第04章 所需要的改革工作
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第04章 所需要的改革工作
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A Work of Reformation Needed
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我们生活在罪病流行的时代。凡是肯深思而又敬畏上帝的人，莫不为之胆战心惊。世上盛行的腐败之风；实非人笔墨所能形容。政治方面的争竞，贿赂，欺诈，日新月异；违法，暴力，对人类的痛苦漠不关心，无情无义，残害人命，这种种痛心的记录日有所闻。还有谋财害命，自杀，以及疯狂的事，更是日益增加。撒但的使者在人间的活动越演越烈，要扰乱和败坏人的心智，污染和摧毁人的身体，这一点还有什么可疑呢？{CH25.1}[1]
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We are living in the midst of an “epidemic of crime,” at which thoughtful, God-fearing men everywhere stand aghast. The corruption that prevails, it is beyond the power of the human pen to describe. Every day brings fresh revelations of political strife, bribery, and fraud. Every day brings its heart-sickening record of violence and lawlessness, of indifference to human suffering, of brutal, fiendish destruction of human life. Every day testifies to the increase of insanity, murder, and suicide. Who can doubt that satanic agencies are at work among men with increasing activity to distract and corrupt the mind, and defile and destroy the body??{CH 25.1}[1]
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世上充满了这些罪恶，福音却往往以冷漠的方式传扬，以致在人的良心和生活中没有留下什么印象。到处都有人渴望一种他们所没有的事物。他们希望得到战胜罪恶的能力，使他们能脱离罪的捆绑，希望得到那能带来健康、平安和生命的能力。许多曾经认识上帝之道能力的人，住到了不认识上帝的地方，他们渴望上帝的临格。{CH25.2}[2]
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And while the world is filled with these evils, the gospel is too often presented in so indifferent a manner as to make but little impression upon the consciences or the lives of men. Everywhere there are hearts crying out for something which they have not. They long for a power that will give them mastery over sin, a power that will deliver them from the bondage of evil, a power that will give health and life and peace. Many who once knew the power of God’s word have dwelt where there is no recognition of God, and they long for the divine presence.?{CH 25.2}[2]
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两千年以前世界的需要，就是今日世界的需要，那就是基督的显现。如今需要一场伟大的改革运动。只有靠着基督的恩典，才能完成恢复人灵力、智力和体力的工作。——《服务真诠》第142,143页，1905年。{CH25.3}[3]
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The world needs today what it needed nineteen hundred years ago—a revelation of Christ. A great work of reform is demanded, and it is only through the grace of Christ that the work of restoration, physical, mental, and spiritual, can be accomplished.—The Ministry of Healing, 142, 143 (1905).?{CH 25.3}[3]