第23章 爱——永恒神圣的原则
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第23章 爱——永恒神圣的原则
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Chapter 23—Love—A Divine, Eternal Principle
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爱是行动的原则——当永恒之爱的属天原则充满内心时，就必向别人涌流出来，……因为爱是行动的原则并且修正品格，管制动机，控制情欲，制服敌意，升华爱情使之高尚。--4T223(1876).{1MCP 205.1}[1]
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Love, the Principle of Action—When the heavenly principle of eternal love fills the heart, it will flow out to others, ... because love is the principle of action, and modifies the character, governs the impulses, controls the passions, subdues enmity, and elevates and ennobles the affections.—Testimonies for the Church 4:223 (1876).?{1MCP 205.1}[1]
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与其他的原理有明显的分别——纯洁之爱，其作用是很简单的，并与其他的行动原理有明显的分别。--2T136(1868).{1MCP 205.2}[2]
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Distinct From Any Other Principle—Pure love is simple in its operations and is distinct from any other principle of action.—Testimonies for the Church 2:136 (1868).?{1MCP 205.2}[2]
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一种娇嫩的植物需要呵护培养——爱是一种娇嫩的植物，必须予以呵护培养，拔除它周围的一切毒根，以便它有传播的空间，然后它就会影响心与脑的全部能力，使我们爱上帝为至上并且爱人如己。--MS50,1894.(HC173.){1MCP 205.3}[3]
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A Tender Plant to Be Cultivated and Cherished—Love is a tender plant, and it must be cultivated and cherished, and the roots of bitterness all have to be plucked up around it in order for it to have room to circulate, and then it will bring in under its influence all the powers of the mind, all the heart, so that we shall love God supremely and our neighbor as ourselves.—Manuscript 50, 1894.?(Our High Calling, 173.)?{1MCP 205.3}[3]
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撒但的替代物——由于不顺从上帝，人的才能败坏了。自私代替了爱心，性情变得十分软弱，以致靠自己的力量，不能对抗邪恶的势力。撒但眼见自己的目的实现了。他破坏了上帝创造人类的计划，使全地充满灾难和荒凉。--CT33(1913).{1MCP 205.4}[4]
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Satan’s Substitution—Selfishness for Love—Through disobedience man’s powers were perverted,?and selfishness took the place of love. His nature became so weakened that it was impossible for him to resist the power of evil; and the tempter saw being fulfilled his purpose to thwart the divine plan of man’s creation and fill the earth with misery and desolation.—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 33 (1913).?{1MCP 205.4}[4]
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自我消失时就会产生爱——当自我消失在基督里面时，就自然会产生真正的爱。这不是感情的冲动，而是成圣的决心，它不在于感觉，而在于整个心灵和品格的变化，就是向自我死而向上帝活。我们的主和救主要我们献身给祂。祂所要求的就是将自我降服于上帝，奉献自己做祂所视为合适的工作。我们只有达到这一点，我们的工作才会快乐，有用，处处取得成功。--Lt97,1898.(6BC1100,1101.){1MCP 206.1}[5]
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Love Springs Forth Spontaneously When Self Is Submerged—When self is submerged in Christ, true love springs forth spontaneously. It is not an emotion or an impulse but a decision of a sanctified will. It consists not in feeling but in the transformation of the whole heart, soul, and character, which is dead to self and alive unto God. Our Lord and Saviour asks us to give ourselves to Him. Surrendering self to God is all He requires, giving ourselves to Him to be employed as He sees fit. Until we come to this point of surrender, we shall not work happily, usefully, or successfully anywhere.—Letter 97, 1898?(The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 6:1100, 1101.)?{1MCP 206.1}[5]
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爱不是冲动，而是神圣的原则——以爱上帝为至上，并以无私之心彼此相爱──这就是我们的天父所能赐的上好的福分。这种爱并不是一时的冲动，而是一个神圣的原则，一种持久的力量。一颗没有奉献给主的心是决不能产生或发动这种爱的。惟有一颗有耶稣在其内作王的心才能有这样的爱。“我们爱，因为上帝先爱我们”（约壹4:19）。在一颗因上帝的恩典而更新的心里，爱乃是控制一切行动的基本原则。--AA551(1911).{1MCP 206.2}[6]
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Love Not an Impulse but a Divine Principle—Supreme love for God and unselfish love for one another—this is the best gift that our heavenly Father can bestow. This love is not an impulse but a divine principle, a permanent power. The unconsecrated heart cannot originate or produce it. Only in the heart where Jesus reigns is it found. “We love Him, because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). In the heart renewed by divine grace, love is the ruling principle of action.—The Acts of the Apostles, 551 (1911).?{1MCP 206.2}[6]
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爱是道德和智慧的力量——爱就是能力，智慧与道德力量都包含在这个原则之内，而不能与之分离。财富的力量有使人趋于败坏及灭亡之势；权威的力量，其强悍亦足以伤人；只有纯洁之爱所含的美德和价值，却有使人行善之效，而且惟善而已。凡出于纯洁之爱所作成的事，不论其在人看来是何等微小或可鄙，但仍是全然有效果的；因为上帝对于人行事时所发的爱心的多少，较比做成的多少更为重视。爱是属于上帝的。未悔改的心不能生发或产生这棵天上所栽培的树，因为这树只有在基督统管之下才能存活和茂盛。--2T135(1868).{1MCP 206.3}[7]
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Love—Intellectual and Moral Strength—Love is power. Intellectual and moral strength are involved in this principle, and cannot be separated from it. The power of wealth has a tendency to corrupt and destroy; the power of force is strong to do hurt; but the excellence and value of pure love consist in its efficiency to do good, and to do nothing else than good. Whatsoever is done out of pure love, be it ever so little or contemptible in the?sight of men, is wholly fruitful; for God regards more with how much love one worketh than the amount he doeth. Love is of God. The unconverted heart cannot originate or produce this plant of heavenly growth which lives and flourishes only where Christ reigns.—Testimonies for the Church 2:135 (1868).?{1MCP 206.3}[7]
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爱的芳香——每一个人都被自己所产生的气氛所环绕。这种气氛或者充满赐生命的能力，给人带来信心，勇气和希望，发出爱的芳香，或者黯淡而冷漠，带着自私不满的阴影，因怀存罪恶而散发出致命的毒素。由于环绕我们的气氛，凡与我们交往的人都有意无意地受到影响。--COL339(1900).{1MCP 207.1}[8]
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Love a Fragrant Atmosphere—Every soul is surrounded by an atmosphere of its own—an atmosphere, it may be, charged with the life-giving power of faith, courage, and hope, and sweet with the fragrance of love. Or it may be heavy and chill with the gloom of discontent and selfishness, or poisonous with the deadly taint of cherished sin. By the atmosphere surrounding us every person with whom we come in contact is consciously or unconsciously affected.—Christ’s Object Lessons, 339 (1900).?{1MCP 207.1}[8]
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根除自私与纷争——爱的金链将信徒们的心团结在一起，以友谊与仁爱为纽带，与基督和天父合而为一，使这种关系完美，并且向世人作了基督教能力的见证，是无法反驳的。……这样就会根除自私，叛逆也会不复存在。不会有纷争和分裂。凡与基督有密切关系的人都不会顽梗。谁也不会做出任性冲动的孩子所做顽梗独立不羁的事，甩掉拉着他的手，选择在自己的道路上独自蹒跚而行。--Lt110,1893.(HC173.){1MCP 207.2}[9]
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Uproots Selfishness and Strife—The golden chain of love, binding the hearts of the believers in unity, in bonds of fellowship and love, and in oneness with Christ and the Father, makes the connection perfect and bears to the world a testimony of the power of Christianity that cannot be controverted.... Then will selfishness be uprooted and unfaithfulness will not exist. There will not be strife and divisions. There will not be stubbornness in anyone who is bound up with Christ. Not one will act out the stubborn independence of the wayward, impulsive child who drops the hand that is leading him and chooses to stumble on alone and walk in his own ways.—Letter 110, 1893. (Our High Calling, 173.)?{1MCP 207.2}[9]
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纯洁之爱的结果——“你们愿意人怎样待你们，你们也要怎样待人”（太7:12）。这种行为会带来有福的结果。因为“你们用什么量器量给人，也必用什么量器量给你们”（太7:2）。这两节经文中含着强有力的动机，应当激励我们存纯洁的心，热切地彼此相爱。基督乃是我们的模范。祂周流四方行善事。祂活着为要造福他人。爱使祂的一切行动呈现出美丽而高贵的色彩。{1MCP 207.3}[10]
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The Fruit of Pure Love—“Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them” (Matthew 7:12). Blessed results would appear as the fruit of such a course. “With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again” (verse 2). Here are strong motives which should constrain us to love one another with a pure heart, fervently. Christ is our example. He went about doing good. He lived to bless others. Love beautified and ennobled all His actions.?{1MCP 207.3}[10]
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我们并没有受吩咐说，我们愿意人怎样待我们，我们就当怎样待自己；而是我们愿意人在同样环境之下怎样待我们，我们就要怎样待别人。我们量给人的量器，也必总是用来量给我们。……{1MCP 208.1}[11]
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We are not commanded to do to?ourselves?what we wish others to do unto us; we are to?do unto others?what we wish them to do to us under like circumstances. The measure we mete is always measured to us again....?{1MCP 208.1}[11]
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贪爱势力及欲得别人重视之心，也许会使人过有规矩的生活，往往还有看似无疵的品行；自尊心也许会使我们避免恶事；自私心也许会激励我们作出慷慨的举动，承认现代真理，并在外表上表现出谦卑及爱情；但这一切行为的动机却或许是欺人及不洁的。从这种心涌溢出来的行动，必然缺乏活的香气及真实圣洁的果子，也缺乏纯洁之爱的原则。应当抚育并培养爱，因为爱的感化力是神圣的。--2T136(1868).{1MCP 208.2}[12]
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The love of influence and the desire for the esteem of others may produce a well-ordered life and frequently a blameless conversation. Self-respect may lead us to avoid the appearance of evil. A selfish heart may perform generous actions, acknowledge the present truth, and express humility and affection in an outward manner, yet the motives may be deceptive and impure; the actions that flow from such a heart may be destitute of the savor of life and the fruits of true holiness, being destitute of the principles of pure love. Love should be cherished and cultivated, for its influence is divine.—Testimonies for the Church 2:136 (1868).?{1MCP 208.2}[12]
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爱心会作出忍让——基督的爱深切而诚恳，犹如挡不住的清泉，涌向一切愿意接受的人。在祂的爱里没有自私。这天上来的爱如果常住在我们心中，就一定会表现出来，不仅对我们的亲密同道，而且对一切所接触的人，使我们体谅别人，谦卑忍让，举止仁慈，说温柔、真诚和勉励的话，同情渴望同情的人。--MS17,1899.(5BC1140.){1MCP 208.3}[13]
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Love Makes Concessions—Christ’s love is deep and earnest, flowing like an irrepressible stream to all who will accept it. There is no selfishness in His love. If this heaven-born love is an abiding principle in the heart, it will make itself known, not only to those we hold most dear in sacred relationship but to all with whom we come in contact. It will lead us to bestow little acts of attention, to make concessions, to perform deeds of kindness, to speak tender, true, encouraging words. It will lead us to sympathize with those whose hearts hunger for sympathy.—Manuscript 17, 1899.?(The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 5:1140.)?{1MCP 208.3}[13]
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爱控制着行动和动机——外表礼仪最刻意的装饰，也不足以消除暴躁、刻薄和无礼的言语。人若唯我独尊，就永远不会表显出真正的礼貌。爱必须居住在人心中。一个完全的基督徒，凡事的动机都发自爱主的心。唯有从爱主的泉源中才会涌流出对弟兄无私的爱心。爱心会使人仁慈有礼、举止高雅、脸上荣光焕发，声音柔和，并使整个人生高雅。--GW123(1915).{1MCP 208.4}[14]
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Love Governs the Motives and Actions—The most careful attention to the outward proprieties of life is not sufficient to shut out all fretfulness, harsh judgment, and unbecoming speech. True refinement will never be revealed so long as self is considered as the supreme object. Love must dwell in the heart. A thoroughgoing Christian draws his motives of action from his deep heart-love for his Master. Up through the roots of his affection for Christ springs an unselfish interest in his?brethren. Love imparts to its possessor grace, propriety, and comeliness of deportment. It illuminates the countenance and subdues the voice; it refines and elevates the entire being.—Gospel Workers, 123 (1915).?{1MCP 208.4}[14]
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爱对于别人的行为和动机总要加以最良好的解释——爱“不作害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶”（林前3:5）。基督化的爱心对于别人的行为和动机总要加以最良好的解释。它也不肯无故暴露别人的过错。爱心不喜欢听人讲说别人的缺点，却设法想到别人的优点。--AA319(1911).{1MCP 209.1}[15]
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Love Favorably Interprets Another’s Motives—Charity “doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil” (1 Corinthians 13:5). Christlike love places the most favorable construction on the motives and acts of others. It does not needlessly expose their faults; it does not listen eagerly to unfavorable reports, but seeks rather to bring to mind the good qualities of others.—The Acts of the Apostles, 319 (1911).?{1MCP 209.1}[15]
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爱使整个生活甜蜜——那些爱上帝的人无法怀存仇恨或嫉妒。当永恒之爱的属天原则充满内心时，就必向别人涌流出来。……{1MCP 209.2}[16]
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Love Sweetens the Entire Life—Those who love God cannot harbor hatred or envy. When the heavenly principle of eternal love fills the heart, it will flow out to others....?{1MCP 209.2}[16]
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这种爱的范围不会缩小到仅仅包括“我和我的”，而是博大如世界，高超如上天，且与作工的天使和谐一致。这种爱存在心灵中，使整个人生甜美愉悦，且向周围发挥出使人高雅的感化力。若拥有这样的爱，我们就不会不快乐，无论命运顺遂或蹇逆。{1MCP 209.3}[17]
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This love is not contracted so as merely to include “me and mine” but is as broad as the world and as high as heaven, and is in harmony with that of the angel workers. This love cherished in the soul sweetens the entire life and sheds a refining influence on all around. Possessing it, we cannot but be happy, let fortune smile or frown.?{1MCP 209.3}[17]
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我们若全心全意爱上帝，也必爱祂的儿女。这种爱是上帝的精神。它是属天的装饰，使人有真正的高贵和尊严，且使我们的生活与主的生活相似。我们无论有多少好品质，无论认为自己多么光荣优雅，心灵若不受爱上帝和彼此相爱之属天恩典的洗礼，就必缺乏真正的良善，不适合天国，那里尽是爱与团结。--4T223,224(1876).{1MCP 209.4}[18]
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If we love God with all the heart, we must love His children also. This love is the Spirit of God. It is the heavenly adorning that gives true nobility and dignity to the soul and assimilates our lives to that of the Master. No matter how many good qualities we may have, however honorable and refined we may consider ourselves, if the soul is not baptized with the heavenly grace of love to God and one another, we are deficient in true goodness and unfit for heaven, where all is love and unity.—Testimonies for the Church 4:223, 224 (1876).?{1MCP 209.4}[18]
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真正的爱是属灵的——超越了狂热和冲动的爱可以使内心得到洁净，并在言语和行为之上洋溢出来。基督徒必须拥有一种圣洁的善良和爱心，内心没有不耐烦或者烦躁不安；粗鲁和粗暴的作风必须被基督的恩典所缓解。--5T335(1885).{1MCP 209.5}[19]
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True Love Is Spiritual—Love, lifted out of the realm of passion and impulse, becomes spiritualized and is?revealed in words and acts. A Christian must have a sanctified tenderness and love, in which there is no impatience or fretfulness; the rude, harsh manners must be softened by the grace of Christ.—Testimonies for the Church 5:335 (1885).?{1MCP 209.5}[19]
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爱是有行动的——没有行动，爱就不能生存。每一爱的行动，都会使爱增添，加强和扩大。在辩论和权威无能为力之处，爱却能获得胜利。爱的作为是不求利益、不图报偿。上帝命定每一出于爱心的行动，必获得大收获。爱具有扩散的性质；爱的作用是安静的，然而它那战胜大恶的宗旨，却是坚强而有力的。爱的影响，有融化和改变人心的能力，会在其他一切方法无效之时，控制罪人的生活，感化他们的心。{1MCP 210.1}[20]
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Love Lives on Action—Love cannot live without action, and every act increases, strengthens, and extends it. Love will gain the victory when argument and authority are powerless. Love works not for profit nor reward; yet God has ordained that great gain shall be the certain result of every labor of love. It is diffusive in its nature and quiet in its operation, yet strong and mighty in its purpose to overcome great evils. It is melting and transforming in its influence and will take hold of the lives of the sinful and affect their hearts when every other means has proved unsuccessful.?{1MCP 210.1}[20]
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无论何处若是运用智慧、权威和势力，而不表现爱之能力，我们所要接触之人的感情和意志，就会采取抵制排斥的态度；他们反抗的力量加强了。耶稣是和平之君。祂到世上来，要制服抗拒和权威。祂本可使用智慧与力量，然而祂所用来战胜邪恶的方法，却是智慧和爱心的力量。--2T135,136(1868).{1MCP 210.2}[21]
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Wherever the power of intellect, of authority, or of force is employed, and love is not manifestly present, the affections and will of those whom we seek to reach assume a defensive, repelling position, and their strength of resistance is increased. Jesus was the Prince of peace. He came into the world to bring resistance and authority into subjection to Himself. Wisdom and strength He could command, but the means He employed with which to overcome evil were the wisdom and strength of love.—Testimonies for the Church 2:135, 136 (1868).?{1MCP 210.2}[21]
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新生活原则的证据——人若不是因势力或私利，而是因爱而团结，他们就显明一种超出人间一切影响之力量的作用。只要有这种合而为一的精神存在，就可以知道上帝的形像正恢复在人身上，并有一种新的生活原则，在人心中发动。这也可以显明在神性里有一种权能，足以抵抗超自然的恶势力，而且上帝的恩典足以制服那与生俱来的私心。--DA678(1898).{1MCP 210.3}[22]
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Evidences a New Principle of Life—When men are bound together, not by force or self-interest, but by love, they show the working of an influence that is above every human influence. Where this oneness exists, it is evidence that the image of God is being restored in humanity, that a new principle of life has been implanted. It shows that there is power in the divine nature to withstand the supernatural agencies of evil and that the grace of God subdues the selfishness inherent in the natural heart.—The Desire of Ages, 678 (1898).?{1MCP 210.3}[22]