我們立了志向，要得主的喜悅
Make it your goal to please God!
作者：馬強盛／顏美娟夫婦
2022/12/16
“To the true Christian, pleasing God brings true happiness, pleasure, and peace. " -Johnson and Pearl
林後5:9 所以，無論是住在身內，離開身外，我們立了志向，要得主的喜悅。
2 Corinthians 5:9 NIV “So we make it our goal to please Him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
羅8:6 體貼肉體的，就是死；體貼聖靈的，乃是生命、平安。
Romans 8:6 KJV “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace
Romans 8:6 NIV “The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
羅8:8 而且屬肉體的人不能得神的喜歡。
Rom 8:8 KJV “So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:8 NIV “Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
羅12:1 所以弟兄們，我以神的慈悲勸你們，將身體獻上，當作活祭，是聖潔的，是神所喜悅的；你們如此事奉乃是理所當然的。不要效法這個世界，只要心意更新而變化，叫你們察驗何為神的善良、純全、可喜悅的旨意。(KJV: reasonable service理所當然的事奉)
Romans 12:1 NIV
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
傳2:26 神喜悅誰，就給誰智慧、知識，和喜樂；惟有罪人，神使他勞苦，叫他將所收聚的、所堆積的歸給神所喜悅的人。這也是虛空，也是捕風。
Ecclesiastes 2:26 NIV
To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
箴12:22 說謊言的嘴為耶和華所憎惡；行事誠實的，為他所喜悅。
Proverbs 12:22 NKJV “Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, But those who deal truthfully are His delight.
帖前4:1 弟兄們，我還有話說：我們靠著主耶穌求你們，勸你們，你們既然受了我們的教訓，知道該怎樣行可以討神的喜悅，就要照你們現在所行的更加勉勵。
帖前4:2 你們原曉得我們憑主耶穌傳給你們甚麼命令。
帖前4:3 神的旨意就是要你們成為聖潔，遠避淫行；
帖前4:4 要你們各人曉得怎樣用聖潔、尊貴守著自己的身體。
帖前4:5 不放縱私慾的邪情，像那不認識神的外邦人。
1 Thessalonians 4:1-5 NIV Living to Please God
As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.
2 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;
4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable,
5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;
提後2:15 你當竭力在神面前得蒙喜悅，作無愧的工人，按著正意分解真理的道。
提後2:16 但要遠避世俗的虛談，因為這等人必進到更不敬虔的地步。
2 Timothy 2:15-16 NIV
15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 1
6 Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.
按著正意分解真理的道 = 在神面前得蒙喜悅
什麼是純正的福音？
https://repent-pray-revival.org/2019/03/11/what-is-the-pure-gospel-of-jesus-christ/
約一3:21 親愛的弟兄啊，我們的心若不責備我們，就可以向神坦然無懼了。
約一3:22 並且我們一切所求的，就從他得著；因為我們遵守他的命令commandments，行他所喜悅的事。
1 John 3:21-22 NIV
21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
約8:28 所以耶穌說：「你們舉起人子以後，必知道我是基督，並且知道我沒有一件事是憑著自己做的。我說這些話乃是照著父所教訓我的。
約8:29 那差我來的是與我同在；他沒有撇下我獨自在這裏，因為我常(always)做他所喜悅的事。」
John 8:28-30 NKJV
28 Then Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.
29 And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”
30 As He spoke these words, many believed in Him.
來11:5 以諾因著信，被接去，不至於見死，人也找不著他，因為神已經把他接去了；只是他被接去以先，已經得了神喜悅他的明證。
Hebrews 11:5 NKJV
5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
創5:24 以諾與神同行，神將他取去，他就不在世了。
Genesis 5:24 NKJV “And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
阿摩司書 3:3 二人若不同心，豈能同行呢？
Amos 3:3 NKJV Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
-Walking with God, agreeing with God, pleases God.
來11:6 人非有信，就不能得神的喜悅；因為到神面前來的人必須信有神，且信他賞賜那殷勤尋求他的人。
Hebrews 11:6 NKJV “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
來12:28 所以我們既得了不能震動的國，就當感恩，照神所喜悅的，用虔誠、敬畏的心事奉神。
來12:29 因為我們的神乃是烈火。
Hebrews 12:28-29 New King James Version
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Hebrews 12:28-29 Amplified Bible
28 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, and offer to God pleasing service and acceptable worship with reverence and awe; 29 for our God is [indeed] a consuming fire.
「戴德生說：「神不會把祂的聖靈賜給那些渴慕的人，也不會把聖靈賜給那些禱告求聖靈的人，也不會把聖靈賜給那些想要一直被聖靈充滿的人。神只會把聖靈賜給那些順服的人。」Duncan Campbell說：「畢竟，救恩和成聖都要求人的順服。至於你，你是否會把空的器皿帶來呢？若你帶來，神就會充滿它們。」－鄧肯坎培牧師
「對基督徒而言，通常我們最盡力的降服和分別為聖都摻雜著自我保留／未盡全力。但這樣的事情會攔阻我們進入完整的降服。在神面前，蒙祝福的代價就是要完全和完整的降服，求到復興的代價也是如此。」－鄧肯坎培牧師
「天父要、要求並期待他所有的孩子整天、每一天都全心全意地順服他。」 －慕安德烈(Andrew Murray)
“The Father in heaven asks, requires, and expects all of His children to give Him wholehearted and entire obedience all day long, every single day.” －Andrew Murray
帖撒羅尼迦前書 2:4
4 但神既然驗中了我們，把福音託付我們，我們就照樣講，不是要討人喜歡，乃是要討那察驗我們心的神喜歡。
1 Thessalonians 2:4 New International Version
“On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.
歌羅西書 1:9-10
9 因此，我們自從聽見的日子，也就為你們不住地禱告祈求，願你們在一切屬靈的智慧悟性上，滿心知道神的旨意，
10 好叫你們行事為人對得起主，凡事蒙他喜悅，在一切善事上結果子，漸漸地多知道神；
Colossians 1:9-10 NIV
“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
「罪對工作影響甚大，如果我真認罪，神亦必令一切聽眾認罪，如果我完全聖潔，則所到之處，必結許多非常佳美之果。今後只當每日省察己罪求主赦免，則不難領全中華歸主，奮興己，則自能奮興一切。」(復興自己，則自能復興一切。revive myself to revive everything else.) －宋尚節日記 John Sung
“What is my task? First of all, my task is to be pleasing to Christ. To be empty of self and be filled with Himself. To be filled with the Holy Spirit; to be lead by the Holy Spirit.” -Aimee Semple McPherson.
弗5:9 光明所結的果子就是一切良善、公義、，誠實。
弗5:10 總要察驗何為主所喜悅的事。
箴11:20 心中乖僻的，為耶和華所憎惡；行事完全的，為他所喜悅。
總結:
- 無論生死，我們立了志向，要得主的喜悅。(林後5:9)
- 體貼聖靈的人能得神的喜悅。 (羅8:6-8)
- 將身體獻上，當作活祭，是聖潔的，是神所喜悅的。(羅12:1)
- 不要效法這個世界，"不效法世界" 討神喜悅! (羅12:1)
- 心意更新而變化，這討神喜悅! (羅12:1)
- 討神喜悅，神就給誰智慧、知識，和喜樂。(傳2:26)
- 行事誠實的，為他所喜悅。(箴12:22)
- 該怎樣行可以討神的喜悅？成為聖潔，遠避淫行，這討神喜悅。(帖前4:3)
- 用聖潔、尊貴守著自己的身體，這討神喜悅。(帖前4:4)
- 不放縱私慾的邪情，這討神喜悅。(帖前4:5)
- 按正意分解真理的道 = 在神面前得蒙喜悅 (提後2:15)
- 遵守神的命令(誡命commandments)，這討神喜悅。(約一3:22)
- 與神同心和同行，這討神喜悅。(來11:5，創5:24，阿摩司書 3:3)
- 有信心就能得神的喜悅；殷勤尋求神，這討神喜悅。(來11:6)
- 感恩、用虔誠、敬畏的心事奉神，這討神喜悅。(來12:28)
- 良善、公義、誠實，這是主所喜悅的事。(弗5:9-10)
- 行事完全的，這討神喜悅。(箴11:20)
什麼是純正的福音？
https://repent-pray-revival.org/2019/03/11/what-is-the-pure-gospel-of-jesus-christ/
真假基督徒測驗
https://repent-pray-revival.org/2018/12/27/true-and-false-christians-a-test/
犯罪又不悔改的基督徒會失去救恩嗎？（上）
https://repent-pray-revival.org/2019/01/11/will-unrepentant-christians-loose-their-salvation-part-1/
The Pure Gospel and Revival website 