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The most important thing about us!
关于我们最重要的事！
(A.W. Tozer)
(托泽尔)
What comes into our minds when we think about God, is the most important thing about us!
当我们想到神时，浮现在我们脑海中的念头，就是关于我们最重要的事！
The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. Worship is pure or base – as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God.
人类历史可能会显示，没有任何民族能超越其宗教信仰，而人类的属灵历史将明确证明，没有任何宗教能超越其对神的认识。敬拜是纯洁还是卑劣，取决于敬拜者对神怀有崇高还是低下的认识。
For this reason, the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself. And the most portentous fact about any man, is not what he at a given time may say or do – but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like.
因此，教会面临的最严肃的问题永远是神自己。关于任何人最重大的事实，不是他在某个时刻可能说什么或做什么，而是他内心深处认为神是什么样的。
Always the most revealing thing about the Church is her idea of God, just as her most significant message is what she says about Him or leaves unsaid – for her silence is often more eloquent than her speech.
教会最能显露本质的，始终是她对神的认识，正如她最重要的信息是她对神所说的或未说的 – 因为她的沉默往往比她的言语更有力。
Without doubt, the mightiest thought the mind can entertain, is the thought of God. The weightiest word in any language, is its word for God.
毫无疑问，人心所能容纳的最伟大的思想，就是关于神的思想。任何语言中最重要的词，就是指代神的词。
That our idea of God correspond as nearly as possible to the true being of God, is of immense importance to us. Compared with our actual thoughts about Him – our creedal statements are of little consequence.
我们对神的认识要尽可能符合神的真实本体，这对我们极其重要。与我们对祂的实际认识相比，我们的信条宣言微不足道。
A right conception of God is basic not only to theology – but to practical Christian living as well. There is scarcely an error in doctrine or a failure in applying Christian ethics – which cannot be finally traced to imperfect and ignoble thoughts about God.
对神的正确认识不仅是神学的基础，也是实践基督徒生活的基础。几乎没有任何教义上的错误或基督教伦理实践上的失败，不能最终追溯到对神不完全和不敬的认识。
It is my opinion that the current Christian conception of God is so decadent as to be utterly beneath the dignity of the Most High God, and actually to constitute something amounting to a moral calamity!
我认为，当今基督徒对神的认识如此堕落，完全有损至高神的尊严，实际上已构成一场道德灾难！