，只适用于犹太人吗？ 难道非犹太人就可以杀人放火，奸淫掳掠，跪拜其他神吗？相信大家都看到了吧。所以第四条诫命的安息日也和其他九条一样，是上帝赐给全人类的道德准绳。 除此之外，凡得救进入新天新地的所有圣徒还要继续遵守安息日，所以显然安息日不是单为犹太人设立的。 以赛亚书 66：22-23 22 耶和华说：“我所要造的新天新地，怎样在我面前长存，你们的后裔和你们的名字也必照样长存。23 每逢月朔、安息日，凡有血气的必来在我面前下拜。这是耶和华说的。 凡有血气的，换句话说，所有人都要到上帝面前去纪念和敬拜祂。另外，接受救恩的外邦人也都遵守安息日。 【钦定本】使徒行传 13：42-43 42 犹太人出会堂的时候，外邦人恳求他们到下安息日再传讲这话给他们听。 43 散会以后，有许多犹太人和敬虔进犹太教的人跟从了保罗和巴拿巴。二人对他们讲道，劝他们务要一直在上帝的恩典中。 路加是一名外邦人而不是犹太人，然而他也遵守了安息日。 使徒行传 16：13 当安息日，我们出城门，到了河边，知道那里有一个祷告的地方，我们就坐下对那聚会的妇女讲道。 路加和保罗都清楚地了解安息日的真理，他们也遵守这一天为圣。所以清楚的是，安息日不仅是为犹太人设立的，而是为所有上帝的信徒，凡愿意顺从他旨意的人设立的。其实安息日是为全人类设立的，但是多少人遗忘了他们的创造主，并拒绝了祂的律法呢？ 7. 安息日是为人设立的！ 第七点，安息日是为人设立的。在上一期我们已经探讨过了安息日是否单为犹太人设立的。今天我们将进一步探讨类似的论点，以奠定一个事实，那就是安息日是为人设立的。 我们先来回顾一下再清楚不过的一段经文，这是耶稣亲口说的。 马可福音 2：27 又对他们说：“安息日是为人设立的，人不是为安息日设立的。 我再次强调，安息日不光是为犹太人设立的，而是为人，就是为全人类设立的。这不是什么难懂的道理。我们就来看一段圣经注释，看他如何对安息日为人设立这段经文作解释。 “安息日是为人设立的。 安息日的安息，也就是说，七日之一日的安息时间是为人类设立的，而不仅仅是为犹太人设立的。 这意味着它要成为一个普世的制度； 人类的利益需要这个制度，它不是一项武断的规定，而是为人类的福利所提供的明智又仁慈的规定。 经验表明，人们虔诚遵守安息日的地方，也是他们最快乐、最道德、最繁荣、和最健康的地方。”——B. W. Johnson 约翰逊著，《人民的新约》（1891 年） 我们必须谨记，安息日与创造是联系在一起的，而上帝创造了整个世界和我们人类的始祖。祂不光创造犹太人，所以安息日单给犹太人设立的借口实在荒唐。 上帝在六日之内创造天地万物，把第七日定为安息日赐给人类，使人的肉体得到休息，并在心灵上纪念祂特别的日子，直到今天，从未改变，也没有人能改变它。 骄傲自恃的法利赛人自以为安息日是为他们设立的，所以耶稣纠正了他们，说，安息日是给所有人设立的，它是给所有人的祝福，而不是像他们所设定的那样，变成一个充满律法主义和各种规则的日子。 他们甚至指控耶稣和门徒在安息日掐麦穗来吃而违犯了安息日，因此耶稣特别指出，安息日是一个赐福与人的日子而不是加给人重担的日子。 耶稣在马可福音 2：27的话并沒有取消第四条诫命的神圣条款。 在安息日掐麦穗来充饥是出于维持生命所需的一项举动，这样并没有违犯第四条诫命。耶稣在安息日治病、行神迹、供给人们的需要等等，都是没有错的。 我们不能在耶稣身上寻找错处，否则那是错误地指控祂不遵守安息日，以作为借口让自己不需要遵守安息日。事实上，耶稣并没有违犯安息日，只是现代那些拒绝律法的基督徒曲解了耶稣和门徒的行为，以他们的榜样来当作拒绝安息日的理由。 大家必须记住，耶稣就上帝的律法说过一句非常重要的话。 马太福音 5：17-18 17 莫想我来要废掉律法和先知；我来不是要废掉，乃是要成全。18 我实在告诉你们，就是到天地都废去了，律法的一点一画也不能废去，都要成全。 以赛亚也有一句非常棒的话。 以赛亚书 42：21 耶和华因自己公义的缘故，喜欢使律法为大、为尊。 耶稣要叫律法成为完全，把律法放大，父上帝也一样喜欢使律法为大、为尊。天父和祂儿子从未说过律法能改变，也没有允许任何人去擅自决定上帝的律法是否有效、信徒们是否需要遵守等等。 律法从来没有改变过，也永远不会改变，更不会变得松懈，或降低其标准。祂曾经亲口明说： 出埃及记 20：8-10 “当纪念安息日，守为圣日。... 第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。” 记住，这是所有人应当向耶和华守的安息日，而不光是给犹太人遵守的。安息日没有为特定的一群人设立，而是为全人类设立的。 8. 十诫已被废除了吗？ 我们所要探讨的下一个问题是，十诫已被废除了吗？让我感到伤心的是，人们在没有任何圣经证据的支持下，普遍教导说十诫已经在十字架上被废除了，因此世人从那时起不必再遵守十诫。 这种信念的支持者从来都不会停下来思考并意识到，如果没有律法的存在，那就不会有人犯罪，正如保罗在罗马书4：15所指出的那样。 罗马书 4：15 因为律法是惹动忿怒的（或作“叫人受刑的”），哪里没有律法，那里就没有过犯。 如果耶稣的死真的废除了律法的话，这就意味着自从基督死后就再也没有人犯罪了。没有罪人的话，也就不需要救主了。所以怎么说不过去。唉！多么可悲的说法呀！ 上帝的律法原是给人类的一份厚礼，但却惨遭人类拒绝和唾弃。律法尽管是多么的美好和光荣，但世人却对它充满敌意。 罗马书 8：7 原来体贴肉体的，就是与上帝为仇，因为不服上帝的律法，也是不能服。 人们自私地要求获得遵守律法所带来的一切祝福，但却叛逆地憎恶上帝所要求我们走的道路。 请注意上帝的道德律法，即十条诫命，是如何反映上帝最完美和圣洁的品格的。宣布上帝的律法已经作废的做法是对上帝、对祂圣洁的品格、对祂的爱和祂的作为的最大侮辱和攻击。 现在我们来探讨一下以下的列表，对照一下上帝的律法和祂的品格，看看圣经如何采用相同的形容词来形容两者。 上帝的律法等于上帝的品格 罗马书 16：26 - 上帝是永恒的 诗篇 111：7-8 - 律法是永恒的 路加福音 18：19 - 上帝是良善的 罗马书 7：12 - 律法是良善的 约翰福音 4：24 - 上帝是属灵的 罗马书 7：14 - 律法是属灵的 约翰一书 3：3 - 上帝是洁净的 诗篇 19：8 - 律法是纯洁的 诗篇 145：17;申命记 32：4 - 上帝是公义的 诗篇 119：172;罗马书 7：12 - 律法是公义的 约翰一书 4：8 - 上帝就是爱 罗马书 13：10 - 律法就是爱 马太福音 5：48 - 上帝是完全的 诗篇 19：7 - 律法是完备的 申命记 32：4 - 上帝是诚实无伪的 诗篇 119：142 - 律法是真实的 约翰一书 1：5 - 上帝是光 箴言 6：23 - 律法是光 以赛亚书 5：16 - 上帝是圣洁的 罗马书 7：12 - 律法是圣洁的 上帝领以色列民脫離埃及的奴役之后，在荣耀的威严中将十诫交给摩西。这套神圣的律法是由上帝所宣告，由祂指头所写的。十诫刻在石版上，象征它的永恒性。 与此同时，另一套暂时适用于这批无知的以色列民的仪文律法也交给了他们遵守。这套仪文律法是为了规范犹太人的圣所仪式而设计的，它是与那被钉在十字架上的宗教制度有关。 出埃及记、利未记、民数记、和申命记的大部分内容都详细描述了这套仪文律法。 这套律法很容易在圣经中找到。它论到割礼、祭祀、祭物、洁净、节期、圣日、以及与希伯来圣所供职相关的其他仪式。我们让圣经自我解释并阐明这两套律法之间的区别。下面我们来看上帝的道德律法和摩西的仪文律法。 道德律法（十条诫命） 仪文律法 （暂时性的犹太律法） 1 上帝亲口所说。出埃及记 20：1-22 摩西所说。出埃及记 24：3 2 上帝指头所写。出埃及记 31：18 出埃及记 32：16 摩西所写。出埃及记 24：4 申命记 31：9 3 刻在石版上。出埃及记 31：18； 出埃及记 32：16 写在书上。出埃及记 24：3, 7 申命记 31：24 4 由其作者，即上帝把它交给摩西。 出埃及记 31：18 由其作者，即摩西把它交给利未人。申命记 31：25-26 5 摩西把十诫存放在“约柜”中。申命记 10：5 由利未人存放在约柜旁。申命记 31：26 6 关于道德的戒律。 出埃及记 20：3-17。 关于礼仪事务。（看出埃及记、利未记、民数记和申命记） 7 显出罪来。罗马书 7：7 提供赎罪祭。（看利未记） 8 违背律法就是罪。约翰一书 3：4 违背它不算有罪，已被“废除”。以弗所书 2：15。（没有律法，就没有过犯。罗马书 4：15） 9 应“遵守全律法”。雅各书 2：10 使徒没有叫人“遵守仪文律法”。使徒行传 15：24 10 我们“将按这律法受审判”。 雅各书 2：12 不是按照它来受审判。歌罗西书 2：16。（另请参阅加拉太书中的律法是什么） 11 遵守道德律法的基督徒“在他所行的事上必然得福”。雅各书 1：25 遵守仪文律法的基督徒不会蒙福。（例如，看加拉太书 5：1-6） 12 “那全备、使人自由之律法”。雅各书 1：25（参阅雅各书 2：12） 遵守这律法的人不得自由。加拉太书 5：1, 3 13 保罗说：“我喜欢上帝的律法。” 罗马书 7：22（参阅第 7 节） 保罗称这律法为奴仆的轭。加拉太书 5：1；4：3, 9（看使徒行传 15：10） 14 因信基督而坚固律法。 罗马书 3：31 被基督废除。以弗所书 2：15 15 耶和华要“使律法为大、为尊”。以赛亚书 42：21 基督涂抹了在律例上所写攻击我们有碍于我们的字据，把它撤去，钉在十字架上。歌罗西书 2：14 诚实查考上帝之道的人，必定能清楚地看出十诫的有效性及其对所有人的约束力。相反的，摩西的仪文律法并不再有效，它对信基督的人也不再有约束力，因为这套律法在基督里废除了。 仪文律法和献祭的制度等都是后事的影儿，都指向基督的第一次降临。古时候圣殿里所流的羔羊的血所代表的，就是上帝的羔羊耶稣基督，祂要为世人流血舍命。 这就是为什么在耶稣被钉死的那一刻，圣所的幔子从上到下裂为两半，象征自古以来的献祭制度从此将永远作废。 对比之下，那套刻在石版上的十条诫命是永远长存的。它不属于仪文律法的一部分，更不是后事的影儿。它反映的是上帝的品格和道德标准。 许多人都混淆了道德律法和仪文律法，把两者混为一谈，因此而误以为十诫也在十字架上废除了。 其实想知道耶稣是否废掉上帝的律法，是非常简单的事。我们不必做任何猜测，就直接让耶稣亲自来告诉我们就行了。 马太福音 5:17-18 17 莫想我来要废掉律法和先知；我来不是要废掉，乃是要成全。18 我实在告诉你们，就是到天地都废去了，律法的一点一画也不能废去，都要成全。 耶稣说得再清楚不过了。问题是，我们是否愿意相信祂的话呢？还是坚持破坏祂的诫命？ 耶稣根本就没有任何改变或废除律法的意图。事实上，祂还屡次谴责那些教导人违背律法的人，并赞扬那些教导人遵守律法的人。 有人经常狡辩说，成全律法表示律法已经结束或作废了，所以我们就不需要再遵守律法了。然而，我们有压倒性的铁证来证明这是胡说八道。比如说，这段经文中所包含的矛盾就会超乎我们手指所能数算的了。 如果成全律法等于结束律法，那换句话说，律法被废掉了。但是请注意，耶稣在这里说得很白，祂来不是要废掉律法。祂把成全一词与废掉一词做了一个对比。 废掉表示不需要再遵守了，那么成全的意思肯定是相反的。成全的意思实际上是落实或实践，使律法成为完全，使律法为大，为尊。我们不应该对这个概念感到陌生，因为以赛亚书预言了上帝将使律法为大，为尊。祂要如何做到这事呢？就是藉着差祂儿子弥赛亚降临世间。 以赛亚书 42：21 耶和华因自己公义的缘故，喜欢使律法（或作“训诲”）为大、为尊。 此外，如果成全一词表示废除或结束的话，那么你来告诉我，经文所提到的事，是否都要结束。我们来看看几段经文，当中也用了与马太福音5：17-18中的成全一词相同的希腊单词（plēroō）。 马太福音 3：15 耶稣回答说：“你暂且许我，因为我们理当这样尽（plēroō）诸般的义（或作“礼”）。”于是约翰许了他。 约翰福音 17：13 在我往你那里去，我还在世上说这话，是叫他们心里充满（plēroō）我的喜乐。 帖撒罗尼迦后书 1：11 因此，我们常为你们祷告，愿我们的上帝看你们配得过所蒙的召，又用大能成就（plēroō）你们一切所羡慕的良善和一切因信心所作的工夫。 腓立比书 2：2 你们就要意念相同，爱心相同，有一样的心思，有一样的意念，使我的喜乐可以满足（plēroō）。 约翰福音 17：12 我与他们同在的时候，因你所赐给我的名保守了他们，我也护卫了他们；其中除了那灭亡之子，没有一个灭亡的，好叫经上的话得应验（plēroō）。 歌罗西书 1：25 我照上帝为你们所赐我的职分作了教会的执事，要把上帝的道理传得全备（plēroō）。 哥林多后书 10：6 并且我已经预备好了，等你们十分（plēroō）顺服的时候，要责罚那一切不顺服的人。 大家自己思考一下，成全一词在圣经里有没有向人们说的那样，表示废除。我们来看一看成全的原文含义和用法。 泰意尔对 G4137 的定义： 1) 填满，盛满，即盛到满为止。 2）使圆满，即完整。 2a) 盛到顶部：以致对于最高容量没有缺乏，盛满到边缘。 2b) 完善：一个数字。 2b1) 使每一个细节都变得完整，使完美。 2b2) 进行到底，完成，执行（某项工作）。 2c) 使生效，使实现，实现。 2c1) 关于职责事项：实施，执行。 2c2) 关于谈语、应许、预言，使之应验、批准、完成。 2c3) 成全，即使上帝的旨意（如律法所规定的）获得应有的遵守，并使上帝的应许（通过先知所给予的）得以落实。 在泰意尔词典中，与马太福音 5:17 中“成全”一词的用法最相近的就是2c3部分的解释。这就说明耶稣不是为了废掉律法而来。反之，祂完全遵守和活出了律法，并将其放大，使之成为完全。 朋友们，如果耶稣是来废掉律法使人不必遵守的话，祂想必会直接告诉我们说：“我来就是要废掉律法。” 显然，声称上帝十条诫命的律法已被废除这种说法绝对是来自撒但的谎言，企图使人违背上帝的律法。 9. 耶稣是我们的安息日吗？ 我们今天所要探讨的最后一点是，耶稣是不是我们安息日的安息，因此使安息日这一天无效了呢？ 这论点其实非常荒唐，但是可惜还是有很多人以它为借口来拒绝安息日的真理。首先，我们来细心思考一下，圣经清楚地说明安息日是一个日子，是一周的第七日，从星期五日落到星期六日落为止。 我们在这一天纪念上帝的创造，并且无论何工都不可作。圣经没有说安息日是一位人物，更没有说耶稣就是我们的安息日，这不符合圣经，也不符合逻辑。 没错，耶稣曾经说过以下这段话： 马太福音 11：28 凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。 但是，祂没有说安息日这一天因此而被废除了，你们从此不必再守了。反之，祂一再教导人遵守诫命，而且连祂自己也遵守了安息日。 而且这里提到的安息所指的是属灵和心灵的安息。耶稣并不是要给我们肉体上的安息，因为上帝早已赐下一日，作为全人休息的日子。 当论到耶路撒冷城在公元70年要遭受毁灭的预言时，耶稣还加了一句话，为我们显明安息日的持续有效性和重要性。 马太福音 24：20 你们应当祈求，叫你们逃走的时候，不遇见冬天或是安息日。 耶稣这话是论到将来在他死后差不多四十年之后所要发生的事，然而祂却提醒门徒要祈求在他们逃难的时候不要遇见安息日，否则就会破坏安息日的神圣意义和美好时光。 如果我们只需要在耶稣里安息而不需要遵守安息日的话，那么耶稣为什么还要担心门徒以后会在安息日逃难呢？ 显然耶稣与门徒都依然非常注重安息日。再说，我们在新天新地也依然要遵守安息日。 以赛亚书 66：22-23 22 耶和华说：“我所要造的新天新地，怎样在我面前长存，你们的后裔和你们的名字也必照样长存。23 每逢月朔、安息日，凡有血气的必来在我面前下拜。这是耶和华说的。 所以不存在有耶稣作为我们的安息，我们就不需要遵守安息日这种乖谬的说法。这是完全没有圣经根据的，只是一些人为了逃避安息日所编造出来的一个既方便又好听的借口而已。 记住，我们主耶稣和祂的父亲我们的父上帝是永不改变的。祂们的话语和律法也永远立定。 希伯来书 13：8 耶稣基督昨日今日一直到永远，是一样的。 玛拉基书 3：6 因我耶和华是不改变的... 诗篇111：7-8 7 他手所行的，是诚实公平，他的训词都是确实的，8 是永永远远坚定的，是按诚实正直设立的。 路加福音 16：17 天地废去较比律法的一点一画落空还容易。 上一篇 返回研究目录 下一篇 到最頂

All trinity studies Previous Download 看中文 Next That We Might Know Him That We Might Know Him (1) Deuteronomy 29:29 “The secret things belong to the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever…” Jeremiah 9:23-24 “Thus says the LORD, “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me”. Has anyone ever told you that God is a mystery? This idea has kept many genuine Christians from experiencing the fullness of peace, love, and transforming power that can only be found in close fellowship with their Creator. The truth is that only through the veil of human speculation and theory do we distort God into a being who cannot be understood. This study was created to simply explore what God has revealed about Himself in His Word – adding nothing to what is said, and taking nothing away. My prayer is that it will bring you into a closer and deeper relationship with your God - a God who wants to be known! Hosea 6:3 “Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD, His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth.” Proverbs 2:3-5 “Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.” (1) God the Father What is the Father’s character like? 1 John 4:8-10 “He who does not love does not know God; for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.” 2 Corinthians 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort.” Matthew 6:14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” 2 Corinthians 6:18 ‘“I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters,” says the LORD (Yahweh) Almighty.” James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” 1 John 3:1 “Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.” Where is the Father? Matthew 6:9 “…Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.” Revelation 4:2 “…behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne...” Isaiah 37:16 “O LORD (Yahweh) of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.” How has He been revealed to us? Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” Exodus 33:20 “But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me and live.” Hebrews 1:1-2 “God … has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds,” John 1:18 “No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.” What has Christ revealed to us about His Father? Matthew 11:25 “At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.” Mark 14:36 “And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.” John 3:35 “The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.” John 4:24 “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 5:19-23 “Most assuredly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will…” John 5:26-27 “For as the Father hath life in Himself, so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself; and hath given Him authority to execute judgement also, because He is the Son of Man.” John 5:30 “I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgement is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.” John 10:29 “My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.” John 14:10 “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” John 14:24 “He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me. John 14:28 “…If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father’, for My Father is greater than I.” John 17:7 “Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You.” John 17:1-3 “Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” Jesus declared that His Father is the only true God. Did His disciples understand His teaching? 1 Corinthians 8:6 “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.” 1 Corinthians 11:3 “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.” Ephesians 4:6 “One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Philippians 2:11 “and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” 1 Thessalonians 1:1 “Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Titus 1:4 “To Titus, a true son in our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.” (See also 1 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:2, Galatians 1:3, Ephesians 1:2, Philippians 1:2, Colossians 1:2, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-2, 1 Timothy 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:2, Philemon 1:3, and 2 John 1:3) James 3:8-9 “But no man can tame the tongue… With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have be made in the similitude of God.” Acts 17:23-25 “Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: “God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.” Jude 1:1 “Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called,sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ” (To be continued) That We Might Know Him (2) (2) Jesus Christ If the Father, by Christ’s own declaration, is the “only true God”, then who is Jesus? Matthew 16:15-17 “He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.” Simon Peter’s answer was inspired by the Father Himself – that Jesus is His Son! His answer was so powerful that Christ shortened His name to Peter, which means “a rock”, and declared that “on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18) Was Christ identifying Himself as God’s literal Son? We find that in the Old Testament, through King Solomon, Christ gave amazing insight into His relationship with the Father. The Spirit of Prophecy confirms that Christ is speaking of Himself in Proverbs 8:22-30, which agrees with 1 Corinthians 1:24, 30 and Luke 11:49 in declaring Christ as the “wisdom of God”. “The LORD possessed me in the beginning of His way, before His works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.When there were no depths, I was brought forth; When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the highest part of the dust of the world. When He prepared the heavens, I was there:When He set a compass upon the face of the depth: When He established the clouds above: When He strengthened the fountains of the deep: When He gave to the sea His decree, that the water should not pass His commandment: When He appointed the foundations of the earth: then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him: and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him” This beautiful description of the companionship between the Father and Son in the days of eternity tells us that Christ indeed had a beginning to His existence. Our finite minds cannot fathom the time period when this occurred, because in reality it was before the measurement of time was established, and we may not fully understand how Christ was brought forth from His Father, but we accept our Saviour’s words by faith. It’s important to understand that Christ was not created, as angels and humans were. We know this because John 1:3 tells us that, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” He was truly begotten – brought forth from the very substance of His Father’s being. John 8:42 “Jesus said unto them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.” John 16:27-28 “For the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.” John 17:8 “For I have given unto them the words which Thou gavest Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from Thee, and they have believed that Thou didst send me.” In every instance, the event of proceeding/coming forth from the Father is separated from the event of being sent into this world (conjunction noted with italics). This clarifies that Jesus was speaking of two separate events – i.e. being begotten in heaven, and being sent to earth. Through faith in Christ’s word, we understand that there was a point in the great expanse of eternity when the Father chose to bring forth a divine Son. Therefore, Christ had a beginning, while the Father did not. Does this lessen Christ’s divinity in any way? Absolutely not! John 5:26 “For as the Father hath life in Himself; so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself” Colossians 1:19 “For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell.” Colossians 2:9 “For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead (deity/divinity) bodily.” ** Note that “Godhead” is the Greek word theotes (G2320), which simply means deity – the state of being God. Christ was brought forth from the very substance of the Father, the great Source of all. It pleased the Father to bring Christ into existence, giving Him the same full, divine, eternal life that He had in Himself. Just as a human father begets a human son, our divine Father begot a divine Son! John 1:1 presents this beautifully in the original Greek, with the first use of “God” actually being a definite article. If thus properly translated it would read: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and the Word was God.” In the beginning Christ was with His Father (the only true God), but Christ Himself was also God in nature. He was fully divine. Hebrews 1:4-5 “…as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said He at any time, “Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten thee?” And again, “I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to me a Son?” Christ is divine because He inherited His Father’s divinity! But the Father is the Source of all, without beginning, making Him the only true God. 1 Corinthians 8:6 “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.” The Father is the source, and Christ is the executing agent, or the channel, by whom the Father made all things, and by whom we are reconciled to the Father. 1 Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” Not surprisingly, Christ’s identity as God’s Son was the exact truth that Satan attacked: Matthew 4:3 “…If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” Matthew 4:6 “…If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down…” Satan’s angels knew who He was as well: Mark 5:7 “And he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me.” Luke 4:41 “And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, “You are the Christ the Son of God!” And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak: for they knew that He was the Christ.” Christ’s own declaration of His identity was the reason He was persecuted: John 10:36 “Do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming’, because I said, I am the Son of God?” John 19:7 “The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.” Matthew 26:63 “But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, “I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Luke 22:70 “Then they all said, “Are You then the Son of God?” So He said to them, “You rightly say that I am.” Matthew 27:40 “And saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” Matthew 27:54 “So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!” And this is, in fact, the only belief by which we are saved! John 3:16,18 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life… He who believes on Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” John 20:31 “But these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life through His name.” John 5:25 “Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God: and those who hear will live.” Looking back to Hebrews 1, verse 4 also explains why the Father’s name, Yahweh, can be applied to Christ in the prophecy of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 23:5-6 “Behold, the days are coming” says the LORD (Yahweh), “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; a King shall reign and prosper, and execute judgement and righteousness in the earth. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely; now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD (Yahweh) OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” Hebrews 1:4 “… as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.” Just as a human son inherits his father’s name, so Christ inherited His Father’s name! In verses 8 and 9 we again see that while Jesus is divine in nature, His Father is still the Head over all. Hebrews 1:8-9 “But unto the Son He saith: “Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.” Though Christ is divine, and has been exalted by His Father to receive worship, He also has a God – His own Father. Matthew 27:46 “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, … My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” John 20:17 “Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren, and say to them, “I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.” Romans 15:6 “That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 11:3 “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.” Ephesians 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…” (See also 2 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 11:31, Colossians 1:3, and 1 Peter 1:3) Ephesians 1:17 “..that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him” Revelation 1:5-6 “To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him by glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 3:12 (Christ speaking) “He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.” In receiving the seal of God, Christ will write His Father’s name – Yahweh, upon our foreheads. Our forehead represents our knowledge of who God is. John 4:23 “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.” In contrast, the mark of the beast will be a counterfeit seal with the same layout as God’s seal (Rev. 3:12): name of their God, name of their city, name of their Christ (i.e. the Antichrist). Revelation 17:4-5 “The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication: And on her forehead a name was written, “Mystery, Babylon the Great, The Mother of Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth.” Christ came to this earth for the express purpose of revealing His Father to us, so that our God would not be a mystery! Amen! Christ never received glory unto Himself, but did all to the glory of His God and Father. His teachings consistently express that He came to this earth to reveal His Father’s love, character, and purpose to mankind, and to reconcile us to the Father through Himself. Revelation 14:1 “Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written in their foreheads.” To undoubtedly confirm the identity of Christ, we need only to look to the Father’s affirmation of who He is. The Father, the highest authority in the universe, gave a specific message at Christ’s baptism, and again on the mount of transfiguration (Matt. 3:17, 17:5, Mark 1:11, 9:7, Luke 3:22, 9:35, 2 Peter 1:17). His message was this: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” And on the mount He adds “Hear Him!” All authority that Jesus has to be the Father’s representative, and to be a sufficient sacrifice for fallen humanity, rests in this single, most important truth – that He is the beloved, divine,begotten Son of God. (To be continued) That We Might Know Him (3) (3) The Holy Spirit As we’ve discovered that the Father is the Source of all, we can also confirm with scripture that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father Himself. John 15:26 “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me” Genesis 1:2 “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Just as the “Son OF God” implies possession (i.e. The Son belongs to the Father, He is His Son), the “Spirit OF God” does also. The Holy Spirit is exactly as the Bible describes – the Spirit OF God. It is God’s own spirit, the spirit of the Father! Matthew 10:20, “For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.” As a quick aside, let’s look at some other “spirits” in the Bible... Genesis 41:7-8 “…And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt…” Genesis 45:27 “And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.” Deuteronomy 2:30 “But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through: for the LORD your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate…” Ezra 1:1 “Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom…” There are many more examples, but I think the point is clear. In no other instance would we think of someone’s spirit as being anything other than that – their own spirit, i.e. their mind, thoughts, and character. So why would we picture a separate, third being when the Bible says “the Spirit of God”? The Father is an all-powerful, omnipresent spirit-being, and therefore can be sitting on the throne of heaven in body, and yet be present on earth by His own Spirit. John 4:23-24 “…for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” Christ was brought forth, however, to be the mediator between God and mankind. Thus, just as the Father wrought all of creation through His Son, He likewise sends His Spirit through His Son, to minister on our behalf, and even dwell within us! Ephesians 2:13,18 “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (…) For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.” In this way the Father and Son share the same Spirit, being one in character, purpose, and love for mankind. The book of John comes alive so beautifully when we understand this powerful truth. John 14:20-23 ‘“At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him.”Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?” Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our home with him.”’ The Holy Spirit is none other than the Spirit of Christ and His Father, and we can have Their Spirit living in us! We see that the terms, “Spirit of God” and “Spirit of Christ” can be used interchangeably, because they operate as one Spirit. Romans 8:9-10 “But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of Goddwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.” However, while Christ dwelt on earth He had clothed His divinity in humanity. Having taken on human form, His Father’s Spirit was still within Him, but He could not act as the channel to bestow it upon mankind. Isaiah 42:1 “Behold, My servant whom I uphold. My elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles” Philippians 2:6-7 “who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bond-servant, and coming in the likeness of men.” John 14:10 “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” This is why the Holy Spirit, known after Christ’s ascension as “the Comforter”, could not be given to His disciples until Pentecost. John 7:39 “But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.” John 16:7 “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.” Only once Christ returned to heaven to be glorified, and commence His work in the sanctuary as our High Priest, could He then petition His Father to send His disciples the Spirit. Hebrews 2:17 “Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.” Hebrews 4:15 “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. John 14:16-20 “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him, for He dwelleth with you and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall live also.” The Comforter could not be sent until Jesus was glorified, yet Jesus said “He dwelleth with you” in present tense, but “shall be in you” in future tense. By saying “ye know Him” and “He dwelleth with you”, Christ is identifying Himself, filled with His Father’s Spirit, as the very same Comforter. Though He was currently dwelling with them in person, in the future He would be in them by the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:32-33 “This Jesus has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.” The Greek word for “Comforter” is “parakletos”. John is the only author who used this term -four times in his gospel, and once in 1 John. Despite the widely held belief that the Comforter describes a third being, separate from the Father and Christ, John had actually purposed in his writings that there would be no question as to who he was referring. Unfortunately, his effort for clarity was hidden in the translation. In 1 John 2:1 he identifies exactly who he was speaking about, but this term, parakletos, was here translated as “Advocate” instead of “Comforter”. 1 John 2:1 “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” OR “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have a Comforter with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” Our “parakletos”, our “Comforter”, is none other than Jesus Christ! But why, then, in John 14:16 does Christ say that the Father will send another Comforter? Doesn’t this mean that it must be a separate person?” There are two Greek words which are translated as “another” – allos and heteros. While hetero means “another of a different sort” (ex. “May I try another type of apple?”), allos means “another of an identical sort” (ex. “Those green apples are delicious! May I have another?”) The word Christ used in this passage was allos. Therefore, He was not telling them that the Father would send a different Comforter, but that He would send a Comforter identical to the One who was currently with them! The Father had sent Christ as their Comforter the first time in human form, and would send Him again, in spirit form. Hebrews 2:18 “For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.” Christ alone can help us overcome worldly temptation, because He is the only divine being who has taken on our fallen human nature and triumphed over sin! We also shouldn’t take issue with the fact that while describing “the Comforter” Christ speaks of Himself in the third person, as He did this all throughout His ministry. (Matthew 13:41, 24:27,30, Mark 10:33-34, 45, Luke 17:24, 18:8, John 10:2-4, 17:1-3, etc.) Remember that 1 Timothy 2:5 tells us, “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.” There is only one mediator – one intercessor. Romans 8:26 “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” When we let scripture interpret scripture, who is said to make intercession for us? Romans 8:34 “Who is He who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.” Hebrews 7:25 “Therefore [Christ] is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.” Christ Himself is that one mediator, that one intercessor between God and men. John 17:23 “I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them, as You have loved Me.” Galatians 4:6 “And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 1 Peter 1:10-11 “Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.” 1 Corinthians 2:16 “For “who has known the mind of the LORD that He may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:45 “And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” May we all pray to receive the only life-giving Spirit – the Spirit of our Saviour Himself. Revelation 3:19-20 “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.” Christ wants to fill us with His Spirit, so that He can give us His power to overcome the temptations of this world, and live a victorious Christian life! Only through Him can we be transformed, day by day, to reflect God’s image as He does. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18 “Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” Philippians 4:7 “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” John 16:13 “…when He, the Spirit, has come, He will guide you into all truth.” Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” The Father and Son are longing to come abide with you through the Spirit, to give you strength, guide you into all truth, and give you peace which surpasses all understanding. Will you let Them? Colossians 1:26-29 “Even the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.” Galatians 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” (To be continued) That We Might Know Him (4) (4) Father & Son Here are a few more verses revealing the two divine beings: God and His Son. Proverbs 30:4 “Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, if you know?” Zechariah 6:12-13 “Then speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD (Yahweh) of hosts, saying, “Behold, the Man whose name is The BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, and He shall build the temple of the LORD; yes, He shall build the temple of the LORD. He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne; so He shall be a priest on His throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.” (Both = two!) Galatians 1:1 “Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead)” Ephesians 5:5 “For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.” 1 Timothy 5:21 “I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.” Hebrews 8:1 “Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an High Priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.” 1 John 1:3 “That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 2:22-23 “Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. Therefore, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.” Revelation 5:13 “And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying, “Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!” Revelation 6:16 “And said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!” Revelation 14:4 “… These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being first fruits to God and to the Lamb.” Revelation 14:12 “Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 20:6 “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.” Revelation 21:22 “And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.” Revelation 22:1,3 “And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. … And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it” Mystery Solved! 2 Peter 1:2-4 “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” I truly hope you’ve been blessed by this study. In conclusion, I’d like to quote a passage from one of my favourite books, Ministry of Healing – Chapter 35, p. 409. “A True Knowledge of God” “Like our Saviour, we are in this world to do service for God. We are here to become like God in character, and by a life of service to reveal Him to the world. In order to be co-workers with God, in order to become like Him and to reveal His character, we must know Him aright. We must know Him as He reveals Himself. A knowledge of God is the foundation of all true education and all true service. It is the only real safeguard against temptation. It is this alone that can make us like God in character. This is the knowledge needed by all who are working for the uplifting of their fellow men. Transformation of character, purity of life, efficiency in service, adherence to correct principles, all depend upon a right knowledge of God. This knowledge is the essential preparation both for this life and for the life to come. … “This is life eternal,” said Jesus, “that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.” In the words of Paul to the church in Ephesus, “…Love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” {End} Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

返回研究目录 上一篇 下载中文 Read in English 下一篇 独一真神是谁 独一真神是谁？ 耶利米书 10：10 惟耶和华是真上帝，是活上帝，是永远的王。他一发怒，大地震动；他一恼恨，列国都担当不起。 旧约圣经说到耶和华时都是指一位生物，就是圣父。 因此，耶利米先知说明圣父是独一的真神，那永生上帝！ 新约圣经是否确认这一点？ 马太福音16：16-1716 西门彼得回答说：“你是基督，是永生上帝的儿子。”17 耶稣对他说：“西门巴约拿，你是有福的！因为这不是属血肉的指示你的，乃是我在天上的父指示的。 所以彼得宣告耶稣为永生上帝的儿子。永生上帝有一位儿子。祂儿子不是那永生上帝，那是祂父亲。 耶稣怎么论到上帝-祂的父亲？ 约翰福音 17:3认识你独一的真神，并且认识你所差来的耶稣基督，这就是永生。 耶稣清楚地指出祂的父亲是那 独一的真神 。我们凭什么与耶稣争辩或告诉祂说祂错了呢？ 是时候抛开所有与圣经对立的传统！ 你是否敬拜独一的真神和祂的独生子耶稣，还是你一直敬拜一个圣经中没有人敬拜并人造的三位一体神？ 我写这篇文章时感到伤心难过，因为尽管圣经为我们清楚地显明了上帝身份的真理，仍然有许许多多的人正盲目地跟从教会的领袖来信奉谬论。 若我们把他人引向巴比伦的假神并叫人敬畏它，那我们要如何宣传上帝所要我们宣传的三天使信息? 上帝不是一个奥秘。祂差派祂的儿子来显明祂是谁。 祷告，借着主的灵学习上帝的话语，并准备好接受并相信真理，即使你固有的种种观念与真理不符。 这是一个生死攸关的课题！我们永恒的生命岌岌可危！ 上一篇 返回研究目录 下一篇 到最頂

All trinity studies Previous Download 看中文 Next Let My People Think Let My People Think (1) Let my people think. Let them read the word plainly so that they may believe. Redeem the times for we are in the last days. We shall be saved by whom we know and not what we do. There is a judgment. Our actions are weighed in the balances of heaven now to reveal whether we will do what we profess to believe what God has said. This is life and death. Our fellowship should be with the “Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.” There is only one God. He lives with his only begotten Son. Deuteronomy 6:4 KJV[4] Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: Deuteronomy 4:35,39 KJV[35] Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. [39] Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. There is a single person who alone is God. He is not a plurality of persons. All the pronouns like thee, thou, him and he are singular. Deuteronomy 6:5-7 KJV[5] And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. [6] And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: [7] And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Deuteronomy 10:20 KJV[20] Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. We are to love him. We are to fear him. What is his name? Exodus 15:3 KJV[3] The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. Exodus 6:3 KJV[3] And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. Psalm 68:4 KJV[4] Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. Psalm 83:18 KJV[18] That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. God says he is not a trinity. He is God alone. He has one true name. His Son also was not trinity believer. Jesus revealed his Father as the one true God. Mark 12:32-34 KJV[32] And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: [33] And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. [34] And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question. Let My People Think (2) John 17:3 KJV[3] And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. John 3:16 KJV[16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God did not send himself. He sent his only begotten Son. The Son of God was begotten by God. He was sent by God. He had to be begotten before he was sent. He was was not sent and then begotten. It is written. He said he “came out of God.” He “came forth from the Father.” The disciples believed his testimony that he came forth from God. The disciples were not trinitarians. John 16:27-30 KJV[27] For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. [28] I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. [29] His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. [30] Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. John 8:42 KJV[42] Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Proverbs 8:22-25 KJV[22] The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. [23] I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. [24] When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. [25] Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: Proverbs 8:27-31 KJV[27] When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: [28] When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: [29] When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: [30] Then I was by him, as one brought up with him : and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; [31] Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. Jesus has a Father. Jehovah is his God and his Father. They are equal in nature. They are united in purpose. Only the Father is greater than the Son. John 5:18 KJV[18] Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. Let My People Think (3) John 10:30 KJV[30] I and my Father are one.John 14:28 KJV[28] Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.John 20:17 KJV[17] Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.1 Corinthians 15:24,27-28 KJV[24] Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. [27] For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him. [28] And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 1 Corinthians 8:4,6 KJV[4] As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. [6] But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. Ephesians 4:4-6 KJV[4] There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; [5] One Lord, one faith, one baptism, [6] One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 1 Corinthians 1:9 KJV[9] God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 John 1:3 KJV[3] That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 3:23 KJV[23] And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 1 John 4:8-10 KJV[8] He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. [9] In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. [10] Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:14 KJV[14] And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 1 John 4:15 KJV[15] Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 1 John 5:5 KJV[5] Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:13 KJV[13] These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 1 John 2:21-23 KJV [21] I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. [22] Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. [23] Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

All trinity studies Previous Download 看中文 Next Who is the Most High God Who is the Most High God ? Gen 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God. Gen 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: Gen 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. Gen 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, Num 24:16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, [which] saw the vision of the Almighty, falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open: Deut 32:8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 2Sam 22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. Ps 7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. Ps 9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. Ps 21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. Ps 47:2 For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great King over all the earth. Ps 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: Ps 56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High. Ps 57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth [all things] for me. Ps 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? Ps 77:10 And I said, This [is] my infirmity: [but I will remember] the years of the right hand of the most High. Ps 78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. Ps 78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: Ps 82:6 I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High. Ps 83:18 That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth. Ps 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Ps 91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation; Ps 92:1 A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day. [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: Ps 92:8 But thou, LORD, [art most] high for evermore. Ps 107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: Ps 113:5 Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Lam 3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, Lam 3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? Dan 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, [and] spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come [hither]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. Dan 4:17 This matter [is] by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. Dan 4:24 This [is] the interpretation, O king, and this [is] the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: Dan 4:25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. Dan 4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling [shall be] with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. Dan 4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to generation: Dan 5:18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: Dan 5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and [that] he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. Dan 7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. Dan 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. Dan 7:25 And he shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Dan 7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Hos 7:16 They return, [but] not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt. Hos 11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt [him]. Mark 5:7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. Luke 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Luke 1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil. Luke 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. Luke 19:38 Saying, Blessed [be] the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. Acts 7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Acts 16:17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. Heb 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; Answer: The Father Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top