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The Good Ship of Self-righteousness
自以为义的大船
(Various authors. You will find it helpful to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)
（作者不详。在阅读以下文字时，聆听音频会对你有所帮助。）
1 Timothy 1:15, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners!”
提摩太前书1:15：”基督耶稣降世，为要拯救罪人！”
By nature, people cling to their morality and religiousness for acceptance with God. Multitudes are sailing in the Good Ship of Self-righteousness, and they are expecting that they shall get to Heaven in her. But this ship never did carry a soul safely into the Fair Haven yet–and she never will.
本性上，人们依附于他们的道德和宗教性来获得神的接纳。众多人正在驾驶着自以为义的大船，期望能借此到达天堂。但这艘船从未，也永远不会把任何灵魂安全地带到天国港湾。
Self-righteousness is as surely a road to Hell, as scandalous sin itself.
自以为义与骇人听闻的罪恶一样，都是通往地狱的道路。
We may as certainly destroy ourselves by opposing the righteousness of Christ–as by transgressing the law of God. Self-righteousness is as much an insult to God, as blasphemy. God will never accept it, neither shall any soul enter Heaven by it.
我们否认基督的义与违背上帝的律法一样，都会导致自我毁灭。自以为义与亵渎上帝同样是对神的侮辱。上帝永远不会接受它，任何灵魂也不能靠它进入天堂。
There are many of these self-righteous Pharisees, who delight in themselves in thinking . . .
that they are good people,
that they are not great sinners,
that they are fine religious people,
that they partake of the sacraments,
that they say their prayers,
and that they read their Bibles.
这些自以为义的法利赛人有许多，他们自鸣得意地认为……
他们是好人，
他们不是大罪人，
他们是虔诚的宗教人士，
他们参与圣礼，
他们做祷告，
他们读圣经。
Poor deluded souls! It is your badness, not your goodness–that draws Christ to you as a Savior.
可怜的受蒙蔽的灵魂！是你们的罪恶，而不是你们的善行，使基督作为救主来到你们身边。
You good, religious, self-righteous ones–your righteousness will be your eternal ruin!
你们这些善良、虔诚、自以为义的人——你们的义将成为你们永恒的毁灭！
But if the gospel comes to you in power, then you will realize that you are spiritually wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked–and that all of your righteous acts are nothing but filthy menstruous rags before the thrice holy God! Your first genuine prayer will be, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner!”
但如果福音以大能临到你，你就会意识到你在灵性上是可怜的、可悲的、贫穷的、瞎眼的、赤身的——你所有的义行在三圣上帝面前不过是污秽的破布！你的第一个真诚的祷告将会是：”上帝啊，怜悯我这个罪人！”
“I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance!” Luke 5:31-32
“我来本不是召义人，乃是召罪人悔改！”路加福音5:31-32
Heinous sins kill their thousands of souls, but self-righteousness kills its tens of thousands!
严重的罪恶杀死成千上万的灵魂，但自以为义杀死的是数以万计！
“Christ died for the ungodly.
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
When we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son”
Romans 5:6, 8, 10
“基督为不虔诚的人死。
当我们还作罪人的时候，基督为我们死。
当我们作神的仇敌的时候，我们借着神儿子的死得与神和好。”
罗马书5:6, 8, 10