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附录二怀爱伦典型的节制演讲

§1 附录二怀爱伦典型的节制演讲

§2 Appendix B Typical Temperance Addresses By Ellen G. White

§3 【1. 在挪威奥斯陆的克里斯蒂安尼亚（1886年）】（译者按：克里斯蒂安尼亚是挪威首都奥斯陆的旧称）

§4 星期日，我应节制协会会长的邀请，就节制问题发表了演讲。集会在该市最大的礼堂——军人体育馆举行。一面美国国旗挂在讲台上方；我非常感激这种关心。约有一千六百人聚集。其中有国家教会的主教，许多神职人员，和一大批上流人士。{Te 267.1}[1]

§5 【 1. At Christiania, Norway--1886】

§6 On Sunday, by request of the president of the temperance society, I spoke upon the subject of temperance. The meeting was held in the soldiers military gymnasium, the largest hall in the city. An American flag was placed as a canopy above the pulpit; this was an attention which I highly appreciated. There were about sixteen hundred assembled. Among them was a bishop of the state church, with a number of the clergy; a large proportion were of the better class of society. {Te 267.1}[1]

§7 方法——我从宗教的立场开始阐述这个问题，说明圣经中有许多节制方面的史实。基督从一开始就参与节制工作。我们的始祖是因放纵食欲犯罪堕落的。基督挽回了人类的失败。祂在旷野受试探时，经受了人类所未能承受的试探。当祂忍受饥饿的极大痛苦，因禁食而软弱消瘦时，撒但就在旁边用各种试探袭击上帝的儿子，要利用祂的软弱胜过祂，从而挫败救恩的计划。但是基督坚定不移。祂为人类得了胜，以便搭救他们脱离堕落的状态。祂说明我们能靠着祂的能力取得胜利。耶稣同情人的软弱；祂来到地上，要把道德的能力带给我们。不管情欲与食欲多么强烈，我们都能获得胜利，因为我们可以把我们软弱的努力与上帝的能力结合起来。那些投奔基督的人必在试探的日子拥有保障。{Te 267.2}[2]

§8 The Approach.--I took up the subject from a religious standpoint, showing that the Bible is full of history bearing upon temperance, and that Christ was connected with the work of temperance, even from the beginning. It was by the indulgence of appetite that our first parents sinned and fell. Christ redeemed mans failure. In the wilderness of temptation He endured the test which man had failed to bear. While He was suffering the keenest pangs of hunger, weak and emaciated from fasting, Satan was at hand with his manifold temptations to assail the Son of God, to take advantage of His weakness and overcome Him, and thus thwart the plan of salvation. But Christ was steadfast. He overcame in behalf of the race, that He might rescue them from the degradation of the Fall. He showed that in His strength it is possible for us to overcome. Jesus sympathizes with the weakness of men; He came to earth that He might bring to us moral power. However strong the passion or appetite, we can gain the victory, because we may have divine strength to unite with our feeble efforts. Those who flee to Christ will have a stronghold in the day of temptation. {Te 267.2}[2]

§9 圣经历史的警告——我引用圣经历史中的警告和事例，说明了节制习惯的重要性。拿答和亚比户是担任圣职的人；但他们因为饮酒而头脑糊涂，不能分别圣的和俗的。他们因献“凡火”而漠视了上帝的命令，结果被祂惩罚击杀了。上帝藉着摩西，特意禁止那些负责圣事的人喝清酒和浓酒，以便他们能“分别圣的和俗的，”可以“将耶和华晓谕人的律例教训他们”（利10:10,11）。酒的影响是削弱人的身体，扰乱人的思维，降低人的道德。凡担任重要职位的人，都要成为严格节制的人，以便有清晰的头脑分辨是非，有坚定的原则，并有智慧执行公义显示怜悯。{Te 268.1}[3]

§10 The Warning of Bible History.--I showed the importance of temperate habits by citing warnings and examples from Bible history. Nadab and Abihu were men in holy office; but by the use of wine their minds became so beclouded that they could not distinguish between sacred and common things. By the offering of strange fire, they disregarded Gods command, and they were slain by His judgments. The Lord, through Moses, expressly prohibited the use of wine and strong drink by those who were to minister in holy things, that they might put difference between holy and unholy, and might teach the statutes which the Lord hath spoken. The effect of intoxicating liquors is to weaken the body, confuse the mind, and debase the morals. All who occupied positions of responsibility were to be men of strict temperance, that their minds might be clear to discriminate between right and wrong, that they might possess firmness of principle, and wisdom to administer justice and to show mercy. {Te 268.1}[3]

§11 这道直接而严肃的命令是要世代相传，直到末日。在我们的立法会议厅和法庭里，在我们的学校和教会中，都需要有原则的人，有自制力的人，有敏锐悟性和健全判断的人。法官如果因为不节制而模糊了意识，败坏了原则，他又怎么能作出公正的判决呢？他已经无法对证据进行权衡，并开展重要的调查工作；他没有道德能力摆脱自私自利的动机或偏见成见的影响。因此人的性命可能会牺牲掉，无辜的人可能失去自由或象生命本身一样宝贵的名声。上帝严禁那些祂托以神圣职责担任教师或百姓官长的人这样丧失担负重要职务的资格。{Te 268.2}[4]

§12 This direct and solemn command was to extend from generation to generation, to the close of time. In our legislative halls and courts of justice, no less than in our schools and churches, men of principle are needed; men of self-control, of keen perceptions and sound judgment. If the mind is beclouded or the principles debased by intemperance, how can the judge render a just decision? He has rendered himself incapable of weighing evidence or entering into critical investigation; he has not moral power to rise above motives of self-interest or the influence of partiality or prejudice. And because of this a human life may be sacrificed, or an innocent man robbed of his liberty or of the fair fame which is dearer than life itself. God has forbidden that those to whom He has committed sacred trusts as teachers or rulers of the people should thus unfit themselves for the duties of their high position. {Te 268.2}[4]

§13 对玛挪亚和撒迦利亚的指示——在给玛挪亚的妻子和施洗约翰的父亲撒迦利亚的指示中，有给父母们的一个教训。主的使者带来的消息是玛挪亚将要成为以色列的拯救者的父亲。在回答他焦虑的问题“我们当怎样待这孩子，他后来当怎样呢”时，天使传达了给予母亲的特别指示：“清酒浓酒都不可喝，一切不洁之物也不可吃。凡我所吩咐的，她都当遵守”（士13:14）。母亲的习惯会使孩子受到向善或向恶的影响。她若想谋求自己孩子的幸福，就必须受原则的约束，实行节制和舍己。{Te 269.1}[5]

§14 Instruction to Manoah and Zacharias.--There is a lesson for parents in the instruction given to the wife of Manoah, and to Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist. The angel of the Lord brought the tidings that Manoah should become the father of a son who was to deliver Israel; and in reply to the anxious inquiry, How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? the angel gave special directions for the mother: Neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. The child will be affected, for good or evil, by the habits of the mother. She must herself be controlled by principle, and must practice temperance and self-denial, if she would seek the welfare of her child. {Te 269.1}[5]

§15 父亲和母亲都包括在这个责任里。父母将自己肉体和精神的特征，性情和欲念都传给了自己的孩子。由于父母不节制的结果，儿女往往缺乏体力，智力和道德力。喝酒吸烟的人，会把他们无法满足的欲望，发炎的血液和易怒的神经，都遗传给他们的后代。儿女抵抗试探的能力既比父母差，一代就更比一代堕落了。{Te 269.2}[6]

§16 And fathers as well as mothers are included in this responsibility. Both parents transmit their own characteristics, mental and physical, their dispositions and appetites, to their children. As the result of parental intemperance, the children often lack physical strength and mental and moral power. Liquor drinkers and tobacco lovers hand down their own insatiable craving, their inflamed blood and irritated nerves, as a legacy to their offspring. And as the children have less power to resist temptation than had the parents, each generation falls lower than the preceding. {Te 269.2}[6]

§17 每一位父母都当询问：“我们该怎样待这将要生的孩子呢？”许多人容易疏忽这件事；但天使奉差到希伯来父母那里，以最清楚最严肃的方式两次指示他们，说明上帝非常重视这个问题。{Te 269.3}[7]

§18 The inquiry of every father and mother should be, What shall we do unto the child that shall be born unto us? Many are inclined to treat this subject lightly; but the fact that an angel of heaven was sent to those Hebrew parents, with instruction twice given in the most explicit and solemn manner, shows that God regards it as one of great importance. {Te 269.3}[7]

§19 当天使加百列向撒迦利亚显现，预告施洗约翰的出生时，他带来的信息是：“他在主面前将要为大，淡酒浓酒都不喝，从母腹里就被圣灵充满了”（路1:15）。上帝有一项重要的工作要应许给撒迦利亚的儿子去做；这项工作需要积极的思维和精力充沛的行动。他必须有健全的体力，智力和道德力；要获得这些必要的资格，他的习惯从婴孩时期起就必须受到严格的管制。不节制的最初几步往往是在幼年和童年年代迈出的；所以应该作出极其恳切的努力，开导父母们明白自己的责任。那些把葡萄酒和啤酒摆上餐桌的人，正在培养他们的儿女饮酒的欲望。我们倡导将节制的原则贯彻到家庭生活的所有细节中；父母的榜样要成为节制的教训；要尽可能从婴孩时期起就教导儿女们实行舍己自制。{Te 269.4}[8]

§20 When the angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias, foretelling the birth of John the Baptist, this was the message which he brought: He shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost. God had an important work for the promised child of Zacharias to do; a work that required active thought and vigorous action. He must have a sound physical constitution, and mental and moral strength; and it was to secure for him these necessary qualifications that his habits were to be carefully regulated, even from infancy. The first steps in intemperance are often taken in childhood and early youth; therefore most earnest efforts should be directed toward enlightening parents as to their responsibility. Those who place wine and beer upon their tables are cultivating in their children an appetite for strong drink. We urge that the principles of temperance be carried into all the details of home life; that the example of parents be a lesson of temperance; that self-denial and self-control be taught to the children and enforced upon them, so far as possible, even from babyhood. {Te 269.4}[8]

§21 今日的青年代表将来的社会——将来的社会如何，要看今日的青年。从他们身上，我们看到将来决定国家的性质和命运的教师，律师，法官，领袖和百姓。所以那些培养年轻一代的习惯、影响他们生活之人的使命是多么重要啊。与人心打交道，是交给人类最伟大的工作。父母的光阴太宝贵了，不要花在满足食欲或追求财富时尚上。上帝已把宝贵的青年交在父母手里，不仅要使青年人今生适合从事有用的工作，还要使他们为天庭作好准备。我们应该始终想到将来的生活，辛劳工作，以致我们来到乐园门口时能够说：“主啊，我和你所赐给我的儿女都在这里。”{Te 270.1}[9]

§22 The Youth an Index to Future Society.--The future of society is indexed by the youth of today. In them we see the future teachers and lawmakers and judges, the leaders and the people, that determine the character and destiny of the nation. How important, then, the mission of those who are to form the habits and influence the lives of the rising generation. To deal with minds is the greatest work ever committed to men. The time of parents is too valuable to be spent in the gratification of appetite or the pursuit of wealth or fashion. God has placed in their hands the precious youth, not only to be fitted for a place of usefulness in this life, but to be prepared for the heavenly courts. We should ever keep the future life in view, and so labor that when we come to the gates of paradise we may be able to say, Here, Lord, am I, and the children whom Thou hast given me. {Te 270.1}[9]

§23 但是在节制的工作中，也有任务交给青年人，是别人所不能代替的。虽然父母要对他们给儿女的教育和训练，以及他们品格的印记负责，但我们在世界的地位和贡献，在很大程度上取决于我们自己的行为。{Te 270.2}[10]

§24 But in the work of temperance there are duties devolving upon the young which no other can do for them. While parents are responsible for the stamp of character as well as for the education and training which they give their sons and daughters, it is still true that our position and usefulness in the world depend, to a great degree, upon our own course of action. {Te 270.2}[10]

§25 但以理是高尚的榜样——我们在任何地方都找不到比但以理和他的朋友们在巴比伦宫廷的历史更加全面更有说服力的例子，说明真节制以及伴随着它的福惠。当他们蒙拣选学习迦勒底的文字言语，以便“侍立在王宫里”时，“王派定将自己所用的膳和所饮的酒，每日赐他们一分。”“但以理却立志不以王的膳和王所饮的酒玷污自己”（但1:8）。这些青年人不仅拒绝饮王的酒，也不肯吃王桌上的丰肴盛馔。他们顺从上帝的道德律和自然律。他们舍己的习惯与真诚的宗旨，殷勤和坚定结合在一起。结果表明他们的做法是聪明的。{Te 271.1}[11]

§26 Daniel a Noble Example.--Nowhere shall we find a more comprehensive and forcible illustration of true temperance and its attendant blessings than in the history of the youthful Daniel and his associates in the court of Babylon. When they were selected to be taught the learning and tongue of the Chaldeans, that they might stand in the kings palace, the king appointed them a daily provision of the kings meat, and of the wine which he drank. But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the kings meat, nor with the wine which he drank. Not only did these young men decline to drink the kings wine, but they refrained from the luxuries of his table. They obeyed the divine law, both natural and moral. With their habits of self-denial were coupled earnestness of purpose, diligence, and steadfastness. And the result shows the wisdom of their course. {Te 271.1}[11]

§27 上帝素来尊重正直的人。伟大的征服者所征服的各国中最有前途的青年人集中到巴比伦；然而在这些人中，希伯来的俘虏是无与伦比的。挺拔的身材，坚定而有弹性的脚步，清秀的容貌，表明他们的血液没有被败坏，感官没有被蒙蔽，呼吸没有被污染，——这一切都他们有良好习惯的证明，也是他们顺从自然律所获得的荣誉勋章。三年的培训结束，当他们的才干和学识接受国王的考试时，没有一个人“象但以理，哈拿尼亚，米沙利，亚撒利亚。”他们敏锐的悟性，准确的语言，广博的知识，证明他们心智的活力没有受到损害。{Te 271.2}[12]

§28 God always honors the right. The most promising youth of every land subdued by the great conqueror, had been gathered at Babylon; yet amid them all, the Hebrew captives were without a rival. The erect form, the firm, elastic step, the fair countenance showing that the blood was uncorrupted, the undimmed senses, the untainted breath,--all were so many certificates of good habits, insignia of the nobility with which nature honors those who are obedient to her laws. And when their ability and acquirements were tested by the king at the close of the three years of training, none were found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Their keen apprehension, their choice and exact language, their extensive and varied knowledge, testified to the unimpaired strength and vigor of their mental powers. {Te 271.2}[12]

§29 但以理和他朋友们的历史记录在圣经中，是为了后世青年人的益处。凡保守自己的能力完好无损地为上帝服务的人，不但要完全禁戒各种卑劣有害的放纵，也要在运用上帝的百般恩赐上，实行严格的节制。别人已经做到的事，我们也可以做到。那些希伯来的青年人，岂不是在大试探中坚定站立，为真节制作出了高贵的见证吗？今日的青年人，在不利的境况下，也可以作出同样的见证。但愿他们效法那些希伯来青年的榜样；因为凡愿意的，都可以象他们一样，享受上帝的恩眷和祝福。{Te 272.1}[13]

§30 The history of Daniel and his companions has been recorded on the pages of the Inspired Word for the benefit of the youth of all succeeding ages. Those who would preserve their powers unimpaired for the service of God must observe strict temperance in the use of all His bounties, as well as total abstinence from every injurious or debasing indulgence. What men have done, men may do. Did those faithful Hebrews stand firm amid great temptation, and bear a noble testimony in favor of true temperance? The youth of today may bear a similar testimony, even under circumstances as unfavorable. Would that they would emulate the example of those Hebrew youth; for all who will, may, like them, enjoy the favor and blessing of God. {Te 272.1}[13]

§31 本来可以用来行善的钱财——关于节制的问题，还有一个方面需要认真考虑。采用不自然的兴奋剂不仅是不必要和有害的，也是奢侈浪费的。每年大笔钱财就这样浪费掉了。花在烟草上的钱财足以支持全世界的传道工作；花在酒上的钱财比浪费掉更糟糕。这笔钱本来可以用在教育现在沦落到过无知犯罪生活的青年人，预备他们为上帝做高尚的工作。成千上万的父母把他们挣来的钱花在自我放纵上，剥夺了儿女的衣食和受教育的益处。许多自称为基督徒的人用自己的榜样鼓励这种做法。他们浪费上帝丰富的恩典，将怎样向上帝交账呢？{Te 272.2}[14]

§32 Money That Might Have Done Good.--There is still another aspect of the temperance question which should be carefully considered. Not only is the use of unnatural stimulants needless and pernicious, but it is also extravagant and wasteful. An immense sum is thus squandered every year. The money that is spent for tobacco would support all the missions in the world; the means worse than wasted upon strong drink would educate the youth now drifting into a life of ignorance and crime, and prepare them to do a noble work for God. There are thousands upon thousands of parents who spend their earnings in self-indulgence, robbing their children of food and clothing and the benefits of education. And multitudes of professed Christians encourage these practices by their example. What account will be rendered to God for this waste of His bounties? {Te 272.2}[14]

§33 钱财本是委托给我们恩赐之一，要用来给饥饿的人有饭吃，赤身的人有衣服穿，照顾受苦的人，传福音给贫穷的人。但这项工作被严重地忽略了！当主来与祂的仆人们算账时，祂岂不要对许多人说：“这些事你们既不做在这些人中一个最小的身上，就是不做在我身上了”（太25:45）？在我们周围有工作要为上帝做，需要我们的钱财，我们的光阴，我们的力量和我们的影响。我们要不要负起这项工作，过荣耀上帝造福同胞的生活呢？我们要不要在地上建设主的国度呢？{Te 272.3}[15]

§34 Money is one of the gifts entrusted to us with which to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to minister to the afflicted, and to send the gospel to the poor. But how is this work neglected! When the Master shall come to reckon with His servants, will He not say to many, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me? All around us there is work to do for God. Our means, our time, our strength, and our influence are needed. Shall we take hold of this work, and live to glorify God and bless our fellow men? Shall we build up the Lords kingdom in the earth? {Te 272.3}[15]

§35 现在需要象但以理那样的人。他们有自制力和勇气做彻底的节制改良者。要让每一位基督徒看到自己的榜样和影响是在改良一边的。但愿福音的传道人忠心地向人发出警告的声音。但愿所有人都铭记我们当前和来生的幸福都有赖于我们在今生实行的正确改良。——《基督复临安息日会史略》，第207-211页。{Te 273.1}[16]

§36 There is need now of men like Daniel,--men who have the self-denial and the courage to be radical temperance reformers. Let every Christian see that his example and influence are on the side of reform. Let ministers of the gospel be faithful in sounding the warnings to the people. And let all remember that our happiness in two worlds depends upon the right improvement of one.--Historical Sketches of S.D.A. Foreign Missions, pages 207-211. {Te 273.1}[16]

§37 【2. 关于节制的一次演讲（1891年）】

§38 撒但是宇宙的第一个叛徒。他自从被赶出天庭以来，一直设法使每一个人都象他那样背叛上帝。他蓄谋毁灭人类，引诱人藉着食欲的不法放纵违犯上帝的诫命。他引诱亚当夏娃吃了禁果，结果他们堕落了，被逐出伊甸乐园。不知有多少人说：“我如果处在亚当的地位，就绝不会因这样简单的试探而犯罪。”然而你们作这样夸口的人，有很好的机会可以在试炼之下表现你们意志的力量，与对原则的忠诚。你顺从上帝的每一条诫命吗？上帝在你的生活中查不出罪吗？{Te 273.2}[17]

§39 【2. A Talk on Temperance--1891】

§40 Satan was the first rebel in the universe, and ever since his expulsion from heaven he has been seeking to make every member of the human family an apostate from God, even as he is himself. He laid his plans to ruin man, and through the unlawful indulgence of appetite, led him to transgress the commandments of God. He tempted Adam and Eve to partake of the forbidden fruit, and so accomplished their fall, and their expulsion from Eden. How many say, If I had been in Adams place, I would never have transgressed on so simple a test. But you who make this boast have a grand opportunity of showing your strength of purpose, your fidelity to principle under trial. Do you render obedience to every command of God? Does God see no sin in your life? {Te 273.2}[17]

§41 但愿亚当和夏娃的堕落是唯一的一次；可是自从丧失伊甸园直到如今，堕落接二连三地发生。撒但计划藉着引人偏离对上帝诫命的忠诚来毁灭他们。他最成功的方法之一就是试探人去满足扭曲的食欲。我们在各方面都看到人类不节制的行为。在我们的城镇乡村，都处都有酒馆。从其光顾者的脸上，我们看到堕落与毁灭的可怕工作。撒但从各方面引诱青年人走上沉沦的路途；他一旦令他们的脚踏上这条路，便催促他们急速堕落，引他们一再放任私欲，直到他所害的人良心不再敏感，心目中不再敬畏上帝了。他们越来越缺少自制，沉溺于烟，酒和鸦片，越来越败坏。他们成了食欲的奴隶。一度为他们所重视的忠告，他们现在倒学会轻视了。他们得意扬扬，夸口自由，其实他们只是腐败的奴仆。他们对于自由的见解，就是甘愿作自私，败坏的食欲和情欲的奴隶。{Te 273.3}[18]

§42 Would that the Fall of Adam and Eve had been the only fall; but from the loss of Eden to the present time, there has been a succession of falls. Satan has planned to ruin man, by leading him away from loyalty to the commandments of God, and one of his most successful methods is that of tempting him to the gratification of perverted appetite. We see on all sides the marks of mans intemperance. In our cities and villages the saloon is on every corner, and in the countenances of its patrons we see the dreadful work of ruin and destruction. On every side, Satan seeks to entice the youth into the path of perdition; and if he can once get their feet set in the way, he hurries them on in their downward course, leading them from one dissipation to another, until his victims lose their tenderness of conscience, and have no more the fear of God before their eyes. They exercise less and less self-restraint. They become addicted to the use of wine and alcohol, tobacco and opium, and go from one stage of debasement to another. They are slaves to appetite. Counsel which they once respected, they learn to despise. They put on swaggering airs, and boast of liberty when they are the servants of corruption. They mean by liberty that they are slaves to selfishness, debased appetite, and licentiousness. {Te 273.3}[18]

§43 斗争正在进行—一场大斗争正在世界上进行。撒但决意要让人类作他的臣民，但基督已付出无限的代价，可以将人类从仇敌手中赎回来，并在堕落人类身上恢复上帝的道德形像。上帝在设立救恩的计划时，就已表明祂看人类具有无限的价值；但撒但藉着使人达不到接受救恩的条件而竭力使这个计划失效。{Te 274.1}[19]

§44 The Controversy Is On.--A great controversy is going on in the world. Satan is determined to have the human race as his subjects, but Christ has paid an infinite price that man may be redeemed from the enemy, and that the moral image of God may be restored to the fallen race. In instituting the plan of salvation, God has made it manifest that He values man at an infinite price; but Satan is seeking to make this plan of no effect, by keeping man from meeting the conditions upon which salvation is provided. {Te 274.1}[19]

§45 基督开始祂服务工作的时候，曾跪在约旦河岸边，代表人类向上天献上恳求。祂在施洗约翰的手中受了洗；天开了，上帝的灵象一只鸽子降在祂身上，有天上来的声音说：“这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的”（太3:17）。基督为沦丧世界所献的祈祷已蒙垂听。凡信靠祂的人都在爱子里得蒙悦纳。堕落的人类可以藉着基督进到天父面前，靠着被钉而又复活之救主的功劳获得恩典成为得胜者。{Te 274.2}[20]

§46 When Christ began His ministry, He bowed on the banks of Jordan, and offered a petition to heaven in behalf of the human race. He had received baptism at the hands of John, and the heavens opened, the Spirit of God in the form of a dove encircled His form, and a voice was heard from heaven saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. The prayer of Christ for a lost world was heard, and all who believe in Him are accepted in the Beloved. Fallen men may through Christ find access to the Father, may have grace to enable them to be overcomers through the merits of a crucified and risen saviour. {Te 274.2}[20]

§47 基督得胜的意义——基督受洗以后，被圣灵带到旷野。祂已经取了人性；撒但夸口说会胜过祂，因为他曾胜过以往世代中的勇士。他用各种导致人类堕落的试探袭击祂。基督与撒但之间的大斗争要在这个世界决出胜负。试探者即便在一点上胜过基督，世界就必遭毁灭。撒但会伤上帝儿子的脚跟；女人的后裔却要伤蛇的头：基督要使黑暗势力之君寸步难行。基督在旷野中禁食四十天。这是为什么呢？在上帝儿子的品格中有什么东西需要受这么大的屈辱和痛苦吗？没有！祂是无罪的。这一切屈辱和剧烈的痛苦都是为堕落的人类而受的，我们如果不领会上帝的儿子长时间禁食的属灵意义，就决不能领会放纵扭曲食欲之罪的严重性质。我们如果没有看清楚救主战胜撒但所作斗争的性质，就决不能明白食欲的力量和束缚。救主的胜利使人类处于有利的地位，可以藉着基督宝血的功劳，抵抗黑暗的权势，并且为自己获得胜利。{Te 275.1}[21]

§48 Significance of Christs Victory.--After His baptism, Christ was led of the Spirit into the wilderness. He had taken humanity upon Himself, and Satan boasted that he would overcome Him, as he had overcome the strong men of the past ages, and he assailed Him with the temptations that had caused mans downfall. It was in this world that the great conflict between Christ and Satan was to be decided. If the tempter could succeed in overcoming Christ in even one point, the world must be left to perish. Satan would have power to bruise the heel of the Son of God; but the seed of the woman was to bruise the serpents head: Christ was to baffle the prince of the powers of darkness. For forty days Christ fasted in the wilderness. What was this for? Was there anything in the character of the Son of God that required such great humiliation and suffering? No, He was sinless. All this humiliation and keen anguish were endured for the sake of fallen man, and never can we comprehend the grievous character of the sin of indulging perverted appetite except as we comprehend the spiritual meaning of the long fast of the Son of God. Never can we understand the strength and bondage of appetite until we discern the character of the Saviours conflict in overcoming Satan, and thus placing man on vantage ground, where, through the merit of the blood of Christ, he may be able to resist the powers of darkness, and overcome in his own behalf. {Te 275.1}[21]

§49 在这次长时间禁食之后，基督处于饥饿状态，撒但趁祂软弱的时候用最猛烈的试探来攻击祂。“魔鬼对他说：‘你若是上帝的儿子，可以吩咐这块石头变成食物。’”撒但装扮成上帝的使者，声称上帝已经看到救主甘愿踏上舍己之路，还说祂不需要进一步遭受屈辱和痛苦，可以摆脱那摆在祂面前的作世界的救赎主的可怕斗争。他试图说服祂，使祂相信上帝只是计划要试验一下祂的忠贞，现在祂的忠诚已经得到了充分的证明。祂有自由可以使用祂的神能缓解祂的需要。但基督识破了这个试探，宣布说：“经上记着说：‘人活着不是单靠食物，乃是靠上帝口里所出的一切话’”（路4:3,4）。{Te 275.2}[22]

§50 After this long fast, Christ was in a famishing condition, and in His weakness Satan assailed Him with the fiercest temptations. The devil said unto him, If Thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. Satan represented himself as the messenger of God, claiming that God had seen the willingness of the Saviour to place His feet in the path of self-denial, and that He was not required to suffer further humiliation and pain, but might be released from the terrible conflict that was before Him as the Redeemer of the world. He tried to persuade Him that God designed only to test His fidelity, that now His loyalty was fully manifest, and He was at liberty to use His divine power to relieve His necessities. But Christ discerned the temptation, and declared, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. {Te 275.2}[22]

§51 当你受到试探要违法满足食欲时，你应该记住基督的榜样，站稳脚跟，象基督那样得胜。你要回答说：“耶和华如此说，”并用这种方式与黑暗之君永远解决这个问题。如果你与试探周旋，使用你自己的话语，傲慢自负，妄自尊大，你就必被战胜。基督所用的武器乃是上帝的话，“经上记着说”。你如果挥动圣灵的剑，也可以靠着你救赎主的功劳而得胜。{Te 276.1}[23]

§52 When tempted to the unlawful gratification of appetite, you should remember the example of Christ, and stand firm, overcoming as Christ overcame. You should answer, saying, Thus saith the Lord, and in this way settle the question forever with the prince of darkness. If you parley with temptation, and use your own words, feeling self-sufficient, full of self-importance, you will be overcome. The weapons which Christ used were the words of God, It is written; and if you wield the sword of the Spirit, you also may come off victorious through the merit of your Redeemer. {Te 276.1}[23]

§53 撒但对付人类时比较成功——上帝的儿子经受了困扰人类的三个主要试探。祂不肯在食欲，野心和爱世界上屈服于仇敌。但撒但在攻击人类时，就比较成功了。藉着引诱人们屈服于他的试探，他就控制了他们。他获得最大成功的试探是针对食欲方面的。他如果控制了食欲，就能控制整个人。{Te 276.2}[24]

§54 Satan More Successful With Man.--The three leading temptations by which man is beset were endured by the Son of God. He refused to yield to the enemy on the point of appetite, ambition, and the love of the world. But Satan is more successful when assailing the human heart. Through inducing men to yield to his temptations, he can get control of them. And through no class of temptations does he achieve greater success than through those addressed to the appetite. If he can control the appetite, he can control the whole man. {Te 276.2}[24]

§55 只有两种能力在控制人心，这就是上帝的能力和撒但的能力。基督是人类的创造主和救赎主；撒但是人类的仇敌和毁灭者。凡把自己献给上帝的人，必为上帝的荣耀而在身、心、灵方面增强自己。凡把自己交给撒但控制的人，是在拆毁自己。许多人为一杯酒出卖自己的理智，成了自己的家人，邻舍和国家的祸害。他一到家，孩子们就躲藏起来，他灰心的妻子也不敢见他，因为他会毒打她。他把钱花在酒上，妻子孩子却缺乏生活的必需品。{Te 276.3}[25]

§56 There are but two powers that control the minds of men-- the power of God and the power of Satan. Christ is mans Creator and Redeemer; Satan is mans enemy and destroyer. He who has given himself to God will build himself up for the glory of God, in body, soul, and spirit. He who has given himself to the control of Satan tears himself down. Many a man sells reason for a glass of liquor, and becomes a menace to his family, his neighborhood, and his country. His children hide when he comes home, and his discouraged wife fears to meet him, for he greets her with cruel blows. He spends his money for strong drink, while his wife and children suffer for the necessities of life. {Te 276.3}[25]

§57 撒但引导食欲的受害者实行暴力。喝酒的人十分凶悍，情绪容易激动，任何小小的借口都会引起争吵。酒徒在发脾气的时候，连他最好的朋友也不放过。我们经常听到谋杀和暴行，发现其主要原因是喝酒的习惯。{Te 277.1}[26]

§58 Satan leads the victims of appetite to deeds of violence. The liquor drinker is a man of fierce and easily excited passions, and any trivial excuse is made a cause for quarrel; and when under the influence of passion, the drunkard will not spare his best friend. How often do we hear of murder and deeds of violence, and find that their chief source is the liquor habit. {Te 277.1}[26]

§59 淡酒——自称倡导节制的人往往沉湎于葡萄酒和苹果酒，称这些兴奋剂是无害的，甚至有益健康的。许多人就这样迈出了堕落的第一步。葡萄酒和苹果酒与浓酒一样会醉人的，而且是最坏的一种沉醉。情欲越败坏；品格的变化越大，就越执意顽固。几夸脱的苹果酒或葡萄酒就可以唤起对更烈之酒的嗜好。在许多情况下，习惯性酒徒就是这样打下饮酒习惯的基础的。{Te 277.2}[27]

§60 Moderate Drinking.--There are those who call themselves advocates of temperance who will yet indulge in the use of wine and cider, claiming that these stimulants are harmless, and even healthful. It is thus that many take the first step in the downward path. Intoxication is just as really produced by wine and cider as by stronger drinks, and it is the worst kind of inebriation. The passions are more perverse; the transformation of character is greater, more determined and obstinate. A few quarts of cider or wine may awaken a taste for stronger drinks, and in many cases those who have become confirmed drunkards have thus laid the foundation of the drinking habit. {Te 277.2}[27]

§61 对于那些遗传了刺激品胃口的人来说，在家里藏有葡萄酒或苹果酒决不是安全的；因为撒但不断怂恿他们纵饮。他们若屈服于他的试探，就不知何为止境；胃口就会叫嚷着要放纵，以毁灭为满足。大脑被蒙蔽了；理性不再当权，于是他们便受制于私欲。由于纵饮葡萄酒或苹果酒，淫乱之事泛滥，人们就犯下了各种罪行。喜欢这些刺激品并惯于饮用的人，是不可能在恩典中长进的。他变得粗俗下流；兽性的情欲控制了心智更高的能力；他不再珍爱美德。{Te 277.3}[28]

§62 For persons who have inherited an appetite for stimulants, it is by no means safe to have wine and cider in the house; for Satan is continually soliciting them to indulge. If they yield to his temptations, they do not know where to stop; appetite clamors for indulgence, and is gratified to their ruin. The brain is clouded; reason no longer holds the reins, but lays them on the neck of lust. Licentiousness abounds, and vices of almost every type are practiced as the result of indulging the appetite for wine and cider. It is impossible for one who loves these stimulants and accustoms himself to their use, to grow in grace. He becomes gross and sensual; the animal passions control the higher powers of the mind, and virtue is not cherished. {Te 277.3}[28]

§63 饮用淡酒是一所学校，让人在其中接受酒徒生涯的教育。于是撒但渐渐引人离开了节制的堡垒，葡萄酒和苹果酒也这样悄悄在人的胃口中发挥作用，使人不知不觉地走上通往醉乡的大道。刺激品的胃口养成了，神经系统紊乱了；撒但使人心长期处于不安的狂热之中，可怜的受害者还以为自己十分安全，继续前进，直到打破每一道防栅，牺牲每一条原则。最坚强的决心动摇了；永恒的福利也不足以使那堕落的食欲受理性的控制。有些人从来没有真正醉过，却常处在淡酒的影响之下。他们身体发烧，思维紊乱，虽然没有真的发狂，却确实失衡了；因为心智所有更高尚的能力都被扭曲了。{Te 278.1}[29]

§64 Moderate drinking is the school in which men are receiving an education for the drunkards career. So gradually does Satan lead away from the strongholds of temperance, so insidiously do wine and cider exert their influence upon the taste, that the highway to drunkenness is entered upon all unsuspectingly. The taste for stimulants is cultivated; the nervous system is disordered; Satan keeps the mind in a fever of unrest; and the poor victim, imagining himself perfectly secure, goes on and on, until every barrier is broken down, every principle sacrificed. The strongest resolutions are undermined, and eternal interests are too weak to keep the debased appetite under the control of reason. Some are never really drunk, but are always under the influence of mild intoxicants. They are feverish, unstable in mind, not really delirious, but as truly unbalanced; for the nobler powers of the mind are perverted. {Te 278.1}[29]

§65 烟也一样——吸烟的人也在削弱自己的体力和智力。人吸烟的习性不是与生俱来的。人的天性是与麻醉品相抵触的。当吸烟的人第一次试图把这种不自然的习惯强加于身体的时候，他要打一场硬仗。人的胃乃至于整个人体系统都抵触这种讨厌的行为。但犯错的人一意孤行，直到天性放弃了挣扎，人就成了烟草的奴隶。{Te 278.2}[30]

§66 Tobacco Also.--Those also who use tobacco are weakening their physical and mental power. The use of tobacco has no foundation in nature. Nature rebels against the narcotic, and when the tobacco user first tries to force this unnatural habit upon the system, a hard battle is fought. The stomach, and, indeed, the whole system, revolts against the abominable practice, but the evildoer perseveres until nature gives up the struggle, and the man becomes a slave of tobacco. {Te 278.2}[30]

§67 如果救恩是以人所难忍受的条件提供给人的，人就会视上帝为苛刻的主人了。撒但倒真是一个苛刻的主人，要求他的臣民经受严厉的试验，使他们成为情欲和食欲的奴隶。但上帝的一切要求都是始终如一的。祂对的祂儿女的要求，都是为了他们今生和永恒的幸福。{Te 278.3}[31]

§68 If salvation were offered to man on terms as hard to endure, God would be looked upon as a hard master. Satan is a hard master, and requires his subjects to undergo severe tests, and to make themselves the slaves of passion and appetite; but God is consistent in all His requirements. And asks of His children that only which will work for their present and eternal happiness. {Te 278.3}[31]

§69 “当拜主你的上帝，单要侍奉祂”（路4:8）。这是上帝的命令，可是有多少人，甚至自称是上帝仆人的人，都喜欢吸烟，以烟草为偶像。人本应到外面纯净的空气中，美美地呼吸，因上帝的诸般福惠赞美祂；他们却用烟斗或雪茄的烟尘污染空气。他们必须经受吸烟的煎熬，为了刺激松垮的神经预备担负起当日的责任；因为他们如果不吸烟，就会急躁易怒，控制不住自己的思想。{Te 278.4}[32]

§70 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. This is the command of God, and yet how many, even of those who profess to be the servants of God, are the devotees of tobacco, and make it their idol. When men should be out in the pure air, with sweet breath, praising God for His benefits, they are polluting the atmosphere with the fumes of pipe or cigar. They must go through the ordeal of smoking, in order to stimulate the poor relaxed nerves as a preparation for the duties of the day; for if they did not have their smoke, they would be irritable and unable to control their thoughts. {Te 278.4}[32]

§71 他没有吸烟——这里有一个事例，说明吸烟的人若没有这种兴奋剂就无法控制自己的感官。我要讲我注意到的一件事。一位老年人曾住在我隔壁，他是一个吸烟很厉害的人；但有一天早上他没有照常吸烟，我进去要回我借给他的一本书。他没有给我书，却给了我一根缰绳。我怎么说他也不明白我要什么。我只好空手回去了。第二天我又去提出同样的要求，他立刻就把书递给我了。我问他为什么前一天他没把书给我。他说：“什么？昨天你来了吗？我不记得了。哦，我知道问题出在哪儿了。我没有吸烟！”这就是他没有吸那种兴奋剂时对他头脑的影响。他的医生告诉他必须戒烟，否则他就不能活了。他确实把烟戒了，但他在余生中一直受煎熬，渴望用惯的兴奋剂；他不得不打一场持久战。{Te 279.1}[33]

§72 He Had Not Had His Tobacco.--As an illustration of the inability of tobacco users to command their senses when without the stimulant, I will relate an occurrence that came to my notice. An aged man who was at one time my next-door neighbor was a great user of tobacco; but one morning he had not taken his usual smoke when I went in to get a book I had lent him. Instead of getting the book I had asked for, he handed me a bridle. In vain I strove to make him understand what I wanted; I had to go away without the book. Next day I went again the made the same request, and he immediately handed me the book. Then I asked him why he had not given it to me the day before. He said: Why, were you in yesterday? I do not remember it. Oh, I know what was the trouble, I had not had my tobacco! This was the effect upon his mind when he was without the stimulant. His physician told him that he must cease its use or he could not live. He did give it up, but all his life after he suffered from the constant longing for the accustomed stimulant; he had to fight a continual battle. {Te 279.1}[33]

§73 他九十岁时，有一天人们看到他在找什么东西。问他要什么，他回答说：“我在找我的香烟。”没有烟他难受，可是如果继续吸烟他就会死。{Te 279.2}[34]

§74 When ninety years old, he was one day seen searching for something. When asked what he wanted, he replied, I was looking for my tobacco. He suffered without it, and yet it would have been death to him to continue its use. {Te 279.2}[34]

§75 得救之路——上帝要求祂的儿女摆脱这种不自然而灾难性的习惯。但当人们被这些锁链捆绑时，难道没有得救之路吗？有的。主耶稣曾经舍命；人藉着祂生和死的功劳，可以成为得胜者。凡靠着祂来到上帝面前的人，祂都能拯救到底。祂来到地上，把神能和人力结合起来，为奴的人藉着与基督合作，将意志放在上帝一边，就可以得到自由，成为上帝的后嗣，并与基督同作后嗣。{Te 279.3}[35]

§76 A Way of Deliverance.--God requires that His children shall keep themselves free from such unnatural and disastrous habits. But when men are bound in these chains, is there no way of deliverance? Yes, the Lord Jesus has died that through the merits of His life and death men may be overcomers. He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him. He came to earth that He might combine divine power with human effort, and by co-operation with Christ, by placing the will on the side of God, the slave may become free, an heir of God and joint heir with Christ. {Te 279.3}[35]

§77 道德的感受能力被酒麻痹——在以色列的日子，当上帝设立圣所崇祀的时候，祂指示只有圣火才可以用来点香。圣火是上帝亲自点燃的；馨香的烟云代表百姓的祈祷升到上帝面前。拿答和亚比户是圣所的祭司。这两个祭司明知用凡火是不合法的，但他们在进到上帝面前时，却擅自用没有分别为圣的火点燃他们的香。这两个祭司曾沉湎于饮酒，他们道德的感受能力被麻痹了；他们没有看出自己行动的性质，也没有认识到他们的罪会有什么可怕的后果。从至圣所有火出来，把他们烧灭了。{Te 280.1}[36]

§78 Moral Sensibilities Benumbed With Wine.--In the days of Israel, when the sanctuary service was instituted, the Lord directed that only sacred fire should be used in the burning of incense. The holy fire was of Gods own kindling, and the fragrant smoke represented the prayers of the people as they ascended before God. Nadab and Abihu were priests of the sanctuary, and although it was not lawful to use common fire, these priests, when they went in before God, presumed to kindle their incense with unconsecrated fire. The priests had been indulging in the use of wine, and their moral sensibilities were benumbed; they did not discern the character of their actions, or realize what would be the fearful consequences of their sin. A fire blazed out from the holy of holies and consumed them. {Te 280.1}[36]

§79 在拿答和亚比户被灭之后，耶和华对亚伦说：“你和你儿子进会幕的时候，清酒、浓酒都不可喝，免得你们死亡；这要作你们世世代代永远的定例。使你们可以将圣的、俗的，洁净的、不洁净的，分别出来；又使你们可以将耶和华藉摩西晓谕以色列人的一切律例教训他们”（利10:9-11）。以色列的祭司和士师都要作严格节制的人，以便保持清晰的思维辨别是非，并有坚定的原则和智慧，行审判施怜悯。{Te 280.2}[37]

§80 After the destruction of Nadab and Abihu, the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying: Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations: and that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. The priests and judges of Israel were to be men of strict temperance, that their minds might be clear to discriminate between right and wrong, that they might possess firmness of principle, and wisdom to administer justice and to show mercy. {Te 280.2}[37]

§81 如果人们严格节制——如果这些禁令得到贯彻，如果担任圣职和司法职位的人能在生活中顺从上帝口中所出的每一句话，我们的国家就会有多么大的进步啊！上帝既创造了人，难道不知道什么对人最有好处，最有助于人属灵和永恒的利益吗？上帝在为祂所造之物的最高利益作工。人若严格实行节制，死亡的人数就会不到现在的十分之一，人身心的痛苦也会大为减轻，海上和陆地的事故也会大大减少了。正是因为人随心所欲，不遵行上帝的要求，世上才有那么多的祸害。{Te 280.3}[38]

§82 If Men Were Strictly Temperate.--What an improvement would there be in our own land if these injunctions were carried out, if men in sacred and judicial positions should live by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Does not God, who made man, know what is best for him, what is most conducive to his spiritual and eternal interests? God is working for the highest good of His creatures. If men were strictly temperate, we should not have a tithe of the deaths we now have, and physical and mental suffering would be greatly diminished. There would be far fewer accidents by land and sea. It is because man will do as he pleases, instead of submitting to Gods requirement, that so much evil is in the world. {Te 280.3}[38]

§83 上帝已把管束我们生活的律法赐给我们。但是现在象挪亚的时代一样，人心中所想的尽都是恶，而且会继续邪恶下去；人随从自己心中的欲望和计划，造成了自己的毁灭。上帝希望人凭着祂所赐的人格站立，摆脱食欲的奴役。{Te 281.1}[39]

§84 God has given us laws whereby to live, but now, as in the Noachic age, the imagination of mens hearts is evil and only evil continually; men walk after the desire and devices of their own hearts, and so accomplish their own ruin. God would have men stand in their God-given manhood, free from the slavery of appetite. {Te 281.1}[39]

§85 人们怎么能够信任烟酒成瘾的陪审员作出的决定呢？如果让他们不用所习惯的兴奋剂，就对一个重要的案件作出决定，他们是无法以健康的方式运用他们思维的；他们也不能作出理智的判断；那他们的决定会有什么价值呢？{Te 281.2}[40]

§86 How can men trust the decisions of jurors who are addicted to the use of liquor and tobacco? If they are called to decide on an important case when deprived of their accustomed stimulants, they cannot exercise their minds in a healthful way; they are in no condition to render an intelligent judgment; and what would their decision be worth? {Te 281.2}[40]

§87 身负重职的人应该是节制而正直的人，特别是那些担任司法工作的人，更应该有节制的习惯，以便秉公执法，不受贿赂也不抱偏见。但我们的司法和行政事务的状况与藉着顺从上帝的命令而能达到的状况有多么大的区别啊。酒，烟和道德的低水准，使人以背信弃义的态度对待自己的同胞。{Te 281.3}[41]

§88 Men in responsible positions should be men of temperance and integrity, and especially should those who are entrusted with judicial functions be men of sober habits, that they may render justice, and be unbiased by bribe or prejudice. But how widely different is the condition of our judicial and governmental affairs from that made possible through obedience to the commands of God. Liquor, tobacco, low morals, lead men to deal treacherously with their fellow men. {Te 281.3}[41]

§89 各方面的试探——在各方面都有对我们青年人的试探，就象对成年人一样。在美洲和欧洲，展览和音乐为罪恶和毁灭的场所加添了吸引力，把不警惕的脚引入陷阱。凡能引诱年轻人进入酒馆的招数都用上了。应该做什么来拯救我们的青年呢？基督已经作出无穷的牺牲，祂成了贫穷，好使我们藉着祂的贫穷而成为富足，并拥有可以与上帝的生命相比的生命，难道我们可以不作出牺牲去拯救我们周围将亡的人吗？为拯救我们现今的青年，我们为节制事业作了什么呢？有谁作为上帝的同工站在基督一边呢？{Te 281.4}[42]

§90 Temptation on Every Hand.--On every hand there is temptation for our young men, as well as for those of mature years. In both America and Europe the places of vice and destruction are made attractive by exhibitions and music, that unwary feet may be led into the snare. Everything possible is done to lure the young into the saloon. What shall be done to save our youth? Christ made an infinite sacrifice, He became poor that we through His poverty might become rich and have a life that measures with the life of God, and shall we make no sacrifice to save those who are going to ruin about us? What are we doing for the cause of temperance, to save our youth today? Who is standing by the side of Christ, as a laborer together with God? {Te 281.4}[42]

§91 父母们哪，你们在教导自己的儿女得胜吗？你们在努力制止那将要淹没我国的罪恶潮流吗？母亲们哪，你们在从事教育者的工作吗？你们在教导自己的儿女从童年起就养成自制和节制的习惯吗？不要等到情欲的铁锁捆住他们，而是现在就要把他们带到上帝面前，教导他们知道耶稣爱他们，上天对他们有要求。他们在幼年时期就要把手放在基督的手中，好让祂可以领他们向上。母亲们哪，要认识到你们的道德责任感，并为你们的儿女效劳，象那必须交账的人一样。我们必须采取行动阻止罪恶的潮流，不让青少年被席卷而沉沦。我们必须成为得胜者，也必须教导我们的儿女得胜。{Te 282.1}[43]

§92 Parents, are you teaching your children to overcome? Are you seeking to check the tide of evil that threatens to overwhelm our land? Mothers, are you doing your work as educators? Are you teaching your children in their childhood habits of self-control and temperance? Do not wait till passion holds them in its iron bands, but now take them to God, teach them that Jesus loves them, that Heaven has claims upon them. In their youth put their hands into the hands of Christ, that He may lead them up. Mothers, rouse to your moral responsibility, and work for your children as those who must give an account. We must do something to stop the tide of evil, that the children and youth may not be swept down to perdition. We must be overcomers, and must teach our children to overcome. {Te 282.1}[43]

§93 基督为我们得胜——在旷野的试探中，基督经过了亚当堕落之处。祂从毁灭起源的地方开始作工，并在食欲的问题上为我们胜过了恶者的权势。撒但作为一个败军之敌离开了战场。没有人可以不站在主一边参战，因为人如果信靠基督，就有充分的理由成为得胜者。“得胜的，我要赐他在我宝座上与我同坐，就如我得了胜，在我父的宝座上与祂同坐一般”（启3:21）。{Te 282.2}[44]

§94 Christ Overcame in Our Behalf.--In the wilderness of temptation, Christ passed over the ground where Adam fell. He began the work where the ruin began, and on the point of appetite He overcame the power of the evil one in our behalf. Satan left the field a vanquished foe, and no one is excused from entering the battle on the Lords side, for there is no reason why man may not be an overcomer if he trusts in Christ. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne. {Te 282.2}[44]

§95 靠着基督的功劳，我们要得到洁净，提炼，救赎，并与基督同坐宝座。赐给人的尊荣还有什么比这更大的呢？我们还能有比这更大的追求吗？我们如果成为得胜者，基督说：“我也必不从生命册上涂抹他的名；且要在我父面前，和我父众使者面前，认他的名”（启3:5）。——《时兆》，1891年6月22, 29日，和7月6日。{Te 283.1}[45]

§96 Through the merits of Christ we are to be purified, refined, redeemed, and given a place with Christ on His throne. Could any greater honor be conferred upon man than this? Could we aspire to anything greater? If we are overcomers, Christ declares, I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels.--Signs of the Times, June 22, 29, and July 6, 1891. {Te 283.1}[45]

§97 【3. 澳大利亚悉尼（1893年）】

§98 “挪亚的日子怎样，人子的日子也要怎样。那时候的人又吃又喝，又娶又嫁，到挪亚进方舟的那日，洪水就来，把他们全都灭了。又好像罗得的日子；人又吃又喝，又买又卖，又耕种又盖造。到罗得出所多玛的那日，就有火与硫磺从天上降下来，把他们全都灭了。人子显现的日子也要这样”（路17:26-30）。现在我们知道，放纵之风在世界到处泛滥。吃喝以维持我们肉身的生命并没有罪，这样做还有利于我们属灵的利益。但是我们如果不考虑永恒，把这些必要的事作得过份，罪就侵入了。我们到处可以看到这种罪行。我们现在难道不应该开始为自己而学习吗？我们的灵魂要么得救要么沦丧。上帝创造了我们的始祖，将他们安置在乐园中。上帝只下了一条禁令。“惟有园当中那棵树上的果子，上帝曾说：你们不可吃，也不可摸，免得你们死。”他们如果不顺从这条禁令，就会丧失性命。{Te 283.2}[46]

§99 【3. At Sydney, Australia--1893】

§100 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the Flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. Luke 17:26-30. Now, we know that intemperance is in our world everywhere. There is no sin in eating and drinking to sustain us physically, and in doing that which is for our spiritual good. But when we lose eternity out of our reckoning, and carry these necessary things to excess, that is when the sin comes in. We see on every side such crime, such iniquity. Is it not time that we shall begin to study for ourselves? We have souls to save or souls to lose. God created our first parents and placed them in Paradise. God made only one restriction. The fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. They would forfeit their life, if they did not obey the restriction. {Te 283.2}[46]

§101 蛇是撒但的代表。试探者到处都在。上帝说你们不可吃，结果怎么样呢？在许多情况下，他们没有听从警告的声音，反而听从了试探者。他们得到的，不是撒但所描绘的诱人事物，而是祸患和不幸。上帝曾赐给亚当和夏娃他们所需要的一切，他们却听从了试探者，违背了上帝。{Te 283.3}[47]

§102 Satan is represented by the serpent. The tempter is everywhere, on every side, and when God says ye shall not, what is the result? In many instances in the place of obeying the voice of warning they listen to the tempter. And in the place of all the attractions that Satan presents they have woe and misery. Adam and Eve had everything given that their wants required, but they listened to the tempter and disobeyed God. {Te 283.3}[47]

§103 当上帝来询问亚当时，他把所有的过失都推给了夏娃。上帝说：“我又要叫你和女人彼此为仇；你的后裔和女人的后裔也彼此为仇。女人的后裔要伤你的头；你要伤他的脚跟。”若没有你的许可，仇敌是不能碰你的。但这里有上帝所设针对那蛇的敌意。在恶人和恶天使之间没有敌意，但在侍奉耶和华的人和黑暗的军队之间存在敌意。{Te 284.1}[48]

§104 When God came to inquire of Adam, He laid all the blame upon Eve. God said, And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. The enemy cannot touch you unless you let him. But here is the enmity which God puts against the serpent. There is no enmity between evil men and the angels, but there is enmity between those that serve the Lord and the hosts of darkness. {Te 284.1}[48]

§105 一个非常重要的问题——节制问题对于我们每一个人来说都是非常重要的。它影响深远。关于这个题目，我已经连续讲了二十一次，然后只是略微谈到它。但这里我们必须说明几个概念。当上帝亲自在伊甸园中作这第一次的福音讲道时，它就象一颗希望之星，照亮黑暗凄凉的将来。伊甸园的那对夫妇不会被遗弃在绝望的毁灭中。{Te 284.2}[49]

§106 A Tremendously Important Question.--The temperance question is of tremendous importance to each one of us. It is far-reaching. I have spoken twenty-one times in succession on this subject, and then only touched on it. But here we must take up just a few ideas. When this first gospel sermon was spoken in Eden by God Himself, it was as a star of hope to illuminate the dark and dismal future. The pair in Eden should not be left to hopeless ruin. {Te 284.2}[49]

§107 当基督作为伯利恒的一个婴孩来到我们的世界时，众天使唱道：“在至高之处荣耀归与上帝，在地上平安、美意归与人。”“不要惧怕！我报给你们大喜的信息，是关乎万民的；因今天在大卫的城里，为你们生了救主，就是主基督”（路2:10,11）。{Te 284.3}[50]

§108 When Christ came into our world as a babe in Bethlehem, the angels sang out, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. {Te 284.3}[50]

§109 撒但和他一会的人——撒但披着宗教的外衣，决心不让基督执行天上的决议。基督受洗之后，跪在约旦河岸祈祷；天庭从来没有听过祂神圣的嘴唇发出这样的祈祷。基督亲自取了我们的本性。上帝的荣耀化身为金光闪闪的鸽子停留在祂身上，从无限的荣耀中传来了以下的话：“这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的。” 基督用人性的膀臂拥抱人类，同时祂用自己神性的膀臂握住无穷者的宝座。基督的祈祷穿透黑暗，进入上帝所在之处。对于我们每一个人来说，这意味着天庭呈现在我们面前，天国的门户敞开了，荣耀赐给了上帝的儿子和所有信祂名的人。我们的请求会被天庭听到，因为上帝应允了我们的中保，我们的替身，无穷上帝圣子的请求。{Te 284.4}[51]

§110 Satan with all his synagogue--for Satan claims to be religious--determined that Christ should not carry out the counsels of heaven. After Christ was baptized, He bowed on the banks of Jordan; and never before had heaven listened to such a prayer as came from His divine lips. Christ took our nature upon Himself. The glory of God, in the form of a dove of burnished gold, rested upon Him, and from the infinite glory was heard these words, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. The human race is encircled by the human arm of Christ, while with His divine arm He grasps the throne of the Infinite One. The prayer of Christ cleaved right through the darkness and entered where God is. To each of us it means that heaven is open before us. It means that the gates are ajar, that the glory is imparted to the Son of God and all who believe in His name. Our petition will be heard in heaven, as God answered the petition of our Surety, our Substitute, the Son of the infinite God. {Te 284.4}[51]

§111 基督接受三个主要试探的考验——基督和祂身上的上帝之灵进入旷野，受魔鬼的试探。仇敌要试探上帝的儿子。基督在困扰人类的三个主要试探上受了考验。{Te 285.1}[52]

§112 Christ Tested on the Three Leading Temptations.--Christ entered into the wilderness with the Spirit of God upon Him, to be tempted of the devil. The enemy was to tempt the Son of God. Christ was tempted with the three leading temptations wherewith man is beset. {Te 285.1}[52]

§113 “耶稣被圣灵充满，从约旦河回来，圣灵将祂引到旷野，四十天受魔鬼的试探。那些日子没有吃什么；日子满了，祂就饿了。魔鬼对祂说：‘祢若是上帝的儿子，可以吩咐这块石头变成食物。’耶稣回答说：‘经上记着说：“人活着不是单靠食物，乃是靠上帝口里所出的一切话。”’”无穷上帝的儿子在这里。撒但装扮成光明的天使来到祂面前，在食欲的问题上试探祂。基督饿了，需要食物。祂为什么不行这个奇事呢？因为那不是上帝的计划。基督不可为自身的利益行任何奇事。祂站在什么位置上呢？祂正在经过亚当堕落之处。亚当拥有他所需要的一切，但基督却极其饥饿。祂需要的就是食物。魔鬼在这个试探中被挫败了。{Te 285.2}[53]

§114 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days He did eat nothing: and when they were ended, He afterward hungered. And the devil said unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Here was the Son of the infinite God, and Satan came as an angel of light to Him. Here he tempted Him on the point of appetite. Christ was hungry and in need of food. Why did He not work this miracle? It was not in Gods plan, for Christ was to work no miracle on His own account. What was His position? He was passing over the ground where Adam fell. Adam had everything that his wants required. But fierce hunger was upon Christ, and what He wanted was food. The devil was foiled in this temptation. {Te 285.2}[53]

§115 “魔鬼就带祂进了圣城，叫祂站在殿顶上，对祂说：‘祢若是上帝的儿子，可以跳下去，因为经上记着：主要为祢吩咐祂的使者用手托着祢，免得祢的脚碰在石头上。’”魔鬼漏掉了“在你行的一切道路上保护你”。他为什么漏掉这句话呢？因为基督如果行在上帝的道路上，就不会遭到任何伤害。耶稣论到撒但说：“他在我里面是毫无所有。”撒但对基督的这个试探乃是狂妄之举。撒但说：祢“若”是上帝的儿子。基督如果照撒但要祂做的去做了，会得到什么呢？什么也得不到。基督用“经上记着说”来对付他。撒但无可奈何了。{Te 285.3}[54]

§116 Then the devil taketh Him up into the Holy City, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down: for it is written, He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee: and in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou dash Thy foot against a stone. What did he leave out the other part for, which says, to keep thee in all thy ways? While Christ was in the ways of God, no harm could come to Him. Jesus said of Satan, he found nothing in Me. This temptation of Satan to Christ was a dare. Satan said, If Thou be the Son of God. What would have been gained if Christ did as Satan asked Him to do? Nothing. Christ meets him with It is written. Satan saw he could do nothing there. {Te 285.3}[54]

§117 现在撒但从另一点上试探祂。他向祂展示全世界的荣华，想让基督在他面前下拜。撒但拥有对人类的控制权。“魔鬼又带祂上了一座极高的山，将世上的万国与万国的荣华都指给祂看，对祂说：‘祢若俯伏拜我，我就把这一切都赐给祢。’”基督的神性透过人性闪现出来，说：“撒但，退去吧！因为经上记着说：当拜主你的上帝，单要事奉祂。”{Te 286.1}[55]

§118 Now he tempts Him on another point. He has all the world pass before Him in its grandeur, and Satan wants Christ to bow down before him. Satan had power over the human family. Again, the devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto Him, All these things will I give Thee, if Thou wilt fall down and worship me. Divinity flashed through humanity, and Christ said, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. {Te 286.1}[55]

§119 撒但作为一个败军之敌离开了战场。我们的救主经过了战场取得了胜利。祂晕倒在战场上了。没有一个胸膛依托祂的头，也没有一只手抚摸祂的额。天使前来照顾祂。这种帮助也是我们可以要求的。基督看到人类不可能靠自己得胜。祂来要把道德的力量带给人。这是我们唯一的希望。{Te 286.2}[56]

§120 Satan left the field as a conquered foe. Our Saviour passed over the ground and was victor. He was fainting on the field of battle. There was no bosom to cradle His head, and no hand to pass over His brow. Angels came and ministered unto Him. Just such help we may claim. Christ saw it was impossible for man to overcome in his own behalf. He came to bring moral power to man. This is our only hope. {Te 286.2}[56]

§121 靠着基督得胜——我们认识到克服食欲的重要性。基督得胜了，我们也可以象基督那样得胜。祂经过战场，为人类获得了胜利。祂为人类做了什么呢？祂提高了人类的道德价值。我们可以靠着我们丰盛的主成为胜利者。在基督里，最绝望的人也有希望。“古实人岂能改变皮肤呢？豹岂能改变斑点呢？若能，你们这习惯行恶的便能行善了。”“耶和华说：你们来，我们彼此辩论。你们的罪虽象朱红，必变成雪白；虽红如丹颜，必白如羊毛”（耶13:23; 赛1:18）。我们有上帝丰盛的应许。基督为什么降世呢？是要把天父表现出来。这是何等仁爱同情之心啊！祂带来永生，打破每一个枷锁。上帝赐下祂的儿子，就是赐下了全天庭。祂能赐下的不能再多了。{Te 286.3}[57]

§122 Victory Through Christ.--We see the importance of overcoming appetite. Christ overcame, and we may obtain the victory as Christ did. He passed over the ground, and there is victory for man. What has He done for the human family? He has elevated man in the scale of moral value. We may become conquerors through our Sufficiency. There is hope for the most hopeless, in Christ. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. There we have the rich promises of God. What did Christ come here for? To represent the Father. What a heart of love and sympathy! He came to bring eternal life, to break every band. When God gave His Son, He gave all heaven. He could give no more. {Te 286.3}[57]

§123 一个灵魂的价值——“主耶和华的灵在我身上；因为耶和华用膏膏我，叫我传好信息给谦卑的人，差遣我医好伤心的人，报告被掳的得释放，被囚的出监牢”（赛61:1）。惟有祂能成就这件事。祂已为陷在罪中的人付出了重价。人类一定是有价值的。基督权衡了人的价值。祂亲自取了人性，表明祂重视每一个生灵。“岂不知你们的身子就是圣灵的殿吗？这圣灵是从上帝而来，住在你们里头的；并且你们不是自己的人；因为你们是重价买来的。所以，要在你们的身子上荣耀上帝”（林前6:19-20）。这就是上帝放在人身上的价值。祂还说：“我必使人比精金还宝贵，使人比俄斐纯金还宝贵”（赛13:12）。但如果没有人的配合，上帝就不会做什么。{Te 287.1}[58]

§124 The Value of a Soul.--The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek, He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. He is the only One that had power to do it. Here the great price has been paid for souls sunk in sin. Man must be of value. Christ weighs him. Christs taking human nature upon Himself shows that He places a value upon every soul. What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gods. This is the value God places upon man, and again He says, I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. But God will do nothing without the co-operation of the human agent. {Te 287.1}[58]

§125 被不节制所蒙蔽——“亚伦的儿子拿答、亚比户各拿自己的香炉，盛上火，加上香，在耶和华面前献上凡火，是耶和华没有吩咐他们的，就有火从耶和华面前出来，把他们烧灭，他们就死在耶和华面前。于是摩西对亚伦说：‘这就是耶和华所说：“我在亲近我的人中要显为圣；在众民面前，我要得荣耀。”’亚伦就默默不言。……耶和华晓谕亚伦说：‘你和你儿子进会幕的时候，清酒、浓酒都不可喝，免得你们死亡；这要作你们世世代代永远的定例。使你们可以将圣的、俗的，洁净的、不洁净的，分别出来’”（利10:1-3,8-10）。拿答和亚比户因为不节制，思想被蒙蔽了，没有取上帝吩咐他们的火，反而取了凡火，上帝就消灭了他们。他们如果不喝酒，就能将圣的和俗的分别出来。然而他们直接违犯了上帝的要求。{Te 287.2}[59]

§126 Beclouded by Intemperance.--And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He commanded them not. And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh Me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. . . . And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations: and that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean. The minds of Nadab and Abihu were beclouded because of intemperance, and in the place of taking the fire God had commanded them they took the common fire, and God destroyed them. If they had kept themselves free from wine they would have distinguished the difference between the sacred and the common. But they went directly contrary to Gods requirements. {Te 287.2}[59]

§127 事故的一个原因——我们读到轮船的事故，铁路的事故，怎么回事呢？在许多的情况下，是有人喝酒而蒙蔽了头脑，感觉不到自己责任的重大。因有人醉酒，许多人丧失了性命。所以将酒瓶放在邻舍嘴边的人要为这些人的性命负责。{Te 288.1}[60]

§128 A Cause of Accidents.--We read of steamboat disasters, and railroad accidents, and what is the matter? Somebody in many, many cases has beclouded the mind with intoxicating drink. He did not feel the weight of responsibility resting upon him. Many, many lives have been lost because somebody got drunk. Thus lives will be charged to the man that put the bottle to his neighbors lips. {Te 288.1}[60]

§129 古时人若有一头凶残的牲畜伤了人，他就要为此付出代价。《出埃及记》21:28, 29说：“牛若触死男人或是女人，总要用石头打死那牛，却不可吃他的肉；牛的主人可算无罪。倘若那牛素来是触人的，有人报告了牛主，他竟不把牛拴着，以致把男人或是女人触死，就要用石头打死那牛，牛主也必治死。”{Te 288.2}[61]

§130 In olden times when a man had a vicious animal he paid for it. It says in Exodus 21:28, 29: If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. {Te 288.2}[61]

§131 现在我们要把这条原则直接用在那些酿制致命毒物的人身上。这是天上的上帝所赐管制凶残牲畜的律法。基督正在努力救人，撒但则在毁灭人。我请求你们拥有思维能力的人考虑这些事。醉酒的人丧失了理智。撒但就进来控制了他，并把自己的精神灌输给他。他第一个愿望就是伤害或杀死一些他所爱的人。可是人们竟允许这种可憎的事继续下去，使人变得连禽兽都不如。醉徒得到了什么呢？只得到疯子的脑筋。世上的律法却允许试探经常摆在他们面前。{Te 288.3}[62]

§132 Now we wish to carry this principle right out to those that brew the deadly poison. Here is the law that the God of heaven gave to regulate what to do with vicious animals. Christ is seeking to save, and Satan to destroy. I ask you that have reasoning powers to think on these things. The man that is intoxicated is robbed of his reason. Satan comes in and takes possession of him and imbues him with his spirit; and his first desire is to bruise or kill some of his loved ones. Yet men will allow this accursed thing to go on, that makes man lower than the beast. What has the drunkard obtained? Nothing but a madmans brain. And here the laws are such that the temptations are continually before them. {Te 288.3}[62]

§133 卖酒的人必须对酒徒所犯下的一切罪负责，而酒徒也必须为自己的行为交账。他们唯一的希望在于将自己的灵魂放在被钉而复活的救主身上。“因为上帝爱世人，甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信祂的，不致灭亡，反得永生。”基督怎么说呢？你们“是与上帝同工的”（约3:16; 林前3:9）。基督来把道德的能力带回给人。在这里我们看到人类的情欲在毁灭人。在这里我们的青年受到试探。许多人的心智被赌博和赛马占据了。愿上帝帮助我们醒来。{Te 289.1}[63]

§134 That liquor seller will have to answer for all the sins of the drunkard, and the drunkard will have to give account of his deeds. Their only hope is to lay their souls upon the crucified and risen Saviour. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. What does Christ say? Ye are laborers together with God. Christ came to bring back to man moral power. Here we see human passions destroying human beings. Here are our youth being tempted. The minds of many are being taken up with gambling and horse racing. May God help us to arouse. {Te 289.1}[63]

§135 立法会上的人不可喝清酒或浓酒。他们需要清醒的头脑，以便拥有敏锐的理智。他们掌控着许多人的命运，决定判处这人或那人死刑或其他刑罚。我们都听说法庭上醉酒的事。他们有清醒的头脑，单单注视上帝的荣耀吗？人身上的天性丑化了。基督来施行拯救。你们的座右铭应该是“不可摸，不可尝”。你们的饮食要节制。把酒抛开吧。不要碰它。在喝酒上无所谓节制。撒但要扫荡人类的家庭。基督则来救赎和提拔人，因为祂亲自取了人性。{Te 289.2}[64]

§136 Those that are in legislative councils should not drink wine or strong drink. They need clear brains that they may have sharp and clean-cut reason. The destiny of human life is in their power, whether this or that man shall meet with death as his penalty, or be punished otherwise. We have known of a drunken carousal in the courts of justice. Have they had a clear brain and an eye single to the glory of God? Nature is defaced in man. Christ came to elevate. Touch not, taste not, should be your motto. You should be temperate in eating. But, liquor--let it alone. Touch it not. There can be no temperance in its use. Satan would sweep in the human family. Christ came to redeem, to elevate man, for He took human nature upon Him. {Te 289.2}[64]

§137 从儿童开始——父母们哪，你们必须认识到上帝交给你们的责任。要教导你们的儿女顺从。许多人已经失去了对父母的尊重。他们必须对自己的父母象对他们的天父那样尊敬。要教导你们的儿女。当他们还是你们怀中的婴孩时就要教训他们。当你这么做时，天使就会在你周围。当疲倦的母亲不知道如何对待自己的孩子时，她们想到应该把他们带到耶稣面前。先是一位母亲开始，并对另一个母亲说：“我想让耶稣祝福我的孩子”，另一个母亲就加了进来，于是一个个母亲都加进来了，直到许多人把她们的孩子带到耶稣面前。当他们来到耶稣所在的地方时，祂就听到了声音。他们一出发，祂就知道了。耶稣基督同情这些母亲。当她们把自己的孩子带到耶稣面前时，祂说：“让小孩子到我这里来，不要禁止他们；因为在天国的，正是这样的人”（太19:14）。父母们哪，要坚持住；天国的门户正敞开着。{Te 289.3}[65]

§138 Begin With the Children.--Parents, you must arouse to your God-given duty. Teach your children obedience. Many have lost respect for father and mother. They will have just as much respect for their heavenly Father as for their own parents. Teach your children. Give them lessons when babies in your arms. Angels will be around you when you do this. When those weary mothers knew not what to do with their children, they thought that they would bring them to Jesus. And as one mother started, and would say to another, I want Jesus to bless my children, then another would join the company, and still another, and so on until quite a little group came to Jesus with their children. As they came to where Jesus was, He caught the sound. He knew when they had first left. Jesus Christ sympathized with these mothers. As they brought their little ones to Jesus, He said, Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Parents, take hold; the gates are ajar. {Te 289.3}[65]

§139 你们所用的声调是教育你们儿女的一个手段。从来没有人知道那些小手造成了多少麻烦。母亲们哪，有一位全都知道，就是天上的上帝。母亲们哪，你们每日履行自己的职责，你们的名下要写着“藉着基督耶稣得胜”。你们准备建立什么样的屏障保护他们的灵魂呢？如果他们做错了，不要用上帝的忿怒恐吓他们，而要在你们的祷告中把他们带到基督面前。要尽量让你的家庭有吸引力。要拉开帏帐，让天国的医师，就是阳光进来。你需要家庭的和平和安静。你需要自己的儿女有美好的品格。要使你的家庭具有吸引力，这样，他们不想去酒馆了。要给他们看花儿和树叶。告诉他们上帝造了每一片草叶，给了每一朵鲜花色彩。告诉他们这是上帝在向你表达祂的爱，这是上帝的声音在对你说祂爱你。{Te 290.1}[66]

§140 The tone of voice that you use is a means of educating your children. No one ever knows all the troubles that the little hands give. Mothers, there is One who knows all--that is, the God of heaven. Every day that you fulfill your duties, mothers, the words Conqueror through Christ Jesus are written opposite your names. What barriers are you going to build up against their souls? Do not threaten them with the wrath of God if they do wrong, but bring them in your prayers to Christ. Have your home as attractive as you can have it. Put back the drapery and let heavens doctor in, which is sunlight. You want peace and quiet in your homes. You want your children to have beautiful characters. Make home so attractive that they will not want to go to the saloon. Show them the flowers and leaves of the tree. Tell them that God made every spire of grass, and gave the beautiful tints to every flower. Tell them that here is the expression of Gods love to you, that this is the voice of God speaking to you that He loves you. {Te 290.1}[66]

§141 象亚伯拉罕的家——你们希望自己的家象亚伯拉罕的家。他吩咐他的家人效法他。他教导他们顺从上帝的命令。母亲们哪，这些都是你们要耐心教导自己儿女的教训。你们担不起把时间花在研究当前的时尚上。要教导他们明白自己是基督的产业。我们正在培养品格。青年男女们哪，你们今日正在决定你们将来的命运。要让基督进来。祂必保守你们脱离试探。{Te 290.2}[67]

§142 Homes like Abrahams--You want your homes to be like Abrahams. He commanded his household after him. He taught them to obey the commands of God. These are the lessons, mothers, that you are to patiently teach your children. You cannot afford to spend time in studying the fashions of the day. Teach them that they are Christs property. We are making characters today. Young men, young women, you are determining your lot in the future today. Let Christ come in. He will preserve you from temptation. {Te 290.2}[67]

§143 烟草破坏许多人的体质。它进入人的液态和固态组织。我们知道许多爱吸烟的人戒掉了这种恶习。我和我丈夫在美国建立了一个健康机构。治疗吸烟患者的人所作的见证是惊人的。他们谈到在浴室和病房被单上令人作呕的臭气。但这些患者被带到了坚固的磐石上。我们看到许多说自己不能得胜的人被安全地带了出来。{Te 291.1}[68]

§144 Tobacco is undermining the constitutions of many. It is entering into the fluids and solids of the body. We have known tobacco devotees cured of this vile habit. My husband and I founded a health institution in America. The testimony from those that treated the tobacco patients was alarming. They told of the alarming effluvia in the baths and on the treatment sheets. But they were brought on solid rock. We have seen many who said they could not overcome, brought safely out. {Te 291.1}[68]

§145 与上帝一起就是多数——没有一个酒徒能登记在天国的册子上。要勇敢地拒绝试探。你可以奉拿撒勒人耶稣基督的名把握上帝的大能。基督必为你们每一个人作工。吸烟的欲望不是与生俱来的，而是人为的。但你依然可以获得胜利。上帝的咒诅必临到那些将酒瓶放在邻舍嘴边的人。你们说，我们是少数。上帝岂不是多数吗？我们若是站在创造天地的上帝一边，我们岂不就在多数一边吗？我们有大能的天使在我们这一边。远离这堕落世代的时尚吧。姐妹们和母亲们哪，你们在滥用上帝赐给你们的身体。青年女子们哪，你们这样束腰，使你们的肺，肝和其他重要器官不能正常发挥功能，究竟有什么意义呢？你们的后代将作证反对你们。我如果象你们中间的一些人那样束紧腰身，又怎么能这样讲话呢？你们看，我没有什么东西压迫重要的器官。我们有时看到一些女人要宣读报告，可是她们却无法大声讲话，似乎连声音都没有。她们的腰束得很紧，好像上帝不知道如何造她们似的。{Te 291.2}[69]

§146 A Majority With God.--No one can be written in the books of heaven who is a drunkard. Resist temptation as a man. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth you can lay hold upon divine power. Christ will work in behalf of every one of you. The tobacco appetite is created which hath no foundation in nature. Nevertheless you can have the victory. The curse of God is upon them who pass the bottle to their neighbors lips. You say we are in the minority. Is not God a majority? If we are on the side of the God who made the heaven and the earth, are we not on the side of the majority? We have the angels that excel in strength, on our side. Away with the fashions of this degenerate age. Sisters and mothers, you are abusing the bodies which God has given you. What does it mean, young women, this girdling of the waist which does not give your lungs, liver, and vital organs their proper capacity? Your future posterity will testify against you. How could I have spoken as I have, if I would girdle myself as some of you do? You see, nothing is pressing against these vital organs. We sometimes see women who have some records to read, and they cannot speak loudly. They seem to have no voice. They are girdled until they have tiny waists, as though God did not know how to make them. {Te 291.2}[69]

§147 上帝希望玛挪亚的妻子保持严格节制的习惯。“耶和华的使者向那妇人显现，对她说：‘向来你不怀孕，不生育，如今你必怀孕生一个儿子。所以你当谨慎，清酒浓酒都不可喝，一切不洁之物也不可吃。’”向撒迦利亚和伊利莎白显现的天使说：“你的祈祷已经被听见了。你的妻子伊利莎白要给你生一个儿子，你要给他起名叫约翰。你必欢喜快乐；有许多人因他出世，也必喜乐。他在主面前将要为大，淡酒浓酒都不喝，从母腹里就被圣灵充满了”（士13:3,4; 路1:13-15）。这是有关孩子出生前后的指示。你们作母亲的应该重视这些事。母亲的食欲会被遗传给儿女。你们中许多放纵食欲的人，正在拆毁你们家庭的支柱。有些人本来可以象但以理那样有清白的记录。撒但正在算计你们的灵魂。我们应该保持纯洁，摆脱世界的一切败坏。“凡得胜的，必这样穿白衣，我也必不从生命册上涂抹他的名；且要在我父面前，和我父众使者面前，认他的名”（启3:5）。基督为我们得了胜。我们也可以靠着拿撒勒人耶稣基督的名得胜。{Te 292.1}[70]

§148 The Lord would have the wife of Manoah adhere to strict habits of temperance. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing. The angel who appeared to Zacharias and Elisabeth said, Thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost. Here we have the child taken before his birth and after. You mothers should place value on these things. The appetites of the mother are transmitted to the children. Many of you who indulge in things to satisfy appetite are taking the underpinning out of your house. There are men who might have had as clear a record as Daniel. Satan is playing his cards for your soul. We want to stand free and pure from the degradations of this world. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels. Christ overcame in our behalf. We may overcome through the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. {Te 292.1}[70]

§149 当赎民通过城门进入圣城时，耶稣基督要欢迎所有的人。他们将手执金琴，唱诗荣耀耶稣基督，并穿上天上的织机所织就的衣袍，里面没有一丝一缕人类的线。{Te 292.2}[71]

§150 As the redeemed enter in through the gates into the city, Jesus Christ welcomes all, and they will have harps of gold and will sing to the glory of Jesus Christ, and will wear robes woven in the loom of heaven with not one thread of humanity in them. {Te 292.2}[71]

§151 我们期盼天国；耶稣基督希望我们进去，只要我们与祂合作。——《怀爱伦文稿》1893年27号。{Te 292.3}[72]

§152 We want heaven, and Jesus Christ means that we shall have it, if we co-operate with Him.--Manuscript 27, 1893. {Te 292.3}[72]