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是谁让我们不同?Who made us to differ?
(James Smith, “The Pastor’s Evening Visit”) LISTEN to audio! Download audio
詹姆斯·史密斯(“牧师的夜访”)聆听音讯！下载音讯
“But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles . . .” Galatians 1:15-16
但是,那位从我出生就分别为圣,又用恩典呼召我的 神,既然乐意在我心里显明他的儿子,使我把他传在外邦人中。——加拉太书 1:15-16
Paul is speaking . . .
of being set apart from his mother’s womb,
of being called by grace to be saved,
of Christ being revealed in him, and
of his being made a preacher and an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ
—and he traces up the whole to the good pleasure of God!
保罗在这里谈到…
从母腹中被分别出来,
蒙恩典得救的呼召,
基督在他里面的启示,以及
他被立为主耶稣基督的传道人和使徒
—他将这一切都归于神的美意!
It pleased God to convert, consecrate, and crown the apostle with such eminent success. There was nothing in him to deserve it, nothing in him to move God to do it. God blessed Paul, just because He would—because it pleased Him to do it.
神喜悦拣选、呼召保罗,并赐给他如此卓越的成就。这并非因保罗自己有什么可夸的,也没有什么能感动神如此做。神赐福给保罗,只因神乐意这样做—因为这是神所喜悦的。
Just so in our case.
Do we differ from others?
Do we differ from our former selves?
Have we spiritual life?
Have we Christian graces?
Why were they conferred upon us—and not upon others?
我们的情况也是如此。
我们有别于他人吗?
我们不同于从前的自己吗?
我们有属灵的生命吗?
我们有基督徒的恩典吗?
为什么这些恩赐赐给了我们,而不是其他人?
WHO made us to differ?
是谁使我们与众不同?
“Who makes you different from anyone else?
What do you have that you did not receive?” 1 Corinthians 4:7
“使你与人不同的是谁呢?你有什么不是领受的呢?” 哥林多前书 4:7
We can trace it to no cause, but the sovereign good pleasure of God!
除了神主权的美意,我们找不到其它任何原因!
He has mercy, on whom He will have mercy.
他怜悯谁就怜悯谁。
He has compassion, on whom He will have compassion.
他恩待谁就恩待谁。
“‘Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.’ What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For He says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.'” Romans 9:13-15
“雅各是我所爱的,以扫是我所恶的。这样,我们可说什么呢?难道 神有什么不公平吗?断乎没有!因他对摩西说:我要怜悯谁,就怜悯谁;要恩待谁,就恩待谁。” 罗马书 9:13-15
“By the grace of God, I am what I am!” 1 Corinthians 15:10
“然而,我今日成了何等人,是蒙 神的恩才成的。” 哥林多前书 15:10