基督徒的人生

经文：“我将耶和华常摆在我面前，因他在我右边，我便不至摇动。因此，我的心欢喜，我的灵快乐，我的肉身也要安然居住。因为你必不将我的灵魂撇在阴间，也不叫你的圣者见朽坏。你必将生命的道路指示我。在你面前有满足的喜乐，在你右手中有永远的福乐。”（诗16:8-11）

一、基督徒的人生是喜乐、平安的人生

诗40:2说：“他从祸坑里、从淤泥中把我拉上来，使我的脚立在磐石上，使我脚步稳当。”因神的爱让许多在死亡之中、被撒但攻击之中、患难之中的人被主拯救。基督徒的人生是喜乐的人生，主时时刻刻保守看顾带领，我们当将一切忧虑卸给神。有位弟兄在建阳一次培灵布道会中作见证，一次他在开车下山坡时刹车失灵，危急时刻就祷告主：“主啊，我将灵魂体都交给你，若时候到了，我愿意来见主；若时候未到，主啊，你是创造天地万物的主，必保守看顾我。”车忽然停下，于是立刻下车跪在路边向主献上感恩和赞美。“我虽然行过死荫的幽谷，也不怕遭害，因为你与我同在；你的杖，你的竿，都安慰我”（诗23:4）。正因为有喜乐、平安，我们在地上虽有各样困苦，仍有永生的盼望，“你们是客旅，是寄居的”（彼前2:11），天上永恒的家才是我们的家乡，那里“不再有死亡，也不再有悲哀、哭号、疼痛”（参启21:4），有神永远的同在。

二、是得胜的人生

提后4:7说：“那美好的仗我已经打过了，当跑的路我已经跑尽了，所信的道我已经守住了。”这是保罗得胜的凯歌，我们当效法保罗，胜过一切试探，靠主的恩典凭信心胜过一切。有一个姐妹早上买菜时捡到钱包，内有300多元钱，她的灵与肉开始不断争战，最终她仍体贴肉体，用捡来的钱包礼金。可上帝不丢弃她，管教她，一星期后，她得病到医院检查，又遇医生误诊要洗胃，令她非常痛苦，不仅肉体受到折磨，也花去更多的金钱。因此我们要靠主战胜罪恶的试探，“因为你们从前虽然作罪的奴仆……既从罪里得了释放，就作了义的奴仆”（参罗6:17-18）。

我们还应靠主战胜生活中的磨难。一姐妹生活贫穷困苦，为改变困境,她的亲戚帮助她儿子到美国，但儿子被美国移民局拘留，令她的家庭更加困苦，亲戚就攻击，要她离弃神，在如此压力之下她仍坚定信心，一个月之后，儿子被释放，生活渐渐好转，她的信心也被坚固，因为主曾应许说:“凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息”（太11:28）。

我们不但要胜过生活的困难，也要胜过世界的试探。要明白上班工作并非就是贪爱世界，圣经告诉我们:“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。”（参约壹2:16）基督徒应凭信心靠着圣灵的引导，胜过世界种种的诱惑。“因为凡从神生的，就胜过世界；使我们胜了世界的，就是我们的信心”（参约壹5:4）。

基督徒生活中也有软弱，“因为立志为善由得我，只是行出来由不得我”(罗7:18下)，撒但虽常常搅扰、攻击我们，但我们应时时靠主耶稣而夸胜。当将“我们的旧人和他同钉十字架，使罪身灭绝”(参罗6:6)，活出基督样式。让我们更加清楚认识主的道，体会主的旨意，传全备的福音。

三、有爱的人生（林前13章）

神就是爱，“你要尽心、尽性、尽意，爱主你的神……其次也相仿，就是要爱人如己”（太22:37-40），基督徒的人生应当是爱神、爱人的人生（参林前13:4-8）。“我们相爱，不要只在言语和舌头上，总要在行为和诚实上”（参约壹3:18）。黑龙江的一位姐妹32岁时丈夫去世，生活困难，曾希望丈夫的单位能给予资助，却未能如愿，但她相信“天上的飞鸟，也不种，也不收……天父尚且养活它”（参太6:26），何况自己是上帝的孩子呢？所以她就专一依靠神，得到神丰丰富富的爱和恩典，不但自己脱离了贫困，并且还开办工厂,帮助一百多位孤儿寡母。

四、有见证的人生

来2:1说:“所以，我们当越发郑重所听见的道理，恐怕我们随流失去。”我们不单听道，还要行道（参雅1:19-27），要在世上作光作盐活出主的道。在湖北有一位姐妹生活贫困，靠捡垃圾度日，一次她捡到破包，想拿回修补后再用，至晚上拿出包来，才发现包内有人民币6万3千元，还有2张定期的存折，共有12万多。她从未见过这么多的钱，但她明白基督徒不可贪财，第二天就将钱交到教会，几经周折终于找到了失主，当记者采访时，她并无多言，只说:“因为我是基督徒。”

“你们的光也当这样照在人前，叫他们看见你们的好行为，便将荣耀归给你们在天上的父。”（太5:16）

The Life of Christians

By Pastor Huang Yuguan

Bible Verse Reading: Psalms 16: 8-11

"I keep the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also rests secure.

For you do not give me up to Shell, or let your faithful one see the Pit.

You show me the path of life.

In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore."

1. The life of Christians is peaceful and joyful.

Psalms 40: 2 says, "He drew me up from the desolate pit, /out of the miry bog, /and set my feet upon a rock, /making my steps secure." Because of God's love, there are many who were in a narrow escape, or under the attack of Satan, or in adversity are saved by the LORD. Christians' life is peaceful and joyful. The LORD cares and guides us all the time and we should put all our worries in HIS hands. There is a brother giving his testimony in a gathering of spiritual retreat in Jianyang, Fujian province. Once when he drove a car down a hill, he braked the car in vain and he could not hold it. In this critical moment, he prayed to God, " LORD, I commit my soul and body to you. If it is the time, I'd like to come to meet you;

if it is not yet the time, LORD, you are the Creator of the heavens and the earth, you will protect me." The car suddenly stopped and he immediately got off the car and knelt at the roadside giving thanks and praise to the LORD. "Even though I walk through the darkest valley, /I fear no evil; /for you are with me; /your rod and your staff-- /they comfort me." (Psalms 23: 4) Although we have all kinds of difficulties, we have hope of eternity because of the peace and joy God gives us. "…you (are) as aliens and exiles." (1 Peter 2:11) Our hometown is in the permanent heaven where "There will be no more death, no more grief, crying, or pain." (Revelation 21: 4) and where God is always with us.

2. The life of Christians is victorious.

2 Timothy 4: 7 records that "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." This is the victorious song of Paul. We should follow Paul, and with the LORD'S grace and our faith in HIM, we will defeat all temptations and win over everything.

A sister found a wallet when she went to a market in a morning. There was over 300 yuan inside the wallet. A fighting began between her soul and flesh. Finally she subjected herself to the flesh and used the money as a gift (In Chinese tradition, people bring along money as a gift when attending a wedding or funeral ceremony of relatives or friends. -Translator). However, God did not give her up. Instead, God disciplined her. A week later, she got ill and went to see a doctor. There was an accident in the doctor's diagnose, so she had to have her stomach washed. She was miserable. Not only was she tortured physically, but also had she to spent more money. Therefore, we should rely on our LORD to defeat the temptations of evil. "…having once been slaves of sin,…having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness." (Romans 6:17-18)

We should also rely on God to defeat the tribulations in our life. There was a sister living in poverty. Her relative tried to help her son to go to America in order that he might help change the difficult situation. Her son was detained by the American Immigration Bureau, which made her situation even worse. Her relative attacked her belief, asking her to leave God. But she kept her firm belief under such pressure, and one month later, her son was relieved. Her life was getting better and better and her faith was reinforced as well. As the LORD promised, "Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11: 28)

We should defeat not only the tribulations in our life, but also the temptations in the world. We ought to know that we work not because we covet for the world. The Bible tells us that "for all that is in the world-the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches-comes not from the Father but from the world." (1 John 2:16) Christians should seek for the guidance of the Holy Spirit with faith to defeat the temptations in the world. "For whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith."

There is weakness in Christian's life. "…I can will what is right, but I can not do it." (Romans 7:18) Although Satan often disturbs and attacks us, we must always depend on the LORD to get victory. We should have "our old self crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed" (Romans 6:6) and we will live like Jesus. May that we know better of the LORD'S road, understand HIS will and preach the full gospel."

3. Christians' life is filled with love. (1 Corinthians 13)

God is love. "You should love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind….And the second is like it: 'You should love your neighbor as yourself.'" (Matthew 22:37-40) Christians' life is lived to love God and human beings.

(1 Corinthians 13: 4- 8) "Let us love, not in word or speech but in truth and action." (1 John 3:18) A sister in Hei Long Jiang province became a widow when she was 32. she hoped that her husband's previous unit would give her some financial help, but failed. However, she believed that "the birds of the sky neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, …heavenly Father feeds them." (Matthew 6:26) Will He much more care her as God's child? Thus she devoted herself to God and obtained abundant love and grace from God. She was no more in poverty, but rather, she managed a factory and helped over one hundred orphans and widowed mothers.

4. Christians' life has testimony.

Hebrews 2: 1 says that "Therefore we must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it." We should not only be merely hearers of the Word, but also doers of the Word. (James 1:19-27) We ought to be the light and salt of the world and practice the Word of the LORD. In Hu Bei province, there was a sister living on rubbish-collecting. Once she found a rugged bag. She thought of taking it back and mending it. She did not see that there was 63,000 yuan in the bag with two fixed deposit bank account until she took it out in the evening. The total amount was well over 120,000 yuan. Although she had never seen so huge amount of money, she knew Christians mustn't be greedy. The next day she handed the money to the church. With some effort the owner was found. When a reporter interviewed her, what she said was, "Because I am a Christian."

"In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:16) 　

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