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Back to Contents Previous Download 看中文 Next The Top Fifteen Excuses Used to Avoid the Sabbath(Part 1) It is absolutely incredible how many excuses are given by Christians who claim to truly love God come up with to justify why they do not need to obey one of the Ten Commandments that defines what sin is, and is a precious SIGN and blessing from God. As stated earlier, I have been given enough excuses to write an entire book. This is extremely dangerous and the many Christians who have deliberately sought out an excuse as to why they can disobey God are in for a very rude shock. Jesus says that to even those that do miracles in His name and call Him Lord but break any of the Commandments, He will say, “depart from me I never knew you.” Can you imagine the shock of so many Christians in the end that thought they could make excuses to disobey one of God’s Commandments and get away with it? The words of Jesus on fulfilling the law are all we need to know the Sabbath truth. Jesus said that not even a letter of the Ten Commandments will pass as long as heaven and earth are still here. On the words of Jesus alone it is Ten unchanged Commandments and it is just as serious to worship idols or murder as it is to not keep the Sabbath Holy. This is far too serious an issue not to fully investigate. It is one thing to be ignorant of the truth but to not want to investigate if you are ignorantly living in sin will still condemn you. We must have a love of the truth as Jesus is truth and the Word is truth. Jesus means what He says and says what He means and we are not free to manipulate the words of any of the Ten Commandments to suit ourselves and still enter the kingdom. The Sabbath Commandment says we have six days to do our work but the Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord and we are to keep the Seventh day Holy. The other six days are secular and are not Holy and the Commandment is very clear that we cannot choose our own day. See also Exodus 16. Here are fifteen responses to the most popular excuses used that all contradict the words of Jesus. Select each link to find the real truth for each excuse or misunderstanding. -Should we keep Sunday in honour of the resurrection -Has the Calendar changed the Sabbath day -How do we know which day is the Sabbath -Can we keep any day as the Sabbath -What day is the Lord's Day -Was the Sabbath only for the Jews -The Sabbath was Made for Man -Were the Ten Commandments abolished -Is Jesus our Sabbath rest -Was the Sabbath abolished -We are not under Law but under Grace -Did Jesus break the Sabbath -Is the Sabbath in the New Covenant -How could the majority wrong about the Sabbath -Was the Sabbath changed to Sunday in the Bible and Sunday Keeping in Corinth Should we keep Sunday in honour of the resurrection? Jesus did rise on the first day of the week, but nowhere is there the slightest legitimate hint in the Bible for us to keep this day holy. See also the Sabbath to Sunday change or who changed the Sabbath to Sunday for the first day of the week misunderstandings. History confirms that some Christians around 90-120 A.D. changed to Sunday to avoid the intense persecution for Judaism using the resurrection as their excuse, and there are always those who will do their own thing contrary to God’s Word, but obviously it is not man’s prerogative to change God’s law for any reason. Jesus said, “…Full well you reject the Commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.” Mark 7:9 Many honourable events occurred on certain days of the week, but we have no command to keep them Holy. Jesus died for our sins on Friday. But not one Bible text hints that we should observe this day of such great significance that is probably the most significant event recorded in all history. It marks the moment our death sentence was commuted and our salvation assured. So how do we honour the crucifixion? Do we worship on Friday to honour the crucifixion? No! As long as you break the bread and drink the cup of communion you show the Lord’s death till He comes. Communion is what commemorates the crucifixion on Friday. It was a dramatic moment when Jesus rose from the grave on that Sunday morning, but again there is no biblical evidence whatsoever that we should observe it in honour of the resurrection. Not one instance of Sunday observance has been found in the recorded Scriptures. As with communion, honouring the resurrection should be done how God instructs us, not how man decides. This of course is done through Baptism which is a memorial of the resurrection commanded in the Bible, but it is not Sunday keeping. Paul wrote in Romans 6:4 “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Communion commemorates the Friday crucifixion and Baptism commemorates Christ’s death, burial and Sunday resurrection. Those who believe that Sunday observance honours His resurrection cite the upper room meeting of the disciples on the same day He arose from the grave. To them that gathering was to celebrate His resurrection. But when we read the Bible record of the event, we discover that the circumstances were quite different. Luke tells us that, even though the disciples were confronted with the eyewitness story of Mary Magdalene, they “believed not.” Mark 16:12-14 states, “After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.” Obviously, none of those disciples believed He was raised, so they could not have been joyously celebrating His resurrection. John explains their reason for being together, “…the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews…” John 20:19. See also “Sunday Keeping in Corinth” and the erroneous Wednesday crucifixion theory pushed by some. Has the Calendar changed the Sabbath day? The calendar has been changed but it was never changed so as to affect the weekly cycle of days or confuse the days of the week. We can be one hundred percent positive that our seventh day is the same day Jesus observed when He was here. Pope Gregory XIII was responsible for a calendar change in 1582, but it did not interfere with the weekly cycle. Our present Gregorian calendar was named after him when he made that small change in 1582. What did Pope Gregory XIII do to the calendar? Before 1582 the Julian calendar had been in effect instituted by Julius Caesar about 46 B.C. and named after him. But the Julian calendar had calculated the length of the year as 365 1/4 days, which was incorrect as the length of a year was actually eleven minutes less than 365 1/4 days. Those eleven minutes accumulated, and by 1582 the numbering of the calendar was ten days out of harmony with the solar system. Pope Gregory fixed the problem by simply dropping those ten days out of the numbering of the calendar. It was Thursday, October 4, 1582, and the next day, Friday, should have been October 5. But Gregory made it October 15 instead, dropping exactly ten days to bring the calendar back into harmony with the heavenly bodies. Were the days of the week confused? No. Friday still followed Thursday, and Saturday still followed Friday etc. The same seventh day remained and the weekly cycle was not disturbed in the least. When we keep the seventh day on Saturday, we observe the same day Jesus kept, and Luke 4:16 tells us Jesus did this every week. The U.S. Naval Observatory has also reported that there has never been any change in the continuity of the weekly cycle. How do we know which day is the Sabbath? This is a fallacy that has comforted many in their disobedience to the fourth Commandment. Beside the fact that God would not allow the day to be lost, here are four other proofs that identify we still have the correct Sabbath day: 1. Many people today have never given much thought to which is the seventh day of the week. I assumed for many years that Sunday was the seventh day and Monday was the first day. You can imagine my surprise when I found out this was incorrect. An easy way to confirm this is to just look up Saturday in any normal dictionary. Here are two. Saturday n. the seventh day of the week; day after Friday; day of worship among Jews and some Christians. Saturday n. the seventh and last day of the week: the Sabbath. 2. The Scriptures say Christ died on Friday and rose on Sunday, the first day of the week. Practically all churches acknowledge this fact by observing Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Here is the Bible evidence: “This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew on.” Luke 23:52-54. This clearly shows Jesus died the day before the Sabbath. It was called “the preparation day” because it was the time to get ready (to prepare) for the Sabbath. Verses 55 and 56 go on to say, “And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the Commandment.” Note that the women rested over the Sabbath “according to the Commandment” and that the book of Luke was written decades after the cross showing the Sabbath unquestionably remained unchanged. The Commandment says, “The seventh day is the Sabbath,” so we know they were observing Saturday. The very next verse says; “Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared… And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.” Luke 24:1-2. How clearly these three consecutive days are described for us. He died Friday, the preparation day, commonly called Good Friday. He rested in the tomb on the seventh day, Sabbath, “according to the Commandment.” That was Saturday. Then on Sunday, the first day of the week, Easter Sunday to many, Jesus arose from the grave. Anyone who can locate Good Friday or Easter Sunday will have absolutely no difficulty finding the true Sabbath day. See also Wednesday crucifixion. 3. The third proof lies in the fact that in over 100 languages of the world, the seventh day Saturday is still called the Sabbath. In Italy it is called Sabbato, in Spain Sabado, in Portugal Sabbado, in Russia Subbota and Poland Sobota. All of these names mean “Sabbath” or “rest day” in their various languages. What does this prove? It proves that when those 100 languages originated at Babel in Genesis 11, Saturday was recognized as the Sabbath day and was incorporated into the very name of the day. Except for those languages that have adopted the pagan names for the days of the week, the seventh day is still called the Sabbath as the Lord named it at the time of creation. Strong’s dictionary shows the word translated “rest” in our English Bibles in Genesis 2:3, is actually “Sabbath” in the Hebrew. See who changed the Sabbath to Sunday or what day is the Sabbath for a table of languages. 4. Here is the most conclusive proof of all for the true Sabbath. The Jewish people have been observing the seventh day from the time of Abraham, and they still keep it today. Here is a whole nation, millions of individuals who have been counting off time meticulously, week after week, calendar or no calendar, for thousands of years. Could they have lost track of days? That would be impossible! The only way they could have lost a day would have been for the entire nation to have slept over an extra day and for no one ever to tell them about it afterwards. There is no scientific or astronomical reason for measuring time in cycles of seven days. The origin of the week is found in the creation story and it is an arbitrary arrangement of God and has been miraculously preserved for one reason, which is because the holy Sabbath day points to the creative power of the only true God. It is a sign of His sovereignty over the world and over human life, a sign of creation and redemption. Is this not the reason God will preserve Sabbath keeping throughout eternity? We read in Isaiah 66:22-23 “For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.” The Sabbath is so precious to God that His true Children will observe it throughout all time to see in the beautiful new heavens and the new earth. If the Sabbath is so precious to God then why isn’t it precious to us? If it was made and kept since creation and we keep it for all eternity, then why isn’t everyone keeping it now? Can we keep any day as the Sabbath? By this argument Satan prepared the world to accept a substitute in place of the Sabbath which God had specifically commanded. Upon the tables of stone God wrote the great unchanging law of the ages with His own finger. Every word was serious and meaningful. Not one line was ambiguous or mysterious. Sinners and Christians, educated and uneducated, have no problem understanding the simple, clear words of the Ten Commandments. So does God mean what he says or not? God does mean what He says and He says what He means. He said unmistakably to keep the seventh day, not any day in seven. No one has tried to void that law as too complicated to comprehend. Some say they keep the Sabbath every day of the week. Is this what God said to do? My Bible says “Six days you shall work but the Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord.” Can we just respond to God by saying, “You got it wrong God, the Seventh day is not your Sabbath we can just keep any or every day.” Isn’t that dangerous to mock God and His Commandment like that? God desires us to worship Him every day, doing everything at all times to His glory, however, as to a Holy day of worship, God has commanded only one and has set apart no other day. We worship God seven days a week but if we kept the Sabbath seven days a week, we would not be Holy, we would be lazy. Most of the big Ten begin with the same words: “Thou shalt not,” but right in the heart of the law we find the fourth Commandment which is introduced with the word, “Remember.” Why is this one different? Because God was commanding them to call something to memory which already existed but had been forgotten. Genesis describes the origin of the Sabbath in these words, “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made...And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.” Genesis 2:1-3. Which day did God bless and sanctify? The seventh day. How was it to be kept holy? By resting. Could any of the other six be kept holy? No. Why? Because God commanded not to rest those days but to work. In Leviticus 10, Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron were supposed to bring Holy fire from the alter but instead brought, as the Bible phrases it, strange fire. Did the Holy fire and the secular fire look the same? Yes. Were they chemically the same? Yes. Was God happy with the secular fire instead of Holy fire? Leviticus 10:2 says, “And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.” God was definitely not happy with their strange fire. So how does God feel when we offer Him a secular day instead of His Holy day? How does God feel when we offer a day used for sun worship (Sunday) that God detested? Does God’s blessing have any value or is it worthless? Why do parents pray for God to bless their children? The seventh day is different from the other six because it has God’s blessing and is Holy. Why did God make this day Holy? He made this day Holy because He is Holy and it is for intimate Holy time with Him. Ever heard the expression you can’t change it because it’s written in stone? It is very relevant that the Commandments were written in stone by God’s finger. When God puts it on stone like this it’s solid, it’s eternal and it’s immovable and you can’t change it. God gave many other Laws to Moses at Mt Sinai but they were not written in stone and most of those were nailed to the cross. The Ten Commandments were the only thing God wrote in stone. Why did God bless the day? Because He had created the world in six days. It was the birthday of the world, a memorial of the mighty act of creation. It is the test Commandment of our love and obedience to God while also celebrating creation and reminding us He can and will do it again. Can the Sabbath memorial be changed? Never. It points backward to an accomplished fact. July 4 is Independence Day. Can it be changed? It can’t change anymore than your birthday. It is a memorial of your birth, which happened on a set day. History would have to run through again to change your birthday, or Independence Day, or to change the Sabbath day. We can call another day Independence Day, and we can call another day the Sabbath, but that will never make it so. It is the day that it is. Did God ever give man the privilege of choosing his own day of rest? He did not. In fact, God confirmed in the Bible that the Sabbath was settled and sealed by His own divine selection and should not be tampered with. Read Exodus 16 concerning the giving of manna. For 40 years God worked three miracles every week to show Israel which day was holy. (1.) No manna fell on the seventh day. (2.) They could not keep it overnight without spoilage (3.) But when they kept it over the Sabbath, it remained sweet and fresh. But some Israelites had the same idea as many modern Christians. They felt that any day in seven would be all right to keep holy: “And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my Commandments and my laws?” Exodus 16:27-28. Sadly, these people thought another day could be kept just as well as the seventh day. Perhaps they were planning to observe the first day of the week, or some other day which was more convenient for them. This seems to be the plan for many Christians today. So how did God respond to these non-Jews? God accused them of breaking all His Commandments and laws. Would God say the same thing to those who break the Sabbath today? Of course! He is the same yesterday, today and forever, He changes not. God made it clear that, regardless of our feelings, those who work on the Sabbath are breaking His Commandments. James explains that breaking even one Commandment is sin and is to break all of them just as God demonstrated in Exodus 16: “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.” James 2:10-11. What day is the Lord’s Day? The Bible uses the phrase the “Lord’s day” only once in Revelation 1:10, so we know the Lord does have a special day. But there is not one single verse in the whole Bible that refers to Sunday as the “Lord’s Day.” However, the Bible does plainly identify the Sabbath as the Lord’s Day. The only day ever blessed by the Lord or claimed by Him as His holy day is the Seventh day Sabbath. Matthew 12:8 “For the son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.” Jesus did not say I AM the Sabbath, or I am LORD Sabbath! Jesus said, “I am Lord OF the Sabbath!” It was Jesus who made the Sabbath at creation and is the reason for His claim to be Lord of the Sabbath day. (Mark 2:28) If Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath day, then the Sabbath is the Lord’s Day. The vision John had on “the Lord’s day” according to Revelation 1:10 had to be the Sabbath. It is the only day so designated and claimed by God in the Bible. In writing the Ten Commandments, God called it “the Sabbath of the Lord.” Lucium who was an early church historian wrote, “In the year 325, Sylvester, Bishop of Rome (AD 314-337), officially changed the title of the first day, calling it the Lord’s day.” (Lucium, Historia Ecclesiastica, p. 739) One would ask why Sylvester would make any claim about changing the title of the first day if the term “Lord’s day” was already widespread before his edict. It was in fact early in fourth century when Sunday was officially named the “Lord’s Day” which was about 200 years after some of the so called early Church fathers in Alexandria and Rome first changed to Sunday in fear of persecution and against God's will. Note carefully the following Catholic quote: “St John speaks of the Lord’s day (Rev 1:10) but he does not tell us what day of the week that was, much less does he tell us what day was to take the place of the Sabbath ordained in the commandments. St. Luke speaks of the disciples meeting together to break bread on the first day of the week. Acts 20:7. And St. Paul (1 Cor 16:2) orders that on the first day of the week the Corinthians should lay in store what they designated to bestow in charity on the faithful in Judea: but neither the one or the other tells us that this first day of the week was to be henceforth a day of worship, and the Christian Sabbath; so that truly the best authority we have for this ancient custom is the testimony of the church. And therefore those who pretend to be such religious observers of Sunday, whilst they take no notice of other festivals ordained by the same church authority, show that they act more by humor, than by religion; since Sundays and holidays all stand upon the same foundation, namely the ordinance of the (Roman Catholic) church.” — Catholic Christian Instructed, 17th edition, p. 272-273. Was the Sabbath only for the Jews? This falsehood has gained such strength that multitudes of Christians refer to it as the “Jewish Sabbath.” But nowhere do we find such an expression in the Bible. It is called “the Sabbath of the Lord,” (Exodus 20:10) but never “the Sabbath of the Jews.” Luke was a Gentile writer of the New Testament and often made reference to things which were peculiarly Jewish. He spoke of the “nation of the Jews,” “the people of the Jews,” “the land of the Jews,” and the “synagogue of the Jews.” Acts 10:22, 12:11, 10:39 and 14:1. But please take note that Luke never referred to the “Sabbath of the Jews” or the “Jewish Sabbath” and we do find that he mentioned the Sabbath repeatedly. Christ unmistakably taught that “the Sabbath was made for man.” Mark 2:27. It does not say the Sabbath was made for Jews. Some say since it was made for man we can choose not to keep it. The fact is that all the Commandments were made for man. So does this mean we can choose to ignore all of them? Of course not! Man was made on the sixth day and the only reason that we have a seventh day is because God added it for a Sabbath rest for man. It was made for man at creation so what has changed? Nothing! The Pharisees thought the Sabbath was made just for them so Jesus was correcting them and said the Sabbath was made to be a blessing for ALL man and not a day of legalistic rules that they had turned it into. Picking corn on the Sabbath for a meal was a necessity and not unlawful. The fact is that Adam was the only man in existence at the time God made the Sabbath. There were no Jews in the world for at least 2,000 years after creation. It could never have been made for them. Jesus used the term “man” in the generic sense, referring to mankind. The same word is used in connection with the institution of marriage which was also introduced at creation. Woman was made for man just as the Sabbath was made for man. Certainly no one believes that marriage was made only for the Jews. The fact is that two beautiful, original institutions were set up by God Himself before sin ever came into the world; marriage and the Sabbath. Both were made for man, both received the special blessing of the Creator and both continue to be just as holy now as when they were sanctified in the Garden of Eden. Note that the “children of Israel” God was angry with for not keeping the Sabbath in Exodus 16:25-30 were not Jews either. They were Abraham’s seed just as we are. Galatians 3:29, “And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” We are in fact spiritual Jews! See also Romans 2:28-29. Jesus was the One who made the Sabbath in the first week of time. There was a reason for His claim to be Lord of the Sabbath day (Mark 2:28). If He is the Lord of the Sabbath day, then the Sabbath must be the Lord’s Day. John had a vision on “the Lord’s day,” according to Revelation 1:10. That day had to be the Sabbath. It is the only day so designated and claimed by God in the Bible. In writing the Ten Commandments, God called it “the Sabbath of the Lord.” Exodus 20:10. Adam and Eve were not Jewish. “God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.” Genesis 2:3. Sanctified means “to be set apart for holy use.” This was pre-sin and the only ones in Eden to “Sanctify” the Sabbath were Adam and Eve. The other Nine are not “Just for the Jews.” Does idolatry, murder, stealing and adultery apply only to Jews? The Sabbath is also for the “stranger” who are Gentiles. Exodus 20:10. In “the new earth ... from one Sabbath to another, shall ALL FLESH come to worship before me, saith the Lord.” Isaiah 66:22-23. Grace saved Gentiles kept the Sabbath. “The Gentiles besought that these words be preached to them the next Sabbath ... Paul and Barnabas ... persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.” Acts 13:42-43. Luke was a Gentile who kept the Sabbath. Luke was the only Gentile writer in the New Testament. He travelled with Paul and wrote, “On the Sabbath we went out of the city by a river side.” Acts 16:13. It was the Creation Sabbath. Both Luke and Paul knew it. See also who changed the Sabbath to Sunday or is the Sabbath Saturday or Sunday for further proof that it predates Judaism. This argument has also led many to believe the Sabbath existed only for a limited period of time following creation. But is this a fact? Actually, the Sabbath could never be just a type or shadow of anything, for the simple reason that it was made before sin entered the human family. Certain shadows and typical observances (ordinances) were instituted as a result of sin and pointed forward to the deliverance from sin. Such were the sacrifices employed to symbolize the death of Jesus, the Lamb of God. There would have been no animal sacrifices had there been no sin. These offerings were abolished when Christ died on the cross, because the types had met their fulfilment (Matthew 27:51). But no shadow existed before sin entered this world; therefore, the Sabbath could not be included in the ceremonial law of types and shadows. The ceremonial laws were temporary but all of God’s moral law is eternal as it mirrors His loving, unchanging Holy character. He is “the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” Hebrews 13:8. Paul referred to the temporary system of ordinances in Colossians 2:14-16 as being “against us” and “contrary to us.” He tied it to the meat offerings, drink offerings and yearly festivals of the law that were “blotted out.” It is true he referred to sabbaths also in the text, but take careful note that he called them “sabbath days (note also the original Greek here is plural) which are a shadow of things to come.” Were some sabbath days blotted out at the cross? Yes, there were at least seven yearly sabbaths which came on certain set days of the month, and they were nailed to the cross. They were shadows and required specified meat and drink offerings. All of these annual sabbaths are described in Leviticus 23:24-36, and then summarized in verses 37 and 38: “These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: beside the Sabbaths of the Lord...” The Scripture differentiates between the annual, shadowy sabbaths and the weekly “Sabbaths of the Lord.” The ceremonial sabbaths were only for the Jews and were blotted out at the cross as they had been added as a consequence of sin. But the Sabbath of the Ten Commandments was hallowed before sin and Jews and later incorporated into the moral law written by the finger of God. It was eternal in its very nature as love is everlasting. The Sabbath was made for man Christ taught that “the Sabbath was made for man.” Mark 2:27. Some seem to think that since Jesus said this that we can choose not to keep it or choose our own day. But this is just another excuse for treading the Son of God underfoot. (Hebrews 10:26-29) Note also that Jesus did not say the Sabbath was made for “Jews.” He said the Sabbath was made for “man” meaning all people! The People's New Testament (1891) by B. W. Johnson “The Sabbath was made for man. The Sabbath rest; that is, a rest of one day in seven was made for man, not for Jews only. This implies that it is to be a universal institution; that the good of man requires it, and that it is not an arbitrary enactment, but a wise and benevolent provision for the welfare of the race. Experience shows that men are happiest, most moral, most prosperous and healthiest where it is devoutly observed.” Man was made on the sixth day and the only reason we have a seventh day of the week is because God added it for a Sabbath rest for man. Hence the Sabbath was made for man at creation so what has changed? Absolutely nothing! The fact is that all the Commandments were made for man. So does this mean we can choose to ignore all of the other Commandments as well? Obviously not! So what was happening when Jesus said this? The Pharisees assumed the Sabbath was made just for them so Jesus corrected them stating that the Sabbath was made to be a blessing for ALL man and not a day of legalistic rules that they had enforced. They had accused Jesus of breaking the Sabbath by picking corn for sustenance and so Jesus pointed out that the Sabbath was made to be a blessing to man and not a burden. This statement of Jesus in Mark 2:27 is not some magical subclause that annuls the fourth Commandment! Picking corn on the Sabbath for nourishment was a necessity. It was not wrong for Jesus to heal the sick and to meet human needs on His Holy Day. (Matthew 12:10-12) Jesus said that not even a comma of the law is going to change (Matthew 5:17-19) and Isaiah prophesied “The LORD … will MAGNIFY the law…” (Isaiah 42:21) not make the law less strict by allowing us to pick and choose if we want to obey a Commandment or not. God Commanded, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy ... the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” Exodus 20:8-10. Were the Ten Commandments abolished? It grieves me to say that it is commonly taught, without any scriptural authority, that the Ten Commandments were abolished at the cross. Proponents of this belief never stop to realize that, if there is no law, there is no transgression as Paul plainly states in Romans 4:15. This would mean that no one has sinned since Christ’s death, and therefore, we would have no need for a Saviour! God’s law is a gift to mankind, yet humanity thanklessly rejects it. As good and glorious as this law is, human nature is hostile to it. (Romans 8:7) Selfishly, it wants to have everything which God’s way of life brings but it rebelliously resents travelling the road God demands one should take to obtain His blessings. Paul writes in Romans 7:12 that “…the law is holy, and the Commandment holy and just and good.” Notice how God’s moral law (The Ten Commandments) is a reflection of God’s most beautiful and Holy character. To declare that the God’s moral law is no longer relevant is an insult and attack on God, His Holy character and love. See more detailed chart on the Ten Commandments Compared to God's Character. God’s Law equals God’s Character » Romans 16:26: God is Eternal » Psalm 111:7-8: The law is Eternal » Luke 18:19: God is Good » Romans 7:12: The law is Good » John 4:24: God is Spiritual » Romans 7:14: The law is Spiritual » Deuteronomy 32:4: God is Just » Romans 7:12: The law is Just » Psalm 145:17: God is Righteous » Psalm 119:172: The law is Righteous » 1 John 3:3: God is Pure » Psalms 19:8: The law is Pure » Matthew 5:48: God is Perfect » Psalm 19:7: The law is Perfect » I John 4:8: God is Love » Romans 13:10: The law is Love » I John 1:5: God is Light » Proverbs 6:23: The law is Light » Psalms 48:1: God is Great » Hosea 8:12: The law is Great » Deuteronomy 32:4: God is Truth » Psalm 119:142: The law is Truth » Isaiah 5:16: God is Holy » Romans 7:12: The law is Holy When God led the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage, He delivered to them in fiery majesty the Ten Commandments. This holy law was spoken by God, written by God, recorded on tables of stone, and is of eternal duration. At the same time another law, of temporary usage, was also delivered to the children of Israel. This law dealt with the ceremonial rites of the Jewish sanctuary service, and concerned itself with a system of religion that passed away at the cross. Large sections of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy describe in detail this temporary ceremonial code. This Law can easily be identified in the Scriptures. It talks about circumcision (a religious Jewish rite), sacrifices, offerings, purifications, ceremonial holy days, and other rites associated with the Hebrew sanctuary service. Let the Bible explain itself and clarify the differences between these two laws. See a more detailed chart on the Ten Commandments and the Ceremonial Law. The Moral Law (The Ten Commandments) The Ceremonial Law (A temporary Jewish law) 1. Spoken personally by God. Exodus 20:1-22 1. Spoken by Moses. Exodus 24:3 2. Written by God's finger. Exodus 31:18 Exodus 32:16 2. Written by Moses hand. Exodus 24:4 Deuteronomy 31:9 3. Written on stones. Exodus 31:18 3. Written in a book. Exodus 24:3, 7 Deuteronomy 31:24 4. Handed by God its writer to Moses.Exodus 31:18 4. Handed by Moses its writer to Levites. Deuteronomy 31:25-26 5. Deposited by Moses "in the ark." Deuteronomy 10:5 5. Deposited by the Levites by the side of the ark. Deuteronomy 31:26 ARV 6. Deals with moral precepts. Exodus 20:3-17. 6. Deals with ceremonial ritual matters. (See Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers & Deuteronomy) 7. Reveals sin. Romans 7:7 7. Prescribes offerings for sins. (See Leviticus) 8. Breaking of the law is sin. 1 John 3:4 8. No sin in breaking, for now "abolished." Ephesians 2:15. (Where no law is, there is no transgression. Romans 4:15) 9. Should "keep the whole law." James 2:10 9. Apostles gave no such commandment to "keep the law." Acts 15:24 10. Because we "shall be judged" by this law. James 2:12 10. Not to be judged by it. Colossians 2:16. See also what is the law in Galatians. 11. The Christian who keeps this law is "blessed in his deed." James 1:25 11. The Christian who keeps this law is not blessed. (See for example, Galatians 5:1-6) 12. "The perfect law of liberty." James 1:25 (Cf. James 2:12) 12. The Christian who keeps this law loses his liberty. Galatians 5:1, 3 13. Paul said, "I delight in the law of God." Romans 7:22 (Cf. verse 7) 13. Paul called this law a yoke of bondage. Galatians 5:1; 4:3, 9 (See Acts 15:10) 14. Established by faith in Christ. Romans 3:31 14. Abolished by Christ. Ephesians 2:15 15. Christ was to "magnify the law and make it honorable." Isaiah 42:21 15. Blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us. Colossians 2:14 To the unbiased reader of God’s Word, it becomes more than clear that the Ten Commandments are binding upon all men for all time in every place, whereas no man is bound to keep the Ceremonial Law, often referred to as the ordinances that were fulfilled in Christ. The Ceremonial Law with its sacrificial system pointed the people to the coming of Christ. Every time the blood of a beast was shed in the old Jewish temple, it was a dramatic reminder to the onlooker that One would come and die for his sin. Hence, John the Baptist pointed to our Lord and declared the significant words, “Behold the Lamb of God.” When He died on Calvary’s cross the veil of the great temple curtain was torn from top to bottom, to signify that the entire ceremonial system was forever finished. Matthew 27:50-51. No longer do the priests need offer up sacrifices. The One great and perfect Sacrifice was offered that Friday afternoon, when the true Passover Lamb bowed His head and died. When He cried out, “It is finished”, the old Ceremonial Law that pointed the people to His sacrificial death was nailed to the cross. But NOT so with the Ten Commandments. There was nothing temporary about them. They are to last as long as heaven and earth. Matthew 5:17-19 This is how Matthew 5:17-19 reads, “Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to destroy but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, Till the heaven and the earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any way pass from the Law until all is fulfilled. Therefore whoever shall relax one of these Commandments, the least, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least [by those] in the kingdom of Heaven. But whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven.” Jesus certainly did not have any intentions of making any change; in fact, Jesus condemned men who taught that it was acceptable to break God’s law, and commended those who taught the necessity of keeping it. This one passage alone is the absolute proof that the Sabbath was not abolished or the day changed and everything else has to be misunderstandings or intentional excuses to justify why we don’t need to obey one of God’s Commandments. Jesus said, “…Till the heaven and the earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any way pass from the Law…” This is what The People’s New Testament (1891) by B. W. Johnson comments in regards to the meaning of a “Jot” or “Tittle.” One jot or tittle. Jot means the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet, while tittle refers to a simple turn by which one letter is distinguished from another. The expression, “jot or tittle,” was proverbial for the smallest part. Some say, “To fulfil the law is to bring an end to the Ten Commandments and abolish them.” There is overwhelming evidence that proves this is absolute nonsense, such as this passage would contain more contradictions than we could count. If fulfilling the law ends the law then the law is destroyed, yet Jesus declares in Matthew 5:17 that He did not come to destroy the law. Not only did Jesus not come to destroy the law but He actually came to magnify it. We should not be strangers to this fact as we are given a Messianic prophecy that tells us that Christ would in fact do exactly this. Isaiah 42:21, “The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will Magnify the law, and make it HONOURABLE.” In the remainder of Matthew chapter 5 we see how Jesus has without a doubt magnified the law. We note the following; Matthew 5:19 from not only obeying the law but teaching it also, 5:21-22 from do not kill to not being angry with your brother without cause, 5:27-28 from do not commit adultery to being guilty of adultery if you look at a woman lustfully, 5:31 from divorcing by a letter to any man who divorces his wife except for sexual immorality, causes her or anyone who marries the divorced woman to commit adultery, 5:33-37 from not breaking oaths made to the Lord to do not swear at all, either by heaven or earth or by Jerusalem. And do not swear by your head, let your Yes be Yes, and your No, No, 5:38-42 from an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth to turning the other cheek and if someone sues you for your coat, give them your cloak also, 5:43-45 from love your neighbour and hate your enemy to love your enemies and bless them that curse you and pray for those that are spiteful and use you. Does this give the impression that Jesus came to destroy the law or that fulfilling the law ends it? What truth seeker could possibly come to that conclusion after reading this passage? If this was so, then all the following things have also ended. Clearly this is NOT possible! These scriptures also use the same Greek word G4137 used in verse 17. Matthew 3:15 “…it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.” John 17:13 “…that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.” 2 Thessalonians 1:11 “…and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power.” Philippians 2:2 “Fulfil you my joy, that you be likeminded, having the same love…” John 17:12 “…that the scripture might be fulfilled.” Colossians 1:25 “…which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God.” 2 Corinthians 10:6 “…having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.” Thayer definition for G4137: 1) to make full, to fill up, i.e. to fill to the full. 2) to render full, i.e. to complete. 2a) to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting to full measure, fill to the brim. 2b) to consummate: a number. 2b1) to make complete in every particular, to render perfect. 2b2) to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking). 2c) to carry into effect, bring to realisation, realise. 2c1) of matters of duty: to perform, execute. 2c2) of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish. 2c3) to fulfil, i.e. to cause God’s will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God’s promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment. The most relevant part for the word “fulfil” in Matthew 5:17 in the Thayer dictionary is “2C3.” Jesus did not come to destroy the law; He obeyed and carried out the law to the full and magnified it! Jesus never contradicts Himself. If this word “fulfil” meant destroy, Jesus would be saying “I did not come to destroy the law I came to destroy the law!” So is the law only for the Jews? Does it apply to New Covenant Christians? Notice Acts 7:38-39 five chapters after the start of the New Testament church. This is Moses who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us, whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. Speaking to the Jews, Stephen, a converted Christian, says that God gave these “living oracles...to us,” Christian and Jew. They are still in effect today as a complete spiritual law, and we Christians and or Jews do not have the authority to choose which ones we want to obey. This event on Mount Sinai was the basis for making the Old Covenant, but what is the basis of the New Covenant? “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” Hebrews 8:10 (quoting Jeremiah 31:33). From all the above proofs, two points are clear. 1. God’s Ten Commandments (not the Nine Commandments and one suggestion) is not a temporary law designed to end or become obsolete at the cross or any other time. God’s moral law can no more change than God’s character can. He is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8. 2. His law is not a special law for one nation only. God is not a respecter of persons (Acts 10:34; Romans 1:16). Neither Gentiles nor Christians are excluded from the laws of God. (e.g., Exodus 12:38, 48-49; Isaiah 56:1-3, 6-7) Is Jesus our Sabbath rest ending the Sabbath? Jesus cannot give us physical rest. We get this rest by keeping the Sabbath as God Commanded, not how we decide is acceptable. The proponents typically use the passage below but usually stop before verse nine. If they don’t, then they certainly never give you the honest meaning, if any, of the word translated “rest” in the KJV Bible. Hebrews 4:1-5 “Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. 5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.” Below is the remainder of this passage. Hebrews 4:6-9 “Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: 7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a [Sabbath] rest to the people of God.” The word “rest” in Hebrews 4:9 is the Greek word “sabbatismos.” The King James and New King James Version and a few other Bibles render the word as “rest” while the Amplified Bible the ASV, NASB, NIV, RSV and NRSV and several other translations somewhat more correctly render that word as “Sabbath rest.” A few Bibles such as the Darby translation transliterate the word as “Sabbatism.” Its literal translation however, is “Sabbath observance” and “The Scriptures” translated by The Institute for Scripture Research render it as such while the Thayer dictionary and the Bible in Basic English give the equally literal phrase “Sabbath keeping.” See also “the Sabbath from creation to eternity.” Speaking of the destruction of the temple in 70 A.D. which was nearly forty years after the cross, Jesus says pray that you do not have to flee persecution on the Sabbath day. (Matthew 24:20) Why would you need to worry about physically fleeing on the Sabbath if it was just resting in Jesus? See Sabbath in the New Testament or Ten Commandments and the Sabbath in the New Testament for more. The following facts prove the Sabbath does remain a physically rest and that the excuse Jesus is our Sabbath rest is just one more fallacy from our adversary. 1. The Greek word for “rest” (sabbatismos) in Hebrews 4:9 unquestionably refers to a physical rest and a literal “Sabbath keeping” or “Sabbath observance.” 2. It was more than 30 years after the cross that Luke wrote that when the body of Christ was being prepared, “they rested the Sabbath day according to the Commandment.” (Luke 23:56) The New Covenant was sealed by the blood of Jesus on Friday night when He died on the cross, and yet Luke says they were still physically keeping the Sabbath according to the Commandment and after the New Covenant had begun. Any lawyer and the Word will tell you that it cannot be changed after the death of a testator. This one alone kills this appalling excuse! 3. Isaiah 66:22-23 says we still physically keep the Sabbath in the New Heaven and Earth. 4. Jesus words show that everyone would still be physically keeping the Sabbath at 70 A.D. (Matthew 24:20) 5. The Sabbath cannot be a spiritual rest if one had to worry about physically fleeing on this day. 6. Our Creator knew man needs a physical rest at least one day a week and Jesus as our Lord does not change that requirement. 7. God and His law changes not. Hebrews 13:8, Psalms 111:7-8, Luke 16:17. Previous Back to Contents Next Top

All trinity studies Previous Download 看中文 Next Whom to Worship WHOM TO WORSHIP ? THE FIRST ANGEL’S MESSAGE A Bible Study 1. What is the First Angel’s Message ? (Revelation 1:3) “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. (Revelation 14:6-7) “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear GOD, and give glory to HIM; for the hour of HIS judgment is come: and worship HIM that MADE heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.” 2. Who is the Judge ? (Hebrews 12:22-24) “But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and TO GOD the JUDGE OF ALL, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, AND TO Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.” 3. By Whom will God the Father judge all ? (Romans 2:16) “In the day when GOD SHALL JUDGE the secrets of men BY Jesus Christ according to my gospel.” (John 5:22-23) “For the FATHER judgeth no man, but hath COMMITTED all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the SON, even as they honour THE FATHER. He that honoureth not the SON honoureth not THE FATHER which hath sent him.” (John 5:30) “I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but THE WILL of THE FATHER which hath sent me.” 4. Who is the Creator? (Acts 4:24- 27) “Lord, thou art GOD, which hast MADE heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against THE LORD, and against HUS Christ. For of a truth against THEY HOLY CHILD Jesus, whom THOU hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,” 5. By Whom did God the Father create all things ? (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.” (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 ?” (Ephesians 3:9) “And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been HID IN GOD, WHO CREATED ALL THINGS by Jesus Christ:” 6. How did the Father create all things by Jesus Christ ? (John 1:1-4) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was WITH GOD, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning WITH GOD. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” (John 5:26) “For as THE FATHER HATH LIFE IN HIMSELF ; so hath HE GIVEN to the Son to have life in himself;” 7. What does “God” in John 1:1 mean ? (John 1:1, 14, 18) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was WITH GOD, and the Word was God....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.... No man hath seen GOD at any time, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, which is in the bosom of THE FATHER, he hath declared HIM.” 8. Did Christ inherit His name from His Father ? (Hebrews 1:1-5) “GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners SPAKE in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days SPOKEN unto us BY HIS SON, whom HE hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also HE made the worlds; Who being the brightness of HIS GLORY, and the express image of HIS PERSON, and upholding all things by the word of HIS POWER, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on THE RIGHT HAND of the Majesty on high: Being made so much better than the angels, 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 ?” (Genesis 1:26, 5:2) “And GOD said, Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness.... Male and female CREATED HE them; and blessed them, and called “their” name Adam, in the day when they were created.” (John 5:43) “I am come in MY FATHER’s NAME, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.” 9. How was the Holy Spirit involved in creation ? (Job 33:4) “THE SPIRIT OF GOD hath made me, and THE BREATH OF THE ALMIGHTY hath given me life.” (John 20:22) “And when he had said this, he BREATHED on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye THE HOLY SPIRIT:” (John 3:34-35) “For he whom GOD hath SENT speaketh THE WORDS OF GOD: for GOD GIVETH not THE SPIRIT by measure unto him. THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON, and hath GIVEN ALL THINGS into his hand.” 10. Whom do we worship ? (John 4:22-24) “Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship THE FATHER in spirit and in truth: 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.” 11. How do we give glory to God the Father ? (John 5:22-24) “For THE FATHER judgeth no man, but hath COMMITTED all judgment unto THE SON: That all men should honour THE SON, even as they honour THE FATHER . He that honoureth not THE SON honoureth not THE FATHER which hath SENT him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on HIM that SENT me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” (Philippians 2:10-11) “At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should CONFESS that Jesus Christ is Lord, TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.” 12. Whom alone do we exalt ? (John 17:3) “This is life eternal, that they might know thee THE ONLY TRUE GOD, (and) Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” 13. Is it important that we take John 17:3 seriously ? (1 John 2:22-25) “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ ? He is antichrist, that denieth THE FATHER and THE SON. Whosoever denieth THE SON, the same hath not THE FATHER: he that acknowledgeth THE SON hath THE FATHER also. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in THE SON, and in THE FATHER. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.” 14. Who is worshipped in Revelation ? (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, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto HIM that sitteth upon the throne, (and) unto THE LAMB for ever and ever.” (Revelation 7:9-10) “Lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our GOD which sitteth upon the throne, (and) unto THE LAMB.” 15. Whose kingdom is the kingdom of heaven ? (Revelation 11:15) “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our LORD, (and) of HIS CHRIST; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” (Ephesians 5:5) “For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of CHRIST (and) of GOD.” (Revelation 22:1) “And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of GOD (and) of THE LAMB.” 16. Why are we not told to worship the Holy Spirit ? (Revelation 5:6) “And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, (having) seven horns and seven eyes, (which are) the seven Spirits of GOD (sent forth) into all the earth.” (Galatians 4:6) “And because ye are sons, GOD hath (sent forth) the Spirit (of HIS SON) into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. (John 14:6, 16-22) “(I am) the way, (the truth), and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.... And I will pray THE FATHER, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he.... [1] may (abide) with you forever; Even the Spirit (of truth); [2] whom the world cannot receive, because it (seeth him not), neither knoweth him: but ye know him; [3] for he dwelleth with you, and (shall be in you). [1] I will not leave you (comfortless): I WILL COME to you. [2] Yet a little while, and the world (seeth me) no more; but ye (see me): because I live, ye shall live also. [3] At that day ye shall know that I am (in) my FATHER, and ye (in) me, and I (in) you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my FATHER, and I will love him, and will (manifest myself) to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, (how) is it that thou wilt (manifest thyself) unto us, and not unto the world ?” (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.” (Psalm 139:7) “Whither shall I go from (thy Spirit) ? or whither shall I flee from (thy Presence) ?” 17. What is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit ? (Mark 3:22, 29-30) “And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem (said), *He hath* Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils....But he that shall (blaspheme) against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: (Because they said), *He hath* an unclean spirit.” (Luke 11:19-20) “And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out ? therefore shall they be your judges. But if I with (the finger of God) cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.” (John 14:10) “Believest thou not that I am (in) THE FATHER, and THE FATHER (in) me ? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but THE FATHER that (dwelleth) (in) me, (HE doeth) the works.” 18. Can we assume that anyone else is worshipped ? (John 14:1, 6) “Let not your heart be troubled: ye (believe) in GOD, (believe also) in me....I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man (cometh) unto THE FATHER, but (by me).” (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.” (Revelation 22:18-19) “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man (shall add) unto these things, GOD (shall add) unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man (shall take away) from the words of the book of this prophecy, GOD (shall take away) his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

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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 圣父和圣子按着祂们的形象造男造女 圣父和圣子按着祂们的形象造男造女（先祖与先知，第2章，创造） 唯独基督是天父本体的真像 [引言] 人类在外貌和品格上都赋有上帝的形象，惟有基督是天父 “本体的真像”（来1:3）; 但人类也是照着上帝的形象造的。他的性情是合乎上帝旨意的。他的心智能领会天上的事。他的爱情是纯洁的；他的食欲和情绪都受理智的支配。他既赋有上帝的形象，并完全顺从他的旨意，所以他是圣洁而幸福的。{原文第45页} [分析] 这句引言要求只有两位神性生物有相同的形象。如果上帝是三位一体，而三位按着他们的形象一同创造人类的话，那基督如何是天父本体的唯一真像呢？天父本体的另外一位真像呢？ [分析] 唯有基督是天父本体的真像，因为祂是父的独生子，承受了祂父所有的本性，形象和特性。如果圣灵也是父本体真像的另一位神性生物的话，那天父就有两位亲生儿子了。上帝生了两个儿子吗？不是的! 基督是上帝的独生子（约1:14; 3:16）。又或者基督有两位父亲吗？不可能! 天父只有一位（太23:9; 约20:17; 林前8:6; 弗4:6）。 只有一位与上帝同等 [引言] 在上帝所造地上的一切动物中，没有一种是与人同等的。所以 “耶和华上帝说：那人独居不好，我要为他造一个配偶帮助他。”（创2:18）上帝造人不是要他独居；乃是要他群居的。人若没有伴侣，则伊甸园美丽的景色和愉快的工作，就不能使人得到完全的幸福。即或有天使与他交往，也不能满足他对同情和友谊方面的愿望。他还没有一个与他性情相同的对象，和他彼此相爱。{原文第46页} [分析] 夏娃还没有从亚当身上被取出之前，没有任何活物是与亚当同等的。然后上帝造了一个与亚当性情相同，与他同等的女人。男人女人都是按着上帝和基督（上帝本体的真像）的形象造的。正如基督是从父上帝生出来的，并与上帝同等一样，照样，夏娃是从亚当出来，并与亚当同等的，她是亚当本体的真像，因为他们倆是按着上帝和祂儿子的形象造的。 [分析] 如果上帝是三位一体，而亚当夏娃是按着父，子，圣灵的形象被造的话，那上帝应该多造两个人给亚当，因为三个同等的人才能反映三位一体的形象! 基督是上帝的第二个自己 [引言] 所以上帝亲自给亚当造了一个伴侣。“为他造一个配偶帮助他，”──与他相配的一个助手──是专为作他的伴侣而造，并能彼此相亲相爱，合而为一。夏娃是由亚当的一根肋骨造成的，表明她不应作他的首脑去管辖他，也不应作他的奴隶任他践踏，乃是要以平等的地位站在亚当的身边，为他所亲爱，所保护。女人既是男人的一部分，是他骨中的骨，肉中的肉，她便是他的第二个自己；这是要说明夫妻之间应有亲爱密切的联合。“从来没有人恨恶自己的身子，总是保养顾惜。” “因此，人要离开父母，与妻子连合，二人成为一体。”（弗5:29；创2:24）{原文第46页} [分析] 亚当夏娃之间的密切联合反映出圣父圣子的密切联合。两位神性生物在品德和旨意上是一致的。基督作为上帝的儿子，并不比上帝劣等低级，而是以平等的地位站在上帝的身边。祂既从上帝而生，便是上帝的一部分，是上帝的第二个自己，正如夏娃是亚当的一部分，亚当的第二个自己一样。就如亚当夏娃之间没有小三，父子之间也没有第三位神性生物的存在了。 [分析] 如果亚当夏娃是按着三位一体之上帝的形象造的，那么婚姻就应该是三个人之间的事。"二人成为一体" 就应该是 "三人成为一体" ，这样才能贴切地反映三位一体的创造主啊! 圣父和圣子创造了两个人来反映祂们的形象，又叫两人彼此相亲相爱，合而为一，这事实足以告诉我们，有两位神性生物参与创造之工，而非三位。 感谢赞美造物主圣父和圣子两位 [引言] 如果亚当和他的伴侣能继续效忠上帝，他们就必能管理全地。管理一切生物的无限大权已经赐给他们。狮子与羔羊和平相处地围着他们嬉戏，或一同卧在他们的脚前。快乐的雀鸟毫无畏惧地在他们头上跳跃；当它们宛转清脆赞美的歌声升到造物主面前的时候，亚当和夏娃也同声应和着感谢圣父和圣子。{原文第50页} 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 根据圣经只有两位实体生物而不是三位 根据圣经只有两位实体生物而不是三位 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？” 只有两位生物 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。” 只有两位生物 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？” 只有两位生物 马可福音 13:32/ 马太福音 24 ： 36 “ 但那日子、那时辰，没有人知道，连天上的使者也不知道，子也不知道，惟有父知道。” 只有两位生物 哥林多前书 1:9“ 上帝是信实的，你们原是被他所召，好与他儿子我们的主耶稣基督一同得份。” 只有两位生物 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。” 只有两位生物 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。” 只有两位生物 约翰福音 1:14 ， 18 14 “ 道成了肉身，住在我们中间，充充满满地有恩典，有真理。我们也见过他的荣光，正是父独生子的荣光。 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。” 只有两位生物 约翰福音 3:16 ， 18 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。 18 信他的人，不被定罪；不信的人，罪已经定了，因为他不信上帝独生子的名。” 只有两位生物 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；” 只有两位生物 约翰福音 8:16, 28, 42 16“ 就是判断人，我的判断也是真的，因为不是我独自在这里，还有差我来的父与我同在。” 28 所以耶稣说：“你们举起人子以后，必知道我是基督，并且知道我没有一件事是凭着自己作的。我说这些话，乃是照着父所教训我的。 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。只有两位生物 约翰福音 12:44-45 ， 49 44 “ 耶稣大声说：“信我的，不是信我，乃是信那差我来的。 45 人看见我，就是看见那差我来的。 49 因为我没有凭着自己讲，惟有差我来的父已经给我命令，叫我说什么，讲什么。” 只有两位生物 约翰福音 14 ： 10 ， 20 ， 23 ， 24 10 “ 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。 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。 24 不爱我的人就不遵守我的道；你们所听见的道不是我的，乃是差我来之父的道。” 只有两位生物 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。” 只有两位生物 约翰福音 17:8 “ 因为你所赐给我的道，我已经赐给他们。他们也领受了，又确实知道，我是从你出来的，并且信你差了我来。” 只有两位生物 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；见我上帝，也是你们的上帝。” 只有两位生物 罗马书 8:3 “ 。。。上帝就差遣自己的儿子成为罪身的形状。。。” 只有两位生物 约翰一书 1:3 “ 我们将所看见、所听见的传给你们，使你们与我们相交。我们乃是与父并他儿子耶稣基督相交的。” 只有两位生物 约翰一书 2:22 ， 23 22 “ 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。 23 凡不认子的，就没有父；认子的，连父也有了。” 只有两位生物 约翰一书 5:10 ， 11 10 “ 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。” 只有两位神性生物 【钦定本】以弗所书 3:9 “ 又使众人都明白，这从世界的起头以来，隐藏在借着耶稣基督创造万物之神里的奥秘，是如何安排的。” 只有两位生物 希伯来书 1:1-2 上帝既在古时藉着众先知多次多方地晓谕列祖； 2 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。” 只有两位生物 这就是为什么约翰福音 1:3 说： “万物是藉着他造的；凡被造的，没有一样不是藉着他造的。”其他版本说：“万物是藉着耶稣基督被造的”，因为“上帝藉着祂创造万物”。 只有两位生物 彼得前书 3:18“ 因基督也曾一次为罪受苦（“受苦”有古卷作“受死”），就是义的代替不义的，为要引我们到上帝面前。按着肉体说，他被治死；按着灵性说，他复活了。” 只有两位生物 启示录 1:1“ 耶稣基督的启示，就是上帝赐给他，叫他将必要成的事指示他的仆人。他就差遣使者晓谕他的仆人约翰。” 只有两位生物 上一篇 返回研究目录 下一篇 到最頂

All trinity studies Previous Download Next Trinity And Sunday Worship Come From Sun And Satan Worship And 666 Trinity And Sunday Worship Come From Sun And Satan Worship And 666 Note the following points… 1. The number 666 comes from SUN and SATAN worship. 2. The TRIQUETRA comes from the worship of the 3 phases of the SUN. 3. The TRIQUETRA then moved into occult world. 4. The TRIQUETRA then found its way into the Church. 5. The TRIQUETRA is now said to represent the Trinity. 6. Two doctrines came from SUN and SATAN worship. 7. They are Satan’s counterfeit sabbath (SUN-day) and the TRINITY. 8. SUN-day worship and the TRINITY originate from the Catholicism. 9. SUN-day worship comes from SUN and SATAN worship and 666. 10. The TRINITY comes from SUN and SATAN worship and 666. 11. The MARK of the beast is also related to the NUMBER of the beast. 12. The MARK of the beast is all about who we worship. 13. SUN-day worship and the TRINITY are both about who we worship. 14. SUN-day is Satan's counterfeit for the true Sabbath. 15. The TRINITY is Satan's counterfeit for the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Ellen White’s husband informs us that SUN-day worship and the TRINITY are both Satan’s counterfeits! “As fundamental errors, we might class with this COUNTERFEIT SABBATH other errors which Protestants have brought away from the Catholic church, such as sprinkling for baptism, THE TRINITY,” — (James White, R&H, September 12, 1854, p. 36) The question was asked in the Catholic Catechism. “Q. What is Sunday, or the Lord's Day in general? A. It is a day dedicated by the Apostles to the HONOUR OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY, and in memory that Christ our Lord arose from the dead upon Sunday, sent down the holy Ghost on a Sunday, &c. and therefore is called the Lord’ s Day. It is also called Sunday from the old Roman denomination of DIES SOLIS, THE DAY OF THE SUN, to which it was sacred.” — (The Douay Catechism of 1649, p. 143) An interesting statement considering “Sunday worship” and the “Trinity doctrine” both came from sun and Satan worship in Babylon, and they were both brought into Christendom by the Catholic Church whom God calls Babylon, and both are about who we worship, which is the issue of the mark and the number of the beast! Note the two quotes below from the Catholic Church. “Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. The Catholic Church protests that it transferred Christian worship from the BIBLICAL SABBATH (SATURDAY) TO SUNDAY, and that to try to argue that the change was made in the Bible is both dishonest and a denial of Catholic authority. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday.” — (Rome's Challenge, www . immaculateheart . com/maryonline, December 2003) “Our opponents sometimes claim that no belief should be held dogmatically which is not explicitly stated in scripture ... But the Protestant Churches have themselves accepted such dogmas, AS THE TRINITY, for which there is no such precise authority in the Gospels,” — (Assumption of Mary, Life magazine, October 30, 1950, p. 51) It is not just the MARK OF THE BEAST but also the NUMBER OF THE BEAST being 666 Revelation 13:17 “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that HAD THE MARK, or the name of the beast, or the NUMBER OF HIS NAME.” The pagan Babylonian priests had a chief priest who held the title Pontifex Maximus (translated to Latin meant that he was head pagan priest or literally the Greatest Pontiff). So who is Pontifex Maximus and head priest of Babylon now? The “Pontiff” or the Pope in other words! Revelation 13:18 “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the NUMBER OF THE BEAST: for it is THE NUMBER OF A MAN; and HIS NUMBER IS SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX.” So where do we find the number of the beast? On the Pope! The head pagan priest who this number has now been given. Why does 666 belong to the head of the Roman Catholic Church? Because 666 and the TRIQUETRA come from SUN and SATAN worship in Babylon which resulted in Satan’s counterfeit Sabbath and counterfeit for the Father, Son and Holy Spirit called the TRINITY. Considering “Sunday worship” and the “Trinity doctrine” were both brought into Christendom by the beast (Papacy), then consider the following. “The third angel's message has been sent forth to the world, warning men against receiving the mark of the beast or of his image in their foreheads or in their hands. To receive this mark means to come to the same decision as the beast has done, and to advocate the SAME IDEAS, in direct opposition to the word of God.” — (E.G. White, R&H, July 13, 1897) E.G. White says there is still more to be revealed. “The light that we have upon the third angel's message is the true light. The mark of the beast is exactly what it has been proclaimed to be. NOT ALL IN REGARD TO THIS MATTER IS YET UNDERSTOOD nor will it be understood until the unrolling of the scroll,” — (E.G. White, 6T 17.1, 1900) It is time to wake up! What is the Origin of the Trinity Doctrine and Sunday Worship? Below are two quotes where the Catholic Church mock other denominations for following two of their doctrines that they brought into Christendom. Both are pagan, and both originated from sun worship, which was Satan worship from Babylon. “Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. The Catholic Church protests that it transferred Christian worship from the BIBLICAL SABBATH (SATURDAY) TO SUNDAY, and that to try to argue that the change was made in the Bible is both dishonest and a denial of Catholic authority. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday.” — (Rome's Challenge, www.immaculateheart.com/maryonline , December 2003) “Our opponents sometimes claim that no belief should be held dogmatically which is not explicitly stated in scripture ... But the Protestant Churches have themselves accepted such dogmas, AS THE TRINITY, for which there is no such precise authority in the Gospels,” — (Assumption of Mary, Life magazine, October 30, 1950, p. 51) The question was asked in the Catholic Catechism. “Q. What is Sunday, or the Lord's Day in general? A. It is a day dedicated by the Apostles to the HONOUR OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY, and in memory that Christ our Lord arose from the dead upon Sunday, sent down the holy Ghost on a Sunday, &c. and therefore is called the Lord’ s Day. It is also called Sunday from the old Roman denomination of DIES SOLIS, THE DAY OF THE SUN, to which it was sacred.” — (The Douay Catechism of 1649, p. 143) An interesting statement considering “Sunday worship” and the “Trinity doctrine” both came from sun and Satan worship in Babylon, and they were both brought into Christendom by the Catholic Church whom God calls Babylon! In 1981, Neal C. Wilson was also GC President and announced that the Church had officially adopted the Trinity doctrine. He said, “There is another universal and truly catholic organization, the Seventh-day Adventist Church,” — (Neal C. Wilson, Adventist Review, March 5, 1981, p. 3) What is this doctrine from Babylon doing in the SDA Church? 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 三位一体论的真相 [ trinitytruth.org ] 27-42 (共42部份) （27）父是否比耶稣大？ 鉴于保罗曾说耶稣与上帝同等，那么当耶稣说“父是比我大的”，祂的意思又是什么呢？《圣经》始终是没有矛盾的，那么我们应当如何核对以下这几节经文呢？ “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【我】父是比我大的。” （约14:28） “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。” （林前11:3） “他本有上帝的形像，不以自己与上帝同等为强夺的” （腓2:6） 歌罗西书2:9中所用的希腊词theotes是指神性或神的本性。因此神本性一切的丰盛都住在祂儿子耶稣基督里面。而腓立比书2:6中的“形象”一词是指“形状或本性”，所以保罗的意思是说，基督与祂父亲同等的方式是在于祂的“本性”，这是祂作为上帝的儿子所承受的。 约翰福音14:28 “父是比我大的”其中的“大”字是指地位更高，就好比人类父子以及夫妻之间的关系一样。哥林多前书11:3说明女人的头是男人。但这是否意味着男人比女人在品质上更优秀呢？答案显然是否定的。女人和男人一样都是属于人类，因此男女在本性上是相等的。男人比女人大，只是在地位上而已。这种意义也应用在父子身上。 父亲比儿子大，是因为先有父后有子，同样的道理也应用于我们的天父和祂儿子身上。父神在地位上比较大，因为祂是首先有的，但在本性上或腓立比书2:6所指的形象上，父就不比儿子大了。 供復临信徒参考： “父是比儿子大的，因为父是首先的。” （怀雅各著，《评论与通讯》1881年1月4日）“父子虽然有相同的本性，但父在时间上是首先有的。祂也是比较大的，因为祂没有开始，而基督的位格是有开始的。” （瓦格纳著，《时兆报刊》，1889年4月8日） 上面我们也观察到在本性上相等的相同概念，但基督甘心顺服祂父亲，因为父比祂大，毕竟先有祂父亲然后才有祂。我们在这些经文中发现上帝所设立的领头与顺服的原则，展现于神圣父子之间，也同样展现于婚姻制度之中。这些原则也启示上帝与基督是实际的父与子。如復临先锋瓦格纳、怀雅各、以及《圣经》所启示的，基督作为儿子是在父之后才有的。 然而，我们也发现，父“赐给”祂儿子所有的权柄能力，并将万物交在祂手里。这样，基督受赐予“一个崇高的地位”，并在权柄能力上获得祂父亲册封为同等的。不过虽然说父已册封祂儿子为同等的，但是祂父亲仍然是比祂大的，而祂依然顺服祂父亲。 “天上地下所有的权柄，都赐给我了。”（马太福音28:18）约翰又写道：“父爱子，已将万有交在他手里。”（约翰3:35） 给复临信徒参考： “上帝是基督的父亲；基督是上帝的儿子。基督已受赐予一个崇高的地位。祂已被册封为与父同等的。”——怀爱伦著，《教会证言卷八》原文第268页，第3段 三位一体论声称父子圣灵是三位同等并同永恒的神。但是怀爱论说，基督是被祂父册封为与祂父同等的，正如《圣经》也是这么启示的，这再次证明这理论是从撒但来的谎言。 亚当和夏娃（男人和女人）其实是圣父和圣子的一个微型例子。想想哥林多前书11:3（“男人是女人的头，上帝是基督的头”）和以下关于领头的经文：“你们作妻子的，当顺服自己的丈夫，如同顺服主。因为丈夫是妻子的头，如同基督是教会的头，他又是教会全体的救主。教会怎样顺服基督，妻子也要怎样凡事顺服丈夫。”（以弗所书5:22-24） 圣经式的领头人 父亲 —— 儿子 丈夫 —— 妻子 基督 —— 教会 牧者（男人）—— 教会 圣父和圣子所定义的圣经式领头人之神圣楷模启示了重要的原则。比如说，上帝怎样是基督的头，丈夫怎样是他妻子的头，照样，基督也是教会的头。亚当是用地上的尘土造的，而夏娃则是从亚当的一根肋骨出来的。上帝这么做，只有一个逻辑的理由，就是要示范给我们看，一个生物是可以从另一个生物出来的，而仍然有着同样的本性。故此，这个例子已赐下给我们，显示基督是如何从父出来的，并且有着祂父一样的神性。 这也启示了为什么按立女牧者是不合宜的。举个例子，三位一体论声称有三位同等的生物，而三位的任何一位都有可能扮演儿子的角色并为我们而死。那么三位一体论容许互相转换角色，而按照这个原则，任何一位都可以改换角色。因此，男人和女人在领导教会上互换角色的错误，就好比基督顺服教会或丈夫顺服妻子，甚至或上帝的儿子作祂父的头一样的荒谬。这所有的例子都违背了上帝所立下的神圣楷模。上述任何角色的颠倒能改变上帝在父子的例子中所设立的次序。这么说，三位一体论不按照那神圣的楷模和属天的例子，并存在着诸多弊病。比如说，如果圣灵是第三位生物的话，那么他又如何融入上帝的神圣楷模呢？二不等于三，三也不等于一。 圣子从父出来（约8:42；箴8:22-30）＜——＞女人从男人出来（创2:21-23） 父是基督的头（林前11:3）＜——＞男人是女人的头（林前11:3） 圣子跟圣父的名＜——＞夏娃由亚当命名 圣子从父出来，所以借着遗传有着父相同的性质（神性）＜——＞夏娃从亚当出来，所以借着遗传有着亚当一样的性质（人性） 圣子借着遗传被称为神。基督被称为神但不是祂出自的那位神＜——＞夏娃借着遗传被称为人。夏娃是人但不是她出自的那个人。 父子因关系而平等（一个灵）＜——＞亚当夏娃因关系而平等（一个肉体） 万物都是借着基督而被造的（弗3:9）＜——＞全人类都是借着夏娃而来的（创3:20） 圣父是天上家庭的头＜——＞亚当是地上家庭的头 （28）耶稣在世时是否全知全能？ 在约翰福音21:17中，彼得对基督说：“主啊，你是无所不知的。” 那么我们又该如何理解耶稣这句话：“但那日子，那时辰，没有人知道，连天上的使者也不知道，子也不知道，惟有父知道。” （马可福音13:32）这里似乎有个矛盾，因为耶稣承认自己不知道一件事。《圣经》也说：“耶稣的智慧和身量（或作：年纪），并神和人喜爱他的心，都一齐增长。” （路加福音2:52）如果你已知道一切事，你又如何增长智慧呢？又说：“他虽然为儿子，还是因所受的苦难学了顺从。“ （希伯来书5:8）耶稣是否因那所为祂预备的身体而受到限制呢？祂是否像我们一样不得不学习各样事情呢？那彼得的话是什么意思呢？他说得对吗？因为耶稣并没有驳斥他。或许耶稣有一定的方法能有效的知道任何祂所需要知道的事？ 我们在许多《圣经》章节中找到了答案，例如约翰福音14:26，说：“...父因我的名所要差来的圣灵，他要将一切的事，指教你们，” 这句话是否意味着我们可以真的知道一切的事？人类的脑袋是否真的可以装得下上帝一切无限的智慧呢？这里所要申明的重点是，没有任何事是上帝的灵所无法向我们或向祂儿子指教或启示的。父知道一切的事，那么基督也可以透过圣灵的能力来知道祂所需要知道的任何事，不论是别人的想法，或者是按上帝的旨意所需的任何知识都好。 这不止涉及上帝圣灵的全知，也包含了祂的全能在内。在马太福音12:22-32中，耶稣赶走了魔鬼。法利赛人就告祂借着魔鬼的力量赶鬼。但耶稣由于是个百分百的人，就告诉他们说，祂是靠着上帝的灵赶鬼的。然后祂又告诉他们说，他们可以说话干犯人子而获得赦免，但亵渎圣灵总不得赦免。为什么呢？因为第28节说祂是靠着上帝的灵赶鬼的。别忘记，耶稣道成肉身，是百分百的人类。法利赛人所亵渎的不是人子，而是上帝的灵，因为那鬼是靠着上帝之灵的能力被赶走的。他们把圣灵的工作归因于撒但，因而亵渎了圣灵。无论如何，耶稣若不是暂时放下了祂的全能，就不会靠着圣灵的能力赶鬼了。耶稣说：“我凭着自己不能作什么。” （约翰福音5:30） 注意，马太福音12:22-32透露，那不得赦免的罪和亵渎圣灵，就是把圣灵的工作归因于撒但。有些三位一体论信徒不明白这一点，便结论说亵渎圣灵就是分享反三位一体论的课题。这是明显不对的。那主张三位一体论又如何呢？他们是否有可能实际上犯了亵渎圣灵的罪呢？如果“上帝的灵”是真的“上帝的灵”，就如《圣经》所说，而不是《圣经》从来没有用过的什么“圣灵上帝”呢？如果三位一体论是错的话，那么他们口中的圣灵就确实是撒但的创作，而不是父和子的灵。如果这是撒但的杰作，那么信三位一体论的人便是将圣灵的工作归因于谁呢？他们将无意间把上帝之灵的工作归因于撒但，这才是不得赦免的罪！你千万不能弄错这一点。 给复临信徒参考： “是什么构成干犯圣灵的罪？是将圣灵的工作刻意归因于撒但。” （怀爱伦著，《教会证言卷五》第634页，第1段，1889年） “干犯圣灵最常见的方式是执着不断的轻视上天请人悔改的邀请。拒绝基督的每一步骤，就是朝向拒绝救恩和干犯圣灵的一个步骤。” （怀爱伦著，《历代愿望》第324页，第2段）“犹太民族因拒绝基督而犯下了那不得赦免的罪。我们也可能因拒绝接受救恩的邀请而犯同样的错误。” （《历代愿望》第324页，第3段） 据《圣经》若干次披露，基督在世所行的神迹都是祂在天上的父行的。约翰福音11:40-41显示，拉撒路的复活是借着祂父亲所行的。耶稣所行过的每一件大神迹也都是由祂的门徒或旧约的众先知以类似的方式施行的，包括在水面上行走和叫死人复活。（太14:29 ；约14:12；徒20:9-10；王上17:22）这并非说明他们是万能的，而是说明上帝与他们同在，正如祂与祂儿子同在一样。耶稣医好了那瘫子后，“众人看见都惊奇，就归荣耀与神，因为他将这样的权柄赐给人。” （马太福音9:8）彼得解释说：“上帝怎样以圣灵和能力，膏拿撒勒人耶稣，这都是你们知道的，他周流四方行善事，医好凡被魔鬼压制的人，因为神与他同在。” （使徒行传10:38）耶稣也解释说：“...住在我里面的父作他自己的事。” （约翰福音14:10） 给复临信徒参考： “基督为有病和痛苦的人所行的所有神迹都是本着上帝的能力，因着众天使的服侍而行的。” （怀爱伦著，《评论与通讯》1873年1月21日） 据《圣经》透露，基督所知道的事，就只有祂成为人之后所学习的事，还有祂父亲借着祂的灵向祂启示的事。既然我们在天上的父知道万事，那么基督也可以有效的知道万事，“如果”上帝的灵向祂启示。这样说来，如果耶稣不知道祂复临的日子时辰，那只能是因为祂父亲没有向祂启示这一点，而我们没有被告知其背后的理由。《圣经》显示耶稣知道别人心里所想的，但为了使这事与其他经文保持一致起见，耶稣这种洞察人心的能力必然是透过圣灵而得的。彼得、以利沙和但以理也都是借着上帝的启示而能知道别人心里所想的。（徒5:1-4；王下5:25-27；但2:28-30） 有些人会回应说，耶稣的人性不知道，但祂的神性知道，这是因为三位一体论教导说，耶稣一个人但祂以两种性质存活。耶稣不可能有两个心，一个知道，另一个不知道。当然，除非你要说身体与心灵是没有联系的荒唐论调。 为什么有些人难以接受和明白门徒还有其他先知都是本着圣灵的能力去行耶稣所行的所有相同神迹呢（罗15:9）？所以当耶稣成为人来到世间时，祂也以同样的方式行神迹。这也不明白吗？很多人似乎拒绝接受他们的主和救主成为人的时候放弃了许多事。他们似乎不能相信耶稣暂时放下了祂的全在、全知和全能。虽然很多人能接受耶稣放下了祂的全在功能，但那是因为他们没有办法避免这个事实。 然而，有多少人停下来想想他们救主那难以置信的爱，因祂暂时放下这些事而得以作出了远远更大的牺牲，还要冒着巨大失败的可能。耶稣甚至放下自己的尊严而经历了婴儿尿床的时期。只要我们接受《圣经》所记载的史实，就不需要到处去寻找策略来解释其他指出错误的经文。我们需要能够让所有经文和谐一致，并意识到当我们开始尝试把四方形的钉子或橛子硬塞进一个圆形的洞子里，那我们就会一事无成。 保罗在腓立比书2:5-9谈到基督的牺牲与谦卑时说，祂来世上时舍去了许多事，以至于死，而我们应当有祂这种心志和态度。希腊原文说祂本有上帝的形象或性情，但祂反倒虚己，意味着祂放下了那些使祂不能像我们一样活着和死亡的神性特性。如果祂保留着与上帝同样的形象和性情，那祂就不可能会感到困倦或遭受痛楚和人类所经历的各样事。耶稣本有一切包括不死的身体，但是祂却乐意为我们放弃一切，牺牲所有。可是到最后祂还做了一个更大的牺牲，祂放弃了不死的特性，以人类的身份而死，而且还死得异常痛苦且漫长。有些人不愿意承认基督所放弃的一切，那么他们也是不承认祂为了我们所付出的牺牲的程度与深度，及其如何彰显祂与祂父亲对我们那不可估量的爱。 那当耶稣回到天上祂父亲的身边时，祂得回了什么？事实上我们没有被告知具体的情况。但是我们知道祂得回了祂的全在特性，就是透过作我们的保惠师圣灵。比如耶稣说过：“我就常与你们同在，直到世界的末了。” （马太福音28:20）我们也知道，耶稣保留着祂手脚和肋旁上的伤痕（约20:25-27）。我们设想祂得回了一切，但我们还必须等到我们见到祂的时候才能知道祂与祂父亲为了我们究竟付出了多大的牺牲。 还有一个例子可供我们参考的，这也是很多人略过不看的地方。启示录1:1 说：“耶稣基督的启示，就是神赐给他，叫他将必要快成的事指示他的众仆人，他就差遣使者，晓谕他的仆人约翰。” 这启示是上帝赐给耶稣基督的。如果耶稣知道所有事的话，那祂怎么还需要祂父亲给祂启示这些事呢？ 这也说明耶稣不可能是那独一真神父上帝，或与父平行同等同永恒，如三位一体论所声称的那样。 （29）耶稣是否从古直到永远都不能死？ 三位一体论教导说，耶稣基督与父上帝全方位同等。所以他们声称既然父不能死，那么子也不能死。但是《圣经》说，只有一位不能死的，祂就是父上帝。《圣经》说，当耶稣显现时，祂就必将“那可称颂独有权能的，万王之王，万主之主，就是那独一不死，住在人不能靠近的光里，是人未曾看见，也是不能看见的，... 显明出来。但愿尊贵和永远的权能，都归给他。” （提摩太前书6:15-16）这只可能是我们的天父，因祂是那“从来没有人看见”（约翰1:18）的一位。父是“那独一不死”的。但我们知道有朝一日，我们也将“要变成不死的。” （哥林多前书15:53） 那么当《圣经》说父是“那独一不死”的，它的意思想必是在一种绝对与没有局限之意义上的不死。《圣经》透露说，父是唯一在任何情况下都不能死的一位。耶稣备受死亡的影响，并且“为我们的罪死了。” （哥林多前书15:3）人类是能死的，“惟有犯罪的，他必死亡。” （以西结书18:20）天使也是能死的，因有“永火”是“为魔鬼和他的使者所预备的。”（马太福音25:41）上帝对撒但说：“我使火从你中间发出，烧灭你，使你在所有观看的人眼前，变为地上的炉灰。... 你令人惊恐，不再存留于世，直到永远。”（以西结书28:18, 19）所以确实唯有父上帝在任何情况下都不能死，这就排除了祂儿子，因耶稣“为人人尝了死味。” （希伯来书2:9）所以说，耶稣在世时不是不能死的，而祂成为人的最主要原因就是让祂能够为我们的罪而死。上帝的儿子为我们的罪经历了真实的死亡。（以赛亚书53:6；约翰一书2:2） 另有一些人声称，基督从天上下来，住在人体中，而只有这个人体死亡，而那从天而来的神性生物则依然活着。如果是这样的话，那我们便必须结论说，那为我们的救赎所作出的牺牲，只是一个人类的牺牲罢了。然而，若说一个人类的牺牲就足以救赎人类，或说基督只死了一半的话，那是不符合《圣经》的。如果基督只不过装死的话，那祂就不必成为人了，因为不成为人也能装死。希伯来书的作者说， 耶稣“成为比天使小一点... ；为［了］受死的苦... ” （希伯来书2:9）基督亲自向约翰明白地说祂曾死过。 “又是那存活的；我曾死过，现在又活了，直活到永永远远；并且拿着死亡和阴间的钥匙。” （启示录1:18） “基督［真的］照圣经所说：为我们的罪死了。” （哥林多前书:15:3） 给复临信徒参考： “祂［基督］谦卑自己，并取了能死的本性。作为人类家庭的一份子，祂是能死的。” （怀爱伦著，《评论与通讯》1900年9月4日） （30）谁能为罪人而死？ 父不能死的原因： 1）父是一切生命的本源（林前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”）。祂死了，全宇宙众生都会死。所以祂是独一不死的（提前6:16）。 2）父上帝是赐律法者。律法代表上帝的品格。有上帝就有律法，没有上帝就没有律法。没有律法就没有罪，没有罪也就没有死亡的必要。 3）父上帝与律法是相等的，所以祂不受自己律法的约束。祂是至高无上的，不敬拜也不服从任何生物。律法要求罪人的死，但祂不可能成全自己律法的要求。 上帝不能死，律法也不能废。律法要罪人的命，罪人必须死，除非有配得上律法的人来代替罪人而死。 上帝的儿子配得上为罪人而死，原因是: （1）在神性、品格、价值上，基督与上帝同等，因为祂是上帝所生的儿子，是上帝本体与品德的真像（来1:3 “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”）。上帝一切的丰盛都住在基督里面（西2:9 “因为上帝本性一切的丰盛，都有形有体的居住在基督里面”）。儿子自然继承父的一切。由于祂是独生子，所以全宇宙也只有祂一位是与上帝同等的。因为律法与上帝同样神圣，所以只有与上帝同样神圣或同等的生物才能满足律法的要求，配得上为罪人而死。天使也不配为人类而死，因为只有那创造人类的主才能救赎人类，而人类就是借着基督而受造的。 基督作为上帝的亲生儿子，祂的生命比人类的生命更高贵，甚至比未堕落前的亚当还高贵。祂完美的品格和祂在天庭的权威远远超越了第一个亚当。所以祂的死就比任何人的死更有价值。就因如此，启5:9 说只有那被杀的羔羊配拿书卷，配揭开七印。（启示录:5:9 “他们唱新歌，说：你配拿书卷，配揭开七印；因为你曾被杀，用自己的血从各族、各方、各民、各国中买了人来，叫他们归于上帝”） “违犯上帝的律法原要以犯法者的生命作为抵偿。在全宇宙之中，只有一位能代替人类来满足这律法的要求。上帝的律法既与上帝自己同样神圣，所以只有那与上帝同等的一位才能为违犯律法的人类赎罪。除了基督之外，没有人能救赎堕落的人类脱离律法的咒诅，并使他们重新与上天和谐。基督愿意把犯罪的疚责和耻辱归到自己身上---这罪在圣洁的上帝看来是那么可憎，甚至圣父与圣子必须分离。基督愿意下到祸患的深渊来拯救败亡的人类。”（怀爱伦著，《奇异的神恩》，第42页） （2）上帝儿子的权威仅次于上帝的权威（林前15:28 “万物既服了他，那时，子也要自己服那叫万物服他的，叫上帝在万物之上，为万物之主”）。所以基督是受上帝律法之约束的。祂敬拜祂父为祂的神（约20:17 “耶稣说：不要摸我，因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，见我的神，也是你们的神”）。祂父是祂独一的真神（约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”），祂没有别的神（第一条诫命：出20:3 “除了我以外，你不可有别的神”）。以祂的神性品格，祂完美地遵守了祂父的律法（约15:10 “你们若遵守我的命令，就常在我的爱里，正如我遵守了我父的命令，常在他的爱里”）。祂圣洁无罪的生活满足了律法神圣的要求（来4:15 “因我们的大祭司，并非不能体恤我们的软弱，他也曾凡事受过试探，与我们一样，只是他没有犯罪”）。只有一个无瑕疵的祭品才能代替罪人。（彼前1:18,19 “知道你们得赎，脱去你们祖宗所传流虚妄的行为，不是凭着能坏的金银等物，乃是凭着基督的宝血，如同无瑕疵、无玷污的羔羊之血。”） （3）基督与父不同，祂有能力放下祂永恒的生命（约10:18 “没有人夺我的命去，是我自己舍的。我有权柄舍了，也有权柄取回来，这是我从我父所受的命令”）。祂的死不会影响宇宙万物的生存。还有父维持万物的生命。父是生命的本源。基督从父那里得到了永生的权能（约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”），作为渠道祂把父的生命赐给众生（约5:21 “父怎样叫死人起来，使他们活着，子也照样随自己的意思使人活着”）。 总结：三位一体论说圣父圣子圣灵三位全方位同等。假如耶稣与圣父全面同等的话，那祂也就不能死，也不必顺从父的旨意，不必守律法，也就不必牺牲自己作无瑕疵的祭品了。这样的话，人类就没有了救主，没有了得永生的盼望。只有基督才配得上成为人，代替罪人而死，作为一个没有瑕疵的牺牲。这就足以推翻三位一体论了。 （31）基督是不是父上帝？ 耶稣说过80多次祂不是父上帝。耶稣与父虽然保持着意志上的合一，但祂们明显是两个分开不同的生物，我们之前也看过了这一点。父在超过一次的场合上从天上对耶稣说话。（马太福音3:17）“从天上有声音说：这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的。” 要么耶稣与父是两个不同的生物，要么耶稣是一个专业的腹语术表演者。 给复临信徒参考： “基督本体的神性没有变为人性，而人子的人性也没有变成神性，而两者是在人类的救主身上神秘地混合在一起的。祂不是父，但神本性一切的丰盛都有形有体的居住在祂里面。” （怀爱伦著，《信函8a》1890年7月7日） “人子耶稣基督不是主神全能者，然而基督与父原为一。” （怀爱伦著，《文稿140号》1903年） “基督与祂门徒之间所存在的合一没有毁灭他们双方的位格。他们在意志、思想、品格上合而为一，但在本体位格上他们是分开的。上帝与基督也是这样合而为一的。” （怀爱伦著，《教会证言卷八》原文第269页第4段，1904年） （32）耶稣是不是永在的父？ “因有一婴孩为我们而生，有一子赐给我们，政权必担在他的肩头上，他名称为奇妙，策士，全能的神，永在的父，和平的君。”（以赛亚书 9:6） 答案在于希伯来文本的正确翻译。巴恩斯（Albert Barnes）的《圣经注释》（Notes on the Bible ）解释说：“《迦勒底文本圣经》（The Chaldee）把这词翻译成‘永存者’。《通俗拉丁文本圣经》（The Vulgate）译成‘未来岁月之父’。《洛斯版本圣经》（Lowth）则译成‘永恒岁月之父’。在其字面意义上，就是指永恒之父。” 所以在希伯来文本当中，这词句按照字面解读就是“永恒之父”，而不是“永在的父”。故此，以赛亚书9:6并不是表达基督是父上帝，而是表达祂是将来永恒岁月之父。《杨氏直译本》（Young's Literal Translation）和《达秘译本》（Darby Bible）是少数把这词翻译得正确无误的两本译本。 “因有一婴孩为我们而生，有一子赐给我们，君权必担在他的肩头上，祂称他名为奇妙，策士，全能的神，永恒之父，和平之君。”（以赛亚书 9:6 《杨氏直译本》） “因有一婴孩为我们而生，有一子赐给我们，政权必担在他的肩头上，他名称为奇妙，策士，全能的神，永恒之父，和平之君。”（以赛亚书 9:6 《达秘译本》） 耶稣创造了万物，而同样的，祂也是受造物之父（来1:2；约1: 3 ；西1:16, 17）。还有意思的是，耶稣和使徒们所引用的希腊文《七十士译本》（Septuagint）并不含这个词语。那么这个大多数译本都错误翻译的词语到底是怎样进入希伯来文圣经的呢？ 《七十士译本》的以赛亚书9:6是这样翻译的：“因有一婴孩为我们而生，有一子赐给我们，政权必担在他的肩头上，他名称为伟大策士的使者，因我必给众君王带来和平，并给他健康。” 耶稣所引用的旧约希腊文《七十士译本》透露了以赛亚书9:6原本最有可能的说法。它是由70至72位犹太学者于公元前300至200年间翻译的，所以它是取自最古老及最可靠的手抄本。然而，希伯来文的旧约圣经是由一批马所拉学士于公元第6世纪编制的。公认的事实是，在第六和第七世纪间，很多文本变体和添加悄悄然地进入了希伯来文本之中。那么以赛亚9:6这句添加的文本是从哪里来的，而且还被大多现代学者错误翻译呢？ 有一件事无人能否认的是，只有其中一个翻译本是正确的。但是哪一个呢？是从最古老的手抄本翻译的《七十士译本》呢，还是那些于第六和第七世纪之间出现变体的后期版本呢？ （33）我与父原为一？ 在约翰福音10:30中，基督宣告说：“我与父原为一。” 这一节经文应该是当今最被三位一体论信徒误用误解的经文了。许多人结论说，这意味着耶稣和父是同一位生物，正如三位一体论的解说。然而这一节不应该被误解，因为耶稣在约翰福音中稍后解释了祂这句话的具体意思。所以这是一个典型的例子，显示这么多三位一体论信徒如何已经被满脑子灌入了先入为主的观念。 对于神性生物的数目所产生的混淆，一部分是来自人们对“一”字的误解。简单来说，《圣经》所说的“一”不一定代表数量。《圣经》经常用“一”字来代表团结合一。 我们看到这个原则在《圣经》中很早就已经立定了。创世记2:24 “因此，人要离开父母，与妻子连合，二人成为一体。” 这里的“一体”不代表两个人结婚后就融化成为一个人的意思，而是说两人结合成为一家人。罗马书12:5 “我们这许多人，在基督里成为一身，互相联络作肢体，也是如此。” 那么这是否把我们大家都变成单一的基督徒呢？如果你按照三位一体论的方程式的话，答案就必须是肯定的！ 犹太领袖听了耶稣在约翰福音10:30这一番话，就勃然大怒，于是想办法处死祂，因为他们认为耶稣自称自己与上帝同等。约翰福音10:33： “犹太人回答说：我们不是为善事拿石头打你，是为你说僭jian4妄的话，又为你是个人，反将自己当作神。” 再过三节我们看到耶稣澄清祂这话的意思，自称是上帝的儿子。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jian4妄的话吗？” 所以耶稣没有说祂与圣父是同一位，因为圣父跟圣子是不同的一位，圣子跟圣父也是不同的一位。根据《约翰•吉尔圣经注释》对约翰福音10:30的解释，另一个显示耶稣与圣父不是同一位的证据是，这一节中的动词是复数的，因此应该翻译成“我与父，我们原为一。” 无论如何，我们不需要猜测耶稣所说祂与祂父原为一的意思，因为稍后在约翰福音里基督自己的话显示了祂话中的确切含意。基督的意思是合一，因为祂祷告祈求，叫祂门徒也能合一，如同祂与祂父合一一样。这个祷告不是叫12个门徒变成一个12头的门徒，而是叫12个门徒在合一中同心协力的合作同工。 约翰福音17:22 “你所赐给我的荣耀，我已赐给他们，使他们合而为一，像我们合而为一。” 约翰福音17:11 “圣父阿，求你因你所赐给我的名保守他们，叫他们合而为一像我们一样。” 约翰福音14:11也是经常被错误引用来指圣父和圣子是同一位上帝。在这里，耶稣说：“我在父里面，父在我里面。” 按照这种误解的逻辑，不知道这些人要怎样解释我们也在祂里面，而祂也在我们里面这句话。约翰福音14:20 “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。” 约翰福音17:21 “使他们都合而为一，正如你父在我里面，我在你里面，使他们也在我们里面...。” 既然三位一体论教导说有三位全方位同等的生物，那么按照这个说法，约翰福音10:30应该是这样写的：“我与父与圣灵原为一。” 但事实并不是这样的。的确有三个实体，但只有两个生物。 给复临信徒参考： “基督本体里的神性没有变为人性，而人子的人性也没有变成神性，而两者是在人类的救主身上神秘地混合在一起的。祂不是圣父，但神本性一切的丰盛都有形有体的居住在祂里面。” （怀爱伦著，《信函8a》1890年7月7日） “人子耶稣基督不是主神全能者，不过基督与圣父原为一。” （怀爱伦著，《文稿140号》1903年） “基督与祂门徒之间所存在的合一并不毁灭他们双方的位格。他们在意志、思想、品格上合而为一，但在本体位格上他们是分开的。上帝与基督也是这样合而为一的。” （怀爱伦著，《教会证言卷八》原文第269页第4段，1904年版） “基督祷告叫祂的门徒都能合而为一，像祂与父合而为一一样。” （怀爱伦著，《评阅宣报》，1888年5月29日） （34）人看见了我就是看见了父 在约翰福音14:9中，耶稣说：“人看见了我，就是看见了父。” 基督是不是说祂自己就是父，或者说祂是祂父“本体的真像”，从而有同样的本性、特性和荣耀呢？换句话说，人看见了一个，就等于看见了另一个。下面我们来看两位学者的评论。 《约翰•吉尔圣经全释》对约翰福音14:9的解释是： “人看见了我，不是用肉眼来看，而是用慧眼来看，人看见了我里面的神性完美，就是看见了父，在祂里面的完美。因为在我里面的，也同样在祂里面，而在祂里面的，也同样在我里面。我是祂的真形像，我有和祂同样的本性、特性和荣耀，以至人看见了一个，就是看见了另一个。” 基督是祂父的真像。哥林多后书4:4 “此等不信之人，被这世界的神弄瞎了心眼，不叫基督荣耀福音的光照着他们，基督本是上帝的像。” 《巴恩斯圣经注释》对哥林多后书4:4的解释是：“谁是上帝的像？基督被称为上帝的像： （1）是基于祂的神性，祂在祂的神性特性和完美上与上帝一模一样。参阅西1:15和来1:3。 （2）是在祂身为中保的道德特性上，祂向人展现出圣父的荣耀。祂像上帝。在祂里面，我们看见了祂所体现和发出的神性荣耀和完美。 由于祂在各方面都像上帝，所以祂被称为上帝的像。通过祂，神性一切的完美得以向人彰显。撒但最讨厌最憎恨的，就是基督作为上帝的像，祂的荣耀照在人身上，并充满他们的心。撒但恨这个像，他恨人们变得像上帝，他恨一切与伟大荣耀的耶和华相似的人物。” 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1:3 “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。” 儿子或多或少是他父亲的复制品。他在某种程度上有他父亲的特征和个人品质，当然不是完全一模一样，因为在人类当中是没有十全十美的复制的。但在上帝或祂的任何创造当中是没有不完全的，所以基督是父本体的“真像”。 由此可见，耶稣的意思是，祂是祂父的真像，并有同样的本性、特性和荣耀。基督的话不可能意味着祂就是父，因为《圣经》告诉我们，约翰一书4:12说： “从来没有人见过上帝，我们若彼此相爱，上帝就住在我们里面，爱他的心在我们里面得以完全了。” 只有基督才看见过独一真神父上帝。约翰福音6:46 “这不是说：有人看见过父，惟独从上帝来的［耶稣］，他看见过父。” 给复临信徒参考： “基督明显地烙印在门徒的脑海中这个事实，他们只能凭信心看见父上帝。没有人能看见上帝的外形。唯独基督能向人类彰显父上帝。［引用约14:9］” （怀爱伦著，《评阅宣报》，1897年10月19日） 根据三位一体论的教导，这一节应该是这样写的：“人看见了我，就是看见了父和圣灵。” 但是事实并非如此。神里面虽然有三个实体，但只有两个是生物。第三个是他们的灵。 （35）多马是否相信耶稣是圣父？ 约翰福音:20:28 “多马说：我的主，我的上帝。” 我们只能推测多马为什么会这么说，但既然他被称为“怀疑”的多马，我们可以理解，他这句话或是在惊奇和难以置信的顷刻间脱口而出的。多马是犹太人，所以有可能是用了旧约时代一种普遍的表达方式，就是把上帝所认可的代表都称为“上帝”。希伯来语用elohim来指上帝，但同时也可以指下列的任何例子。 （1）统治者、审判官，在神圣地点供职的神圣代表人，或反映出神圣威严与大能者。 （2）神物，超乎人类的生物，包括上帝和天使。 因此，多马不是称呼耶稣为上帝，至少在三位一体论的意义上，而可能是称呼祂为一位反映神性大能与威严的人，或是一位统治者。如果不是这样的话，那下面是为何多马这么说的最大可能性原因。 按着正当的文法范畴来说，我们发现“我的主，我的上帝”这句话称呼了两个不同的个体。不过，按原文的文法来看，多马是对耶稣一个人说的。 所以我们必须找出一个不违背文法的诠释。这是可行的，只要我们明白，多马在说这句话的时候，虽然他是对着耶稣说的，但他同时也称呼在耶稣里面的父上帝。它的上下文也支持这个论点。我们来看耶稣之前与怀疑的多马和腓力所谈的一段话。 约翰福音:14:5-10 “多马对他说：主阿，我们不知道你往那里去，怎么知道那条路呢？耶稣说我就是道路、真理、生命；若不借着我，没有人能到父那里去。你们若认识我，也就认识我的父，从今以后，你们认识他，并且已经看见他。腓力对他说：求主将父显给我们看，我们就知足了。耶稣对他说：腓力，我与你们同在这么长久，你还不认识我吗？人看见了我，就是看见了父，你怎么说：将父显给我们看呢？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。” 腓力当着多马的面告诉耶稣说，他能看见父也就知足了。耶稣回答多马和腓力说，看见了祂（耶稣）就等于看见了父，因为父在祂里面。但是多马还是不明白。 多马下一次与耶稣对话是在约翰福音20:28。现在多马已经明白父在耶稣里面做工，甚至叫耶稣从死里复活，所以看见了耶稣，也就是看见了父。因此多马才会发出这样的惊叹：“我的主（耶稣），我的上帝（父）！” 多马并没有称呼耶稣为他的“主和上帝”。 我们也知道，怀疑的多马不可能宣告耶稣是那独一真神上帝。原因是在上面几节，在约翰福音20:17，约翰记载了复活的耶稣向末大拉的玛利亚显现，并告诉她说，“不要摸我，因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。” 耶稣说祂的上帝是祂父亲，而祂的上帝也是玛利亚的上帝。耶稣有没有告诉玛利亚说祂是她的上帝呢？没有，相反的，耶稣非常具体地说祂的上帝也是玛利亚的上帝。 既然复活的基督称呼圣父为“我的上帝”，那耶稣怎么可能是上帝，如果连祂自己都有上帝呢？约翰确实不可能说多马用三位一体论的意义来称耶稣为“我的上帝”，因为约翰刚才记载了耶稣称呼父为“我的上帝”。多马不可能称耶稣为上帝，因为约翰写道，耶稣升上去见玛利亚和多马两人的同一位上帝。 再说，在多马承认了耶稣之后的仅仅一节里，约翰福音20:30-31，约翰就结论说： “耶稣在门徒面前，另外行了许多神迹，没有记在这书上。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。” 约翰没有说“要叫你们信耶稣是上帝”。如果是这样的话，那么约翰宣告耶稣为上帝就远远大于宣告祂为上帝的儿子了。 由此可见，耶稣不是父上帝，也不是上帝，而是上帝的儿子。我们若相信祂是真的上帝的儿子，我们就能因祂作为圣子的名分而得永生。阿们。 （36）只有上帝才能赦罪吗？ 三位一体论老是聚焦于一个法利赛人所说的话，却对耶稣亲口所说的话视而不见。从这一点就能看出其迷惑人之处。有些人称耶稣就是上帝，因为这些法利赛人说只有上帝才能赦罪。 （马可福音2:7） “这个人为什么这样说呢？他说僭妄的话了，除了上帝以外，谁能赦罪呢？” 但是这些耶稣说进不了天国的法利赛人（马太5:20；23:13）不知道或不接受耶稣是上帝的儿子，他们也不相信父上帝已经把做这些事的权柄都交给了耶稣。三节之后，耶稣说祂已经被赋予赦罪的权柄了。 （马可福音2:10） “但要叫你们知道人子在地上有赦罪的权柄... ” 不单只是赦罪的权柄，耶稣也说：（马太福音28:18） “天上地下所有的权柄，都赐给我了。” 约翰也说：（约翰福音3:35）“父爱子，已将万有交在他手里。” 注意，上帝已经将“所有的权柄”、“万有”都 “赐给”祂儿子了。如果圣子是上帝如同圣父是上帝一样，又如果圣子是全能者如同圣父是全能者一样，那么圣子怎能被赐予任何事物，假如祂本身是上帝呢？上帝本身自然就有这些东西，怎么可能还需要任何生物把这些东西“赐给”祂呢？上帝不依靠任何人或物来获取这些东西。但是我们清楚看到，耶稣必须依靠祂父亲来将万有交在祂手里。耶稣也照样获得了祂父亲所赐给祂的赦罪的权柄。 （37）我们应当只敬拜上帝吗？ 有人说马太福音吩咐我们应当只敬拜上帝。那么既然耶稣也受人敬拜，他们就结论说耶稣必定是上帝。 （马太福音4:10） “耶稣说：撒但退去吧。因为经上记着说：『当拜主你的上帝，单要事奉他。』 当耶稣说“因为经上记着说”这句话的时候，祂是在引用申命记6:13，祂所用的是希腊文旧约的《七十士译本》，它上面是这样说的：“你要敬畏耶和华你的上帝，并且要单单事奉他。” 我们注意到的第一点是，这两个章节在技术上并没有说“要单单敬拜上帝”。它只说“要单单事奉上帝”。然而，在这一节中，“事奉”这两个字带有敬拜的色彩。无论如何，耶稣曾教导说，我们应当事奉别人，不过这一节的“事奉”明显不是这个意思。再说，上帝也曾命令众天使敬拜祂儿子，所以这里的事奉也不是敬拜的意思。（希伯来书1:6） “再者，上帝使长子到世上来的时候，就说：『上帝的使者都要拜他。』” 不要忘记腓立比书2:6 “他本有神的形像，不以自己与神同等为强夺的。” 这告诉我们耶稣在本性上与上帝同等，所以祂是全然神性的，祂因此当然配得敬拜。耶稣也说：（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。” 那么耶稣对撒但所说的是什么意思呢？那么多人误会了祂的意思。其实答案并不难找。在马太福音4:10，耶稣说“因为经上记着说”。那么这意味着耶稣是指着旧约圣经中某个相关的例子。要找到答案，我们只需看耶稣所指的是什么，再应用到祂对撒但所说的话。我们来看看耶稣所引用的章节。 （申命记6:13-15） “你要敬畏耶和华你的上帝，事奉他，指着他的名起誓。不可随从别神，就是你们四围国民的神。因为在你们中间的耶和华─你上帝是忌邪的神，惟恐耶和华─你上帝的怒气向你发作，就把你从地上除灭。” 这段经文凸显了所争议的课题，就是关于拜偶像，或拜假神。敬拜基督并事奉祂不等于拜偶像。以赛亚书14:12-14告诉我们说，撒但要像至高者上帝一样受敬拜。耶稣在旷野受试探时，撒但要耶稣俯伏在地向他下拜，拜他为神，因此耶稣就引用旧约圣经应对他，说，你不可敬拜或“随从别神”。所以基督的话必须从他所引用的经文语境中去了解。很多基督徒经常都无视经文的上下文语境，结果错误的应用了特定的词句而偏离了经文原来的意思。 所以我们要敬拜真神上帝，不要拜假神。因此这不排除我们对祂儿子的敬拜，因为祂儿子与父亲是同等的。而我们也当事奉上帝，不事奉假神，所以这也不排除事奉基督。 （38）耶稣叫自己从死里复活吗？ 那些声称耶稣必定是上帝的人，是根据约翰福音10:18里耶稣的一句话。他们声称基督叫自己从死里复活。但是他们却忽略了《圣经》至少22次明白地说，是祂父亲叫祂从死里复活的。 翻译成“权柄”的希腊原文“exousia”，它的意思还包括“权威”、“管辖权”、“自由”、“能力”、“权利”和“力量”。在这里适当的翻译成“权柄”。 约翰福音10:18 “没有人夺我的命去，是我自己舍的。我有权柄舍了，也有权柄取回来，这是我从我父所受的命令。” 英王钦定本把它翻译成“能力”，于是让一些人误以为耶稣有能力叫自己复活。如果翻译对了，这一节就会呈现全新的意义，从而消除一切看似自相矛盾的问题。下面是所有说明是上帝叫祂儿子从死里复活的经文。 1**使徒行传2:24 “上帝却将死的痛苦解释［解除］了，叫他复活... 。” 2**使徒行传2:32 “这耶稣，上帝已经叫他复活了... ” 3**使徒行传3:15 “你们杀了那生命的主，上帝却叫他从死里复活了... ” 4**使徒行传4:10 “... 这人得痊愈，是因你们所钉十字架，上帝叫他从死里复活的，拿撒勒人耶稣基督的名。” 5**使徒行传5:30 “你们挂在木头上杀害的耶稣，我们祖宗的上帝已经叫他复活。” 6**使徒行传10:40 “第三日上帝叫他复活，显现出来... ” 7**使徒行传13:30 “上帝却叫他从死里复活。” 8**使徒行传13:33 “上帝已经向我们这作儿女的应验，叫耶稣复活了... ” 9**使徒行传13:34 “论到上帝叫他从死里复活，不再归于朽坏... ” 10**使徒行传13:37 “惟独上帝所复活的，他并未见朽坏。” 11**使徒行传17:31 “... 并且叫他从死里复活，给万人作可信的凭据。” 12**罗马书4:24 “也是为我们将来得算为义之人写的，就是我们这信上帝使我们的主耶稣从死里复活的人。” 13**罗马书6:4 “... 像基督借着父的荣耀，从死里复活一样。” 14**罗马书10:9 “你若口里认耶稣为主，心里信上帝叫他从死里复活，就必得救。” 15**哥林多前书6:14 “并且上帝已经叫主复活，也要用自己的能力叫我们复活。” 16**哥林多前书15:15 “... 因我们见证上帝是叫基督复活了，若死人真不复活，上帝也就没有叫基督复活了。” 17**哥林多后书4:14 “自己知道，那叫主耶稣复活的，也必叫我们与耶稣一同复活，并且叫我们与你们一同站在他面前。” 18**加拉太书:1:1 “作使徒的保罗，（不是由于人，也不是借着人，乃是借着耶稣基督，与叫他从死里复活的父上帝）” 19**以弗所书:1:20 “就是照他在基督身上，所运行的大能大力，使他从死里复活，叫他在天上坐在自己的右边，” 20**歌罗西书2:12 “你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此与他一同复活，都因信那叫他从死里复活上帝的功用。” 21**帖撒罗尼迦前书1:10 “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。” 22**彼得前书1:21 “你们也因着他，信那叫他从死里复活，又给他荣耀的上帝... 。” （39）以赛亚书43:11或何西阿书13:4证明耶稣是上帝吗？ 既然这两节说，除了耶和华上帝以外，再没有救主了，而其他经文例如约翰壹书4:14 则说耶稣是我们的救主，那么很多人就争论说，耶稣必定是那个耶和华上帝了。但这个论点是站不住脚的。 以赛亚书:43:11 “惟有我是耶和华，除我以外没有救主。” 何西阿书:13:4 “自从你出埃及地以来，我就是耶和华你的神，在我以外，你不可认识别神，除我以外并没有救主。” 在这两节里翻译成“救主”的希伯来词最普遍的翻译是“拯救”或“得救”，也有被翻译成“拯救者”的。在摩西的时代，上帝拯救了祂的子民脱离埃及的势力，而在以赛亚的时代，上帝拯救了他们脱离亚述国的势力。再没有其他人可以拯救他们脱离这些势力，所以经文清楚地显示，除了上帝以外，他们并没有其他的救主。 《巴恩斯圣经注释》对以赛亚书第43章做了这样的解释：“这一章... 主要是针对上帝给祂被掳到巴比伦的子民所应许的拯救。上帝的子民依然被先知看为在长时间痛苦的掳掠中受苦受罪，而先知的目的是以拯救的保证来安慰他们。” 何西阿书13:4当然是指上帝拯救祂的子民脱离埃及人那个时候。 当然耶稣是我们的救主。但是在这些经文中，上帝是祂子民以色列的救主这个背景，是关乎拯救他们脱离巴比伦和埃及的奴役，而不是拯救他们脱离他们的罪。那是基督为全人类所做的事。人类最大的拯救是脱离罪恶的权势，而这就是上帝交给祂儿子的任务了。 （40）还没有亚伯拉罕，就有了我 另一个备受争议的经文是约翰福音8:58。“还没有亚伯拉罕，就有了我。” 但所争议的主要是英文版圣经。英皇钦定本圣经KJV翻译成“还没有亚伯拉罕之前，我是。” “我是”这两个词也意味着“我存在”。有人称耶稣在约翰福音8:58里宣告自己为上帝，因为他用了“我是”这两个字。他们错误地把“我是”这两个字与出埃及记3:14联系在一起。从这节经文，他们便引出一个结论说，耶稣在隐喻一个神性的名字并以此来告诉犹太人祂是上帝。三位一体论信徒进一步尝试支持他们的论点，说这就是为什么犹太人拿起石头要打死祂的原因。但这其实是因为耶稣在约翰福音第8章的整篇中对他们说了许多事情，而逐步的激怒了他们。最后因为耶稣说祂比他们的国父亚伯拉罕还要大，而彻底让他们忍无可忍了。所以耶稣称祂的权柄比先祖亚伯拉罕还要大，这也意味着祂也比他们大。 约翰福音8:58的“我是”这两个字，是来源于两个希腊词“ego”跟“eimi”。《斯特朗圣经词典》的定义是：ego是指“我”（只作强调性用词）。eimi则是指“我存在”（只用于强调性），我是... 你想耶稣应该如何回应犹太人这句话：（约翰福音8:57） “犹太人说：你还没有五十岁，岂见过亚伯拉罕呢？” 法利赛人不知道耶稣早在亚伯拉罕之前就已存在，于是他们说，你怎么可能见过亚伯拉罕呢，你都还没有50岁呀！既然希腊文中的“我是”也意味着“我存在”或“我已存在”，那么还没有亚伯拉罕就已存在的基督，来自祂的回应明显应该怎么翻译呢？ “耶稣对他们说，我实实在在地对你们说，还没有亚伯拉罕之前，我是。” 或者是 “耶稣说：我实实在在的告诉你们，还没有亚伯拉罕，就有了我。” 两个版本都是合法的译本，但是大部分的圣经译本实际上跟第二个版本相吻合。这是有充分理由的。这两个词也可翻译成“我存在”、“我是（过去式或现在完成式）”。除了在约翰福音8:58，还有其他章节也出现这两个词的。比如说，在路加福音19:22， ego eimi 被翻译成“我是（过去式）”。 这两个词是犹太人和基督徒以及第一世纪在新约圣经中普遍常用的词语。它不是任何神明的名字，圣经的上帝也好，其他神明也好，都不用这个名字的。它从来都没有被犹太人或基督徒理解作宣告自身为上帝的词语。如果他们认为是这样的话，那犹太人肯定不会把这两个字用在他们自己身上，不过事实却相反，他们经常都用这两个字。彼得、保罗、加百列和撒迦利亚都说过“我是...某某 ”。但是他们没有一个宣称自己为上帝的。 路加福音1:18 “撒迦利亚对天使说：我凭着什么可知道这事呢？我已经老了［原文作：我是（ego eimi）一个老人］，我的妻子也年纪老迈了。” 路加福音1:19 “天使回答说：我是（ego eimi）站在神面前的加百列...” 约翰福音1:27 “就是那在我以后来的，给他解鞋带，我是（ego eimi）不配的。” 使徒行传10:21 “于是彼得下去见那些人，说：我就是（ego eimi）你们所找的人... ” 使徒行传21:39 “保罗说：我本是（ego eimi）犹太人，生在基利家的大数... 。” 连那生来瞎眼的人也说“我是”或“是我”来介绍自己。约翰福音9:9 “有人说：是他，又有人说：不是，却是像他，他自己说：是我（ego eimi）。” 也没有一个犹太人认为这个瞎子在宣告自己为上帝。 下面是耶稣在四福音中说ego eimi的所有其它章节。没有一句可以被理解为耶稣自称为上帝。马太福音24:5、马可福音13:6、路加福音21:8、约翰福音8:24, 28；13:19 “我是基督”。约翰福音18:5, 6, 8 “我就是”。马太福音20:15 “我作［我是］好人”。马太福音28:20 “我就常与你们同在... ” 马可福音14:62 “耶稣说，我是（上帝的儿子）...” 路加福音22:27 “... 我在你们中间，如同服事人的。” 路加福音22:70 “他们都说：这样，你是上帝的儿子吗？耶稣说：你们所说的是。” 约翰福音6:35, 48, 51“耶稣说：我就是生命的粮...” 约翰福音7:34 “我所在的地方... ” 约翰福音12:26；17:24；14:3 “我在哪里... ” 约翰福音8:12 “我是世界的光... ” 约翰福音8:18 “我是为自己作见证... ” 约翰福音8:23 “... 我是从上头来的，... 我不是属这世界的。” 约翰福音10:7, 9 “我就是（羊的）门...” 约翰福音10:11, 14 “我是好牧人... ” 约翰福音11:25 “复活在我，生命也在我［原文作：我是复活和生命］” 约翰福音14:6 “我是道路... ” 约翰福音15:1, 5 “我是真葡萄树... ” 约翰福音:17:14, 16 “我不属世界... ” 约翰福音18:37 “你说我是王... ” 到了基督行将结束祂的布道工作时，有关祂的消息已经传遍远近四方。这时，犹太人理解基督自称祂是谁？他们又告祂什么控状呢？ 马太福音26:63 “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。” 马太福音27:40 “...你如果是上帝的儿子，就从十字架上下来吧。”马太福音27:43 “他倚靠上帝，上帝若喜悦他，现在可以救他，因为他曾说：我是上帝的儿子。” 马可福音14:61 “... 大祭司又问他说：你是那当称颂者的儿子基督不是。” 马可福音14:62 耶稣说：我是（ego eimi）... ” 马可福音15:39 “对面站着的百夫长，看见耶稣这样喊叫断气，就说：这人真是上帝的儿子。” 路加福音22:67 “你若是基督，就告诉我们。” 路加福音22:70 “他们都说：这样，你是上帝的儿子吗？耶稣说：你们所说的［我］是（ego eimi）。” 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。” 在以上的几节经文中，有两次耶稣回答说，“我是”（ego eimi）。他不是在说他是上帝，而是在证实他是上帝的儿子。犹太人明显从来不以为耶稣宣告自己为上帝。假如耶稣宣告自己为上帝的话，那么这骇人听闻的事就必传遍远近四方。整本新约圣经都没有记载到有任何人问他是不是上帝。所以在约翰福音8:58节中犹太人怎么可能会以为他在宣告自己为上帝呢？ 另外我们也当注意，出埃及记3:14的这个词组“我是自有永有的” （英皇钦定本翻译成“我是那我是”）它的具体意思也有各种说法。《通俗拉丁文本圣经》翻译成“我是那我是”。《七十士译本》翻译成“我是那存活的”。《约拿单的塔古姆》希伯来圣经意译本和《耶路撒冷塔古姆》将这词组意译为“祂那一说，世界就有了，祂那一说，万物就存在了。” 原文的字面意义是“我会是那我会是的。” 如果用希腊文旧约《七十士译本》来对照一下出埃及记3:14和约翰福音8:58，我们会发现上帝说：“我是那生物（ego eimi ho ohn， OHN翻译成英文的BEING，也是“是”字的进行式，中文和合本翻译成“自有的”），而耶稣则说：“还没有亚伯拉罕，我是（ego eimi）。” 由此可见，上帝的名其实是Ho Ohn (The Being 那生物/那自有的）而不是ego eimi（我是）。出埃及记3:14的最后一句也进一步证明这一点。“那自有的（Ho Ohn）打发我到你们这里来。” 经文不是说“我是（ego eimi）打发我到你们这里来。” 无论这词组翻译成什么，ho ohn跟ego eimi 是不同的。所以出埃及记的“我是”和约翰福音的“我是”两者之间并没有必然的关系。约翰福音8:58不可能将耶稣等同于上帝，除非是用不正确的译本和错误的文法持着自己的偏见去推断出来的。 总结来说，约翰福音8:58的正确含义，中文和合本圣经还是翻译得正确的。“还没有亚伯拉罕（的存在），就有了我（的存在）。” （41）阿拉法与俄梅戛，初与终 在启示录中有几个章节提到基督是阿拉法与俄梅戛。这就让许多人误以为基督就是上帝。今天我们就来集中探讨这个课题。 首先我们来看启示录提到阿拉法与俄梅戛的几个章节。 启示录1:8 昔在今在以后永在的全能者，主上帝说我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛。 （【以上乃此经文的正确翻译。整段话是耶稣说的，祂说祂的父（那昔在今在以后永在的全能者主上帝）说祂（耶稣）是阿拉法、俄梅嘎。】 天父是昔在今在以后永在的全能者主上帝——启1：1-4，4：8，21：22 耶稣是阿拉法、俄梅嘎——启1：5，22：12-13） KJV Revelation 1 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. 启示录21:6 他又对我说：都成了。我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛，我是初，我是终。我要将生命泉的水白白赐给那口渴的人喝。 启示录22:13 我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛，我是首先的，我是末后的，我是初，我是终。 初，就是起初/开始（the beginning） 终，就是终结/结束（the end） 有些人相信“阿拉法”与“俄梅戛”这两个概念是指基督没有开始，也没有结束。但是圣经没有这样讲。启示录说，基督是某一件事的首先或初始，和末后或终结。不止这个，一个开始是指某一事物的根源，而一个终结是指某一事物的终止/结束。永恒就是没有开始的，也是没有结束的。许多基督徒对圣经中的开始/起初有着错误的观念。我们知道父上帝是没有开始的，祂是常存的。“阿拉法”是希腊字母中的第一个字母，所以它是希腊字母的“初/开始”，而“俄梅戛”是希腊字母中的最后一个字母，所以它是希腊字母的“终/结束”。所以这些词只不过是指某一件事的开始和结束。那是什么事呢？我们不要作任何假设，只要看圣经怎么说，还有这些话对犹太人有着什么样的意义。 我们注意到，凡是提到阿拉法和俄梅戛的章节每一次都是随着基督复临和世界末日的景象而来的。这并不是什么巧合。基督创造了这个世界，给世界带来了一个全新的开始，而到了世界末日，基督要从天降临，给世界带来毁灭的结局。所以说，基督是阿拉法与俄梅戛，是开始也是结束，是第一个也是最后一个。这三种说法都是同一个意思的。在启示录1:17, 18，耶稣说：“我是首先的，我是末后的。又是那存活的；我曾死过，现在又活了，直活到永永远远。” 谁是阿拉法与俄梅戛（最先和最后的），那曾死过而现在又活到永远的呢？就是基督。 我们也注意到，启示录21:1-8和22:12-14虽然谈到了世界末日，但也直接地透露，那些遵守上帝诫命的人必能吃生命树的果子，而那些行邪术的、淫乱的、杀人的、拜偶像的、并一切喜好说谎言编造虚谎的（启21:8和22:15），都必永远灭亡。注意启示录21:7（启21:7 得胜的，必承受这些为业，我要作他的上帝，他要作我的儿子。） 如何连系到启示录2:7（启2:7 圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听。得胜的，我必将神乐园中生命树的果子赐给他吃。），而2:7又连系到启示录22:14，这里说那些能吃生命果的人，就是那些遵守上帝诫命的人。（启示录22:14［和合本］ 那些洗净自己衣服的有福了，可得权柄能到生命树那里，也能从门进城。［英皇钦定本］那些遵行他诫命的有福了，可得权利能到生命树那里，也能从门进这城。） 那么我们发现，阿拉法和俄梅戛这句话的上文是关于世界末日和基督再来的。而这句话的直接下文是关于两件末日之后马上要发生的事，就是得胜的义人将得赏赐，而恶人将被毁灭。有太多证据显明这不是什么巧合。既然启示录是圣经的结局篇，同时也是关于末后的事，那么这就说明为什么这几个章节都提到“终”。那如果“终”是指这世界的结局的话，那么“初”明显是指世界的起初了。这起初就在圣经的开头，比如创世记1:1，和其它提到创世记第一章的经文。我们至今所看过的一切告诉我们，阿拉法俄梅戛这几个章节是指基督复临和世界末日，到那时，那些忠心遵守上帝诫命的人必然吃到生命树的果子，而其他人则必灭亡。 《克拉克圣经注释》对启示录1:8所作的分析，说明了这句话如何被犹太人所用和理解。犹太人有没有把这句话诠释成基督是常存的而且祂又是上帝呢？这当然又与箴言第8章产生矛盾，那里说基督是生出的。所以这怎么说也是说不过去的。 根据犹太人对这句话的意思之理解，从起初和圣经的第一本书，直到末后和圣经的最后一本书，耶稣都包含了一切。犹太人实际上明白这句话的含义，这样，他们必不同意三位一体论的说法。这几节经文所提到的初与终，初是指这世界被基督创造的开始，而终则是指基督复临和世界末日还有新天新地的产生。基督造成这世界的开始，祂也把世界带到它的结局。《巴恩斯圣经注释》对启示录22:13的解释也证实了圣经在这方面所启示的。 启示录所说的初与终的初字，既然是指这世界的创造和开始，那我们就来看看下面这几个章节。 创世记1:1 “起初，上帝创造天地。‘ 箴言8:23 “从亘古，从太初，未有世界以前，我已被立。” 约翰福音1:1-3 “太初有道，道与上帝同在，道就是神。这道太初与上帝同在。 万物是借着他造的，凡被造的，没有一样不是借着他造的。” 以弗所书3:9 “又使众人都明白，这历代以来隐藏在创造万物之上帝里的奥秘，是如何安排的。” 更准确的翻译是［英皇钦定本］“并且使所有人明白那奥秘的团契是什么，这是从世界开始就隐藏在上帝里的，他借着耶稣基督创造万物。” 希伯来书1:10 又说：『主啊，你起初立了地的根基，天也是你手所造的。 这样，在这个背景下，所有提到起初的经文，贯彻始终都是一致的。这也进一步支持阿拉法和俄梅戛这两个词的意思。 给复临信徒参考： “基督说，我是真实的见证。我是阿拉法与俄梅戛，初与终，首先的和末后的。” （怀爱伦著，《证道与短讲》第一集，原文第231页） “... 甚至从创世记至启示录，基督是阿拉法，福音链的第一环，也是俄梅戛，福音链的最后一环。这条链是在启示录里鋳zhu4成的。”（怀爱伦著，《文稿汇编》第10集，原文第171页） “祂是我们信心的创始成终者，是阿拉法与俄梅戛，初与终，首先的与末后的。” （怀爱伦著，《1888年资料集》，原文第783页） “所以说，祂是上帝创造的开始或首领这句话的意思是，受造之物的开始都在祂里面，如祂自己所说，祂是阿拉法与俄梅戛，初与终，首先的与末后的。启21:6; 22:13。祂是万物的起源。”（瓦格纳著，《基督与祂的义》原文第20页，1890年） （42）结论 许多人感觉混淆，不知道自己所拜的是谁，或是谁住在他们里面。是一位三位一体的神吗？还是真实的父和子。圣灵究竟是圣灵上帝还是上帝的灵？圣子藉着后者而进入我们心里。耶稣说“我们所拜的，我们知道”（约4:22）这句话就包括了祂自己所拜的。接着祂还解释祂自己拜的是谁。祂说：“那真正拜父的，要用心灵和诚实拜他。” （约翰福音4:23）耶稣跟所有“真正拜父的”人一样拜祂的父。耶稣拜祂的父，因为祂的父就是祂的上帝。 耶稣在祂复活之后对马利亚说：“不要摸我，因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。”（约翰福音20:17） 耶稣告诉祂门徒说，祂的上帝与他们的上帝是同一位上帝。祂也解释了这位上帝是谁，就是父。祂告诉门徒说，祂的父也是我们的父，祂的上帝也是我们的上帝。 许多人明显混淆了。你经常会听到这样的祷告：“父啊，我们感谢你下来为我们的罪而死。” 然后你会听到人们在结束祷告时说：“奉耶稣的名求！” 奉耶稣自己的名来向耶稣祷告合理吗？祂是我们的中保，而且祂吩咐我们奉祂的名来向天父祷告。（路11:2；约16:23；弗5:20） 你会听见人们向天父祷告，而结束时却说：“奉你的名求！” 圣经说：“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。”（提摩太前书2:5）我们当向父上帝祷告，并奉我们中保耶稣基督的名来祈求。看来那些对父和子在圣经中的分别和地位产生混淆的人不知道自己所拜的是谁。因此他们没有“用心灵和诚实拜祂。” 圣经很多次说明耶稣真的是上帝的儿子。但三位一体论却说不是的，他们只不过在表演角色。因此父子的位格已受到破损。上帝不再是一个真父亲，而基督也不再是一个真儿子。这是撒但的计划，叫基督徒不认父和子，并让他自己获得他一直以来所渴望得到的敬拜。 是基督作我们的保惠师，而祂和祂父亲俩藉着祂的圣灵住在我们里面(约翰14: 16-23) 那么三位一体论是真理还是谬论呢？按照圣经的见证，只有一位上帝，就是父，还有一位主，就是耶稣基督。而祂们的灵就是上帝的临格与大能。父子不但创造了我们，祂们也爱我们，甚至策划了一项奇妙的方案，把一个失落的世界从罪中拯救出来，好叫我们恢复在祂跟前的地位。 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 有关安息日的二十三个真相 在基督教界里，其中一个最大的争议是攸关安息日的课题。大家都在争论不休，各说纷纭。那么到底安息日是星期六还是星期日？它是否被改变了？如果是的话，那又是怎样发生的呢？安息日是不是单单给犹太人的？新约圣经的基督徒必须遵守安息日吗？今天我们就来找出这些问题和许许多多其他问题的答案，从圣经里找出关于安息日的真理，以解开大多数基督徒对安息日所持有的迷思和误解。 1. 守安息日是顺从上帝的第四条诫命 根据圣经的证据，遵守安息日是上帝十条诫命的一部分，更准确地说，是第四条诫命。 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。” 2. 符合圣经的安息日是星期六 我们在上一期的视频中也探讨过了5个证明安息日是星期六的证据和理由。错过的朋友可以回顾一下‘圣经里的安息日是哪一天’这视频。 简单来说，安息日是从星期五日落到星期六日落，因为圣经表明一日是从日落或晚上开始，直到第二天的日落结束的。我们可以到圣经里的第一本书去追溯su4这个概念的起源。 创世纪 1：5 “有晚上，有早晨，这是头一日。” 创世纪 1：8 “有晚上，有早晨，是第二日。” 把一日的开始和结束定在午夜12点是人为的杰作，其实是罗马人设立的，而现今世界各国都采用了这种计时系统。 第四条诫命清楚地说明安息日是第七日。那么耶稣既然是在第一日也就是星期日复活的，那么第七日的安息日就必然是星期六了。 马可福音 16：9 在七日的第一日清早，耶稣复活了，就先向抹大拉的马利亚显现，耶稣从她身上曾赶出七个鬼。 另外，犹太人千百年来持续遵守星期六为第七日的安息日，从旧约时代就一直延续到今日，从未改变过。 3. 安息日不仅是为犹太人设立的 许多基督徒宣称，安息日是给犹太人设立的，与我们基督徒有何相干。这简直是大错特错。圣经从未说明安息日是单单给犹太人的。世上最先遵守安息日的人就是亚当夏娃，而他们并不是犹太人。 创世纪 2：1-3 天地万物都造齐了。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。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。 安息日早在犹太人存在之前老早就已经设立了。事实上，安息日是在六日的创造之工完毕之后，在第七日就设立了。再加上第四条诫命说第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这个圣日是属于耶和华上帝的，是祂的安息日，而不是属于犹太民族的安息日。 以赛亚书 56：6-7 “还有那些与耶和华联合的外邦人，要侍奉他，要爱耶和华的名，要作他的仆人，就是凡守安息日不干犯，又持守他（原文作“我”）约的人。我必领他们到我的圣山，使他们在祷告我的殿中喜乐。他们的燔祭和平安祭，在我坛上必蒙悦纳，因我的殿必称为万民祷告的殿。” 这里所说的再清楚不过了吧，上帝在旧约时代交给犹太人的任务，包括了把福音传给外邦人，使他们也能够信奉真理并遵守安息日。另外，圣经也说： 马可福音 2：27 “安息日是为人设立的” 这里的人是指世人，所有的人，不分种族。安息日是为全人类设立的，而不仅是为了犹太人。 4. 上帝嘱咐我们“当记念”安息日 在十条诫命里头，第四条诫命是唯一一条上帝命令我们当记念的诫命。就像上帝早已知道世人会忘记似的。可悲的是，现今大部分世人都已经把安息日忘得一干二净了。大多数教会和牧师还告诉信徒们干脆把安息日给忘了吧，因为那是旧约的一部分，或说那只是给犹太人设立的，又或者说旧的安息日已经换成新的星期日了。 他们预备了数不清的理由或借口，为的是要导使信徒们把第四条诫命，即第七日的安息日给忘掉。 但这些都是与上帝的指示互相对立的，都不符合上帝的话语。上帝说的是：“当记念”。 5. 安息日是不能改变的 许多基督教派都相信安息日是因耶稣复活而从一周的第七日修改为一周的第一日，即星期六换成了星期日。这都是人所造出来的谎言，而不是上帝的旨意。圣经从来不曾告诉我们说，由于耶稣在第一日复活，因此从那天起安息日就正式修改为第一日了。他们的这项教导是完全没有圣经根据的。 反之，圣经清楚地告诉我们，上帝的律法或命令是永不改变的。例如，上帝在诗篇里说了这么一句话。 诗篇 89：34 我必不背弃我的约，也不改变我口中所出的。 有什么话是从上帝口中所出的呢？就是十条诫命。上帝在向摩西宣告十条诫命之前，出埃及记 20：1这么说： 出埃及记 20：1 上帝吩咐这一切的话： 因此，第四条诫命的安息日是永不改变的，因为上帝说，祂不会改变祂口中所出的话，而十条诫命正是祂亲口宣告的。另一个铁证是耶稣在马太福音5：17-19所说的这段话。 马太福音 5：17-19 “莫想我来要废掉律法和先知；我来不是要废掉，乃是要成全。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。所以，无论何人废掉这诫命中最小的一条，又教训人这样作，他在天国要称为最小的；但无论何人遵行这诫命，又教训人遵行，他在天国要称为大的。 这太棒了，就是说到天地都废去了，律法的一点一画也不能废去，都要成全。耶稣表明自己来的目的，不是要废掉律法。有人可能会说，耶稣成全了律法，所以我们就不需要再遵守律法了。这是错误的解经法。在这里，耶稣以成全一词来与废掉一词形成对比。废掉表示不需要再遵守了，那么成全的意思肯定不相同，因为成全是与废掉的结局相反的。其实，成全的意思是落实和实践，使律法成为完全，使祂成为我们遵守律法的榜样。 6. 耶稣自己守了安息日 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。 耶稣素来都遵守上帝的诫命，从未违背任何一条律法，包括第四条的安息日诫命。祂每逢安息日都会到会堂去敬拜祂父上帝。 作为相信基督的基督徒，我们是不是应该跟从基督的榜样呢？ 7. 耶稣的死证明上帝的诫命是不能废除的 其中一个能证明安息日，或整套十条诫命不能被废除的最强有力的证据，就是耶稣在十架上的牺牲。耶稣为我们而死，因为世人都违背了上帝的律法，圣经说违背律法就是罪，而罗马书告诉我们，罪的工价乃是死。 约翰一书 3：4 凡犯罪的，就是违背律法；违背律法，就是罪。 罗马书 6：23 “因为罪的工价乃是死” 我们无法靠着自己去尝还这重大的罪债以满足律法的要求，唯有痛苦地等待死亡并失去永生的结局。由于上帝爱世人，祂赐下了祂独生儿子来为我们牺牲，为我们偿还罪债。朋友们，想一想，如果上帝能改变祂的律法，甚至把祂律法废除的话，那么祂肯定会这样做，以免无辜地牺牲祂宝贵的儿子，不是吗？祂大可以废除律法，使我们免于因违背律法所带来的刑罚，如果真能这样做的话，上帝的儿子就不必下来代替我们而死了。因此，耶稣在十字架上的牺牲明显地证明了上帝的律法确实是无法改变的。 大多数的基督徒都误用了耶稣的死来证明律法已经废除，但是真理却恰恰相反。主耶稣的死反而进一步证明了律法是不能废去的。再加上刚才我们已经看了耶稣亲口所说的话，澄清祂下来不是要废掉律法，还说就算天地都废去了，律法的一点一划也不能废去。 8. 上帝赐福与安息日，定为圣日 安息日不能改变的另一个原因是上帝以一个不能撤回的祝福来赐福予这一日。上帝对这一极其特别的日子做了三件事，就是祂在这一日安息了、便赐福于这一日，并把它定为圣日。你知不知道上帝所赐下的祝福是无法撤消或逆转的吗？当摩押王巴勒鼓动先知巴兰去咒诅以色列民的时候，巴兰在民数记 23：20是这样说的： 民数记 23：20 我奉命祝福，上帝也曾赐福，此事我不能翻转。 上帝所赐的福是无法反转的。不管有多少人再怎么强词夺理地说安息日已经被废除了，但第七日的安息日依然是上帝所赐福的，而且永远都是，因为祂未曾从这一日撤回这项祝福，以后也不会这么做。 更何况上帝没有赐福于另一日，或在另一日安息，把那日定为圣日。所以说，将另一日成为新的安息日这种教导是极其荒谬，擅自妄为且没有任何凭据的。倘若上帝有意设立另一日为安息日的话，比方说第一日星期日，那么祂就必须重新创造天地万物，然后在第一日安息，再赐福于第一日，把它定为圣日，否则的话，第一日星期日永远都不会成为神圣安息日的。 可是如果上帝在第一日就安息了，那么这就意味着创造大工根本还没有开始，祂就安息了，可是没有动工，何来安息呢？而且也不会存在七日的一周循环了。这是完全说不过去的。 再说，上帝不仅仅是赐福与这一日，还把它定为圣日，即是把这一日分别为圣。把这一日定为圣日也意味着上帝以自身的临格和同在赐福与这一日。 出埃及记 3：2-5 “耶和华的使者从荆棘里火焰中向摩西显现。摩西观看，不料，荆棘被火烧着，却没有烧毁。摩西说：“我要过去看这大异象，这荆棘为何没有烧坏呢？”耶和华上帝见他过去要看，就从荆棘里呼叫说：“摩西！摩西！”他说：“我在这里。”上帝说：“不要近前来，当把你脚上的鞋脱下来，因为你所站之地是圣地。” 当上帝临格在火焰当中的时候，荆棘地就成为了圣地，圣洁的土地，所以上帝吩咐摩西把鞋子脱下，以示尊重。由此可见，安息日是圣洁而神圣的，表示上帝以一种特殊的方式来赐福这一日，即是祂的临格和同在，而我们可以在安息日凭着信心来到上帝的面前，蒙受祂的祝福。 9. 安息日使我们与上帝更加亲近 事实上，安息日这特别的日子能让我们与上帝建立更密切的关系。再加上不光是安息日这一日被上帝分别为圣，连守安息日的举动也对我们成圣的过程大有帮助。 以西结书 20：12 又将我的安息日赐给他们，好在我与他们中间为证据，使他们知道我耶和华是叫他们成为圣的。 安息日是个证据，显明上帝是那叫我们成圣的一位。叫我们成圣的意思是使我们在品格上越来越像上帝。这就是上帝在我们每个人身上的旨意。 利未记 20：26 你们要归我为圣，因为我耶和华是圣的，并叫你们与万民有分别，使你们作我的民。 安息日怎么能帮助我们塑su造更圣洁，更像上帝的品格呢？这一天能让我们把所有属世的事物放下，专心地寻求上帝、与祂相处、敬拜祂、研读祂的话语、并且经历祂的同在。我们藉着仰望祂，就会改变成祂的形象。这也必能坚固我们与上帝并祂儿子之间的关系。 守安息日在我们与上帝亲近并建立关系这件事上是有必要的。就好比任何情侣或夫妻之间的感情。两人若要更加了解，要有更好的感情，那么花时间相处是必要的过程。这就是为什么上帝设立了每周特定的一日，好让我们能与祂建立美好的关系，也让我们能与其他信徒们联络彼此之间的感情。这一日是上帝所拣选的，因为祂是智慧的上帝，祂的安排是最好的。再加上祂知道要是让我们自己来选择日子的话，肯定会出现混乱和纷争的局面，而大多数人也必定会忽略我们对上帝所当尽的本分。 安息日固然重要，但是我们也不能忘记每天的灵修，安息日不能取代每日的灵修，而是把它提升，加强。 10. 撒但竭尽所能地攻击和破坏安息日 撒但除了费尽心思地去破坏我们每天的灵修之外，还特别渴望破坏上帝所设立的圣安息日，因为他知道这样做必影响我们与上帝之间的关系，并且进一步把我们引向灭亡之路。撒但对上帝和祂的安息日极其憎恨，我们从他创造了这么多破坏上帝的身份并破坏祂的圣日的谬论，就可以看出这一点。 事实上，撒但每时每刻都在全心全意地破坏上帝最初在伊甸园所设立的两个制度。一个是一男一女的婚姻制度，另一个就是第七日的安息日制度。狡猾的魔鬼以同性婚姻和一夫多妻制破坏上帝所设立的美好婚姻制度，并以不同的日子来取代安息日，特别是星期日，所谓的伪安息日。之后我们会更深入地探讨这一点。 11. 星期日不是新的安息日 刚才我们也稍微谈过，耶稣的复活并没有把星期日变成新的安息日。许多人宣称星期日已经成为了新的安息日，我们应该在那一日聚会和崇拜，因为耶稣在那日复活。但是这是圣经从未教导过的。你翻完整本圣经，从第一页到最后一页，肯定找不出任何证据来支持这一点。今天我就要向守星期日的基督徒发出一项挑战，要求你找出一节经文，以证明新的安息日因耶稣在星期日复活而从星期六修改为星期日了。但是我可以向你保证，这所谓的证据是不存在的。 除此之外，上帝根本没有必要把星期日变为安息日来纪念耶稣的复活，因为安息日实际上是纪念创造的，而上帝也已经给了我们另外几种仪式来纪念耶稣的复活。其中之一就是洗礼，洗礼的其中一个用意就是纪念耶稣的死、埋葬和复活。 罗马书 6： 3：4 岂不知我们许多人受浸归入耶稣基督，是受浸归入他的死吗？所以，我们借着浸礼归入死，和他一同埋葬，原是叫我们一举一动有新生的样式，像基督借着父的荣耀从死里复活一样。 另一个纪念耶稣的死和复活的仪式就是圣餐礼。 哥林多前书 11：23-26 我曾传给你们的，原是从主领受的，就是主耶稣被卖的那一夜，拿起饼来，祝谢了，就掰开，说：拿着吃，这是我的身体，为你们掰开的，你们如此行，为的是记念我。晚饭后，他也照样拿起杯来，说：这杯是用我的血所立的新约，你们每逢喝的时候，要如此行，为的是记念我。你们每逢吃这饼，喝这杯，是表明主的死，直等到他来。 因此，我们每逢吃这饼喝这杯，就是纪念耶稣的死和祂的复活，祂为我们所作的伟大牺牲。这些都是圣经所给我们的例子和榜样。我再次强调，圣经从未说过安息日因耶稣的复活而变成了另一天，这是与上帝的话语互相矛盾的。倘若有这么重要的改变，圣经怎么可能一言不发，完全保持缄默呢？ 12. 新约使徒时代的基督徒都守安息日 耶稣的门徒在星期五安葬了耶稣的遗体之后，那时已经是靠近黄昏了。圣经说： 路加福音 23：56 “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。” 假如耶稣所立的新约废除了安息日的话，那么耶稣的门徒为什么还在安息日遵着诫命而安息呢？如果安息日已经被修改或废除了的话，那么这个时间点应该是圣经作者宣布这一点的黄金时机啊。圣经作者可以说，门徒在第七日继续从事各种事务，因为安息日已经被修改或废除了。但是圣经作者并没有这么说，反而显明了他们仍继续遵守安息日。 就连耶稣本身在死后也都依旧遵守安息日，一直到星期日才复活，耶稣在安息日一整天都呆在坟墓里安息，这并不是什么巧合，而是一个见证，他为我们显明遵守安息日的重要性。另外，使徒行传也告诉我们说，使徒保罗按例在安息日向犹太人和外邦人宣讲真理。 使徒行传 13：42 他们出会堂的时候，众人请他们到下安息日再讲这话给他们听。 使徒行传 13：44 到下安息日，合城的人几乎都来聚集，要听上帝的道。 我可以理解，保罗为什么在每个安息日继续在会堂里向犹太人传福音，因为犹太人依然遵守安息日，甚至到今天依然如此。但是如果安息日的确已经被修改或废除的话，那么保罗就没有理由在安息日持续与他们聚会了。他可以轻易邀请外邦人，在每个星期日都回来与他聚会。使徒约翰也一样遵守了安息日。 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，说： 主日就是安息日，一周的第七日，即是星期六，而不是如大部分基督徒所宣称的主日为一周的第一日，即是星期日。 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。” 耶和华上帝称安息日为祂的圣日，而耶稣是安息日的主，因此主日相等于安息日，而不能说安息日是一日，主日是另一日。可见这是多么大的误解啊。接着，希伯来书也告诉我们： 【钦定本】希伯来书 4：4，9 论到第七日，有一处说：到第七日上帝就歇了他一切的工。... 因此，必有一个安息为上帝的子民存留。 这里说的安息是指安息日，说明安息日必为上帝的子民存留。这对相信圣经的信徒们而言，安息日从未被修改，更未曾被废除。 13. 耶稣要我们守安息日 耶稣亲口暗示门徒将在以后的日子里继续持守安息日。祂在警告门徒关于即将来临的灾难，并命令他们在耶路撒冷城被围困之时必须赶紧撤离到山上去的时候说了以下这句话。 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。 耶稣所预言的围城事件发生在公元70年，即是耶稣复活升天了四十年之后才发生的。假如安息日已经不重要了，或已经被废除了，那么为什么耶稣还叫他们祈求在逃难之时不遇见安息日呢？明显的答案就是，安息日依然是那么重要。这神圣美好的一天，本是让我们安息并思念属天的和关于上帝的事的一天，但是如果要我们用这一天的宝贵时间来逃难的话，那就违反安息的意义了。 顺便提一提，在公元70年耶路撒冷被罗马军队围攻的时候，有超过一百万名犹太人被杀害，而被掳掠的也有数十万之多。但是奇妙的是，没有一位基督徒失去性命的，因为他们遵从主耶稣的话语而行，因此顺利逃过了一劫。 耶稣不仅仅叫他的门徒遵守安息日，祂更是在启示录中命令末时耶稣复临之前的子民也一样遵守安息日。在第一天使的信息中，我们看到： 启示录 14：6-7 “我又看见另有一位天使飞在空中，有永远的福音要传给住在地上的人，就是各国、各族、各方、各民。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。’” 这里说的最后一句，应当敬拜那创造天、地、海和众水泉源的，是与第四条诫命中的内容非常相似的，那里说：耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物。既然守安息日也证明了我们是敬拜创造主的，那么三天使信息的一部分也呼吁我们遵守安息日，在这一天敬拜上帝。 但是我要澄清一点，第一天使的信息不仅仅是叫人离开虚假的安息日而遵守真安息日，更叫我们离弃假神，回归独一真神父上帝，敬畏祂，并承认祂的主权。而敬拜上帝的一部分，便是在正确的日子来敬拜祂。很多人误以为第一天使的信息仅仅是与敬拜的日子相关，但是更重要的是，这日子指出了哪一位才是真神。待会儿我们会更深入地探讨这一点。话说回来，耶稣在三天使信息的结尾处再次给我们揭晓了一项关于守诫命的真相。 启示录 14：12 圣徒的忍耐就在此，他们是守上帝诫命和耶稣真道的。 由此可见，末时的圣徒，就是那些忍耐到底而胜过兽和兽像的，他们是守上帝诫命和耶稣真道的。既然守安息日是上帝诫命的一部分，那么不守安息日的人便不能成为圣徒的一部分了。 14. 我们将来在新天新地也要遵守安息日 以赛亚书 66：22，23 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。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。 我们在新天新地也必遵守安息日，那如果我们要进入新天新地的话，那么我们现在就要开始守安息日了。那些不愿记念安息日的人，可以说是不想过新天新地的生活了。大家可能会想，既然旧约时代的信徒们都守了安息日，而以后信徒们在新天新地也必守安息日，那么现代的基督徒为什么大部分都不守安息日呢？我也时常思考这个问题。答案很简单，他们已经被仇敌给迷惑了。正如我们之前所谈过的，撒但朝思暮想着如何去破坏上帝的安息日和其他九条诫命，因为他知道违背律法就是罪，而罪的工价乃是死。圣经甚至说，我们要是违背律法中的一条，那么我们便与犯了众条没有任何区别了。 雅各书 2：10 因为凡遵守全律法的，只在一条上跌倒，他就是犯了众条。 撒但比我们任何人都要熟悉圣经，他也清楚知道他自己的结局已近在眉睫，因此他现在的终极目标，就是要尽可能把上帝所有的子民引向灭亡之路，让我们陪同他一起葬身火湖。 15. 不守安息日会把我们引向灭亡 圣经固然说，我们不能单靠行为得救，单靠遵守律法也不能使我们赚取救恩。 以弗所书 2：8，9 你们得救是本乎恩，也因着信；这并不是出于自己，乃是上帝所赐的；也不是出于行为，免得有人自夸。 但是很多基督徒似乎无法理解的是，虽然我们不靠行为得救，但是我们会因行为而灭亡。圣经说罪的工价乃是死。因此，一个人若承认了耶稣为他生命的主，却依然活在罪恶和叛逆的生活中，持续违背上帝的话语，那么这人必定走向灭亡。 人走向灭亡不仅仅是与他们的行为有关，因为实际上他们是拒绝了耶稣。接受耶稣等同于接受祂的主权过于我们自己的主权，且让祂进来在我们生活中掌权。顺服祂及跟从祂的话语而行，就能显出这一点来。但是有意违背祂话语的人，是在公然拒绝耶稣的主权，拒绝让祂成为他们的主。而这最终只能使一个人走向灭亡的可悲结局。 话说回来，我们多次提到，圣经说违背律法就是罪，而罪的工价乃是死。那么违反安息日就是违背律法而犯罪，而犯罪之人，结局就是失去永生而灭亡。同一个概念也能应用在其他九条诫命上。有多少人相信一个人可以持续杀人、犯奸淫、拜偶像或其他假神而还可以进入天国的呢？肯定没有人会这么认为对吧！？为什么呢？因为这些行为都违背了上帝的十条诫命或律法。 但是有个非常奇怪的现象，每当我们谈到守安息日，即是十条诫命的第四条时，就似乎变成例外了。许多人都认为我们可以随意尽情地违反安息日，而依然还可以进入天国。为什么有这种矛盾呢？我觉得这种现象是极其不可思议的。 试想象一下，当我们分享有关上帝律法的课题时，比方说，谈到除了上帝以外我们不可有别的神时，绝大部分的基督徒就会同声说阿们，你说的没错。或者说到我们要孝敬父母时，大家都会说，对对对，确实没错。再说到我们不可作假见证陷害人时，大家就高唱哈利路亚，那是真理。 但是一转眼，当我们说当记念安息日，守为圣日时，奇怪的现象就开始发生了，大家就会马上转口说，哦！这十条诫命已经废除了，我们现在已经活在新约恩典时代了，因此不需要守安息日了。为什么那么不一致呢？为什么持双重标准呢？希望大家好好思考这一点。 话说回来，我们若明知故犯而不断违背律法又不悔改的话，是有可能进不了天国的。我们在生活中所犯的罪，都必须奉耶稣的名祷告，向父上帝认罪，祈求赦免，并且为罪懊悔。不然的话，这些罪在审判中就不被耶稣的血所洁净和涂抹了。这样的话，我们依然必须为这些罪承受后果和付上代价，就是被扔进火湖里。 16. 圣经预言了安息日将被人修改 圣经早就预言，但以理书第7章中的小角--敌基督势力--会尝试修改上帝的律法。 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。...” 这里所指的无疑是罗马天主教。这个制度向至高者说夸大的话，圣经里的上帝原是独一真神，但他们却把上帝变成三一真神。圣经说上帝是一位，他们却说上帝是三位一体。不但如此，天主教还宣称教皇是与上帝同等的。他们多次公开承认教皇是上帝在地上的代理人，甚至说教皇相等于上帝本身。 他们也曾经折磨至高者的圣民，即是在中世纪的黑暗时期，任何不向教皇制度的势力低头和顺服的，都被逼迫、折磨和处死。无数的改革派信徒都被他们残忍地杀害，甚至当众被绑在木头上，被活活烧死。 论到那小角必想改变节期和律法这一点呢，上帝的律法中只有一条是与节期有关的，就是第四条诫命的安息日。天主教多次承认他们以教会的权柄更改了上帝的安息日。 “上帝的教会认为把安息日的庆典和遵守移到星期日是合适的。” 《特利腾大公会议之要理问答》第402页，1937年修订版（首版1566年） 事实上，他们还胆敢地修改了诫命中的好几条，安息日就是其中一条。天主教要理也多番承认了这一事实。你要是拿天主教版本的十条诫命和改革派圣经的十条诫命作一比较的话，你必然会发现他们已经把第四条诫命的安息日修改和缩写成主日，以隐瞒圣经教导的第七日之安息日，即是星期六。他们所谓的主日其实是星期日，这根本不是上帝的指示，这一日更不是主的日子。 如果你觉得这还不够离谱的话，请注意看第二条诫命，上帝明明禁止我们雕刻和跪拜偶像这条诫命已完全被删除了。原因很明显，为了方便天主教徒来敬拜耶稣、马利亚和所谓圣徒们的雕像，还有各种各样的圣物偶像。 接着，他们还把第十条诫命一分为二，以弥补他们十条诫命的短缺，因为删除了第二条诫命后他们就只剩下九条了。 因此，那些随从星期日敬拜的基督徒其实是在向敌基督者罗马天主教势力低头，顺服于他们的权柄之下了。 17. 安息日包含了上帝的印记 也许很多人都听过兽的印记，但是你知道上帝也有祂的印记吗？圣经称它为永生上帝的印。 启示录 7:2-4 我又看见另有一位天使，从日出之地上来，拿着永生上帝的印。他就向那得着权柄能伤害地和海的四位天使大声喊着说：“地与海并树木，你们不可伤害，等我们印了我们上帝众仆人的额。”我听见以色列人各支派中受印的数目有十四万四千。 论到上帝末时的圣徒，有十四万四千人，他们的额头上要受上帝的印。启示录在另一处这样形容圣徒额上的印记。 【钦定本】启示录 14：1 我又观看，见羔羊站在锡安山，同他又有十四万四千人，都有他父的名写在他们的额上。 上帝的印记实际上就是祂的名。众圣徒认识真神，相信祂，并且有祂的品格烙lao印在他们心上。因此，有真神父上帝的名印在他们的额上。那么这又与安息日有什么关系呢？安息日把我们引向创造主，使我们敬拜真神。 以西结书 20：20 且以我的安息日为圣。这日在我与你们中间为证据，使你们知道我是耶和华你们的上帝。 安息日是我们与上帝之间的证据，证明我们认识耶和华上帝，而是属于上帝的。上帝的印具体来说，不仅仅是安息日这么简单，还包含上帝的名，而第四条诫命所指的安息日恰恰就包含了上帝的名在内，因为真神和属于祂的日子是息息相关的。 一位统治者的印章，或王的盖章，通常包含了三个元素，即是他的名、他的称号、和他的管辖范围。 比方说，当耶稣被安放在墓穴里之后，罗马兵丁在堵住入口处的石版上盖上了罗马政府的印章。上面无疑写着本丢彼拉多，犹太巡抚的字样。 如果我告诉你这印章的三个元素也都出现在第四条诫命中，你会觉得惊奇吗？上帝在宣告祂的安息圣日的时候，诫命中也包含了祂的名，叫耶和华；祂的称号，叫创造主，因为祂创造了万物；祂的管辖范围，是天、地、海和其中的万物。 出埃及记 20：11 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。 因此，守安息日的诫命包含了上帝的印记在内，并且还为我们指出了真神是谁。相反的，兽的印记则是假神和虚伪的安息日。说白一点，就是三位一体神和星期日敬拜。这是兽和兽像主要推广的谬论，并且时候将到，他们要执行星期日法令，强迫世人在星期日必须敬拜三位一体神。 神和神的日子是分不开的。末时的议题将会是上帝的印记和兽的印记之间展开的斗争，即是真神和真安息日对垒假神和伪安息日。许多安息日会信徒只专注在敬拜的日子，却忽略了重点，就是所敬拜的神。事实上，我们有可能在正确的安息日上敬拜了虚假的神，请大家谨记这一点。 在此我必须澄清一下，三位一体神和星期日敬拜，在此时此刻还不是兽的印记。必须等到兽颁布了星期日法令之后，人们才会被迫做出决定性的选择，要么接受上帝的印记，要么接受兽的印记。两者只能二选一，没有第三条路可走。若想要知道更多关于星期日法令的话，大家可以观赏我曾经上传过的视频，名为星期日法令。 因此，我们若想得到上帝的印记而不想得到兽的印记的话，我们现在就必须开始守安息日和敬拜真神了。再加上刚才我们已经看过的，那些胜过兽的圣徒们都是遵守上帝诫命的。 18. 安息日是上帝至高权柄的证据 以西结书 20：20 且以我的安息日为圣。这日在我与你们中间为证据，使你们知道我是耶和华你们的上帝。 当我们遵守安息日时，我们事实上是在用行动来证明我们衷心顺服和相信上帝为宇宙万物的创造主，并归服于祂至高的权柄之下，因为安息日把我们引向创造主耶和华父上帝。那么那些选择不遵守安息日，反而遵守星期日为主日的人又怎么样呢？ 坦白说，那些不愿遵守上帝安息日的人，实际上是在公然拒绝上帝的权柄和命令。那些选择守星期日的，则是归服于那把安息日从第七日改为第一日的，这不是上帝所为，而是罗马天主教的所为。他们甚至还批评和讽刺改革教派，因为改革教派自称遵从圣经所有的话语，但反过来他们却追随了天主教的教义和传统。 “改正教徒……接受星期日替代星期六以此作为公共礼拜的日子，他们乃是在效学天主教……但是改正教徒的思想似乎并没有意识到……藉着遵守星期日，他们乃是在接受那教会发言人——教皇——的权威。”——(《我们的星期日来宾》1950年2月5日 19. 我们没有权利擅自挑选一日作为安息日 我们刚刚谈到守安息日的人是顺从上帝权柄的，而守星期日的人则是顺从天主教教皇的权柄的，那么那些宣称我们有自由权可以随意挑选一周里的任何一日为安息日的又怎么样呢？ 这并非一个普遍的现象，但是我也听过有些人真的是这样相信的。他们推理说，既然安息日是为人类而设立的，那么我们自然有权利可以自由选择我们心目中认为最合适的日子作为安息日。只要是一周内的其中一天，不管是哪一天都没关系。只要守得真心，上帝就会悦纳。那么这种说法到底符合圣经吗？我来打个比方，你自然会看清楚答案的。 起初，上帝告诉亚当夏娃，园中的果子他们都可以随意吃，唯独是分别善恶树上的果子是禁果，他们万万不可吃。如果他们俩心想，只要我们不吃任何一棵树上的果子，不管是哪一棵树都好，都没关系的。既然果子都是为人类而设立的，那么我们自然有权利选择任何一棵树上的果子作为禁果。若他们真是这么做的话，你认为这种做法符合上帝的旨意吗？可想而知，当然不行啊，上帝说哪一棵就是哪一棵，根本轮不到他们为上帝做主。 再说了，我们在行为上顺从上帝的话语，表示我们对祂顺服和充满信心。再想想看乃缦的故事。他全身长满了大麻风，上帝却吩咐先知以利沙叫乃缦到约旦河中去沐浴七回，他就必康复。原本他不愿意服从，他还说了以下这句话。 列王记下 5：12 大马士革的河亚罢拿和法珥法，岂不比以色列的一切水更好吗？我在那里沐浴不得洁净吗？”于是气忿忿地转身去了。 最后他还是选择顺从上帝而得了医治。朋友们，想想看，如若他随从自己的意思，说哪一条河都可以，没关系，只要选择其中一条，或自己认为最合适的一条，那么你认为他会得到医治吗？我相信没有人会认为上帝无论如何都会医治他吧！还有一个非常合适的例子，是该隐和亚伯献祭的故事，大家可以自行研究。总而言之，我们不应自作主张而忽视上帝清楚的吩咐和指示，因为上帝才是全知的，祂拥有最高的智慧和最美好的旨意，是超乎我们所能理解的。 话说回来，如果你选择了一个自己喜欢的日子作为安息日的话，你便是悖逆了上帝，不听从祂的指示了，你是以自己的权柄来取代上帝的权柄了，你事实上是在敬拜你自己。这就是为什么圣经说： 耶利米书 17：9 人心比万物都诡诈，坏到极处，谁能识透呢？ 箴言 14：11 有一条路人以为正，至终成为死亡之路。 【钦定本】诗篇 118：8 信靠耶和华，强过信任人。 20. 守安息日不是律法主义 真相就是，遵守上帝的诫命不是律法主义，不是靠行为得救。坦白说，如果每当我听见有人声称守安息日是靠行为得救的一种方法或是律法主义时，我就会得到十令吉的话，那么我肯定早就财务自由或发达成为富豪了。 讽刺的是，这场争议一般都是来自各个守星期日的基督教派。他们常说，守安息日是靠行为得救，但同时他们自己却守星期日为安息日，但又不认为这有什么矛盾，也不认为守星期日是靠行为得救。这是为什么呢？请问谁能告诉我？ 事实上，当一个人选择顺从上帝，随从祂的旨意行，并不代表这个人是靠着行为得救，或想要赚取救恩。这一切都在乎你的动机和出发点。如果你是因爱上帝，感激祂赐下独生子来拯救世人，而愿意回应他的爱并作祂所喜悦的事的话，这怎么可能是靠行为得救呢？这正是耶稣自己在约翰福音 14：15中所吩咐我们做的。 约翰福音 14：15 你们若爱我，就必遵守我的命令。 另外，约翰一书也记载说： 约翰一书 5：3 我们遵守上帝的诫命，这就是爱他了，并且他的诫命不是难守的。 再说，我们守安息日的意义就是休息一天，不做任何工，所以若坚持说在安息日休息是靠行为得救的话，这根本是说不通的。事实上，守安息日乃是表明我们对上帝创世之工的完毕和整个救赎的计划充满信心。我们再来看一段经文。 希伯来书 4：10 因为那进入安息的，乃是歇了自己的工，正如上帝歇了他的工一样。 21. 新约并没有把安息日废掉 绝大多数的基督徒都对新约持有好些误解。他们误以为新约废掉了安息日，甚至把全部十条诫命都废除了。但这实在太离谱了。 希伯来书 10：16，17 “主说：‘那些日子以后，我与他们所立的约乃是这样，我要将我的律法写在他们心上，又要放在他们的里面’；以后就说：‘我不再记念他们的罪愆和他们的过犯。’” 注意，这里完全没有任何暗示说律法已经废除而不必遵守了，反而主要将祂的律法写在我们心上，又要放在我们里面。这意味着我们会爱上帝的律法，时刻记在心里，不断思想，并且尽心尽力地去顺从，选择依靠上帝的力量来遵守这律法。注意罗马书是怎么说守律法的人的。 罗马书2：14，15 没有律法的外邦人若顺着本性行律法上的事，他们虽然没有律法，自己就是自己的律法。这是显出律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们是非之心同作见证，并且他们的思念互相较量，或以为是，或以为非。 这表明当某人按着律法上的指示而行时，上帝的律法就已经刻在他们心里了，因为一个人要是喜爱上帝的律法，他就必自然按着律法的指示和要求而行。这是显而易见的。因此，我们怎么可能用耶稣把律法刻在我们心里这个事来证明祂已经把律法废除了呢？这根本就是自相矛盾。再加上要是耶稣把一样东西放在我们心里的话，那就表明这样东西是无比贵重的，是我们不可忘记，必须切记的。 22. 大部分基督徒对安息日持有误解 其中一个导致许多基督徒对安息日持有越来越多误解的原因，就是他们对某些经文的误解，因为他们听信了那些带有成见或企图的神学家和传道人对这些经文的注释。这些是违反上帝的一群人，而且事实上是撒但在背后启发他们曲解和滥用这些经文来支持他们在攻击上帝律法上的论点。我们现在就来探讨其中几个因素。时间关系，我们将不看所有被滥用于攻击安息日的经文，但我们会概括几个较普遍的。 歌罗西书 2：16，17 所以不拘在饮食上，或节期、月朔、安息日，都不可让人论断你们。这些原是后事的影儿，那形体却是基督。 因为这节，他们就说，这显示我们不应该论断那些选择不遵守安息日的人，又说安息日是后事的影儿，都是指向基督的，因此基督来了以后就不必再守了。但是这节真的是论到上帝在第四条诫命中吩咐我们遵守的第七日安息日吗？ 肯定不是的，其实他是论到每年的安息日，这是仪文律法的一部分，是犹太人年度节期的一部分。你要是不知道的话，圣经提到了几种安息日，一种是每周的第七日的安息日，即是十诫的其中一条。另一种是年度安息日，即是犹太人仪文律法的一部分，那么这个部分都已经废除了。 关于犹太人的这些节期和年度安息日，大家可以参阅利未记第23章。其中一个例子是犹太人的新年。 利未记 23：23-25 耶和华对摩西说：“你晓谕以色列人说：七月初一，你们要守为圣安息日，要吹角作纪念，当有圣会，什么劳碌的工都不可作。要将火祭献给耶和华。 那么我们要怎么知道歌罗西书那几节确实是论到犹太人节期中的安息日呢？很简单，第17节称它们为后事的影儿，我们必须明白影儿是什么，就是指向将来的弥赛亚或救世主的预表。第七日的安息日肯定不是影儿，因为这是上帝在最初的时候，在人类还没有犯罪之前就赐给亚当夏娃的。而那时他们根本就不需要一位救主。 所有指向耶稣的影儿都是在人类犯罪之后才赐给世人的，以让他们得盼望，仰望那将来要拯救他们的救主。比方说，人类犯罪之后，上帝就指示他们要把羊羔献上，以便预表耶稣为那无罪的羔羊，为世人牺牲的一位。另一节被曲解的经文是 罗马书 14：5，6 有人看这日比那日强，有人看日日都是一样，只是各人心里要意见坚定。守日的人是为主守的；吃的人是为主吃的，因他感谢上帝；不吃的人是为主不吃的，也感谢上帝。 看了这段经文，有人就会说，你守哪一日都没关系，只要守一日就可以了。但是我们注意到，安息日一词根本没有出现在这一节里。这里所论到的日子更可能是禁食的日子或犹太人的节期。 保罗这封信是写给一班信心还不怎么达标的罗马信徒的，再加上他们还要应对那些要求基督徒必须遵守摩西的律法而受割礼的犹太人。保罗也许想告诉他们说，犹太人的这些节期都是预表基督的影儿，且都已经废除了，因此在这方面，不存在这一日比那一日更重要的说法。 另外一点就是，犹太人有他们禁食的日子，一周两日。他们视某些日子比较神圣，所以就会在那些日子禁食。因此，保罗基于这一点才告诉他们说，这样的观念是错误的。反安息日的人喜欢用的另一段经文是使徒行传 15：19，20。 使徒行传 15：19，20 所以据我的意见，不可难为那归服上帝的外邦人，只要写信吩咐他们禁戒偶像的污秽和奸淫，并勒死的牲畜和血。 有些人甚至还大胆地说，皈依上帝的外邦人不需要遵守任何律法，他们只需注意以上这几个事项就可以了，那就是禁戒拜偶像、奸淫、食用勒死的牲畜、和吃血。如果事情真是这样的话，那就与许许多多的经文产生矛盾了。比如说启示录 22：14。 启示录 22：14 那些遵行他诫命的有福了，他们有权去到生命树那里，也能从门进城。 因此，使徒行传 15：19，20其实是特别应对或概括这些议题的，就是关于禁戒拜偶像的污秽和奸淫，并食用勒死的牲畜和血。这里没有提到律法和安息日，并不代表这些都被废除了，因为圣经其他部分都已经清楚概括了关于安息日和律法的事项。比如说哥林多前书6：9，10。 哥林多前书6：9，10 你们岂不知不义的人不能承受上帝的国吗？不要自欺，无论是淫乱的、拜偶像的、奸淫的、作娈童的、亲男色的、偷窃的、贪婪的、醉酒的、辱骂的、勒索的，都不能承受上帝的国。 保罗在这里谈到了十条诫命中的至少五条。这就清楚地显明上帝依然要我们遵守祂的诫命，当然这也包括了安息日在内。 有些人又强词夺理地说，每一天都应该成为我们的安息日，这只是真理的一半。我们的确要在每一天，藉着查经、祷告和唱诗来敬拜上帝。但是如果我们守每一天为安息日的话，我们肯定会失去工作，甚至根本没钱养活自己，因为第四条诫命吩咐我们在安息日安息，无论何工都不可作。 因此，只要我们运用一点逻辑思考的话，这个论点就站不住脚了。可见撒但的谎言何等经不起推敲，这就是为什么我们必须清楚地明白真理，才能看穿谬论。 23. 每一个时代都有守安息日的信徒 你知不知道，守安息日的信徒不是近期才出现的，而是一直都存在着的。很多人误以为自从基督复临安息日会创立以来才有人开始遵守第七日为安息日的。这是一个完全错误的观念。历史证明，打从使徒时代开始一直到今天，世界上都有着许许多多坚守安息日的信徒。 事实上，世界历史的第一个人亚当就已经开始守安息日了。这根本不是什么新鲜的教导，而是上帝最初的旨意。因此，上帝的信徒从世界的起初一直到世界的末了，都忠心地遵守着上帝的安息日和其他九条诫命。 朋友们，安息日和上帝的身份在末时将会成为最大的争议和议题。整个善恶之争都围绕着上帝的身份和上帝的圣日。这也离不开上帝的印记和兽的印记这个议题。简单来说，末时的人类只能分成两派，一边厢是敬拜独一真神父上帝并遵守祂安息日的义人，另一边厢则是敬拜三位一体假神并遵守伪安息日或星期日的恶人。 我再强调，安息日从来没有被废除或修改，我们也没有权利选择自己喜欢的日子作为安息日。虽然许多人费尽心思想要证明这些论点，以破坏上帝的安息圣日，但是这一切都是徒劳无功的，因为他们没有圣经的支持和认证。上帝藉着祂儿子和众先知一次又一次，不断重复同样的真理，就是上帝要我们对祂保持忠心，服从祂的诫命，直到世界的末了，始终不掉转脚步。 总结来说，今天我们从圣经里得知守安息日，一周的第七日即星期六，是顺从上帝的第四条诫命。安息日不仅是为犹太人设立的，而是为全人类而设立的，但是唯有忠于上帝的子民才会愿意遵祂话语而行。 上帝嘱咐我们“当记念”安息日，纪念上帝为我们的创造主，纪念祂为我们独一的真神，并且藉着这一日与上帝更加亲近。 安息日是不可改变的，因为它是上帝亲自设立的，祂也赐福与这一日，定为圣日。耶稣自己守了安息日，不管是活在世上的时候，或是死了之后。 新约时代的基督徒也都遵守安息日。另外，耶稣的死证明上帝的诫命是不可废除的，不然的话，耶稣就不必为我们而死，以偿还罪债了。 撒但不断竭尽所能地去攻击和破坏安息日，为的是以自己的日子取代上帝的日子，他要我们忘记上帝的命令，甚至忘记创造主本身。最后，星期日不是新的安息日，耶稣的复活并没有把星期日转变为安息日而消灭了原有的安息日，这也是撒但的谎言，以迷惑世人，把我们引向灭亡。 总而言之，上帝所设立的安息日必永远站立。愿每一位都能看清安息日的真理并揭穿撒但普世的谎言，让我们回到上帝所命定的日子，听从祂的话，跟从祂的旨意而行，做祂眼中看为正的事。 愿我们今天就做出明智的选择，站在上帝和祂儿子正义的一边，而逃避即将来临的兽印记，并违背上帝的可怕后果。愿我们培养爱上帝的心，选择顺服祂的话语和旨意，因为上帝先爱我们，为我们舍弃了自己至亲至爱的儿子，来拯救我们脱离罪恶的刑罚，让我们借着他得着永生的盼望。愿天父赐福与每一位，阿们。 上一篇 返回研究目录 下一篇 到最頂

All trinity studies Previous Download Next Does the Trinity Doctrine Make Sense or is it Nonsense Does the Trinity Doctrine Make Sense or is it Nonsense? Since the Trinity doctrine claims Jesus is also the one God, an Adventist author from the 1800's wrote, “To believe that doctrine, when reading the scripture we must believe that God sent Himself into the world, died to reconcile the world to Himself, raised Himself from the dead, ascended to Himself in heaven, pleads before Himself in heaven to reconcile the world to Himself, and is the only mediator between man and Himself… We must believe also that in the garden God prayed to Himself, if it were possible, to let the cup pass from Himself, and a thousand other such absurdities.” — (J.N. Loughborough) Some of those other absurdities it teaches is that Jesus is the immortal God but died, is the invisible God but was seen, is the omnipotent God but was strengthened by an angel, is the omniscient God but did not know the day of his return, is as great as His Father but His Father is greater than He, is equal with the Father and yet He is the Father, is the Son but the same age as the Father, is the Son who has a Father and the God who has no Father, is the begotten Son and the unbegotten God, is very God and very man, came out from Himself, prayed to Himself, gave power to Himself, thanked Himself, bore witness of Himself, went back to Himself, sits at the right hand of Himself, is His own Father and His own Son, left Heaven and yet was there all the time. There are many things which are hard to understand in the Bible but you can be sure that God never expects us to believe impossibilities. Over and over again you hear it said that the Gospel is so simple a child can understand it. And I agree. But how can that be the case with the teaching of the Trinity? Not only do children not understand it, but our best theologians cannot even explain it. However, the thought that God sent His Son to this earth to die for you and me is easy to comprehend when we believe the simple Bible statement that Jesus is truly the Son of God! Not one of three mysterious beings making up “one God.” How can you possibly believe that Jesus is NOT the begotten Son of the eternal Father and share John 3:16 with others in the hope of inviting them to take part in eternal salvation. Doesn't John 3:16 become a lie the moment you deny He is a Son? A metaphor did not send a metaphor to save us. A Father sent us His Son to save us. John 3:16 “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.” 2 John 1:3 “Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.” Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

独一真神中文事工坚定和致力于遵循基督复临安息日会先贤於1889年实践和相信的基本原则。 独一真神中文事工坚守 1889 年基督复临安息日会所实践和相信的基本原则，并承认这些原则已得到圣灵的确认和见证（《信函》第95号，1905年,原文第3段），因此“是以绝无疑问的权威为根据的”。 主的使者——怀爱伦 (Ellen G. White) 写道： "上帝要我们坚持基本的原则 ，这些原则乃是以绝无疑问的权威为根据的 " （《教会证言-卷八》，原文第298页，第2段） "有一件事是肯定的，很快就要实现，就是大背道。大背道正在发展扩张，日益加强，并继续增长到主发出呼叫的声音从天降临之日 。我们务须坚守我们教会早期信仰的原则 ，并向前迈进，力量和信心也随着增长。我们应持守从我们经验的早期直到现今上帝的圣灵所支持证实的信仰 。我们现在需要对圣灵的领导有更广大、更深切、更恳挚和坚定不移的信仰。假如我们在早期需要圣灵能力的彰显，作为凭据，来证明真理，现在年载消逝，时至今日，人心正离弃信仰，跟随引诱人的邪灵和鬼魔的道理 ，我们仍需要一切证明真理的凭据，现在切不可有任何灵魂渐渐衰弱。假如在什么时候，我们需要有圣灵的能力灌注在我们的谈话中，在我们的祷告中，在每一项建议的行动中，那就是现在了。我们不要停滞在早期的经验上，固然我们向人们宣讲的还是同样的信息，但这信息应予以加强和扩大 。我们应根据这信息可靠的神圣来源，看出并认明它的重要性。我们务须竭力追求认识耶和华，就可知道他出现确如晨光。我们的心灵极需从万能之源而来的复苏。我们可从过去的经验得着力量和鼓励，而这些经验曾导引我们获致真理的要点，使我们成为现在这一群——安息日复临信徒 。"(《信函》 第326号, 1905年，原文第2段) 先贤怀雅各(James S. White)写道： “安息日复临信徒这个名字确实代表了我们的信仰和实践，这一点是无可否认的。 它是谦虚和谦卑的，并且指向圣父和圣子 ，这也是毫无疑问的 。 那么，每个热爱现代真理的人岂不应该全心全意地采用它吗？” （《复临信徒评论与安息日通讯》，1861 年 11 月 19 日，原文第197页，第12段）[ARSH, Nov. 19, 1861, p. 197.12] 1889年基督复临安息日会信徒的基本原则 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTI S TS IN 1889 中文 English 中英对照 正如其他地方所述，基督复临安息日会没有任何信条，只有圣经； 但是他们持守一些明确定义的信仰，为此他们准备好为“每个询问”他们的人提供理由。 以下陈述可被视为他们宗教信仰主要特征的摘要， 据我们所知，这些都是全体信徒一致同意的。他们相信，—— 一、有一位上帝，一个有位格的灵体生物，是万物的创造主，是全能、全知、及永恒的，有无穷的智慧、圣洁、公义、良善、诚实和慈爱；是永不改变的，藉着祂的代表，即圣灵，祂无处不在。（诗 139：7） 二、有一位主——耶稣基督，永恒之父的儿子，父藉着祂创造了万物，万有也靠祂而立； 祂取了亚伯拉罕后裔的本性，以救赎我们堕落的人类； 祂住在人间，满有恩典和真理，一生为我们的榜样，为我们牺牲，为叫我们称义而被复活，升到高处，成为我们在天上圣所的唯一中保，在那里，藉着祂流血的功劳， 祂使所有悔改归向祂的人的罪孽得到赦免和宽恕； 作为祂作祭司工作的结束部分，在祂作王登上宝座前，祂将为他们的罪孽行大赎罪，他们的罪将被涂抹（徒 3：19）并从圣所除去，如那预示和代表了我们的主在天上事工的利未祭司的职任所示。见利 16; 希 8：4，5; 9：6，7; 等。 三、旧约和新约圣经，都是上帝所默示的，其中包含上帝向人类对祂旨意的全部启示。圣经是信仰和实践的唯一无误准绳。 四，洗礼是基督教会的礼节，遵循信心和悔改，——是我们纪念基督复活的一个礼节，因为藉着这一行为，我们表明我们对祂的埋葬和复活的信心，也藉此，对所有圣徒在末日的复活存有信心；并且没有其他方式比圣经所规定的方式更恰当地代表这些事实，即全身受浸。罗 6：3-5；西 2：12。 五，重生包括使我们进入上帝的国度所需要的全部改变，其中包含两个部分；首先，悔改归主和基督化生活所带来的道德改变（约 3：3，5）；第二，基督复临时身体的变化，如果我们死了，我们就复活成为不朽坏的，如果我们活着，就在一霎时，眨眼之间变成不死的。路 20：36；林前 15：51，52。 六，预言是上帝对人的一部分启示；它包含在对教导人有益的圣经中（提后 3：16）；它是给我们和我们的子孙的（申 29：29）；远非笼罩在难以测透的奥秘之中，它特别构成上帝的圣言，作我们脚前的灯和路上的光（诗 119：105；彼后 1：19）；凡研究它的必得祝福（启 1：1-3）；因此，上帝的子民应该充分理解它，以向他们表明他们在世界历史中所处的位置以及他们手中特殊的责任。 七，从过去的特定日期开始的世界历史，帝国的兴衰，以及按时间顺序发生的事件，一直到上帝永恒国度的建立，都在无数伟大的预言链中概述；除了最后的几幕场景外，这些预言都已经应验了。 八，普世悔改和属世的千禧年之道理是末时的虚谎，旨在使人们陷入肉体的安逸之中，并使主的大日临到他们，像夜间的贼一样（帖前 5：3）；基督的复临是在千禧年之前，而不是之后；因为直到主显现之前，罗马天主教皇势力及其一切可憎之物将继续存在（帖后 2：8），麦子和稗子一起生长（太 13：29，30，39），作恶的和迷惑人的，必越久越恶，正如上帝的话语所宣告的（提后 3：1，13）。 九，1844年复临信徒的错误只攸关当时要发生的事件的性质，而与事件发生的时间无关 ；即没有预言时期是为计算第二次降临而给予的，但最长的一个预言时期，即 但 8：14 中的二千三百日，已于1844年结束，并为我们指向一个称为洁净圣所的事件。 十，新约的圣所就是上帝在天上的帐幕，保罗在希伯来书第8章及之后的章节中谈到了这一点，即是我们的主作为大祭司供职的地方；这个圣所是摩西帐幕所预表的实体，而与此相关的，我们的主作祭司的工作则是前一个时代犹太祭司工作的实体（来 8：1-5 等）；这个天上圣所，而不是地球，是在二千三百日结束时要被洁净的，在这种情况下，所谓的洁净，正如在预表中一样，只是大祭司进入至圣所，完成与此相关的圣职，藉着进行赎罪的工作并从圣所中除去通过在第一层圣所的供职转移到至圣所的罪孽（利 16; 来 9：22，23）；这项工作的实体始于 1844 年，在于涂抹信徒的罪（徒 3：19），并且占据了短暂但不确定的时期，在其结束时，对世界进行的怜悯之工作就会结束，届时基督将会第二次降临。 十一，上帝的道德要求在每一个时代对所有人都是相同的； 这些都已概括地包含在耶和华在西奈山上颁布的诫命中，刻在石版上，并存放在柜中，因此这柜被称为“约柜”，或法柜（民 10：33；来 9：4等）； 这律法是不可变更和永远长存的，是存放在天上真正圣所的约柜中之石版的副本，出于同样的原因，约柜也被称为上帝的法柜； 因为在第七号吹响时，我们得知“上帝天上的殿开了，在祂殿中现出祂的约柜”。 启 11：19。 十二，该律法的第四条诫命要求我们在每周的第七日（普遍称为星期六）禁戒我们自己的工作，并履行神圣和宗教的职责； 这是圣经中唯一指明的每周的安息日，是在失去乐园之前所分别的日子（创 2：2,3），也是在恢复乐园后将继续遵守的一日（赛 66：22,23）； 这些安息日制度所依据的事实将其限制在第七日，因为它们并不适用于任何其他日子；犹太人的安息日（应用于第七日）和基督教的安息日（应用于一周的第一日）这些术语都是人类发明的名称，事实上不符合圣经，而且含义错误。 十三，作为大罪人，罗马教皇必想改变节期和律法（上帝的律法，但 7：25），并且在第四条诫命上误导了几乎整个基督教界，我们发现了一个与此相关的预言，论到在基督复临之前，这方面的改革将在信徒中进行。 赛 56：1，2； 彼前 1：5； 启 14：12等。 十四，基督的跟随者应该是一群独特的子民，不追随世界的规律，也不效法世界的做法；不喜爱其欢乐，也不纵容其愚行； 正如使徒所说：“所以凡想要与世俗为友的，就是与上帝为敌了。”（雅 4：4）； 基督说我们不能有两个主，或者同时又侍奉上帝，又侍奉玛门。 太 6：24。 十五，圣经坚决提倡，对于凡宣称自己是那“心里柔和谦卑”之主的门徒来说，着装朴素和端庄是门徒身份的显着标志，根据提前 2：9，10； 彼前 3：3，4等经文，以黄金、珍珠和贵价的衣裳为妆饰，或任何仅仅为了装饰个人和培养本性的骄傲而设计的东西，都应该弃绝。 十六，支持福音工作的收入来源应该出自人们对上帝的爱和对世人的爱，而不是透过教会彩票或旨在促进罪人爱宴乐、放纵食欲的活动来筹集。例如集市 、节庆、牡蛎晚餐、茶会、扫帚、驴和疯狂的社交活动等等，这些都是自称是基督的教会的耻辱；从前的体制对人们收入所要求的比例，在福音时代也不能少。；亚伯拉罕也是如此（我们既属乎基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，加 3：29），他把将自己所得来的，取十分之一给麦基洗德（基督的预表）（来 7：1-4）； 因为十分之一是属于耶和华的（利 27：30）；除了人们收入的十分一之外，有能力的人也需以额外的捐献来补足，以支持福音的工作。 林后 9：6； 玛 3：8,10。 十七，由于顺性或属肉体的心是与上帝和祂的律法为敌的，这种敌意唯有藉着将不圣洁的原则换成圣洁的原则，达到情感上的彻底转变才能克服、这种转变伴随着悔改和信心，是圣灵的特殊工作，并构成了重生，或悔改归主。 十八，由于所有人都违背了上帝的律法，并且不能靠自己顺从祂公正的要求，因此我们要依靠基督，首先，使我们从过去的过犯中称义，其次，靠着恩典，使我们在将来能够对他神圣的律法献上可蒙悦纳的顺从。 十九，上帝应许祂的灵要藉着某些恩赐在教会中显现它自己，特别是在 林前 12 和 弗 4 中所列举的；因为圣经本身就足以使我们有得救的智慧，所以这些恩赐并不是为了取代或代替圣经，就正如圣经无法取代圣灵一样；藉着不同的运作方式 ，圣灵会显现它自己并与上帝的子民同在，引导人们理解它所默示的话语，使人们知罪， 并在内心和生活中做出改变 ，一直到世界的末了；那些否认圣灵的地位和工作的人，显然否认了圣经中指定圣灵的工作和地位的部分。 二十，上帝按照祂统一对待世人的原则，宣告基督第二次降临的临近；这项工作是启示录第14章的三重信息所代表的，该信息也是最后一个揭示基于上帝律法的改革工作的信息，使祂的子民可以为这事件做好充分的准备。 二十一，洁净圣所的时期（参阅第十条），与宣告第三天使信息的时期同步（启 14：9，10），是一个查案审判的时期。首先，审判已经死了的人，然后，审判在恩典时期结束时活着的人，以决定现在沉睡在地球尘埃中的无数人中，谁配得在第一次的复活中有份，以及在活着的群众中，谁配得被接升天，——在主降临之前必须确定的几个要点。 二十二，用希伯来文“sheol”和希腊文“hades”来表达的“阴间”一词，无论我们愿意与否，都是指一个“没有工作、谋略、智慧或知识”的地方或状态。 传 9：10。 二十三，死亡使我们陷入一种沉默、无活动和完全无意识的状态。诗 146：4； 传9：5，6； 但 12：2。 二十四，人类将透过身体的复活从这个监狱般的坟墓中被释放出来； 义人在基督复临时的第一次复活里有份； 而恶人则在一千年之后的第二次复活里有份。 启 20：4-6。 二十五，在号筒末次吹响时，活着的义人将在一霎时、眨眼之间被改变，并与复活的义人一同被提到空中与主相遇，从此与主永远同在。 帖前 4：16，17； 林前 15：51，52。 二十六，然后，这些不朽坏的人被带到天国的新耶路撒冷，天父的家，那里有许多住处（约14：1-3），他们在那里与基督一同作王一千年，审判世界和堕落的天使，分配在一千年结束时要对他们执行的惩罚（启 20：4；林前 6：2，3）； 在此期间，地球处于荒凉和混乱的状态（耶 4：23-27），这就正如地球起初的状态那样，是用希腊术语“abussos”——“无底坑”来描述的（七十士译本中的创 1：2）； 撒旦将在这里被困一千年（启 20：1，2），并在这里最终被毁灭（启 20：10；玛 4：1）；这个因他的原故而成了宇宙中的一个废墟的剧场，正好适合暂时当他的阴暗监狱，和他最后被处刑的地方。 二十七，一千年结束时，主与祂的子民和新耶路撒冷一起降临（启 21：2），死了的恶人要复活，来到尚未更新的地表上，聚集在圣城周围， 即圣徒的营（启 20：9），有火由上帝那里从天降下并吞噬了他们。 然后，他们的根本和枝条都会被烧尽（玛 4：1），他们就归于无有。 （俄 1：15，16）。 他们要受永远灭亡的刑罚，离开主的面（帖后 1：9），恶人要面临向他们宣布的“永刑”（太 25：46），即永远的死亡。 罗 6：23； 启 20：14,15。 这就是不敬虔之人的灭亡，那烧灭他们的火，虽然“现在的诸天与地还是…存留” ，但到时候，连各种元素也要熔化，又要清除一切由罪孽的咒诅在地球上造成之最深的污迹。彼后 3：7-12。 二十八，新天新地将藉着上帝的大能从旧世界的灰烬中诞生，而这个更新的地球，以新耶路撒冷为大都市和首都，将成为圣徒永恒的产业，并义人永远居住的地方。彼后 3：13； 诗 37：11，29; 太 5：5。 As elsewhere stated, Seventh-day Adventists have no creed but the Bible; but they hold to certain well-defined points of faith, for which they feel prepared to give a reason "to every man that asketh" them. The following propositions may be taken as a summary of the principal features of their religious faith, upon which there is, so far as we know, entire unanimity throughout the body. They believe, — I – That there is one God, a personal, spiritual being, the creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal; infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, truth, and mercy; unchangeable, and everywhere present by his representative, the Holy Spirit. Ps. 139： 7. II – That there is one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, the one by whom he created all things, and by whom they do consist; that he took on him the nature of the seed of Abraham for the redemption of our fallen race; that he dwelt among men, full of grace and truth, lived our example, died our sacrifice, was raised for our justification, ascended on high to be our only mediator in the sanctuary in heaven, where, through the merits of his shed blood, he secures the pardon and forgiveness of the sins of all those who penitently come to him; and as the closing portion of his work as priest, before he takes his throne as king, he will make the great atonement for the sins of all such, and their sins will then be blotted out (Acts 3：19) and borne away from the sanctuary, as shown in the service of the Levitical priesthood, which foreshadowed and prefigured the ministry of our Lord in heaven. See Lev. 16; Heb. 8：4, 5; 9：6, 7; 2; etc. III – That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, contain a full revelation of his will to man, and are the only infallible rule of faith and practice. IV – That baptism is an ordinance of the Christian church, to follow faith and repentance, —an ordinance by which we commemorate the resurrection of Christ, as by this act we show our faith in his burial and resurrection, and through that, in the resurrection of all the saints at the last day; and that no other mode more fitly represents these facts than that which the Scriptures prescribe, namely, immersion. Rom. 6：3-5; Col. 2：12. V – That the new birth comprises the entire change necessary to fit us for the kingdom of God, and consists of two parts; First, a moral change wrought by conversion and a Christian life (John 3：3,5); second, a physical change at the second coming of Christ, whereby, if dead, we are raised incorruptible, and if living, are changed to immortality in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Luke 20：36; 1 Cor. 15：51,52. VI – That prophecy is a part of God’s revelation to man; that it is included in that Scripture which is profitable for instruction (2 Tim. 3：16); that it is designed for us and our children (Deut. 29：29); that so far from being enshrouded in impenetrable mystery, it is that which especially constitutes the word of God a lamp to our feet and a light to our path (Ps. 119：105; 2 Peter 1：19); that a blessing is pronounced upon those who study it (Rev. 1：1-3); and that, consequently, it is to be understood by the people of God sufficiently to show them their position in the world’s history and the special duties required at their hands. VII – That the world’s history from specified dates in the past, the rise and fall of empires, and the chronological succession of events down to the setting up of God’s everlasting kingdom, are outlined in numerous great chains of prophecy; and that these prophecies are now all fulfilled except the closing scenes. VIII – That the doctrine of the world’s conversion and a temporal millennium is a fable of these last days, calculated to lull men into a state of carnal security, and cause them to be overtaken by the great day of the Lord as by a thief in the night (1 Thess. 5：3); that the second coming of Christ is to precede, not follow, the millennium; for until the Lord appears, the papal power, with all its abominations, is to continue (2 Thess. 2：8), the wheat and tares grow together (Matt. 13：29,30,39), and evil men and seducers wax worse and worse, as the word of God declares. 2 Tim. 3：1,13. IX – That the mistake of Adventists in 1844 pertained to the nature of the event then to transpire, not to the time; that no prophetic period is given to reach to the second advent, but that the longest one, the two thousand and three hundred days of Dan. 8：14, terminated in 1844, and brought us to an event called the cleansing of the sanctuary. X – That the sanctuary of the new covenant is the tabernacle of God in heaven, of which Paul speaks in Hebrews 8 and onward, and of which our Lord, as great high priest, is minister; that this sanctuary is the antitype of the Mosaic tabernacle, and that the priestly work of our Lord, connected therewith, is the antitype of the work of the Jewish priests of the former dispensation (Heb. 8：1-5, etc.); that this, and not the earth, is the sanctuary to be cleansed at the end of the two thousand and three hundred days, what is termed its cleansing being in this case, as in the type, simply the entrance of the high priest into the most holy place, to finish the round of service connected therewith, by making the atonement and removing from the sanctuary the sins which had been transferred to it by means of the ministration in the first apartment (Lev. 16; Heb. 9：22,23); and that this work in the antitype, beginning in 1844, consists in actually blotting out the sins of believers (Acts 3：19), and occupies a brief but indefinite space of time, at the conclusion of which the work of mercy for the world will be finished, and the second advent of Christ will take place. XI – That God’s moral requirements are the same upon all men in all dispensations; that these are summarily contained in the commandments spoken by Jehovah from Sinai, engraven on the tables of stone, and deposited in the ark, which was in consequence called the “ark of the covenant,” or testament (Num. 10：33; Heb. 9：4, etc.); that this law is immutable and perpetual, being a transcript of the tables deposited in the ark in the true sanctuary on high, which is also, for the same reason, called the ark of God’s testament; for under the sounding of the seventh trumpet we are told that “the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament.” Rev. 11：19. XII – That the fourth commandment of this law requires that we devote the seventh day of each week, commonly called Saturday, to abstinence from our own labor, and to the performance of sacred and religious duties; that this is the only weekly Sabbath known to the Bible, being the day that was set apart before Paradise was lost (Gen. 2：2,3), and which will be observed in Paradise restored (Isa. 66：22,23); that the facts upon which the Sabbath institution is based confine it to the seventh day, as they are not true of any other day; and that the terms Jewish Sabbath, as applied to the seventh day, and Christian Sabbath, as applied to the first day of the week, are names of human invention, unscriptural in fact, and false in meaning. XIII – That as the man of sin, the papacy, has thought to change times and laws (the law of God, Dan. 7：25), and has misled almost all Christendom in regard to the fourth commandment, we find a prophecy of a reform in this respect to be wrought among believers just before the coming of Christ. Isa. 56：1,2; 1 Peter 1：5; Rev. 14：12, etc. XIV – That the followers of Christ should be a peculiar people, not following the maxims, nor conforming to the ways, of the world; not loving its pleasures nor countenancing its follies; inasmuch as the apostle says that “whosoever therefore will be” in this sense, “a friend of the world, is the enemy of God” (James 4：4); and Christ says that we cannot have two masters, or, at the same time, serve God and mammon. Matt. 6：24. XV – That the Scriptures insist upon plainness and modesty of attire as a prominent mark of discipleship in those who profess to be the followers of Him who was, “meek and lowly in heart,” that the wearing of gold, pearls, and costly array, or anything designed merely to adorn the person and foster the pride of the natural heart, is to be discarded, according to such scriptures as 1 Tim. 2：9,10; 1 Peter 3：3,4. XVI – That means for the support of evangelical work among men should be contributed from love to God and love of souls, not raised by church lotteries, or occasions designed to contribute to the fun-loving, appetite-indulging propensities of the sinner, such as fairs, festivals, oyster suppers, tea, broom, donkey, and crazy socials, etc., which are a disgrace to the professed church of Christ; that the proportion of one’s income required in former dispensation can be no less under the gospel; that it is the same as Abraham (whose children we are, if we are Christ’s, Gal. 3：29) paid to Melchisedec (type of Christ) when he gave him a tenth of all (Heb. 7：1-4); the tithe is the Lord’s (Lev. 27：30); and this tenth of one’s income is also to be supplemented by offerings from those who are able, for the support of the gospel. 2 Cor. 9：6; Mal. 3：8,10. XVII – That as the natural or carnal heart is at enmity with God and his law, this enmity can be subdued only by a radical transformation of the affections, the exchange of unholy for holy principles; that this transformation follows repentance and faith, is the special work of the Holy Spirit, and constitutes regeneration, or conversion. XVIII – That as all have violated the law of God, and cannot of themselves render obedience to his just requirements, we are dependent on Christ, first, for justification from our past offenses, and, secondly, for grace whereby to render acceptable obedience to his holy law in time to come. XIX – That the Spirit of God was promised to manifest itself in the church through certain gifts, enumerated especially in 1 Cor. 12 and Eph. 4; that these gifts are not designed to supersede, or take the place of, the Bible, which is sufficient to make us wise unto salvation, any more than the Bible can take the place of the Holy Spirit; that, in specifying the various channels of its operation, that Spirit has simply made provision for its own existence and presence with the people of God to the end of time, to lead to an understanding of that word which it had inspired, to convince of sin, and to work a transformation in the heart and life; and that those who deny to the Spirit its place and operation, do plainly deny that part of the Bible which assigns to it this work and position. XX – That God, in accordance with his uniform dealings with the race, sends forth a proclamation of the approach of the second advent of Christ; and that this work is symbolized by the three messages of Revelation 14, the last one bringing to view the work of reform on the law of God, that his people may acquire a complete readiness for that event. XXI – That the time of the cleansing of the sanctuary (See proposition X.), synchronizing with the time of the proclamation of the third message (Rev. 14：9,10), is a time of investigative judgment, first, with reference to the dead, and secondly, at the close of probation, with reference to the living, to determine who of the myriads now sleeping in the dust of the earth are worthy of a part in the first resurrection, and who of its living multitudes are worthy of translation, – points which must be determined before the Lord appears. XXII – That the grave, whether we all tend, expressed by the Hebrew word sheol and the Greek word hades, is a place, or condition, in which there is no work, device, wisdom, nor knowledge. Eccl. 9：10. XXIII – That the state to which we are reduced by death is one of silence, inactivity, and entire unconsciousness. Ps. 146：4; Eccl. 9：5,6; Dan. 12：2. XXIV – That out of this prison-house of the grave, mankind are to be brought by a bodily resurrection; the righteous having part in the first resurrection, which takes place at the second coming of Christ; the wicked, in the second resurrection, which takes place in a thousand years thereafter. Rev. 20：4-6. XXV – That at the last trump, the living righteous are to be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and with the risen righteous are to be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, so forever to be with the Lord. 1 Thess. 4：16,17; 1 Cor. 15：51,52. XXVI – That these immortalized ones are then taken to heaven, to the New Jerusalem, the Father’s house, in which there are many mansions (John 14：1-3), where they reign with Christ a thousand years, judging the world and fallen angels, that is, apportioning the punishment to be executed upon them at the close of the one thousand years (Rev. 20：4; 1 Cor. 6：2,3); that during this time the earth lies in a desolate and chaotic condition (Jer. 4：23-27), described, as in the beginning, by the Greek term abussos—“bottom- less pit” (Septuagint of Gen. 1：2); and that here Satan is confined during the thousand years (Rev. 20：1,2), and here finally destroyed (Rev. 20：10; Mal. 4：1); the theater of the ruin he has wrought in the universe being appropriately made, for a time, his gloomy prison-house, and then the place of his final execution. XXVII – That at the end of the thousand years the Lord descends with his people and the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21：2), the wicked dead are raised, and come up on the surface of the yet unrenewed earth, and gather about the city, the camp of the saints (Rev. 20：9), and fire comes down from God out of heaven and devours them. They are then consumed, root and branch (Mal. 4：1), becoming as though they had not been. Obad. 15,16. In this everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord (2 Thess. 1：9), the wicked meet the “everlasting punishment” threatened against them (Matt. 25：46), which is everlasting death. Rom. 6：23; Rev. 20：14,15. This is the perdition of ungodly men, the fire which consumes them being the fire for which “the heavens and the earth, which are now,. . . are kept in store,” which shall melt even the elements with its intensity, and purge the earth from the deepest stains of the curse of sin. 2 Peter 3：7-12. XXVIII – That new heavens and a new earth shall spring by the power of God from the ashes of the old, and this renewed earth, with the New Jerusalem for its metropolis and capital, shall be the eternal inheritance of the saints, the place where the righteous shall evermore dwell. 2 Peter 3：13; Ps. 37：11,29; Matt 5：5. As elsewhere stated, Seventh-day Adventists have no creed but the Bible; but they hold to certain well-defined points of faith, for which they feel prepared to give a reason "to every man that asketh" them. The following propositions may be taken as a summary of the principal features of their religious faith, upon which there is, so far as we know, entire unanimity throughout the body. They believe, — 正如其他地方所述，基督复临安息日会没有任何信条，只有圣经； 但是他们持守一些明确定义的信仰，为此他们准备好为“每个询问”他们的人提供理由。 以下陈述可被视为他们宗教信仰主要特征的摘要， 据我们所知，这些都是全体信徒一致同意的。他们相信，—— I – That there is one God, a personal, spiritual being, the creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal; infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, truth, and mercy; unchangeable, and everywhere present by his representative, the Holy Spirit. Ps. 139： 7. 一、有一位上帝，一个有位格的灵体生物，是万物的创造主，是全能、全知、及永恒的，有无穷的智慧、圣洁、公义、良善、诚实和慈爱；是永不改变的，藉着祂的代表，即圣灵，祂无处不在。（诗 139：7） II – That there is one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, the one by whom he created all things, and by whom they do consist; that he took on him the nature of the seed of Abraham for the redemption of our fallen race; that he dwelt among men, full of grace and truth, lived our example, died our sacrifice, was raised for our justification, ascended on high to be our only mediator in the sanctuary in heaven, where, through the merits of his shed blood, he secures the pardon and forgiveness of the sins of all those who penitently come to him; and as the closing portion of his work as priest, before he takes his throne as king, he will make the great atonement for the sins of all such, and their sins will then be blotted out (Acts 3：19) and borne away from the sanctuary, as shown in the service of the Levitical priesthood, which foreshadowed and prefigured the ministry of our Lord in heaven. See Lev. 16; Heb. 8：4, 5; 9：6, 7; 2; etc. 二、有一位主——耶稣基督，永恒之父的儿子，父藉着祂创造了万物，万有也靠祂而立； 祂取了亚伯拉罕后裔的本性，以救赎我们堕落的人类； 祂住在人间，满有恩典和真理，一生为我们的榜样，为我们牺牲，为叫我们称义而被复活，升到高处，成为我们在天上圣所的唯一中保，在那里，藉着祂流血的功劳， 祂使所有悔改归向祂的人的罪孽得到赦免和宽恕； 作为祂作祭司工作的结束部分，在祂作王登上宝座前，祂将为他们的罪孽行大赎罪，他们的罪将被涂抹（徒 3：19）并从圣所除去，如那预示和代表了我们的主在天上事工的利未祭司的职任所示。见利 16; 希 8：4，5; 9：6，7; 等。 III – That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, contain a full revelation of his will to man, and are the only infallible rule of faith and practice. 三、旧约和新约圣经，都是上帝所默示的，其中包含上帝向人类对祂旨意的全部启示。圣经是信仰和实践的唯一无误准绳。 IV – That baptism is an ordinance of the Christian church, to follow faith and repentance, —an ordinance by which we commemorate the resurrection of Christ, as by this act we show our faith in his burial and resurrection, and through that, in the resurrection of all the saints at the last day; and that no other mode more fitly represents these facts than that which the Scriptures prescribe, namely, immersion. Rom. 6：3-5; Col. 2：12. 四，洗礼是基督教会的礼节，遵循信心和悔改，——是我们纪念基督复活的一个礼节，因为藉着这一行为，我们表明我们对祂的埋葬和复活的信心，也藉此，对所有圣徒在末日的复活存有信心；并且没有其他方式比圣经所规定的方式更恰当地代表这些事实，即全身受浸。罗 6：3-5；西 2：12。 V – That the new birth comprises the entire change necessary to fit us for the kingdom of God, and consists of two parts; First, a moral change wrought by conversion and a Christian life (John 3：3,5); second, a physical change at the second coming of Christ, whereby, if dead, we are raised incorruptible, and if living, are changed to immortality in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Luke 20：36; 1 Cor. 15：51,52. 五，重生包括使我们进入上帝的国度所需要的全部改变，其中包含两个部分；首先，悔改归主和基督化生活所带来的道德改变（约 3：3，5）；第二，基督复临时身体的变化，如果我们死了，我们就复活成为不朽坏的，如果我们活着，就在一霎时，眨眼之间变成不死的。路 20：36；林前 15：51，52。 VI – That prophecy is a part of God’s revelation to man; that it is included in that Scripture which is profitable for instruction (2 Tim. 3：16); that it is designed for us and our children (Deut. 29：29); that so far from being enshrouded in impenetrable mystery, it is that which especially constitutes the word of God a lamp to our feet and a light to our path (Ps. 119：105; 2 Peter 1：19); that a blessing is pronounced upon those who study it (Rev. 1：1-3); and that, consequently, it is to be understood by the people of God sufficiently to show them their position in the world’s history and the special duties required at their hands. 六，预言是上帝对人的一部分启示；它包含在对教导人有益的圣经中（提后 3：16）；它是给我们和我们的子孙的（申 29：29）；远非笼罩在难以测透的奥秘之中，它特别构成上帝的圣言，作我们脚前的灯和路上的光（诗 119：105；彼后 1：19）；凡研究它的必得祝福（启 1：1-3）；因此，上帝的子民应该充分理解它，以向他们表明他们在世界历史中所处的位置以及他们手中特殊的责任。 VII – That the world’s history from specified dates in the past, the rise and fall of empires, and the chronological succession of events down to the setting up of God’s everlasting kingdom, are outlined in numerous great chains of prophecy; and that these prophecies are now all fulfilled except the closing scenes. 七，从过去的特定日期开始的世界历史，帝国的兴衰，以及按时间顺序发生的事件，一直到上帝永恒国度的建立，都在无数伟大的预言链中概述；除了最后的几幕场景外，这些预言都已经应验了。 VIII – That the doctrine of the world’s conversion and a temporal millennium is a fable of these last days, calculated to lull men into a state of carnal security, and cause them to be overtaken by the great day of the Lord as by a thief in the night (1 Thess. 5：3); that the second coming of Christ is to precede, not follow, the millennium; for until the Lord appears, the papal power, with all its abominations, is to continue (2 Thess. 2：8), the wheat and tares grow together (Matt. 13：29,30,39), and evil men and seducers wax worse and worse, as the word of God declares. 2 Tim. 3：1,13. 八，普世悔改和属世的千禧年之道理是末时的虚谎，旨在使人们陷入肉体的安逸之中，并使主的大日临到他们，像夜间的贼一样（帖前 5：3）；基督的复临是在千禧年之前，而不是之后；因为直到主显现之前，罗马天主教皇势力及其一切可憎之物将继续存在（帖后 2：8），麦子和稗子一起生长（太 13：29，30，39），作恶的和迷惑人的，必越久越恶，正如上帝的话语所宣告的（提后 3：1，13）。 IX – That the mistake of Adventists in 1844 pertained to the nature of the event then to transpire, not to the time; that no prophetic period is given to reach to the second advent, but that the longest one, the two thousand and three hundred days of Dan. 8：14, terminated in 1844, and brought us to an event called the cleansing of the sanctuary. 九，1844年复临信徒的错误只攸关当时要发生的事件的性质，而与事件发生的时间无关 ；即没有预言时期是为计算第二次降临而给予的，但最长的一个预言时期，即 但 8：14 中的二千三百日，已于1844年结束，并为我们指向一个称为洁净圣所的事件。 X – That the sanctuary of the new covenant is the tabernacle of God in heaven, of which Paul speaks in Hebrews 8 and onward, and of which our Lord, as great high priest, is minister; that this sanctuary is the antitype of the Mosaic tabernacle, and that the priestly work of our Lord, connected therewith, is the antitype of the work of the Jewish priests of the former dispensation (Heb. 8：1-5, etc.); that this, and not the earth, is the sanctuary to be cleansed at the end of the two thousand and three hundred days, what is termed its cleansing being in this case, as in the type, simply the entrance of the high priest into the most holy place, to finish the round of service connected therewith, by making the atonement and removing from the sanctuary the sins which had been transferred to it by means of the ministration in the first apartment (Lev. 16; Heb. 9：22,23); and that this work in the antitype, beginning in 1844, consists in actually blotting out the sins of believers (Acts 3：19), and occupies a brief but indefinite space of time, at the conclusion of which the work of mercy for the world will be finished, and the second advent of Christ will take place. 十，新约的圣所就是上帝在天上的帐幕，保罗在希伯来书第8章及之后的章节中谈到了这一点，即是我们的主作为大祭司供职的地方；这个圣所是摩西帐幕所预表的实体，而与此相关的，我们的主作祭司的工作则是前一个时代犹太祭司工作的实体（来 8：1-5 等）；这个天上圣所，而不是地球，是在二千三百日结束时要被洁净的，在这种情况下，所谓的洁净，正如在预表中一样，只是大祭司进入至圣所，完成与此相关的圣职，藉着进行赎罪的工作并从圣所中除去通过在第一层圣所的供职转移到至圣所的罪孽（利 16; 来 9：22，23）；这项工作的实体始于 1844 年，在于涂抹信徒的罪（徒 3：19），并且占据了短暂但不确定的时期，在其结束时，对世界进行的怜悯之工作就会结束，届时基督将会第二次降临。 XI – That God’s moral requirements are the same upon all men in all dispensations; that these are summarily contained in the commandments spoken by Jehovah from Sinai, engraven on the tables of stone, and deposited in the ark, which was in consequence called the “ark of the covenant,” or testament (Num. 10：33; Heb. 9：4, etc.); that this law is immutable and perpetual, being a transcript of the tables deposited in the ark in the true sanctuary on high, which is also, for the same reason, called the ark of God’s testament; for under the sounding of the seventh trumpet we are told that “the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament.” Rev. 11：19. 十一，上帝的道德要求在每一个时代对所有人都是相同的； 这些都已概括地包含在耶和华在西奈山上颁布的诫命中，刻在石版上，并存放在柜中，因此这柜被称为“约柜”，或法柜（民 10：33；来 9：4等）； 这律法是不可变更和永远长存的，是存放在天上真正圣所的约柜中之石版的副本，出于同样的原因，约柜也被称为上帝的法柜； 因为在第七号吹响时，我们得知“上帝天上的殿开了，在祂殿中现出祂的约柜”。 启 11：19。 XII – That the fourth commandment of this law requires that we devote the seventh day of each week, commonly called Saturday, to abstinence from our own labor, and to the performance of sacred and religious duties; that this is the only weekly Sabbath known to the Bible, being the day that was set apart before Paradise was lost (Gen. 2：2,3), and which will be observed in Paradise restored (Isa. 66：22,23); that the facts upon which the Sabbath institution is based confine it to the seventh day, as they are not true of any other day; and that the terms Jewish Sabbath, as applied to the seventh day, and Christian Sabbath, as applied to the first day of the week, are names of human invention, unscriptural in fact, and false in meaning. 十二，该律法的第四条诫命要求我们在每周的第七日（普遍称为星期六）禁戒我们自己的工作，并履行神圣和宗教的职责； 这是圣经中唯一指明的每周的安息日，是在失去乐园之前所分别的日子（创 2：2,3），也是在恢复乐园后将继续遵守的一日（赛 66：22,23）； 这些安息日制度所依据的事实将其限制在第七日，因为它们并不适用于任何其他日子；犹太人的安息日（应用于第七日）和基督教的安息日（应用于一周的第一日）这些术语都是人类发明的名称，事实上不符合圣经，而且含义错误。 XIII – That as the man of sin, the papacy, has thought to change times and laws (the law of God, Dan. 7：25), and has misled almost all Christendom in regard to the fourth commandment, we find a prophecy of a reform in this respect to be wrought among believers just before the coming of Christ. Isa. 56：1,2; 1 Peter 1：5; Rev. 14：12, etc. 十三，作为大罪人，罗马教皇必想改变节期和律法（上帝的律法，但 7：25），并且在第四条诫命上误导了几乎整个基督教界，我们发现了一个与此相关的预言，论到在基督复临之前，这方面的改革将在信徒中进行。 赛 56：1，2； 彼前 1：5； 启 14：12等。 XIV – That the followers of Christ should be a peculiar people, not following the maxims, nor conforming to the ways, of the world; not loving its pleasures nor countenancing its follies; inasmuch as the apostle says that “whosoever therefore will be” in this sense, “a friend of the world, is the enemy of God” (James 4：4); and Christ says that we cannot have two masters, or, at the same time, serve God and mammon. Matt. 6：24. 十四，基督的跟随者应该是一群独特的子民，不追随世界的规律，也不效法世界的做法；不喜爱其欢乐，也不纵容其愚行； 正如使徒所说：“所以凡想要与世俗为友的，就是与上帝为敌了。”（雅 4：4）； 基督说我们不能有两个主，或者同时又侍奉上帝，又侍奉玛门。 太 6：24。 XV – That the Scriptures insist upon plainness and modesty of attire as a prominent mark of discipleship in those who profess to be the followers of Him who was, “meek and lowly in heart,” that the wearing of gold, pearls, and costly array, or anything designed merely to adorn the person and foster the pride of the natural heart, is to be discarded, according to such scriptures as 1 Tim. 2：9,10; 1 Peter 3：3,4. 十五，圣经坚决提倡，对于凡宣称自己是那“心里柔和谦卑”之主的门徒来说，着装朴素和端庄是门徒身份的显着标志，根据提前 2：9，10； 彼前 3：3，4等经文，以黄金、珍珠和贵价的衣裳为妆饰，或任何仅仅为了装饰个人和培养本性的骄傲而设计的东西，都应该弃绝。 XVI – That means for the support of evangelical work among men should be contributed from love to God and love of souls, not raised by church lotteries, or occasions designed to contribute to the fun-loving, appetite-indulging propensities of the sinner, such as fairs, festivals, oyster suppers, tea, broom, donkey, and crazy socials, etc., which are a disgrace to the professed church of Christ; that the proportion of one’s income required in former dispensation can be no less under the gospel; that it is the same as Abraham (whose children we are, if we are Christ’s, Gal. 3：29) paid to Melchisedec (type of Christ) when he gave him a tenth of all (Heb. 7：1-4); the tithe is the Lord’s (Lev. 27：30); and this tenth of one’s income is also to be supplemented by offerings from those who are able, for the support of the gospel. 2 Cor. 9：6; Mal. 3：8,10. 十六，支持福音工作的收入来源应该出自人们对上帝的爱和对世人的爱，而不是透过教会彩票或旨在促进罪人爱宴乐、放纵食欲的活动来筹集。例如集市 、节庆、牡蛎晚餐、茶会、扫帚、驴和疯狂的社交活动等等，这些都是自称是基督的教会的耻辱；从前的体制对人们收入所要求的比例，在福音时代也不能少。；亚伯拉罕也是如此（我们既属乎基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，加 3：29），他把将自己所得来的，取十分之一给麦基洗德（基督的预表）（来 7：1-4）； 因为十分之一是属于耶和华的（利 27：30）；除了人们收入的十分一之外，有能力的人也需以额外的捐献来补足，以支持福音的工作。 林后 9：6； 玛 3：8,10。 XVII – That as the natural or carnal heart is at enmity with God and his law, this enmity can be subdued only by a radical transformation of the affections, the exchange of unholy for holy principles; that this transformation follows repentance and faith, is the special work of the Holy Spirit, and constitutes regeneration, or conversion. 十七，由于顺性或属肉体的心是与上帝和祂的律法为敌的，这种敌意唯有藉着将不圣洁的原则换成圣洁的原则，达到情感上的彻底转变才能克服、这种转变伴随着悔改和信心，是圣灵的特殊工作，并构成了重生，或悔改归主。 XVIII – That as all have violated the law of God, and cannot of themselves render obedience to his just requirements, we are dependent on Christ, first, for justification from our past offenses, and, secondly, for grace whereby to render acceptable obedience to his holy law in time to come. 十八，由于所有人都违背了上帝的律法，并且不能靠自己顺从祂公正的要求，因此我们要依靠基督，首先，使我们从过去的过犯中称义，其次，靠着恩典，使我们在将来能够对他神圣的律法献上可蒙悦纳的顺从。 XIX – That the Spirit of God was promised to manifest itself in the church through certain gifts, enumerated especially in 1 Cor. 12 and Eph. 4; that these gifts are not designed to supersede, or take the place of, the Bible, which is sufficient to make us wise unto salvation, any more than the Bible can take the place of the Holy Spirit; that, in specifying the various channels of its operation, that Spirit has simply made provision for its own existence and presence with the people of God to the end of time, to lead to an understanding of that word which it had inspired, to convince of sin, and to work a transformation in the heart and life; and that those who deny to the Spirit its place and operation, do plainly deny that part of the Bible which assigns to it this work and position. 十九，上帝应许祂的灵要藉着某些恩赐在教会中显现它自己，特别是在 林前 12 和 弗 4 中所列举的；因为圣经本身就足以使我们有得救的智慧，所以这些恩赐并不是为了取代或代替圣经，就正如圣经无法取代圣灵一样；藉着不同的运作方式 ，圣灵会显现它自己并与上帝的子民同在，引导人们理解它所默示的话语，使人们知罪， 并在内心和生活中做出改变 ，一直到世界的末了；那些否认圣灵的地位和工作的人，显然否认了圣经中指定圣灵的工作和地位的部分。 XX – That God, in accordance with his uniform dealings with the race, sends forth a proclamation of the approach of the second advent of Christ; and that this work is symbolized by the three messages of Revelation 14, the last one bringing to view the work of reform on the law of God, that his people may acquire a complete readiness for that event. 二十，上帝按照祂统一对待世人的原则，宣告基督第二次降临的临近；这项工作是启示录第14章的三重信息所代表的，该信息也是最后一个揭示基于上帝律法的改革工作的信息，使祂的子民可以为这事件做好充分的准备。 XXI – That the time of the cleansing of the sanctuary (See proposition X.), synchronizing with the time of the proclamation of the third message (Rev. 14：9,10), is a time of investigative judgment, first, with reference to the dead, and secondly, at the close of probation, with reference to the living, to determine who of the myriads now sleeping in the dust of the earth are worthy of a part in the first resurrection, and who of its living multitudes are worthy of translation, – points which must be determined before the Lord appears. 二十一，洁净圣所的时期（参阅第十条），与宣告第三天使信息的时期同步（启 14：9，10），是一个查案审判的时期。首先，审判已经死了的人，然后，审判在恩典时期结束时活着的人，以决定现在沉睡在地球尘埃中的无数人中，谁配得在第一次的复活中有份，以及在活着的群众中，谁配得被接升天，——在主降临之前必须确定的几个要点。 XXII – That the grave, whether we all tend, expressed by the Hebrew word sheol and the Greek word hades, is a place, or condition, in which there is no work, device, wisdom, nor knowledge. Eccl. 9：10. 二十二，用希伯来文“sheol”和希腊文“hades”来表达的“阴间”一词，无论我们愿意与否，都是指一个“没有工作、谋略、智慧或知识”的地方或状态。 传 9：10。 XXIII – That the state to which we are reduced by death is one of silence, inactivity, and entire unconsciousness. Ps. 146：4; Eccl. 9：5,6; Dan. 12：2. 二十三，死亡使我们陷入一种沉默、无活动和完全无意识的状态。诗 146：4； 传9：5，6； 但 12：2。 XXIV – That out of this prison-house of the grave, mankind are to be brought by a bodily resurrection; the righteous having part in the first resurrection, which takes place at the second coming of Christ; the wicked, in the second resurrection, which takes place in a thousand years thereafter. Rev. 20：4-6. 二十四，人类将透过身体的复活从这个监狱般的坟墓中被释放出来； 义人在基督复临时的第一次复活里有份； 而恶人则在一千年之后的第二次复活里有份。 启 20：4-6。 XXV – That at the last trump, the living righteous are to be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and with the risen righteous are to be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, so forever to be with the Lord. 1 Thess. 4：16,17; 1 Cor. 15：51,52. 二十五，在号筒末次吹响时，活着的义人将在一霎时、眨眼之间被改变，并与复活的义人一同被提到空中与主相遇，从此与主永远同在。 帖前 4：16，17； 林前 15：51，52。 XXVI – That these immortalized ones are then taken to heaven, to the New Jerusalem, the Father’s house, in which there are many mansions (John 14：1-3), where they reign with Christ a thousand years, judging the world and fallen angels, that is, apportioning the punishment to be executed upon them at the close of the one thousand years (Rev. 20：4; 1 Cor. 6：2,3); that during this time the earth lies in a desolate and chaotic condition (Jer. 4：23-27), described, as in the beginning, by the Greek term abussos—“bottom- less pit” (Septuagint of Gen. 1：2); and that here Satan is confined during the thousand years (Rev. 20：1,2), and here finally destroyed (Rev. 20：10; Mal. 4：1); the theater of the ruin he has wrought in the universe being appropriately made, for a time, his gloomy prison-house, and then the place of his final execution. 二十六，然后，这些不朽坏的人被带到天国的新耶路撒冷，天父的家，那里有许多住处（约14：1-3），他们在那里与基督一同作王一千年，审判世界和堕落的天使，分配在一千年结束时要对他们执行的惩罚（启 20：4；林前 6：2，3）； 在此期间，地球处于荒凉和混乱的状态（耶 4：23-27），这就正如地球起初的状态那样，是用希腊术语“abussos”——“无底坑”来描述的（七十士译本中的创 1：2）； 撒旦将在这里被困一千年（启 20：1，2），并在这里最终被毁灭（启 20：10；玛 4：1）；这个因他的原故而成了宇宙中的一个废墟的剧场，正好适合暂时当他的阴暗监狱，和他最后被处刑的地方。 XXVII – That at the end of the thousand years the Lord descends with his people and the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21：2), the wicked dead are raised, and come up on the surface of the yet unrenewed earth, and gather about the city, the camp of the saints (Rev. 20：9), and fire comes down from God out of heaven and devours them. They are then consumed, root and branch (Mal. 4：1), becoming as though they had not been. Obad. 15,16. In this everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord (2 Thess. 1：9), the wicked meet the “everlasting punishment” threatened against them (Matt. 25：46), which is everlasting death. Rom. 6：23; Rev. 20：14,15. This is the perdition of ungodly men, the fire which consumes them being the fire for which “the heavens and the earth, which are now,. . . are kept in store,” which shall melt even the elements with its intensity, and purge the earth from the deepest stains of the curse of sin. 2 Peter 3：7-12. 二十七，一千年结束时，主与祂的子民和新耶路撒冷一起降临（启 21：2），死了的恶人要复活，来到尚未更新的地表上，聚集在圣城周围， 即圣徒的营（启 20：9），有火由上帝那里从天降下并吞噬了他们。 然后，他们的根本和枝条都会被烧尽（玛 4：1），他们就归于无有。 （俄 1：15，16）。 他们要受永远灭亡的刑罚，离开主的面（帖后 1：9），恶人要面临向他们宣布的“永刑”（太 25：46），即永远的死亡。 罗 6：23； 启 20：14,15。 这就是不敬虔之人的灭亡，那烧灭他们的火，虽然“现在的诸天与地还是…存留” ，但到时候，连各种元素也要熔化，又要清除一切由罪孽的咒诅在地球上造成之最深的污迹。彼后 3：7-12。 XXVIII – That new heavens and a new earth shall spring by the power of God from the ashes of the old, and this renewed earth, with the New Jerusalem for its metropolis and capital, shall be the eternal inheritance of the saints, the place where the righteous shall evermore dwell. 2 Peter 3：13; Ps. 37：11,29; Matt 5：5. 二十八，新天新地将藉着上帝的大能从旧世界的灰烬中诞生，而这个更新的地球，以新耶路撒冷为大都市和首都，将成为圣徒永恒的产业，并义人永远居住的地方。彼后 3：13； 诗 37：11，29; 太 5：5。 1889 Yea r Book 1889 - Revised Statements of Belief

All trinity studies Previous Download Next Does the Seventh day Adventist Church admit 1 John 5 Does the Seventh day Adventist Church admit 1 John 5:7 has added text? THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST BIBLE COMMENTARY: “The passage as given in the KJV is in no Greek MS earlier than the 15th and 16th centuries. The disputed words found their way into the KJV by way of the Greek text of Erasmus (see Vol. V, p. 141). It is said that Erasmus offered to include the disputed words in his Greek Testament if he were shown even one Greek MS that contained them. A library in Dublin produced such a MS (known as 34), and Erasmus included the passage in his text. It is now believed that the later editions of the Vulgate acquired the passage by the mistake of a scribe who included an exegetical marginal comment in the Bible text that he was copying. The disputed words have been widely used in support of the doctrine of the Trinity, but, in view of such overwhelming evidence against their authenticity, their support is valueless and should not be used. In spite of their appearance in the Vulgate A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture freely admits regarding these words: “It is now generally held that this passage, called the Comma Johanneum, is a gloss that crept into the text of the Old Latin and Vulgate at an early date, but found its way into the Greek text only in the 15th and 16th centuries” (Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1951, p. 1186).” — (The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p. 675) SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST BIBLICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: The Seventh day Adventist Biblical Research Institute also admits this text in 1 John 5:7 is added. So their final conclusion and advice to Seventh day Adventists was “...you should not use this text.” So the SDA BRI and the SDA Bible Commentary both acknowledge this text is added and say it should not be used, and yet you constantly see Adventists and their key organizations using this verse anyway. So Seventh day Adventists are not following their own advice. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SABBATH SCHOOL QUARTERLY: “In some versions of the Bible the words “in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit’ and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth” appear in 1 John 5:7, 8 (NKJV). The only problem is they are a later addition, not found in the original manuscripts. “Among biblical scholars there is agreement that this statement is not genuine and has been added, probably to support the doctrine of the Trinity…” — (Sabbath School Bible Study Guide: July – Sept 2009 pg 108) SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST ELLEN G. WHITE ESTATE: Question about 1 John 5:7 Question: “Some years ago I had read some of your publications. At the time I seem to remember a discussion of the devinity of Christ. A refference to 1 John 5:7 was quoated but I cannot find it...can you please tell me where this strong scriptual argument is used? Thanking you in advance, dws” Answer: “Thank you for contacting the Ellen G. White Estate. In answer to your question, though I have to tell you that I have not found any place in the published writings of Ellen G. White where she quotes this passage. Perhaps that is just as well, because it may not be such a “strong scriptural argument” after all. The verse appears in no ancient Greek manuscript earlier than about the 13th century A.D. That is, despite its inclusion in the 1611 original of the King James Version translation into English, it is highly unlikely that it was in the original version of 1 John as John wrote it. No modern Bible translation that I am aware of includes it in the text except the New King James Version, and even this version carries a footnote about the text's absence from Greek manuscripts until relatively recent times. Apparently, it is some scribe's note to himself about the trinity, originally written in the margin of the manuscript he was copying, and later incorporated into the text by another scribe who may have been uncertain about whether or not it was a correction that belonged in the text; in any case, he opted to include it there.” — ( http://ellenwhite dot org/content/file/did-ellen-g-white-believed-doctrine-trinity#document) SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MINISTRY MAGAZINE: R.M. Johnston: “The term “Trinity” is nowhere to be found in the Bible. But the doctrine is there— this conclusion is inescapable. Nor need we be disturbed by the knowledge that certain words in 1 John 5:7, 8 are spurious additions that found their way into our King James Version from certain manuscripts of the Latin Vulgate, where they originated. For while it is true that no formal statement of the doctrine can be found in the most reliable Biblical manuscripts, nevertheless a comparison of Scripture with Scripture makes any contrary teaching untenable.” — (R. M. Johnston, Ministry, November 1964, What can we know about the Holy Trinity?) SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST PIONEERS: D.W. HULL: “The objector contends that Christ and his Father are one person, and in proof of his position quotes 1 John 5:7. “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.” This is claimed as very strong proof in support of the trinity. The three persons are spoken of as God, the Father, God, the Son, and God, the Holy Ghost. I believe I may safely say that, aside from scripture, no such license would be allowable. Men have been so used to perverting scripture, and taking advantage of terms, and pressing them into their service,that they do not realize the magnitude of the crime as they otherwise would. The same expression is frequently used about man and wife; yet no person doubts that a man and his wife are two separate persons, inasmuch as they may be separated by hundreds of miles. Dr. A. Clarke expressly says that this passage[1 John 5:7] is an interpolation. See his Commentary in loco.” — (D. W. Hull, Review and Herald November 10, 1859) J.N. LOUGHBOROUGH: “The word Trinity nowhere occurs in the Scriptures. The principal text supposed to teach it is 1 John i, 7, which is an interpolation” — (J.N. Loughborough, Review and Herald November 5, 1861) Ellen White confirms changes have been made to Scripture also. “I saw that God had especially guarded the Bible; yet when copies of it were few, learned men had in some instances changed the words, thinking that they were making it more plain, when in reality they were mystifying that which was plain, by causing it to lean to their established views, which were governed by tradition.” — (E.G. White, EW, 220.2, 1882) So why do so many Adventists not know this and continually quote it? This text is also missing from most of the Bible translations. Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top