1. 悔改-回转
World
God
馬 可 福 音 1:14-15
约 翰 下 监 以 後 , 耶 稣 来 到 加 利 利 , 宣 传 神 的 福 音 , 说 : 日
期 满 了 , 神 的 国 近 了 。 你 们 当 悔 改 , 信 福 音 !
Now after John had been taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee,
preaching the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the
kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
2014.2.4 at WPI
Death
4. Why repent?
因为得救是一个过程,you strive to sanctify yourself
UNTIL the work is DONE.
When it is DONE? From the point of your first confirmation to
the point the of end your life on this world.
It is not the one who once believed, who once walked with God, is saved;
BUT it is the one who is continuing to repent,
continuing to believe and
continuing to walk with God, UNTIL the WORK is DONE.
腓 立 比 書 1:6
我 深 信 那 在 你 们 心 里 动 了 善 工 的 , 必 成 全 这 工 , 直 到 耶 稣 基 督 的 日
子 。
What is the Word of God in the Scripture for a Christian to be?
Test yourself and examine yourself:
If you fell short of the test: REPENT AND BELIEVE!
5. How to make the test
Listen to the Word of God:
When you are all alone (that you know who you are by yourself):
Compare yourself with the Word of God and see
If you STANDS.
約 翰 一 書 5:13
我 将 这 些 话 写 给 你 们 信 奉 神 儿 子 之 名 的 人 , 要 叫
你 们 知 道 自 己 有 永 生 。
约翰一书中的11个TEST:
Can I stand the Word of God?
6. TEST 1
約 翰 一 書 1:5-6
5 神 就 是 光 , 在 他 毫 无 黑 暗 。 这 是 我 们 从 主 所 听 见 、 又 报 给 你 们 的 信 息 。
6 我 们 若 说 是 与 神 相 交 , 却 仍 在 黑 暗 里 行 , 就 是 说 谎 话 , 不 行 真 理 了 。
This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him
there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the
darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
光:holiness, righteousness, no sin, no tempatation, no shadow.
并且,Light means that God has made it very clear what his will is, who He is,
and what he requires.
与 神 相 交: If we say we are saved (Christians)
行: Walk means Your Style of Life.
黑暗:The opposite of light that contradicts to the God’s words and God’s
attributes.
试金石: If our style of living contradicts to the Light, WE ARE LIARS.
7. TEST 2
約 翰 一 書 1:8-9
8 我 们 若 说 自 己 无 罪 , 便 是 自 欺 , 真 理 不 在 我 们 心 里 了 。
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
Bible does not teach SINLESS PERFECTION, And if you are God’s people:
You will be SENSITIVE TO SIN.
You will repent to the sin--- IT will leads you to confession!
Take a small test:
Do you remember WHEN is the last time you wept over your sin?
*小见证
试金石:God has jealous love for his people. Am I SENSITIVE TO SIN?
8. 約 翰 一 書 2:3-5 3 我 们 若 遵 守 他 的 诫 命 , 就 晓 得 是 认 识 他 。4 人 若 说 我 认 识
他 , 却 不 遵 守 他 的 诫 命 , 便 是 说 谎 话 的 , 真 理 也 不 在 他 心 里 了 。5 凡 遵 守
主 道 的 , 爱 神 的 心 在 他 里 面 实 在 是 完 全 的 。 从 此 我 们 知 道 我 们 是 在 主 里
面 。By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 The
one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and
the truth is not in him; 5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been
perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.
TEST 3
1. Do we desire to know God’s commands by reading his Words in the scripture?
2. Do we become broken when we cannot meet God’s commands?
3. Do we obey his commands- here I mean: do our style of life KEEP ON KEEPING HIS
COMMANDS? If yes, we know that we know him.
4. If we say we have a new relationship with God, do we have a new relationship with HIS
COMMANDS?
试金石:我们是否明白神的诫命?我们的生活方式(Style of life)是否持续遵守他的诫
命?
9. TEST 4
約 翰 一 書 2:6
人 若 说 他 住 在 主 里 面 , 就 该 自 己 照 主 所 行 的 去 行 。 the one who says he
abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.
我们是否走在主耶稣的足迹的后面?
*小故事
试金石:Do we walk as Jesus has walked or we walk like the world (do
you identify yourself with Jesus or with the world?)
10. TEST 5
約 翰 一 書 2:9-11 9 人 若 说 自 己 在 光 明 中 , 却 恨 他 的 弟 兄 , 他 到 如 今 还 是
在 黑 暗 里 。10 爱 弟 兄 的 , 就 是 住 在 光 明 中 , 在 他 并 没 有 绊 跌 的 缘 由 。
11 惟 独 恨 弟 兄 的 , 是 在 黑 暗 里 , 且 在 黑 暗 里 行 , 也 不 知 道 往 那 里 去 ,
因 为 黑 暗 叫 他 眼 睛 瞎 了 。The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his
brother is in the darkness until now. 10 The one who loves his brother abides in the Light
and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But the one who hates his brother is in the
darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the
darkness has blinded his eyes.
Brothers: Believers.
太22-24 只 是 我 告 诉 你 们 : 凡 向 弟 兄 动 怒 的 , 难 免 受 审 断 ; 凡 骂 弟 兄 是 拉
加 的 , 难 免 公 会 的 审 断 ; 凡 骂 弟 兄 是 魔 利 的 , 难 免 地 狱 的 火 。23 所 以 ,
你 在 祭 坛 上 献 礼 物 的 时 候 , 若 想 起 弟 兄 向 你 怀 怨 ,24 就 把 礼 物 留 在 坛 前 ,
先 去 同 弟 兄 和 好 , 然 後 来 献 礼 物 。
太7:3-5 为 甚 麽 看 见 你 弟 兄 眼 中 有 刺 , 却 不 想 自 己 眼 中 有 梁 木 呢 ?4 你 自 己
眼 中 有 梁 木 , 怎 能 对 你 弟 兄 说 : 容 我 去 掉 你 眼 中 的 刺 呢 ?5 你 这 假 冒 为
善 的 人 ! 先 去 掉 自 己 眼 中 的 梁 木 , 然 後 才 能 看 得 清 楚 , 去 掉 你 弟 兄 眼 中
的 刺 。
路17:3-4 你 们 要 谨 慎 ! 若 是 你 的 弟 兄 得 罪 你 , 就 劝 戒 他 ; 他 若 懊 悔 , 就 饶
恕 他 。4 倘 若 他 一 天 七 次 得 罪 你 , 又 七 次 回 转 , 说 : 我 懊 悔 了 , 你 总 要
饶 恕 他 。
太 18:35 你 们 各 人 若 不 从 心 里 饶 恕 你 的 弟 兄 , 我 天 父 也 要 这 样 待 你 们 了 。
11. TEST 5 爱 弟 兄 的 , 就 是 住 在 光 明 中 , 在 他 并 没 有 绊 跌 的 缘 由
Do you love other Christians?
Do you desire to have fellowship with people who loves God
or with people who has nothing to do with God?
Love means:
Do you love them in a PRACTICAL WAY?
For example 秘鲁的监狱。
太25: 35-45 因为我饿了,你们给我吃,渴了,你们给我喝;我作客旅,你们
留我住;36我赤身露体,你们给我穿;我病了、你们看顾我;我在监里,你
们来看我。37义人就回答说:主阿,我们甚麽时候见你饿了,给你吃,渴了,
给你喝?38甚麽时候见你作客旅,留你住,或是赤身露体,给你穿?39又甚
麽时候见你病了,或是在监里,来看你呢?40王要回答说:我实在告诉你们,
这些事你们既做在我这弟兄中一个最小的身上,就是做在我身上了。……
Love means:
Are the people who loves God are the ones you want to care about, pray for/with,
and read bible with?
试金石:Do you love other Christians? (Think about your bf/gf, you wanna be
with her/him, and care her/him)
12. TEST 6
约翰一书2:15-17
不要爱世界和世界上的事。人若爱世界,爱父的心就不在他里面了。16因为凡世界
上的事,就像肉体的情欲,眼目的情欲,并今生的骄傲,都不是从父来的,乃是从
世界来的。17这世界和其上的情欲都要过去,惟独遵行神旨意的,是永远常存。
Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of
the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of
the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17
The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives
forever.
The world: Everything that contradicts to the attributes and will of God.
万物都要过去:the Glory of Christ are the only things that remain.
Love to the Father calls for LOYALTY, because our God is a jealous God (Ex 20:5), there
is NO SHARED LOVE.
BY GOD’S GRACE, YOUR LIFE HAVE NOT BEEN WASTED, as a result:
IT IS NOW TO SERVE THE LORD
SEEK HIM NOW,
SEEK HIM HARD! For the Lord promised: 因为寻找的就寻见,叩门的就给他开门。
试金石:Do you love the world? Do you have shared love? Do you truly believe that life
in Christ is the only thing that remains?
13. TEST 7
约翰一书2:19
他们从我们中间出去,却不是属我们的;若是属我们的,就必仍旧与我们同在;他们出去,
显明都不是属我们的。
They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would
have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.
这里的“从我们中间出去”不等同于换教会;而是指离弃真理,圣经的教训和
教会弟兄姐妹的管教,选择 “NEW STUFF”, “NEW CHRISTIANS”, “NEW TEACHINGS”
that has nothing much to do with biblical history and scriptures.
The conclusion of John: they all are not of us. Because: 我 深 信 那 在 你 们 心 里
动 了 善 工 的 , 必 成 全 这 工 , 直 到 耶 稣 基 督 的 日 子 。
试金石:我有没有因为不服从圣经的教导和教会的管教而转而奔走寻找“新的天地”?
14. TEST 8
约翰一书2:22
谁是说谎话的呢?不是那不认耶稣为基督的麽?不认父与子的,这就是敌基督的。
Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one
who denies the Father and the Son.
耶稣是基督:基督(Messiah, The Anointed one):救主,受膏者-王,先知。
Accepting Jesus as the Christ means you accepts the Fullness of him:
He is your Savior
and ALSO Lord (be obedient)
and ALSO Prophet (he is the source of wistom)
and ALSO King (obey his law).
试金石:耶稣是否是我生命的主,我的王?
15. TEST 9
约翰一书2:29
你们若知道他是公义的,就知道凡行公义之人都是他所生的。
If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is
born of Him.
Righteous: everything that conforms God’s Law.
Is it a PRACTICE OR NOT?
Jesus declare this because He has given them law, but their style of life seems to be
lawless.
What is the law? The bible tells us what we can think about and those we cannot.
DO YOU PRACTICE THOSE COMMANDS?
The bible tells us what we ought to watch and those we cannot.
DO YOU CARE ABOUT THESE?
God do not ask us to be ugly. Yet, beauty means “beautiful, but modest and
decent.” “If your clothing is a frame of your faith that brings attention to your
faith, it is of God. If your clothing is a frame of your body, it is sensual and God
hates it (or grieve about it.)” 试金石:Do you practice righteousness?
马太福音7:21-23
凡称呼我主阿,主阿的人不能都进天国;惟独遵行我天父旨意的人才能进去。22当那日
必有许多人对我说:主阿,主阿,我们不是奉你的名传道,奉你的名赶鬼,奉你的名行
许多异能麽?23我就明明的告诉他们说:我从来不认识你们,你们这些作恶的人,离开
我去罢!
16. TEST 10
约翰一书3: 3-6
凡向他有这指望的,就洁净自己,像他洁净一样。4凡犯罪的,就是违背律法;
违背律法就是罪。5你们知道主曾显现,是要除掉人的罪;在他并没有罪。6凡住
在他里面的,就不犯罪;凡犯罪的,是未曾看见他,也未曾认识他。And
everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. 4
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 You
know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. 6 No one
who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him.
This hope: the Lord’s second coming.
Purify oneself: do you prepare for Lord’s second coming? He calls us to be STRIVING to
be holy.
Quick test:
Can you do it now: sit down with only you and the Lord, tell him your ways WHICH you
purify yourself in your life?
Sin is croaching at the door and desire to have you. Disobedience to God is the source
of sin.
Verse 6: again, here it does not mean sinless perfection; but habitual way of living.
试金石: Are we striving to purify ourselves before we see him again?
17. Last and critical TEST
约翰一书5:12
人有了神的儿子就有生命,没有神的儿子就没有生命 。
He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
Is your hope built on nothing left but Jesus?
What do you think of the most? Is that Jesus?
Do you love your ministry or your bible more than Jesus?
Jesus is not an accessory to your already-abundant life, but the
source of your life. Is He yours?
He who has the son has the life- no Jesus, you have nothing.
试金石:Is Jesus the only hope and source of your life or it is something
left behind in the left-behind series?
18. Lost & Saved
Lost Saved
Unsensitive to sin
Live in a style and
habitual of life that
contradicts to God’s law,
God’s will and God’s
attributes. NO SIGN OF
GOD’S DISCIPLINE
Think oneself as sinless
and perfect
把事奉神*看做是生命
的附属品或Bonus
分裂耶稣的属性:如
只认救主不认主,只
求祝福不顺服管教
Sensitive to sin and God’s
discipline: Sin bothers you
and you struggle.
God’s hand of discipline or
voice of rebuke from Holy
Spirit REMAINS ON YOU.
Observe one’s unwholiness
compared to God and Jesus.
用生命来事奉神
把耶稣作为生命的主
* 事奉神:这里不单指教会里的事奉:乃是包括你全部的生活,工作,与信主和不信主
的人之间的交往。
If you found yourself
‘saved’, humble and do
not boast and keep
your salvation;
If you found yourself
‘lost’, REPENT AND
BELIEVE NOW, ASK
GOD for forgiveness
and He will forgive you.
It is God’s Spirit in you
and His words judges
yourself; not your
mind/heart. You are
NOT judges for other
people.
19. It is in Christ that keeps you saved
It is NOT that you’ve once been to the heaven that keep you saved: think about the
devil, who has fallen from the heaven.
It is NOT the perfect things keep you saved: think about the perfect Eden, where Adam
and Eve once lived.
因为我深信无论是死,是生,是天使,是掌权的,是有能的,是现在的事,是将
来的事,39是高处的,是低处的,是别的受造之物,都不能叫我们与神的爱隔绝;
这爱是在我们的主基督耶稣里的。
Nothing else can separate you from Christ: except yourself.
Keep yourself in Jesus!
Jesus is the one and the last sacrifice for your sin.
希伯来书10章16
主说 :那些日子以後,我与他们所立的约乃是这样:我要将我的律法写在他们心
上,又要放在他们的里面。17以後就说:我不再记念他们的罪愆和他们的过犯。
18这些罪过既已赦免,就不用再为罪献祭了。19弟兄们,我们既因耶稣的血得以
坦然进入至圣所,20是藉着他给我们开了一条又新又活的路,从幔子经过,这幔
子就是他的身体。21又有一位大祭司治理神的家!22并我们心中天良的亏欠已经
洒去,身体用清水洗净了,就当存着诚心和充足的信心来到神面前;23也要坚守
我们所承认的指望,不至摇动,因为那应许我们的是信实的。24又要彼此相顾,
激发爱心,勉励行善。
20. Warnings in the bible that “Christians” are possible to lose their salvation
约翰一书的警戒
希伯来书12章
25你们总要谨慎,不可弃绝那向你们说话的。因为,那些弃绝在地上警戒他们的尚且
不能逃罪,何况我们违背那从天上警戒我们的呢?…… 29因为我们的神乃是烈火。
6章
4论到那些已经蒙了光照、尝过天恩的滋味、又於圣灵有分,5并尝过神善道的滋味、
觉悟来世权能的人,6若是离弃道理,就不能叫他们从新懊悔了。因为他们把神的儿子
重钉十字架,明明的羞辱他。7就如一块田地,吃过屡次下的雨水,生长菜蔬,合乎耕
种的人用,就从神得福;8若长荆棘和蒺藜,必被废弃,近於咒诅,结局就是焚烧。
10章
18这些罪过既已赦免,就不用再为罪献祭了…… 26因为我们得知真道以後,若故意犯罪,
赎罪的祭就再没有了;27惟有战惧等候审判和那烧灭众敌人的烈火。
启示录3章
16你既如温水,也不冷也不热,所以我必从我口中把你吐出去。17你说:我是富足,
已经发了财,一样都不缺;却不知道你是那困苦、可怜、贫穷、瞎眼、赤身的。18我
劝你向我买火炼的金子,叫你富足;又买白衣穿上,叫你赤身的羞耻不露出来;又买
眼药擦你的眼睛,使你能看见。
我必从我口中把你吐出去:与基督分离。
We here are NOT talking about never sinning after you believed in Jesus, but Talking
about a habitual style of life that go against God’s attributes, a clear mind of disobeying
and forsaking God’s guidance. Habit can be dangerous
21. The promise and assurance from God for those of his people.
我们当提防魔鬼的控告。
我们当相信主的能力。因为他说:REPENT and BELIEVE!
以西结书33章中说:
14再者,我对恶人说:你必定死亡!他若转离他的罪,行正直与合理的事:15还人的当
头和所抢夺的,遵行生命的律例,不作罪孽,他必定存活,不致死亡。16他所犯的一切
罪必不被记念。他行了正直与合理的事,必定存活。17你本国的子民还说:主的道不公
平。其实他们的道不公平。18义人转离他的义而作罪孽,就必因此死亡。19恶人转离他
的恶,行正直与合理的事,就必因此存活。20你们还说:主的道不公平。以色列家啊,
我必按你们各人所行的审判你们。
历代志下30章 18-20
以法莲、玛拿西、以萨迦、西布伦有许多人尚未自洁,他们却也吃逾越节的羔羊,不合
所记录的定例。希西家为他们祷告说:凡专心寻求神,就是耶和华─他列祖之神的,虽
不照着圣所洁净之礼自洁,求至善的耶和华也饶恕他。19耶和华垂听希西家的祷告,就
饶恕百姓。
提摩太后书2:13
我们纵然失信,他仍是可信的,因为他不能背乎自己。
约翰1书 1:9
我们若认自己的罪,神是信实的,是公义的,必要赦免我们的罪,洗净我们一切的不义。
23. 如何悔改?
1. 正视罪 (对神的诚实),并且向神承认自己的罪。
2. 恨恶罪(回到神的品格)。
3. 离开罪恶,有与悔改之心相称的更新的行为 。
4. 悔改需要重新把自己交在主耶稣的手中,并倚靠他的能力而不是自己的能力--转向
神,相信神的能力,接受他的赦免,顺服祂的管教。
5. 有了第四点,就会有信心和忍耐担当罪的后果 (如情感上的痛苦,不适应,财产
损失,法律后果等等)。
6. 承认悔改蒙赦免是神的恩典,而不是行为的工价
7. 如果罪作用到别人,对当事人承认自己的罪,认罪不是空洞模糊而是具体诚实的
(因为第一点),并且给予对方时间来heal。
悔改的决定和行动带来医治:Re-affirm你在神面前儿女的身份,在神圣洁光下面的坦
然,在基督里自由的生命。
从某种意义上说:改比悔更重要;没有行为的“认罪悔改”不是真正的悔改
If you said you repented but still live in the same style of life, or stay in the sin, you are a liar.
长期在罪面前不下决心的徘徊,且无实际行动的“后悔”只会造成属灵低迷,成为魔
鬼的猎物。
其实,悔改本身是神的恩典,因为神愿意拉你回来。
25. My To-do lists for repentence:
1. Read the God’s words daily and regularly (a crusade through the whole Scripture)- for
these are the word of life.
2. Examine yourself- your thought and your habitual things. – take practical acts (in
mind as well as in behaviors/choices) to purify yourself from those TARGETED sins.
3. Keep your prayer honest to God- confess on the specific things you did wrong, which
may be known only to yourself, and ask for forgiveness!
4. Keep other Christians in your prayer and pick TARGETED people whom you want to
walk with and take care of: show your acts of loving them practically.
5. Make a list of action items, long or short, for this year according to your repentence.
Wrap up your to-do list!
26. Repent:
Why repent?
What to repent about?
Who should repent?
When to repent?
Where to repent?
HOW to repent?
Ask yourself following questions:
27. 启示录3:
凡我所疼爱的,我就责备管教他,所以你要发热心,也要悔
改。
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and
repent.
“看哪,我站在门外叩门,若有听见我声音就开门的,我要
进到他那里去,我与他,他与我一同坐席。”
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my
voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and
he with me.
得胜的,我要赐他在我宝座上与我同坐,就如同我得了胜,
在我父的宝座上与他同坐一般。
To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my
throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his
throng.
结语的勉励
I pray that all people hears these words will OVERCOME and we sit on the throne with Jesus