4月24日 基督所提供的安息
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4月24日 基督所提供的安息
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The Rest Christ Offers, April 24
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“凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息”（太11:28）。{TMK120.1}[1]
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Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.?Matthew 11:28.?{TMK 120.1}[1]
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基督在这里向我们提出了一个得安息和平安的条件，就是与基督一同负轭。凡是接受这个条件的人，必发现基督的轭会帮助他们担负他们所需要挑的每一个担子。如果没有基督在我们身旁承担最重的那一部分担子，我们确实得说那担子是沉重的。但是当我们与祂同负责任之轭时，人生的担子就会完全轻省了。一个人多么甘心顺从上帝的要求，内心就会多么平安。……{TMK120.2}[2]
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There is a condition to the rest and peace here offered us by Christ. It is that of yoking up with Him. All who will accept the condition will find that the yoke of Christ will help them to bear every burden needful for them to carry. Without Christ at our side to bear the heaviest part of the load, we must indeed say that it is heavy. But yoked with Him to our car of duty, the burdens of life may all be lightly carried. And just in proportion as man acts in willing obedience to the requirements of God will come rest of spirit....?{TMK 120.2}[2]
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温柔谦卑是一切顺从上帝律法、甘心负基督之轭的人所表现的特征。这些特征将在为上帝服务中带来理想的平安结果。……{TMK120.3}[3]
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Meekness and humility will characterize all who are obedient to the law of God, all who will wear the yoke of Christ with submission. These graces will bring the desirable result of peace in the service of God....?{TMK 120.3}[3]
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上帝知道若容许我们随从自己的倾向，行往自己的意志所指引的地方，我们就必投入撒但的阵营，并成为拥有他特性的人。因此上帝的律法限定我们顺从那位高尚、尊贵、能鼓舞人的主。祂希望我们耐心智慧地负起服务的责任。……对天父旨意不甘心的顺服，必养成叛逆的性格。这等人视服务为苦工，不是本着爱上帝的心欣然从事的，而不过是机械式的劳动。……这样的服务不会给心灵带来任何的平安或宁静。{TMK120.4}[4]
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God knows that if we were left to follow our own inclinations, to go just where our will would lead us, we would fall into Satan’s lines and become possessors of his attributes. Therefore the law of God confines us to the will of One who is high and noble and elevating. He desires that we shall patiently and wisely take up the duties of service.... A sullen submission to the will of the Father will develop the character of a rebel. The service is looked upon by such a one in the light of drudgery. It is not rendered cheerfully and in the love of God. It is a mere mechanical performance.... Such service brings no peace or quietude to the soul.?{TMK 120.4}[4]
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上帝将两等人摆在我们面前。论到一等人——恶人——祂说：“恶人必不得平安”（赛48:22）。论到另一等人祂说：“爱祢律法的人有大平安：什么都不能使他们绊脚”（诗119:165）。{TMK120.5}[5]
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God presents to the world two classes. For the one—the wicked—He says, “There is no peace” (Isaiah 48:22). Of the other, “Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them” (Psalm 119:165)....?{TMK 120.5}[5]
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主说祂的轭是容易的，祂的担子是轻省的。但这个轭并不提供安逸随便，自私放纵的生活。基督的生活是步步克己牺牲的。祂的真门徒也必带着基督化的温柔和慈爱，始终不渝地跟随他们夫子的脚踪。（《文稿》1897年第20号）{TMK120.6}[6]
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The Lord calls His yoke easy and His burden light. Yet that yoke will not give us a life of ease and freedom and selfish indulgence. The life of Christ was one of self-denial and self-sacrifice at every step. And His true follower, with consistent, Christlike tenderness and love, will follow in the footsteps of his Master.35?{TMK 120.6}[6]