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An unerring chart by which to steer through the dangerous sea of life!
一张用于驾驭人生危险之海的准确无误的航海图！
(Arthur Pink, “The Attributes of God“)
(阿瑟·平克，《神的属性》)
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God has placed His Word in our hands for an intensely practical purpose; namely, to direct our walk and to regulate our deportment. The primary purpose for which God gave the Scriptures, is to make a practical use of them-ordering the details of our lives by its rules and regulations.
神将祂的话语交在我们手中，是为了一个极其实际的目的；即指导我们的行为并规范我们的举止。神赐予圣经的首要目的，是让我们将其付诸实践——用其规则和条例来安排我们生活的细节。
“Your Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105. The metaphor used here is taken from a man walking along a dangerous road on a dark night, in urgent need of a lantern to show him where to walk safely and comfortably, to avoid injury and destruction.
“你的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。”诗篇119:105。这里使用的比喻是取自一个人在黑夜里走在危险的道路上，急需一盏灯笼来指引他安全舒适地行走，以避免受伤和毁灭。
God, in His infinite condescension and transcendent grace, has given us His Word for this very purpose, so that we need not stumble along blindly, ignorant of what pleases or displeases Him-but that we might know His mind. That divine Word is not given to us simply for information, but . . .
神以祂无限的俯就和超越的恩典，为了这个目的赐给我们祂的话语，使我们不必盲目地蹒跚而行，不知道什么是祂所喜悦或不喜悦的——而是让我们能够明白祂的心意。那神圣的话语赐给我们不仅仅是为了提供信息，而是为了……
to regulate our conduct,
规范我们的行为，
to enlighten our minds,
启迪我们的思想，
and to mold our hearts.
塑造我们的心灵。
The Word supplies us with an unerring chart by which to steer through the dangerous sea of life. If we sincerely and diligently follow, it will deliver us from disastrous rocks and submerged reefs; and direct us safely to the heavenly harbor.
圣经为我们提供了一份无误的海图，指引我们驶过人生危险的海域。如果我们真诚勤勉地遵循，它将使我们免于灾难性的礁石和暗礁的危险；并安全地引导我们到达天国的港湾。
That Word has all the instructions we need for every problem, and every trouble we may be called upon to face. That Word has been given to us “that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:17. How thankful we should be, that God has favored us with such a Word!
这圣言包含了我们面对每个问题和每个困难所需的所有指引。这圣言赐给我们是”叫属神的人得以完全，预备行各样的善事。”提摩太后书3:17。我们应当何等感恩，上帝赐予我们如此宝贵的圣言！
This world is a dark place, and it is only as we take heed to the Word, to the light God has given us-that we shall be able to perceive and avoid “the broad road which leads to destruction,” and discern the narrow way which alone “leads unto eternal life.”
这个世界是一个黑暗的地方，只有当我们留心神的话语，留心上帝赐给我们的光——我们才能察觉并避开”那通往毁灭的宽路”，辨认出唯一”通往永生的窄路”。
Our first duty, and our first aim, must be to take up the Scriptures to ascertain what is God’s revealed will for us-what are the paths He forbids us to walk, what are the ways pleasing in His sight.
我们的首要责任和首要目标，必须是拿起圣经，确定上帝向我们启示的旨意是什么——祂禁止我们走哪些道路，哪些道路是祂所喜悦的。
The Scriptures are not given us, primarily for our intellectual gratification, nor for emotional admiration, but for life’s regulation. Nor are the precepts and commands, the warnings and encouragements contained therein, simply for our information. They are to be reduced to practice; they require unqualified obedience.
圣经赐给我们，主要不是为了满足我们的智力，也不是为了情感上的欣赏，而是为了规范我们的生活。其中包含的教训和命令、警告和鼓励，也不仅仅是为了给我们提供信息。它们是要付诸实践的；它们要求我们无条件地顺服。
He who treasures the divine precepts in his heart, and diligently seeks to walk by their rule, will escape those evils which destroy his fellows.
那些在心中珍视神圣教训，并努力按其规则行事的人，将会避开那些毁灭他人的邪恶。
Thus the great business of the Christian is to regulate his life by, and conform his conduct to-the precepts of the written Word, and the example left us by the Incarnate Word. As he does so, and in proportion as he does so, he is . . .
emancipated from the darkness of his natural mind,
freed from the follies of his corrupt heart,
delivered from the mad course of this world,
and escapes the snares of the devil.
因此，基督徒的重大任务就是按照圣经的教导规范自己的生活，使自己的行为符合圣经的教导，以及道成肉身的圣言（耶稣基督）留给我们的榜样。当他这样做，并且按照这样做的程度，他就会…
从自然心智的黑暗中解放出来，
摆脱败坏之心的愚昧，
脱离这个世界疯狂的进程，
逃脱魔鬼的陷阱。