Well we, of course, have the responsibility tonight to set our hearts toward the cross 当然，我们今晚有责任将我们的心放在十字架上
and the things of Christ and we also are very mindful of he fact that we are on the brink 以及基督的事情，我们也非常关心我们处于边缘的事实
of a new year and this is a good time to kind of do a bit of a spiritual inventory. 新的一年，这是一个做点精神盘点的好时机。
And as I thought about that, I was drawn to a text of Scripture that I would call to your 正如我想到的那样，我被吸引到了一个我会打电话给你的经文
attention for a few moments...1 Peter, 1 Peter. 关注一下......彼得一世，彼得前书。
You might want to turn to it and we'll look at a couple of scriptures here in the first 你可能想转向它，我们会在第一部分看一些经文
chapter of 1 Peter that will help us focus not only on the cross but on setting our priorities. 彼得前书的一章将帮助我们不仅关注十字架，而且还要确定我们的优先事项。
In the thirteenth verse of 1 Peter chapter 1, Peter writes, "Therefore prepare your minds 在彼得前书第一章第十三节，彼得写道：“所以要预备你的心意
for action." 采取行动。“
Now the Authorized says, "Gird up your loins, pull all the loose ends of your life together." 现在，授权人说：“束起你的腰，把你生活中所有的松散的一端拉到一起。”
This is kind of military language. 这是一种军事语言。
When a soldier went into battle, he made sure that he pulled his tunic up, tied it around 当一名士兵开始战斗时，他确信他把他的外衣拉了起来，系上了它
him tightly so that he could move freely and not be encumbered or hindered, or give any 他可以自由移动，不会受到阻碍，也不会给予任何阻碍
opportunity for the enemy. 敌人的机会。
And as a soldier pulls all the loose ends together to go into serious combat, so we 而作为一名士兵将所有松散的目标拉到一起进入严肃的战斗，所以我们
are called upon to prepare our minds for action, to call all of our thoughts into control. 被要求准备我们的行动思想，把我们所有的想法变成控制。
And then he says, "Keep sober," and what that essentially means there in verse 13 is to 然后他说：“保持清醒，”在13节中的意思是
get your priorities right. 让你的优先次序正确。
Think seriously, think accurately, think nobly, be sober minded. 认真思考，准确思考，高瞻远瞩，清醒头脑。
He adds, "Fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation 他补充说，“将你的希望完全固定在恩典上，在启示时带给你
of Jesus Christ. 耶稣基督。
So in pulling in the loose ends of life, setting your priorities, you keep in mind the future 因此，在拉动生活的各个方面，确定优先事项时，请牢记未来
revelation of Jesus Christ. 耶稣基督的启示。
We do everything we do in view of the return of the Lord when what we have done will be 我们做了我们所做的一切，因为当我们所做的将会是主的归来时
evaluated, and for that we will suffer either reward or the loss of reward. 评估，并为此我们将遭受奖励或奖励的损失。
As you think about your life at the beginning of a year, that's a good way to begin. 当你在一年的初期考虑你的生活时，这是一个很好的开始。
This would be a time for you to begin to pull in the loose ends. 这将是你开始拉扯松散结局的时候。
That would be sinful loose ends, that would be wasteful, useless things that occupy your 那将是有罪的松散目的，那将是浪费，无用的东西占据你的
life and get your priorities where they should be as you anticipate the face of the Lord 并在你预期主的面貌时将自己的优先权放在应该在的地方
Jesus Christ and His glorious return, or your arrival in His presence in glory. 耶稣基督和他光荣的归来，或者你在荣耀里到达祂的面前。
Now just exactly what is foundational to that? 现在正是基础到底是什么？
I think in this chapter there are a few things that we can look at that essentially give 我认为在这一章中，我们可以看到几件事实际上给予的东西
us a bit of a foundation for getting our lives in order, pulling in the loose ends, establishing 我们为了让我们的生活秩序井然有序，拉动松散的目标，建立基础
the priorities. 优先事项。
And I'm going to suggest a couple of them that I think you can mark out in your life 我会建议其中的一些，我认为你可以在你的生活中标记出来
as consistent perspectives that will help you keep your priorities right. 作为一致的观点，这将有助于你保持优先顺序。
And the first one that I want to talk about, I guess I could call it, "Remember who owns 我想谈谈的第一个，我想我可以说，“记住谁拥有
you...Remember who owns you." 你......记住谁拥有你。“
If you'll go down to verses 18 and 19, the very familiar words, "Knowing that you were 如果你会回到18和19节，那就是非常熟悉的词语，“知道你是
not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold, from your futile way of life inherited 没有用银子或金子等易腐烂的东西来赎回，而是从您遗留下来的徒劳的生活方式中得到赎回
from your forefathers, but with precious blood as of a lamb unblemished and without spot, 从你们的祖先那里得到宝贵的血，如羊羔没有瑕疵，没有斑点，
the blood of Christ." 基督的血。“
Here we have a call to a holy life. 在这里，我们呼吁圣洁的生活。
In fact, that call is familiar to anybody who reads this chapter because it stands out 事实上，任何读这本书的人都会很熟悉这个电话，因为它很突出
dramatically in verse 16. 戏剧性地在16节。
"You shall be holy for I am holy." “你是圣洁的，因为我是圣洁的。”
What are the elements of living this holy life? 活着这个圣洁生活的元素是什么？
This life with right priorities? 今生有正确的优先事项？
This life without loose ends? 这生活没有松散的目的？
This life that's fixed on the return of Christ and our eternal reward? 基督复临和我们永恒的奖赏决定了这生命吗？
The first thing is, I believe, to remember who owns you. 我相信，首先要记住谁拥有你。
All of that simply to say that you have been bought with a price. 所有这些简单地说，你已经用一个价格买了。
According to the New Testament, you're not your own, you're bought with a price. 根据新约，你不是你自己的，你是用一种代价买来的。
That is the testimony of 1 Corinthians 6:19 and 20, that is the testimony of Acts chapter 这是哥林多前书6:19和20的见证，这是使徒行传章节的见证
20 verse 28, "You are purchased with the blood of God," it says there which, of course, refers 20节28节，“你们是用上帝的宝血购买的，”当然这里指的是那里所指的
to the blood of the incarnate God, the Lord Jesus Christ. 以及化身为神的主耶稣基督的宝血。
This blood is precious. 这血是宝贵的。
Why? 为什么？
Because the Lamb who shed it is precious. 因为舍弃它的羔羊是宝贵的。
The blood here obviously refers to His death. 这里的血显然是指他的死亡。
We're aware of the fact that it is by the death of Jesus Christ that we have been purchased 我们意识到，我们被购买的事实是耶稣基督的死
by God, we have been redeemed, we have been bought. 由上帝，我们已被赎回，我们已被收购。
This is Galatians 3:13 that He redeemed us by coming a curse for us, that He purchased 这是加拉太书3:13，他通过为我们诅咒，赎回我们，他购买了
us with His own blood. 我们用他自己的血。
It is foundational, I think, to the believer to never loose sight of the fact that you 我认为，对基督徒来说，绝不能忽视你这个事实
do not own yourself. 不要拥有自己。
You do not exist as an independent person. 你不是作为一个独立的人存在的。
You have as your ambition to please Him, as we read in 2 Corinthians 5 this morning, because 正如我们今天早上在哥林多后书5章5节所读到的，你有你的喜悦，因为
He owns you. 他拥有你。
You are, in every sense, a slave of God, a slave of the Lord Jesus Christ. 无论如何，你是上帝的仆人，是主耶稣基督的奴仆。
You have been purchased out of the slave market, you have been redeemed with an inestimable 你已经从奴隶市场购买，你已经被无法估量的赎回
price, the precious blood of the Lord Jesus. 价格，主耶稣宝贵的血。
And as you look at your life day to day, incident to incident, event to event, it has to always 而当你每天都在关注你的生活，事件与事件之间的事件发生时，它必须始终如一
be in the front of your mind that I am not my own, I have been bought. 在你的脑海中，我不是自己的，我已经被买了。
And that purchase is forever, the price was imperishable, the purchase therefore is imperishable 而且这种购买是永远的，价格是永不过时的，因此购买是不可摧毁的
as well. 以及。
He paid, as it were, an imperishable price for an imperishable ownership of every true 他付出了代价，为每一个真实的永恒不变的所有权付出了不朽的代价
believer. 信徒。
And so, from the standpoint of the foundational focus of the Christian life, it starts with 所以，从基督徒生活的基本关注点来看，它始于
recognizing that you are not your own. 承认你不是你自己的。
Every decision you make then should be made with the glory of the Lord in view with His 你做出的每一个决定都应该以主的荣耀与他的视角来制定
praise in view, with His worship in view, with His reputation in view. 赞美他的观点，以及他的名望。
How will this reflect on Him? 这将如何反映他？
How will it bring honor to Him? 它会如何给他带来荣誉？
How will it enable me to serve Him? 它如何使我服侍他？
That's what is the controlling reality of our lives. 这就是我们生活的控制现实。
We live to bring honor to the one who purchased us. 我们活着为给我们购买的人带来荣誉。
Remember who owns you. 记住谁拥有你。
You are not your own. 你不是你自己的。
You have been bought. 你已经被买了。
And it's a good thing you have been bought because in the slave market of sin, as a slave 因为在罪的奴隶市场，作为奴隶，你被买了是件好事
of sin, you were headed toward eternal damnation. 的罪，你们正在走向永恒的诅咒。
You have been bought in order that you might be a slave of righteousness and a slave of 你已经被买了，以便你可能成为正义的奴隶和奴隶
God and of Christ. 上帝和基督。
The second thing to think about when you begin to assess how to focus on the right things, 当你开始评估如何专注于正确的事情时，需要考虑的第二件事情，
how to get your priorities right, is to remember the covenant of salvation. 如何让你的优先次序正确，是要记住救赎的约。
And Peter points that out. 彼得指出。
Go back to the beginning of chapter 1. 回到第一章的开头。
And I don't know if you think about salvation as a covenant but that is precisely the way 我不知道你是否将救恩看作是一个盟约，但这恰恰是这样
it is presented here. 它在这里介绍。
"Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout “彼得，耶稣基督的使者，对那些居住在外面的人来说，分散在各处
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia who are chosen." Pontus，加拉太，卡帕多西亚，亚洲和Bithynia被选中。“
And now we jump from the temporal identification to the eternal selection, "Who are chosen 现在我们从时间标识跳到永恒的选择，“谁被选中
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, 根据圣父圣先所预知，圣灵成圣的工作，
to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood." 服从耶稣基督并洒上他的血。“
That is quite an interesting statement. 这是一个非常有趣的陈述。
To be chosen...to then be sanctified by the work of the Spirit, and that would encompass 被选中......然后被圣灵的工作所圣化，那将包含
justification, regeneration, conversion, redemption...they would all be bound up in that. 理由，再生，转换，赎回......他们都会被束缚在那里。
Sanctification is a very big word, it means to be set apart from sin. 成圣是一个非常大的词，它意味着远离罪恶。
It can refer to our progressive sanctification, it can refer to our ultimate sanctification, 它可以指我们渐进的成圣，它可以指我们最终的成圣，
or it can refer to that aspect of our sanctification that is connected to our redemption, our justification, 或者它可以指我们与我们的救赎相关的成圣方面，我们的理由，
our regeneration. 我们的再生。
The point I want you to notice is the sequence. 我想让你注意的一点是序列。
You have been chosen, you have been chosen obviously in eternity past, you have been 你被选中，你在过去的永恒中被选中，你一直在
set apart by the work of the Spirit, that would be the regenerating work of the Spirit 被圣灵的工作分开，那将是圣灵再生的工作
which is the first sanctifying act. 这是第一次成圣行为。
To, or with a view, or with an effect to obey Jesus Christ. 为了，或者有意见，或者有效服从耶稣基督。
In other words, we have been saved in order to be obedient. 换句话说，我们已经得救了，以便顺服。
And then this interesting phrase, "And be sprinkled with His blood....and be sprinkled 然后这个有趣的短语，“洒上他的血液......撒上
with His blood." 用他的血。“
Does that go back to the atonement? 这是否可以追溯到赎罪？
Doesn't that seem to be out of order? 这似乎不是无序的？
Aren't we sprinkled with His blood first of all? 我们不是首先洒上他的血吗？
Well the New Testament never describes salvation as being sprinkled with blood. 那么新约从来没有将救恩描述为洒血。
It never describes it that way. 它从来没有这样描述过。
So this is not describing something that we're familiar with in the New Testament. 所以这并没有描述我们在新约中熟悉的东西。
Rather this is something from the Old Testament. 而是来自旧约的东西。
Turn, for a moment, to Exodus chapter 24 and in Exodus chapter 24 the people of Israel 暂时转向出埃及记24章和出埃及记24章以色列人
make a covenant with the Lord. 与主立约。
Moses has come to them with the Word of the Lord, the Law of the Lord, and he recounts 摩西已经带着主的道，就是主的律法来到他们面前，他叙述道
it to the people in verse 3. 它在第3节给人们。
All the ordinances and all the people, verse 3, answered with one voice and said all the 所有的条例和所有的人，第3节，都用一个声音回答，并说了一切
words which the Lord has spoken, we will do. 主所说的话，我们会做。
This was a covenant. 这是一个约。
"They committed themselves verbally that they were going to obey the Law of God. “他们口头承诺他们要服从上帝的律法。
Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord, then he arose early in the morning and built 摩西写下了主的一切话语，然后他一大清早就起来建造了
an altar at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. 在山脚下有一个祭坛，十二个支柱为以色列的十二个支派。
He sent young men of the sons of Israel and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed 他派出以色列人的年轻人，献燔祭并献祭
young bulls as peace offerings to the Lord. 年轻的公牛作为平安祭给主。
Moses took half the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled 摩西拿走了一半的血，放在盆里，然后洒了另一半的血
on the altar. 在祭坛上。
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people and they 然后，他拿起了“公约之书”，并在人民和他们的听证会上宣读
said, 'All that the Lord has spoken, we will do. 说，'主所说的一切，我们都会做。
And we will be obedient.' 我们将会听话。“
So Moses took the blood and literally splattered it on the people and said, 'Behold, the blood 所以摩西把血洒在人身上，说：'看，是血
of the covenant which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.'" 主与你们所立的约乃是一致的。'“
This is a very fascinating moment. 这是一个非常迷人的时刻。
Covenants were a very important part of Old Testament life, as you know. 如你所知，圣约是旧约生活中非常重要的一部分。
This is the covenant that these people are making before God to be obedient and to signify 这是这些人在上帝面前要服从并表示的约
this covenant and to create a symbolic representation of the covenant, blood is taken, it is put 这个盟约，并创造了一个象征性的代表性的盟约，血液被采取，它被放置
in flat saucers and it is just sloshed over the whole crowd. 在平底锅里，它只是在整个人群中徘徊。
It rains blood on all of them as a...literally a symbol of their devotion to keep the Covenant. 它们在所有这些人身上都会降血，因为......这是他们忠于守约的象征。
It's almost like saying, "If I'm unfaithful to this, may I shed my own blood." 这几乎就像是说：“如果我不忠于这个，我可能会流下自己的血。”
Covenants between people in the Old Testament were very common and they were associated 旧约中人们之间的约定是非常普遍的，而且是相关联的
with blood in a very usual way. 用非常平常的方式用血。
The people of Israel saw their response to the Law of God as a promise, same as the word 以色列人认为他们对上帝的律法的回应是一个承诺，与这个词一样
Covenant, essentially. 本质上是公约。
And they wanted to say to God, "We promise to obey You." 他们想对上帝说：“我们承诺要服从你。”
The purpose of sprinkling the blood was to consecrate the parties. 洒血的目的是为了让各方神圣。
Some of the blood is put on the altar which symbolizes God's side of it, the other blood 一些血被放在祭坛上，它象征着神的一面，另一面是血
is sloshed on the people, symbolizing their side of it. 在人民身上徘徊，象征着他们的一面。
You say, "Well what does this have to do with us?" 你说，“那和我们有什么关系？”
Well go back to 1 Peter. 那么回到彼得一世。
Peter borrows this language, very interestingly, he says that we have been sanctified by the 彼得借用这种语言，非常有趣的是，他说我们已经被神圣化了
work of the Spirit, that's our regeneration. 圣灵的工作，那是我们的再生。
We have then entered into a covenant to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood. 然后我们立约遵守耶稣基督并洒上他的血。
Symbolically we enter into the same kind of attitude as the people in the Old Testament. 象征性地，我们与旧约中的人一样采用同样的态度。
We are brought in to a covenant of obedience, a covenant of obedience. 我们被引入一个顺服的约，一个顺服的约。
This is not referring to the sacrificial blood of Christ on our behalf, but rather the blood 这不是指代我们代表基督的献祭血，而是指血
of a Covenant which symbolizes the devotion and the commitment to obedience. 象征着奉献和对顺服的承诺的一项盟约。
So Peter is saying, as the people in the Old Testament vowed to obey the Word of God, so 所以彼得说，正如旧约中的人们发誓要遵守上帝的话语那样
when you come to Christ, when you experience the fulfillment of your election, namely the 当你来到基督的时候，当你遇到你的选举的履行，即
sanctifying work of the Spirit, it results in obedience and in a Covenant of obedience. 圣灵成圣的工作，结果顺服，服从顺从。
I guess you could say it this way, have the integrity to keep your promise of obedience. 我想你可以这样说，保持诚实守信的承诺。
I doubt that there was any blood splattered on you when you were saved, pretty sure that 我怀疑当你得救的时候有没有血溅到你身上，很确定
didn't happen. 没有发生。
But symbolically when you became a believer, if you were saying anything at that moment, 但象征性地，当你成为一个信徒时，如果你在那个时候说什么，
you were saying, "I commit myself to obey You." 你在说，“我承诺要服从你。”
That is essentially what is bound up in confessing Jesus as Lord, right? 这基本上是承认耶稣是主的约束，对吧？
If you say Jesus is Lord, you have just put yourself in a position of being submissive 如果你说耶稣是主，那么你就让自己处于顺从的地位
and obedient to Him. 并顺服祂。
And consequently, that is a Covenant, you made a promise. 因此，这是一项公约，你做出了承诺。
You turned from your sin, you repented of your sin by the work of the Holy Spirit, you 你从你的罪中转过来，你因圣灵的工作而悔改了你的罪，你
put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ savingly by the work of the Holy Spirit. 通过圣灵的工作，保守你的信靠主耶稣基督。
And you promised and you affirmed that Jesus is Lord and thereby you affirmed as well your 你答应了，你肯定耶稣是主，因此你也肯定了你的
commitment to be obedient. 承诺要听话。
You know, sometimes we set that aside, don't we? 你知道，有时我们把它放在一边，不是吗？
We think that after we've made that Covenant at the point of our salvation, as time goes 我们认为，在我们的拯救之后，我们已经将这个盟约作为了时间
on, we take more and more control of our lives back and we need to go back to the original 我们越来越重视对生活的控制，我们需要回到原来的状态
Covenant. 盟约。
Peter's point here is that you need to remember who owns you, who bought you and you need 彼得的观点是，你需要记住谁拥有你，谁买你和你需要
to remember the Covenant you made to be submissive and obedient to the Lord. 要记住你所做的顺从和顺服主的圣约。
Those are the focuses that will help you establish your spiritual priorities. 这些是将帮助你建立你的精神优先事项的重点。
There's a third one and it's bound in this same section of Scripture. 还有第三个，它在圣经的同一部分中是受约束的。
Go back to verse 14 for a moment. 回到第14节一会儿。
"As obedient children," that's what defines us, that's the outworking of that salvation, “作为顺从的孩子，”这就是对我们的定义，那是救赎的表现，
that's also the expression of the legitimacy and integrity of our Covenant promise, "As 这也是我们公约承诺的合法性和完整性的表达，“如同
obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your 顺从的儿女，不要效法你们以前的情欲
ignorance." 无知。”
You don't go back and obey another master, namely lust. 你不回头去服从另一位大师，即欲望。
You stay faithful to your Lord. 你忠于你的主。
You maintain the Covenant of obedience to Him. 你维持服从他的盟约。
And here is the focus that I want you to see. 这是我希望你看到的重点。
Verse 15, "Like the holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior 第15节，“就像呼召你的圣者一样，你们的行为也要圣洁
because it is written, 'You shall be holy for I am holy.'" 因为它写着：'你应该是圣洁的，因为我是圣洁的。'“
And here's the motivation. 这是动机。
"If you address as father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct “如果你根据每个人的工作作为父亲公正地判断，进行行为
yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth." 在你留在地球上的时候，你们自己都很害怕。“
Now I want you to just focus on the concept of father because the third point that I want 现在我想让你只关注父亲的概念，因为我想要的第三点
you to note is in order to keep your priorities right, number one, you recognize who owns 你要注意的是为了保持你的优先顺序，第一，你认识到谁拥有
you. 您。
Number two, you remember your Covenant with the Lord that you made at your salvation. 第二，你记得你在拯救时所做的与主的盟约。
And number three, you recognize all sin as a violation of a relationship...you recognize 第三，你认识到所有的罪恶都是违反了你的关系......你承认
all sin as a violation of a relationship. 所有的罪都是违反了关系。
And that is the essence of what it is saying here. 这就是它在这里所说的本质。
You are to be obedient children. 你要成为听话的孩子。
You are to stay away from living by the lust that used to control your life. 你要远离过去控制你生活的欲望。
You are to be holy in all your behavior for He is holy and here it comes in verse 17, 你的一切行为都要圣洁，因为他是圣洁的，在第17节，
"If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, then “如果你按照每个人的工作来公正地判断父亲，那么
conduct yourself in fear during the time of your stay on earth." 在你留在地球上的时候恐惧自己。“
Christianity is a relationship, it is a relationship to God and all sin is a violation of that 基督教是一种关系，它是与上帝的关系，所有的罪恶都是对此的违反
relationship. 关系。
That is so very important to understand. 这是非常重要的理解。
All sin is a violation of that relationship. 所有的罪行都违反了这种关系。
The Scripture talks about it not only in reference to God, but in reference to the Holy Spirit 圣经不仅提及上帝，而且提及圣灵
where it commands us not to quench the Spirit, not to grieve the spirit. 它要求我们不要激化精神，不要伤害精神。
We are told in the New Testament to do all that we do to honor the Lord, to do whatever 我们在新约中被告知要尽我们所有去尊重主，做任何事情
work we do to the honor of Christ. 我们为了荣耀基督而做的工作。
Everything is spoken of relationally. 一切都是关系地说出来的。
Yes we are commanded to obey the moral Law of God, the Law that is unchanging, that is 是的，我们被命令遵守上帝的道德律法，那就是不变的律法
the same in the New Testament as it is in the Old Testament, the Moral and the Spiritual 新约和旧约中的道德和精神一样
Law. 法。
But the New Testament much more calls us to maintain the integrity of the relationship 但新约更多地呼吁我们保持关系的完整性
that we have. 我们有。
God is our Father and we are to love the way He loves and we are to behave the way He behaves 上帝是我们的父，我们要爱祂爱的方式，我们要按照祂行为的方式行事
as far as we can. 尽我们所能。
We are to love our enemies and you're never more like God than when you love your enemies 我们要爱我们的敌人，而且当你爱上你的敌人时，你永远不会像上帝一样
and express forgiveness as He expresses forgiveness. 并表达宽恕，并表示宽恕。
When you sin, you don't really sin against a creed, you don't really sin against a code, 当你犯罪的时候，你并不是真正的犯罪，你并没有犯罪，
you don't sin against an institution, even the church, you sin against a person. 你对一个机构，甚至是教会都不会犯罪，你对一个人犯罪。
And that takes you back to Psalm 51 where David says that "My sin is against You, against 这就把你带回到诗篇51篇，大卫说：“我的罪恶反对你，反对
You only have I sinned and done this iniquity in Your sight." 你只有我犯了罪，在你眼前做了这种罪孽。“
It is essential for us to understand that sin is the violation of a relationship. 对我们来说，了解罪是违反关系是至关重要的。
There's a fourth principle that I think I see in this opening chapter in 1 Peter that 我认为在彼得伯格的这篇开篇章节中我看到了第四条原则
helps us get our priorities right. 帮助我们把我们的优先事项做好
And this looks at it a bit on the negative sight. 这看起来有点不利。
Embrace the effects of adversity, embrace the positive effects of adversity. 拥抱逆境的影响，拥抱逆境的积极影响。
Verses 6 and 7, "In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, 第6和第7节，“在这里，你大大欢喜，即使现在有一段时间，如果有必要的话，
you've been distressed by various trials so that the proof of your faith being more precious 你已经受到各种试炼的困扰，以便证明你的信仰更加珍贵
than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in 即使经过火试验，也可能会发现易腐烂的黄金
praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ." 在耶稣基督的启示下赞美和荣耀。“
Again this is that heavenly perspective. 这又是这个天上的观点。
It's the same perspective that we saw in verse 13 where you're living your life with a view 这与我们在第13节中看到的你在生活中的视角是一致的
to the revelation of Christ. 基督的启示。
Here you're living your life with a view to the praise and glory and honor again that 在这里，你为了赞美，荣耀和尊重而过你的生活
appears at the revelation of Christ, when Christ is revealed, either in His coming or 出现在基督的启示里，当基督被启示时，无论是在祂的降临或降临时
when you see Him face to face, having left this world. 当你面对面地看到他，离开了这个世界。
And verses 6 and 7 tell us that we are not just to rejoice, not just to be accepting 第6节和第7节告诉我们，我们不仅要欢喜，而且要接受
of trials, but strong language, greatly rejoice though you have been distressed for a little 试炼，但强大的语言，尽管你已经苦恼了一点，但非常高兴
while by various trials so that the proof of your faith being more precious than gold 同时通过各种试验来证明你的信仰比黄金更珍贵
which is perishable even though tested by fire may be found." 即使经过火灾测试，它也是易腐烂的。“
I'm going to stop there for a moment. 我会在那里停一会儿。
The greatest gift that you can have as a believer, I'm convinced, is assurance of your salvation. 我相信，你作为一个信徒所能拥有的最大的恩赐就是你得救的保证。
The toughest thing to try to live with as a Christian is doubt about whether you're 尝试与基督徒一起生活的最艰难的事情是怀疑你是否是
really saved. 真的得救了。
That is a very difficult thing to experience and many believers do experience it. 这是一件非常难以体验的事情，许多信徒都会体验它。
The antidote, the cure for doubt is suffering, trial. 解药，怀疑的治疗方法正在遭受审判。
Why? 为什么？
Because when trials come, various trials come and your faith stands the test of those trials 因为审判来临时，各种考验都会来临，你的信仰就是这些考验的考验
and doesn't collapse and doesn't fail, that's the proof of your faith. 并没有崩溃，也没有失败，这就是你信仰的证明。
And the proof of your faith, as he says there in verse 7, is more precious than gold. 正如他在第7节所说的那样，你的信心证明比金子更珍贵。
The most valuable thing you have is the confidence that your faith is the real thing, your faith 你所拥有的最宝贵的东西就是相信你的信仰是真实的东西，你的信仰
is the real saving faith, that you're a true believer. 是真正的信仰，你是一个真正的信徒。
The more trials you have, the longer you live and the more you accumulate trials, the stronger 你有更多的试验，你生活的时间越长，越积累试验越强
your faith becomes. 你的信仰就会变成
I can tell you after many years of living as a Christian, it is not my triumphs that 作为基督徒生活多年后，我可以告诉你，这不是我的胜利
prove my faith. 证明我的信仰。
It is my trials that prove my faith. 这是我的审判，证明我的信仰。
The proof of the legitimacy and the reality of my faith is that it has stood the test 我的信仰的合法性和现实的证明是它经受了考验
of trial after trial after trial after trial and it comes out strong and stronger in every 审判后的审判后审判的审判，并出现在每一个强大和强大
case. 案件。
Do you want to get your life in focus, if you want to pull in the loose ends, if you 如果你想拉动松散的目标，你是否希望让自己的生活集中注意力？
want to set your priorities right, if you want to live in the light of the return of 想要确定你的优先权是否正确，如果你想活在光明的回报中
the Lord Jesus Christ, then you have to embrace the wonderful positive effects of adversity 主耶稣基督，那么你必须拥抱逆境的奇妙积极影响
and the dominating positive that comes out of adversity when your faith is tested, it 以及当你的信仰经过测试时出现逆境的主导性积极因素
is revealed then to be the real thing. 被揭示然后是真实的东西。
On the other hand, if your supposed faith collapses under trial, when things just don't 另一方面，如果你的信仰在审判中崩溃，那么事情就不会发生
go the way you want them to go, and if you walk away from the Lord and abandon Him and 按照你希望他们去的方式行事，如果你离开主而放弃他和他
turn from your profession of Christ as some have done, of course, in all generations, 当然，就像有些人所做的那样，从你的基督的职业转向所有世代，
even in the New Testament time, then you have evidence that your faith is not the real thing...not 即使在新约时代，你也有证据表明你的信仰不是真实的东西......不是
the real thing. 真实的东西。
The deepest pains in life, the most challenging difficulties, the heartbreaking disappointments 人生最深刻的痛苦，最具挑战性的困难，令人心碎的失望
that come in relationships in this life with family and friends, the many other disappointments, 在这个生活中与家人和朋友有关系，许多其他的失望，
the physical infirmities, the losses we all suffer are all opportunities for our faith 身体虚弱，我们都遭受的损失都是我们信仰的机会
to be tested and when it is tested, if it's the real thing, it is proven to be genuine. 要进行测试和测试时，如果它是真实的，它被证明是真实的。
And that is more precious than gold which is perishable. 这比易腐的黄金更珍贵。
So just for tonight, I want to leave you with those four simple principles. 所以就今晚而言，我想让你知道这四个简单的原则。
If you want to pull the loose ends of your life together, remember who owns you. 如果你想一起把你生活中的一部分拉回来，记住谁拥有你。
That is at the very beginning of all of this. 这是所有这一切的开始。
You have to be committed to the fact that you are not your own and that the price that 你必须承诺的事实是，你不是你自己的那个价格
was paid was an infinite price, a staggering price. 被支付了无限的价格，惊人的价格。
Remember, the covenant that you made when you were saved and renew that vow of obedience 请记住，你在得救时所立的约，并重申那顺服的誓言
which you were so eager to make when you were so desperate to be saved. 当你非常渴望得救的时候，你是如此渴望的。
And, thirdly, consider all sin as a violation of a personal relationship with a loving God, 第三，认为所有的罪恶都是与爱神的私人关系的侵犯，
Father, Son and Holy Spirit and embrace adversity for its good work of making your faith evident. 父亲，儿子和圣灵，并且为了让你的信仰显而易见而做好工作，迎接逆境。
Peter says, "This is what proves you are real." 彼得说，“这就是证明你是真实的。”
That is a great gift. 这是一个伟大的礼物。
Let pray together as we come to the Lord's table. 当我们到达主的桌子时，让我们一起祷告。
Lord, we're grateful for the simple straightforward way in which the Scripture points us in the 主啊，我们感谢圣经所指出的简单明了的方式
direction that we need to go and the way that we need to live to honor You, to enjoy You, 我们需要去的方向以及我们需要活着的方式来尊敬你，享受你，
to enjoy Your blessing and to gain an eternal reward which will be for us an everlasting 享受你的祝福，并获得永恒的奖赏，这将是我们永恒的
joy. 喜悦。
We thank You that the Scripture is so clear and so direct. 我们感谢你，圣经是如此清晰直接。
Give us the grace to live this way, to pull in the loose ends, to establish our priorities 给我们宽限期的生活方式，拉开松散的目标，确定我们的优先事项
and live in the light of eternity. 并活在永恒的光中。
Father, we thank You for our congregation in a church of faithful people, covenant-keeping 父亲，我们感谢你为我们的会众在忠实的人民教会里守约
people, people who understand what it is to have a true relationship to You and who cherish 人，理解与你有真正关系和珍惜的人
that relationship and never want to violate it. 这种关系，永远不想违反它。
Thank You for a congregation of people who understand the power that trials and adversity 谢谢你们的会众，他们了解审判和逆境的力量
has in life, assuring us of our faith and giving us that assurance that is the most 在生活中，向我们保证我们的信仰，并给予我们最大的保证
precious of all blessings. 珍贵的祝福。
Lord, we thank You for purchasing us with the precious blood of Christ and for taking 主啊，我们感谢你用基督的宝血购买我们，并为我们服用
ownership over our lives so that You're responsible for us, to care for us, to provide for us, 对我们的生活拥有所有权，以便您对我们负责，照顾我们，为我们提供，
to discipline us, to reward us, to meet our every need. 管教我们，奖励我们，满足我们的每一个需要。
We rest in that reality. 我们在这个现实中休息。
And, Lord, we're so grateful that in this congregation there is so much commitment, 主啊，我们非常感激在这个会众中有这么多的承诺，
so widespread to these realities. 这些现实如此广泛。
We feel like even in saying the things I've said tonight that I'm simply reiterating what 我们甚至想说我今晚说过的话，我只是在重申一下
the congregation is already committed to. 会众已经承诺。
We thank You, Lord, that You've given us such great exposure to the truth and You've given 主啊，我们感谢你，你已经给了我们如此巨大的真理曝光，你已经给了我们
us such a great love for You in response. 我们对你的这样一个伟大的爱作为回应。
You've prompted that in our hearts, You've shed that love abroad in us by the Holy Spirit, 你们在我们心中促使你们借着圣灵将我们在海外的爱抛弃，
we're grateful. 我们很感激。