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This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.—1 TIM. 1:15.
这是一句可信的话,值得完全接纳,就是基督耶稣降世,为要拯救罪人。这话是可信的,在罪人中我是个罪魁。—提摩太前书1:15
I. Obs. The salvation of sinners was the main design of Christ’s coming into the world.
I. 观察:拯救罪人是基督降世的主要目的。
II. God often makes the chiefest sinners objects of his choicest mercy.
II. 上帝常常使那些罪大恶极的人成为祂极大怜悯的对象。
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Regarding the second point, it should be noted that:
关于第二点,应该注意以下几点:
God has previously extended invitations to such sinners. Look at how sinful they were, as described in Isaiah 1. They were rebels, and rebels against the one who had nurtured them: “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me” (verse 2).
上帝先前已向这样的罪人发出邀请。看看以赛亚书第一章中描述的他们是多么罪恶。他们是叛逆的,是与抚养他们长大的那一位作对的叛逆者:”我养育儿女,将他们养大,他们竟悖逆我。”(第2节)
In this respect, they were worse than the animals they owned; the dull ox and the stupid donkey were more clever: “The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not consider” (verse 3).
在这方面,他们比自己饲养的牲畜还要糟糕;那愚笨的牛和笨驴都比他们聪明:”牛认识主人,驴认识主人的槽,以色列却不认识,我的百姓却不思考。”(第3节)
God calls on heaven and earth to judge them (verse 2). He appeals to men and angels as a jury to give their verdict, whether these people had not been the most ungrateful and disingenuous people in the world.
上帝呼唤天地来审判他们(第2节)。祂号召人和天使作陪审团,来裁决这些人是否是世上最忘恩负义、最虚伪的民族。
If by “heaven and earth” he meant magistrates and people, as is usually the case in prophetic language, then God is appealing to them to let their own natural consciences and common sense judge between them.
如果”天地”在预言性的语言中通常是指官长和百姓,那么上帝就是在呼吁他们,让自己的天良和常识在他们之间作出判断。
He accuses them of being “laden with iniquity” (verse 4). They had such heavy burdens on them that they could not move, or they were burdened like crabapples with sour fruit.
祂指控他们”担着罪孽”(第4节)。他们身负重担,以致寸步难行,或像山楂树结满了酸涩的果子一样。
They had come from a wicked stock; they had corrupted one another by their society and example, as rotten apples putrefy the sound ones that lie near them.
他们出于邪恶的族类;他们因彼此的交往和榜样而互相败坏,就像腐烂的苹果使周围完好的苹果也变质一样。