第66章 我们必须防守的门户
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第66章 我们必须防守的门户
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Chap. 66 - The Portals We Must Watch
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上帝为何赐给我们眼睛，耳朵，和发言之能——上帝赐给人眼睛，使他们能看出他律法中的奇妙。他也赐给他们耳朵，使他们能聆听现代传道人所传讲的他的信息。他赐人以发言之能，使他们能举荐基督为赦罪之救主。人心里相信，就可以称义；口里承认，就可以得救。[1]
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Why God Gave Us Eyes, Ears, and Speech.--God gave men eyes, that they might behold wondrous things out of His law. He gave them the hearing ear, that they might listen to His message, spoken by the living preacher. He gave men the talent of speech, that they might present Christ as the sin-pardoning Saviour. With the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. {AH 401.1}[1]
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撒但如何侵入心灵——人人当防护五官，以免撒但制胜他们；因为五官是通往心灵的孔道。[2]
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How Satan Gains Entrance to the Soul.--All should guard the senses, lest Satan gain victory over them; for these are the avenues of the soul. {AH 401.2}[2]
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你若要控制自己的心意，防止虚妄腐败的思想污染你的心灵，就必须作你的眼睛、耳朵、以及一切感官的忠实前哨。唯有恩典的能力，才能成就这种最值得欣羡的大工。[3]
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You will have to become a faithful sentinel over your eyes, ears, and all your senses if you would control your mind and prevent vain and corrupt thoughts from staining your soul. The power of grace alone can accomplish this most desirable work. {AH 401.3}[3]
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撒但和他的使者都忙着使世人的感官陷于麻痹的状态，以至听不见警告、劝勉与督责；或者即使听见了，也未必能感化其心志，改正其生活。[4]
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Satan and his angels are busy creating a paralyzed condition of the senses so that cautions, warnings, and reproofs shall not be heard; or, if heard, that they shall not take effect upon the heart and reform the life. {AH 401.4}[4]
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我的弟兄们哪，上帝呼召你们这些跟从他的人要行在光中。你们都须提高警惕。罪恶在我们中间，竟都没有看出它的极度可憎性。许多人的感官都因放纵食欲并习见罪恶而麻木不仁了。我们必须向前迈进，更加靠近天国。[5]
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My brethren, God calls upon you as His followers to walk in the light. You need to be alarmed. Sin is among us, and it is not seen to be exceedingly sinful. The senses of many are benumbed by the indulgence of appetite and by familiarity with sin. We need to advance nearer heaven. {AH 401.5}[5]
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撒但的策略在于扰乱感官——撒但的工作就是诱人蔑视上帝，攫夺并霸占人的心志，使他们不再思念上帝。他们所受的教育之本质就足以扰乱心意，蒙蔽真光。撒但不愿人得到有关上帝的知识；而他若能提倡各种游乐和戏剧来扰乱青年们的感官，使生灵虽处于明光四照之境，却仍在黑暗中死亡，他便称心满意了。[6]
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Satans Strategy Is to Confuse the Senses.--Satans work is to lead men to ignore God, to so engross and absorb the mind that God will not be in their thoughts. The education they have received has been of a character to confuse the mind and eclipse the true light. Satan does not wish the people to have a knowledge of God; and if he can set in operation games and theatrical performances that will so confuse the senses of the young that human beings will perish in darkness while light shines all about them, he is well pleased. {AH 401.6}[6]
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我们若不同意，撒但无由侵入心中——我们应向众人解释清楚：上帝已有妥善的安排，必不叫我们受试探过于所能受的，在受试探的时候总要给我们开一条出路。我们若全然为上帝而活，就决不会容许自己的心意沉溺于自私的幻想中。[7]
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Satan Cannot Enter the Mind Without Our Consent.-- We should present before the people the fact that God has provided that we shall not be tempted above what we are able to bear, but that with every temptation He will make a way of escape. If we live wholly for God, we shall not allow the mind to indulge in selfish imaginings. {AH 402.1}[7]
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撒但若能找到一条门路来侵占我们的心志，就必撒下他的稗子，使之滋生蔓延，最后结出丰盛的恶果。但不论在什么情形之下，撒但原本无法控制我们的思想、言语或行动，除非我们甘愿开门揖盗，引狼入室。这样他自必侵入，夺去撒在心田中的好种，而使真理归于无效。[8]
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If there is any way by which Satan can gain access to the mind, he will sow his tares and cause them to grow until they will yield an abundant harvest. In no case can Satan obtain dominion over the thoughts, words, and actions, unless we voluntarily open the door and invite him to enter. He will then come in and, by catching away the good seed sown in the heart, make of none effect the truth. {AH 402.2}[8]
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杜绝试探者的每一条通路——凡属于基督名下的人都须警醒祷告，以防护每一条通往心灵的孔道，因为撒但正在活动着，我们若稍微给他以可乘之机，他便要来败坏并毁灭我们。[9]
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Close Every Avenue to the Tempter.--All who name the name of Christ need to watch and pray and guard the avenues of the soul, for Satan is at work to corrupt and destroy if the least advantage is given him. {AH 402.3}[9]
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我们踌躇思忖那屈从撒但的暗示所能获得的利益，乃是极不安全之举。对于每一个放纵罪恶的生灵而言，罪就是羞辱与灾祸；但它含有一种使人盲目，令人迷惑的特质，它必以谄媚的表现来引诱我们。倘若我们冒险踏入撒但的属地，就绝无保证可以脱离他的权势了。我们当尽一己之所能，杜绝那试探者可能攻击我们的每一条通路。[10]
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It is not safe for us to linger to contemplate the advantages to be reaped through yielding to Satans suggestions. Sin means dishonor and disaster to every soul that indulges in it; but it is blinding and deceiving in its nature, and it will entice us with flattering presentations. If we venture on Satans ground, we have no assurance of protection from his power. So far as in us lies, we should close every avenue by which the tempter may find access to us. {AH 402.4}[10]
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谁能察觉在受试探之时若走错一步，将会造成多么可怖的后果啊！我们唯一的安全，乃在于随时蒙上帝的恩典所庇佑，不使属灵的眼光昏盲，以至称恶为善，称善为恶。我们必须毫不迟疑，绝无异议地闭塞并防护心灵的通路，以免罪恶侵入。[11]
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Who can know, in the moment of temptation, the terrible consequences which will result from one wrong, hasty step! Our only safety is to be shielded by the grace of God every moment, and not put out our own spiritual eyesight so that we will call evil, good, and good, evil. Without hesitation or argument we must close and guard the avenues of the soul against evil. {AH 403.1}[11]
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每一位基督徒都当时刻谨守，护卫撒但借以侵袭心灵的每一条孔道。他必须祈求神圣的帮助，同时也要毅然抗拒每种犯罪的癖性。借着勇气、信心和不倦的勤劳，他便可以克敌制胜。但他仍须记住：若要获得胜利，必须有基督住在他里面，他也必须住在基督里面。[12]
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Every Christian must stand on guard continually, watching every avenue of the soul where Satan might find access. He must pray for divine help and at the same time resolutely resist every inclination to sin. By courage, by faith, by persevering toil, he can conquer. But let him remember that to gain the victory Christ must abide in him and he in Christ. {AH 403.2}[12]
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避免阅读、观看，或聆听邪恶——使徒（彼得）意图教导信徒明白：约束心意，不去思想那些已然禁止的题旨，或不在无足轻重的琐事上耗费脑力，乃是何等重要的事。凡不愿中撒但诡计的人，必须善自防守心灵的通路；他们务须避免阅读观看，或聆听一切足以激起不洁之念的事物。勿容心意茫然地注视那众灵之敌所提出的许多目标。必须善予守护自己的心，否则外邪就会激起内恶，使心灵在黑暗中彷徨。[13]
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Avoid Reading, Seeing, or Hearing Evil.--The apostle [Peter] sought to teach the believers how important it is to keep the mind from wandering to forbidden themes or from spending its energies on trifling subjects. Those who would not fall a prey to Satans devices must guard well the avenues of the soul; they must avoid reading, seeing, or hearing that which will suggest impure thoughts. The mind must not be left to dwell at random upon every subject that the enemy of souls may suggest. The heart must be faithfully sentineled, or evils without will awaken evils within, and the soul will wander in darkness. {AH 403.3}[13]
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当尽一己之所能，使我们自己和我们的儿女置身于一个看不到世上盛行之罪恶的地方。我们应该慎防眼睛的视线与耳朵的听觉，以免这些可憎的恶事侵入我们的思想。每当报纸送到家里来时，我就觉得最好将它收藏起来，免得人读到报上所刊载的荒谬而骇人听闻的事。那些报纸所刊载的许多资料，似乎都导源于我们的大敌。一切可能发现的罪行都向世人赤露敞开了。[14]
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Everything that can be done should be done to place ourselves and our children where we shall not see the iniquity that is practiced in the world. We should carefully guard the sight of our eyes and the hearing of our ears so that these awful things shall not enter our minds. When the daily newspaper comes into the house, I feel as if I want to hide it, that the ridiculous, sensational things in it may not be seen. It seems as if the enemy is at the foundation of the publishing of many things that appear in newspapers. Every sinful thing that can be found is uncovered and laid bare before the world. {AH 403.4}[14]
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凡愿获得从上帝那里来的智慧之人，必须在现代一切罪恶的知识上变作愚拙，方能成为有智慧的。他们应该闭目不看，不学罪恶。他们也要掩耳不听，免得所获得的罪恶知识玷污了他们纯洁的思想和行为。而且他们还当谨慎口舌，以免说出污秽的言语，或从口中查出诡诈来。[15]
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Those who would have that wisdom which is from God must become fools in the sinful knowledge of this age, in order to be wise. They should shut their eyes, that they may see and learn no evil. They should close their ears, lest they hear that which is evil and obtain that knowledge which would stain their purity of thoughts and acts. And they should guard their tongues, lest they utter corrupt communications and guile be found in their mouths. {AH 404.1}[15]
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门户开放削弱了抵抗力——万勿试看你能在如何贴近绝壁的边缘上行走而仍然安全无虞。要远避接近危险的第一步。不可玩忽灵命的福利。你的品格乃是自己的资本。你当珍视它如精金一般。必须时刻坚毅地培养道德上的清洁、自尊和坚强的抵抗力。端庄的举止一次也不可忽视；只要一项亲昵的行为，或一点不谨慎，就可能给试探敞开了门户，而危及心灵，且削弱了抵抗力。[16]
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Resistance Is Weakened by Opening the Door.-- Do not see how close you can walk upon the brink of a precipice and be safe. Avoid the first approach to danger. The souls interests cannot be trifled with. Your capital is your character. Cherish it as you would a golden treasure. Moral purity, self-respect, a strong power of resistance, must be firmly and constantly cherished. There should not be one departure from reserve; one act of familiarity, one indiscretion, may jeopardize the soul in opening the door to temptation, and the power of resistance becomes weakened. {AH 404.2}[16]
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撒但力图掩蔽来世的荣耀——撒但不住地工作着，力图掩蔽来世的荣耀，引诱人们专注意今生的事物。他竭力安排一切，使我们的思想、忧虑和劳力全部用于属世的事物上，使我们不能察觉或领悟永恒现实的价值。世界和属世的忧虑占了过于重要的地位，而耶稣和属天的事物在我们的思想和爱心中却显得太轻微了。我们虽应忠实地履行日常的义务，然而比一切事情更重要的是：我们必须对我们的主耶稣基督培养圣洁的爱。[17]
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Satan Would Eclipse the Future Glories.--Satan has worked continually to eclipse the glories of the future world and to attract the whole attention to the things of this life. He has striven so to arrange matters that our thought, our anxiety, our labor might be so fully employed in temporal things that we should not see or realize the value of eternal realities. The world and its cares have too large a place, while Jesus and heavenly things have altogether too small a share in our thoughts and affections. We should conscientiously discharge all the duties of everyday life, but it is also essential that we should cultivate, above everything else, holy affection for our Lord Jesus Christ. {AH 404.3}[17]
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属天的使者必帮助我们——我们须时常记住：有不可见的生灵——邪恶的和良善的在工作着，两者都不住地努力要控制人的思想。他们操持着虽然眼不能见却极有效力的权势。善天使乃是服役的灵，在心思和意念上发挥一种属天的感化力；而众生的大敌——魔鬼——和他的爪牙也经常工作着，要造成我们的毁灭。[18]
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Heavenly Angels Will Help Us.--We should ever keep in mind that unseen agencies are at work, both evil and good, to take the control of the mind. They act with unseen yet effectual power. Good angels are ministering spirits, exerting a heavenly influence upon heart and mind; while the great adversary of souls, the devil, and his angels are continually laboring to accomplish our destruction. . . . {AH 405.1}[18]
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我们虽应敏锐地觉察自己常受看不见与阴险的仇敌所攻击，但我们同时仍须确信：若非得到我们的同意，他们是无法伤害我们的。[19]
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While we should be keenly alive to our exposure to the assaults of unseen and invisible foes, we are to be sure that they cannot harm us without gaining our consent. {AH 405.2}[19]