最大的 诫命

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Matthew 22: 34-36
马太福音 22 章 34-36 节
法利塞人听见耶稣堵住了撒都该人的口，他们就聚
集。内中有一个人时律法师，要试探耶稣，就问
他说：“夫子，律法上的戒律，哪一条是最大的
呢？”

Jesus replied: ‘‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’’ This is the first and greatest commandment.
Matthew 22: 37-38
马太福音 22 章 37-38 节
耶稣对他说：“你要尽心，尽性，尽意，爱主你的
神。这是诫命中的第一，且是最大的。

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22: 39-40
马太福音 22 章 39-40 节
其次也相仿，就是要爱人如己。这两条诫命是律
法和先知一切道理的总纲。”

If we would want to find a word that better defined the meaning of the Bible, that word would be LOVE
用一个字来概括圣经的真谛 那就是
爱

God has expressed to us His love from the very moment He created this world.
God gave us this world to live in it and to rule over it.
自创世之初，神就一直深爱着我们。
他赐给我们这个世界，让我们生存在世上，
让我们管理这个世界。

God has expressed His Love again by giving us
Jesus Christ.
神又把他的独生爱子耶稣基督赐给我们，降
临在我们中间，向我们显明他的爱。

God shows to us His love one more time when we repent for our sins and He forgives us and gives us new life.
在我们认罪的时候，神再一次展现他的爱：
神宽恕我们，并给了我们新生。

God shows to us His Love everyday by blessings us, giving us jobs, feeding us, clothing us, giving us houses to live in, family to love and care for, friends to enjoy.
GOD LOVES US
神每时每刻都在爱着我们，他赐福给我们，给我
们工作，给我们食物，给我们衣物，给我们居
住的地方，给我们家人互相关爱，给我们友爱
和团契的美好时光。
神 爱 我 们 ！

God shows His love for us by giving us His blessings
神爱我们，神给予我们他的恩泽。

This is the reason why HE commanded us TO
LOVE HIM with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind
因此，神要我们谨记他的诫命：要尽心，尽
性，尽意的爱主我们的神

But His commandment does not finish in Loving
Him. God goes on commanding us to love everybody else in the same way we love ourselves
“And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself ’’.
然而， 神的诫命不仅限于爱主我们的神。
神继续要求我们，要像爱自己一样爱他人。
“其次也相仿，就是要爱人如己。”

To those who are married your closest neighbour is your spouse, that means your husband or wife.
对于已婚的人来说，你最近的邻人就是
你的另一半，就是你的丈夫或妻子。

Marriage is the first and only institution that God created for us.
婚姻是神为我们制定的第一个也
是唯一个的人与人之间的团契

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Genesis 2:24
创世纪 2 章 24 节
因此，人要离开父母，与妻子结合，二人成
为一体。

Marriage is one of the greatest blessings that God has given us.
婚姻是神最伟大的恩泽之一

The Bible says
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD”.
Proverbs 18:22
箴言 18 章 22 节
得着贤妻的，是得着好处，也是蒙了耶和华
的恩惠。

Husband speaking to his wife:
How beautiful you are, my darling!
Oh, how beautiful!
Your eyes are doves.
Song of Songs 1:15
雅歌 1 章 15 节
新郎对新娘说：
我的佳偶，你甚美丽！
你甚美丽！
你的眼睛好象鸽子眼。

Wife speaking to her husband:
How handsome you are, my beloved!
Oh, how charming!
Song of Songs 1:16
雅歌 1 章 16 节
新娘对新郎说：
我的良人哪，
你甚是美丽可爱！

And the Bible also says:
“Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.
She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life” .
Proverbs 31: 11-12
箴言 31 章 11-12 节
她丈夫心里倚靠她，必不缺少利益。
她一生使丈夫有益无损。

So Marriage is a blessings that God has prepared for us.
Marriage is the place where we grow.
因此，婚姻是神为我们预备的恩泽。
我们在婚姻里得以成长。

Inside marriage we grow in love.
“Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud”.
1 Corinthians 13:4
婚姻，让我们在爱中成长：
哥林多前书 13 章 4 节
“爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩惠；爱是不嫉妒，
爱是不自夸，不张狂。”

We grow in godliness.
“It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered”
1 Corinthians 13:5
我们在虔诚中成长：
哥林多前书 13 章 5 节
“不做害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易
发怒。”

We grow in forgiveness and truth
“it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth”.
1 Corinthians 13:6
我们在原谅和真理中成长：
哥林多前书 13 章 6 节
“不计算人的恶，不喜欢不义，只喜欢真
理。”

We grow in humbleness and faith
“It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres”.
1 Corinthians 13: 7
我们在谦卑和信仰里成长：
哥林多前书 13 章 7 节
“凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍
耐。”

This is the kind of marriage that God has planned for us.
这是神为我们预备好的婚姻。

But marriage has been very mistreated in the world and also inside the church.
We have forgotten how important it is, and many times Christians feel about marriage the same way the world does
然而，世人没能够正确对待婚姻。这样的事
情也发生在我们基督徒里。
我们忘记了婚姻的重要性。很多时候，我们
如同世人一样对待婚姻。

Is for this very reason that today I would like to remind us all the advices that the Bible gives us regarding marriage
正因为如此，今天在这里，我要提醒大家，
圣经里是怎样教导我们正确对待婚姻的。

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 5:21
以弗所书 5 章 21 节
又当存敬畏基督的心，彼此顺服。

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22
以弗所书 5 章 22 节
你们作妻子的，当顺服自己的丈夫，如同顺
服主。

Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives
1 Peter 3: 1-2
彼得前书 3 章 1-2 节
你们作妻子的，要顺服自己的丈夫。这样，
若有不信从道理的丈夫，他们虽然不听道，
也可以因妻子的品行被感化过来。这正是因
为你们有贞洁的品行和敬畏的心。

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
Ephesians 5:25
以弗所书 5 章 25 节
你们作丈夫的，要爱你们的妻子，正如基督
爱教会，为教会舍己。

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers
1 Peter 3: 7
彼得前书 3 章 7 节
你们作丈夫的，也要按情理和妻子同住，因
她比你软弱，与你一同承受生命之恩的，所
以要敬重她。这样，便叫你们的祷告没有阻
碍。

Now a days the television and the society sell to us this image that infidelity is okay.
They show us that violence in the family is normal.
现如今，在电视等媒体上都在渲染着婚姻中
的不忠贞是可以接受的，家庭暴力也是正常
的。

Even more, they encourage us to divorce if things do not go in the way we expected them to.
更可怕的是，当婚姻没有我们想象的那么顺
利的时候，世俗甚至怂恿我们离婚。

But we are the church.
If there is anyone who has the authority to show to this world what marriage truly is, is you and me.
然而，我们都是基督徒。
如果说，在这个世界上，还有谁有这个权力
告诉世人，什么是真正的婚姻，那么，也就
是你我了。

It is the time for us, the church of Jesus Christ, to stand and shine. Let the people see the blessings of the Lord in us.
Dare ourselves to be the husbands and the wives that God wants us to be.
作为主耶稣基督的信徒，我们是时候挺身而
出，让世人看到主给予我们的恩泽。
坚定地做神要我们成为的丈夫或妻子。为神
做美好的见证。

Let us remember what Jesus prayed about us
让我们谨记主耶稣为我们所求的

that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.
May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
John 17: 21
约翰福音 17 章 21 节
使他们 都合而为一，正如你父在我里面，我
在你里面，使他们也在我们里面，叫世人可
以信你差了我来。

Let’s work together to be one in our marriage.
Love your wife with all your heart.
Submit and honor your husband
As you do to the Lord.
让我们一起为我们的婚姻努力。
新郎要全心全意地爱着新娘，
新娘要顺从和敬爱新郎，
正如你们全心全意地爱着我们的主
正如你们顺从和敬爱我们的主。

If your husband is not a Christian or your wife is not a Christian you may still obey God’s commandments and He will bless your marriage, and perhaps you may become the reason of your spouse's conversion to Jesus Christ.
如果你的丈夫或者妻子还不是基督徒，你仍当
遵从神的戒律，神会祝福你们的婚姻。
也许，你会成为一个很好的榜样，把你的另一
半带到神的宝座前。

让我们在婚姻里相亲相爱不分彼此，
让世人看到了便相信。