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God is all mercy and love!
神完全是慈爱和怜悯！
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The LORD is a jealous and avenging God;
耶和华是忌邪施行报应的神；
the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
耶和华施行报应，满怀烈怒。
The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and maintains His wrath against his enemies!
耶和华向祂的敌人施行报应，向祂的仇敌怀怒！
Who can withstand His indignation?
谁能抵挡祂的愤怒？
Who can endure His fierce anger?
谁能承受祂的烈怒？
His wrath is poured out like fire;
祂的烈怒如火倾倒；
the rocks are shattered before Him.
磐石在祂面前崩裂。
Most unbelievers depend on the foolish notion that God is all mercy and love! They imagine that He will allow their iniquities to pass unpunished. They simply do not believe that He will ever execute the judgment which He Himself has threatened on impenitent transgressors. In their pride, they mock and defy all of the threats and warnings that the holy and just God has made in His Word.
大多数不信的人依赖于一个愚蠢的观念，认为神完全是慈爱和怜悯！他们以为祂会让他们的罪过不受惩罚。他们根本不相信祂会执行祂自己对不悔改的罪人所警告的审判。在他们的骄傲中，他们嘲笑和蔑视圣洁公义的神在祂话语中所发出的一切威胁和警告。
In his pride the wicked does not seek Him;
恶人狂妄，不寻求神；
in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
在他一切所想的事上，都不认为有神。
He says to himself, ‘Nothing will shake me;
他自言自语说：”我必不动摇；
I will always be happy and never have trouble.’
我永远快乐，不遭患难。”
His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats;
他口中满了咒骂、诡诈和威吓；
trouble and evil are under his tongue!
祸患和奸恶在他舌底！
In fact, it is the hope of God’s mercy, which encourages men to go on in their sins. For if once they believed that they shall soon become monuments of God’s righteous indignation–they would consider their ways, and labor by all possible means to avert God’s righteous wrath.
事实上，正是对上帝怜悯的希望，使人继续犯罪。因为如果他们一旦相信自己很快就会成为上帝公义愤怒的纪念碑，他们就会省察自己的行为，并尽一切可能避免上帝公义的愤怒。
Many other unbelievers console themselves with the thought that they shall do as well as others when in Hell. But if they could for one moment descend to Hell, and see the agonies, and hear the cries, of a damned soul–it would be little consolation to think that they shall do as well as others.
许多其他不信的人以为他们在地狱中的境遇会和其他人一样而自我安慰。但如果他们能够片刻下到地狱，看到痛苦，听到被咒诅灵魂的哭喊——想到他们的境遇会和其他人一样这样的想法就不会带来什么安慰了。
“The proud may not stand in Your presence, for You hate all who do evil!” Psalm 5:5
“骄傲的人不能站在你面前，因为你恨恶一切作恶的人！”诗篇5:5
Truly, “it will be a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!” God is indeed “a consuming fire!” Hebrews 12:29, Hebrews 10:31
诚然，”落在永生上帝手里真是可怕的！”上帝确实是”烈火！”希伯来书12:29，希伯来书10:31
The wrath of an offended God must be endured to all eternity!
被触怒的上帝的愤怒必须永远承受！
“Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and He will have mercy on him, and to our God, for He will freely pardon!” Isaiah 55:7
“恶人当离弃自己的道路，不义的人当除掉自己的意念。归向耶和华，耶和华就必怜恤他，当归向我们的上帝，因为上帝必广行赦免！”以赛亚书55:7