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帖撒罗尼迦前书生命读经 · 第20篇

我们的心得坚固，

Our Heart to be Established
读经：帖撒罗尼迦前书3:6上，10,12-13，箴言4:23，耶利米书17:9，诗篇73:1;78:8，以西结书36:26，马太福音5:8;15:8,18-19;12:34-35;22:37，使徒行传28:27，哥林多后书3:15-16，罗马书10:10，希伯来书4:12，提摩太前书1:5，提摩太后书2:22。
13，箴言4:23，耶利米书17:9，诗篇73:1;，以西结书36:26，马太福音5:8;15:8,，使徒行传28:27，哥林多后书3:15-16，罗马书10:10，希伯来书
Scripture Reading: 1 Thes. 3:6a, 10, 12-13; Prov. 4:23; Jer. 17:9; Psa. 73:1; 78:8; Ezek. 36:26; Matt. 5:8; 15:8, 18-19; 12:34-35; 22:37; Acts 28:27; 2 Cor. 3:15-16; Rom. 10:10; Heb. 4:12; 1 Tim. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:22
14:12，提摩太前书1:5，提摩太后书2:22。
1Jer. 17:9; Psa. 73:1; 78:8; Ezek. 36:26; Matt. 5:8; 15:8, 18-19; 12:34-35; 22:37; Acts 28:27; 2 Cor. 3:15-16; 78:8 Rom. 10:10; Heb. 4:12; 1 Tim. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:22 18-19; 12:34-35; 22:37
2在本篇信息中，我们要来看我们的心得坚固，在圣别上无可指摘的意义。帖前三章十三节说，『好使你们的心，当我们主耶稣同祂众圣徒来临的时候，在我们的神与父面前，得以坚固，在圣别上无可指摘。』这里有三个重要的辞：心、圣别、无可指摘。我们的心得坚固，无可指摘是甚么意思？这说法实在不平常。这样的坚固当然不是我们作成的，乃是主作的。
2In this message we shall consider what it means to have our heart established blameless in holiness. First Thessalonians 3:13 says, “That He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.” Three important words here are heart, blameless, and holiness. What does it mean to have our heart established blameless? This certainly is an unusual expression. Of course, this establishing is not our work; it is the Lord’s doing
3圣别与圣化你对于『在圣别上无可指摘』这句话怎样领会？『在圣别上』不是形容『坚固』这个动词，而是形容『无可指摘』。保罗在这一节不是说主坚固我们的心成为圣别，乃是说主使我们的心无可指摘，使其在圣别上无可指摘。因此我们需要找出，我们的心得以在圣别上无可指摘的意义。
3HOLINESS AND SANCTIFICATION What is your understanding of the phrase “blameless in holiness”? The words “in holiness” do not qualify the verb “establish.” Rather, they qualify the word “blameless.” In this verse Paul is not saying that the Lord establishes our heart in holiness. Instead, he is saying that the Lord is making our heart blameless, and making it blameless in holiness. Thus, we need to find out what it means for our heart to be blameless in holiness
4帖后二章十三节说，『主所爱的弟兄们，我们应当常为你们感谢神，因为祂从起初拣选了你们，叫你们藉著那灵的圣别，并你们对真理的信，可以得救。』这里的圣别，或作圣化；这
4Second Thessalonians 2:13 says, “But we ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.” This verse speaks of
5一节说到藉著圣化而得救，但帖前三章十三节说到在圣别上无可指摘。圣别（holiness）与圣化（sanctification）不同。圣别与圣化当然都是指一种圣的元素。然而，圣别是指那种元素的本身，而圣化是指成为圣别的过程，也就是被圣化的过程。使我们圣别的过程一直在进行著，这个过程就是圣化。因此，在圣别上，乃是在那种元素上；而藉著圣化，乃是在神圣别我们的过程里。
5salvation in sanctification, and 1 Thessalonians 3:13, of being blameless in holiness. To be in holiness is different from being in sanctification. Of course, holiness and sanctification both refer to an element that is holy. However, holiness refers to the element itself, and sanctification refers to the process of being made holy, the process of being sanctified. A process is going on to make us holy; this process is sanctification. Therefore, to be in holiness is to be in the element, and to be in sanctification is to be in the process of being made holy
6神的救恩是藉著圣化。这意思是说，神的救恩包含一个持续不断的过程，神藉著这个过程圣别我们。当这个过程进行的时候，我们享受神拯救的大能。圣是神圣别性情的元素。我们乃是在这种元素里，成为无可指摘。
6God’ss alvation is in sanctification. This means that God’ss alvation involves a continuing process through which we are being made holy. As this process is taking place, we enjoy God’ss aving power. Holiness is the element of God’sho ly nature. It is in this element that we are to be blameless.
7我要再用泡茶这简单的事为例说明。茶是一种元素，『茶化』是泡茶的过程。假如你有一杯白开水，你若要把这杯水茶化，就需要放进一个茶包。茶包刚放进水里的时候，水好像没有甚么两样，和白开水差不了多少。但是搅拌
7Once again I would like to take as an illustration the simple matter of making tea. Tea is an element, and “tea- ification” is the process of making tea. Suppose you have a cup of plain water. In order to tea-ify the water, you need to place a tea bag into it. When a tea bag is first put into water, the water may seem to remain the same. It seems to be little more than plain water. But after a period of
8一段时间以后，水就茶化了；也就是说，茶加到水里，与水调和了。因此我们可以说，水是在茶化的过程中。末了，茶在水里，水也在茶里。这意思是说，茶的元素与水调和了。这种茶化的结果，就叫茶与水结合成为一种饮料。这种饮料实际上就是茶水。茶在水里是一回事，但水经过茶化的过程又是另一回事。同样，我们要在圣别的元素上无可指摘，也需要经历圣化的过程，好使我们天天，甚至时时刻刻都享受神的救恩。
8time and some action of stirring, the water will become tea-ified; that is, tea is added to the water and mingled with it. Hence, we may say that the water is under the process of tea-ification. Eventually, the tea is in the water, and the water is in the tea. This means that the element of tea is mingled with the water. As a result of this tea- ification, the tea and water are blended together to make one beverage. Actually, this kind of drink is tea-water. For the tea to be in the water is one thing, but for the water to pass through the process of tea-ification is another. In like manner, we need to be blameless in the element of holiness, and we also need to undergo the process of sanctification so that we may enjoy God’ss alvation daily and even hourly
信心与爱心
FAITH AND LOVE
9我们鸟瞰整卷帖撒罗尼迦前书，就看见头三章组成一个段落，末两章组成另一个段落。我们已经看过，这封书信有一个基本结构，包含三种元素：信心的工作、爱心的劳苦、和盼望的忍耐。保罗在一章三节说到这事：『在我们的神与父面前，不住的记念你们信心的工作，爱心的劳苦，并对我们主耶稣基督之盼望的忍耐。』保罗以这个结构为基础，在一章九至十节说，信徒离弃了偶像，来服事又活又真的神，并等候祂的儿子从诸天降临。二章给我们看见，为著召会生活之圣别生活的抚育。这种抚育是乳养的母亲和劝勉的父亲的工作。正确抚育的结果，叫我们行事为人配得过那召我们进入祂自己的国和荣耀的神。（二12。）我们行事为人若要像这样，我们的信心就需要补足，我们的爱心也需要增多洋溢。保罗在三章深深关切帖撒罗尼迦人的信心
9If we have a bird’s-eye view of 1 Thessalonians, we shall see that the first three chapters make up one section, and the last two chapters make up another. We have seen that this Epistle has a basic structure containing three elements: the work of faith, the labor of love, and the endurance of hope. Paul speaks of this in 1:3: “Remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labor of love, and endurance of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.” With this structure as a basis, Paul says in 1:9 and 10 that the believers turned from idols to serve a living and true God and to wait for His Son from the heavens. In chapter two we have the fostering of a holy life for the church life. This fostering is the work of a cherishing mother and exhorting father. The result of the proper fostering is that we walk worthily of God, who calls us into His own kingdom and glory (2:12). In order to have such a walk, we need to be perfected in our faith, and we need to increase and abound in our love. In chapter three Paul is deeply concerned about the
10和爱心。照三章十节看，他渴望补足他们信心的缺欠。帖撒罗尼迦人有信心，这是不错的，但他们的信心需要补足。保罗渴望见他们，好补足他们信心的缺欠。他在三章十二节接著说，『又愿主使你们彼此的爱并对众人的爱，都能增多洋溢，正如我们对你们一样。』我们这些信徒的信心，都需要得著补足，我们的爱心也需要增多洋溢。
10Thessalonians’ faith and love. According to 3:10, his desire was to perfect anything that was lacking in their faith. Yes, the Thessalonians had faith, yet it needed perfecting. Paul longed to see them in order to perfect what was lacking in their faith. In 3:12 he goes on to say, “And the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love to one another and to all, even as we also to you.” As believers, we all need to be perfected in faith and to increase and abound in love.
11三章十三节给我们看见，我们的信心需要补足，爱心需要增多洋溢，是有特别原因的，就是叫主可以使我们的心得坚固，在圣别上无可指摘。我们的心得坚固，就是我们的信心得著补足，爱心增多洋溢的结果。主正在作建造的工作，这建造的工作乃是坚固我们的心。我们的心需要建造起来，得著坚固，无可指摘。往后我们要再解释十三节无可指摘的意思。保罗在三章十三节说，主要使我们的心得坚固，在圣别上无可指摘。他并不是说我们的心得坚固，在纯洁、洁净上无可指摘。新约圣经强调纯洁的心。主耶稣说，『清心的人有福了，因为他们必看见神。』（太五8。）保罗嘱咐提摩太，要同那清心呼求主的人竭力追求。（提后二22。）不仅如此，大卫在诗篇五十一篇十节祷告说，求主在他里面造清洁的心。保罗为甚么不说『在纯洁或清洁上无可指摘』，却说『在圣别上无可指摘』？原因是帖撒罗尼迦前书是一卷论到为著召会生活之圣别生活的书信。这封书信第一个段落（由一、二、三章组成）的结论是：主要使我们的心得坚固，在圣别上无可指摘。
11In verse 13 of chapter three we see the specific reason we need to be perfected in faith and to increase and abound in love: it is that the Lord may establish our hearts blameless in holiness. The establishing of our heart is the issue, the result, of the perfecting of our faith and of the increase and abounding of our love. The Lord is doing a work of building. This building work is to establish our heart. Our heart needs to be built up, to be established blameless. Later we shall seek to explain what the word blameless in verse 13 means. In 3:13 Paul says that the Lord will establish our hearts blameless in holiness. He does not say that our heart will be established blameless in purity or in cleanness. The New Testament emphasizes the matter of a pure heart. The Lord Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matt. 5:8). Paul exhorted Timothy to be with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart (2 Tim. 2:22). Furthermore, in Psalm 51:10 David prayed that the Lord would create in him a clean heart. Why, then, does Paul not say blameless in purity or in cleanness, but instead says blameless in holiness? The reason is that the book of 1 Thessalonians is on a holy life for the church life. The conclusion of the first section of this Epistle, composed of chapters one, two, and three, is that the Lord will establish our heart blameless in holiness
12我相信我们都有信、爱和望。我们已经离弃偶像转向神，我们正服事活神，并等候主耶稣回来。因此，我们有信、爱和望，我们也有回转、服事和等候。但我们还需要在信心上得著补足。在帖撒罗尼迦前书，信心是指我们相信的能力，也是指我们所相信的事物。因此，信心是一件大事。客观的信仰（我们相信的事物）这一面范围很广，包括许多事物。我们多年来所释放的信息，说到信仰这个范围里许多不同的事物。这些信息给我们看见，基督徒的信仰所包含的内容极其的多，甚至包含了三一神与得救、重生之人相调和这件事。
12I believe that we all have faith, love, and hope. We have turned to God from idols, we are serving the living God, and we are waiting for the coming back of the Lord Jesus. Therefore, we have faith, love, and hope, and we have the turning, the serving, and the waiting. But we still need to be perfected in our faith. In 1 Thessalonians faith refers to our believing ability and also to what we believe. Faith, therefore, is a great matter. The aspect of objective faith, the things we believe in, is a vast field including many things. The messages we have put out over the years have covered different matters in this field of faith. These messages show us how much the Christian faith, Christian belief, comprises. It even includes the matter of the mingling of the Triune God with saved and regenerated human beings.
13帖撒罗尼迦人藉著保罗的传讲听到了福音，也就是说他们听到了信仰。帖撒罗尼迦人不仅听到信仰，他们也接受了。然而，因著保罗与他们在一起的时间很短（大约三周），所以他无法陈明新约信仰所有的内容。难怪他急切要去看望他们，面对面看见他们，好进一步对他们说到信仰，并在信心上补足他们。我们和帖撒罗尼迦人一样，我们的信心也需要补足。帖撒罗尼迦人有信心，也有爱心。我们这些在基督里的信徒，也彼此相爱。神圣的爱是无法测量、追测不尽的。因此，我们的爱心需要增多洋溢。如果我们的信心得著补足，我们的爱心增多洋溢，那么我们的生活、日常的行事为人就会配得过神的呼召。我们若要有这种生活，主就必须把我们的心定在固定的根基上。这就是使我们的心得坚固、得建造。
13Through the preaching of Paul, the Thessalonians heard the gospel. This means that they heard the faith. Not only did the Thessalonians hear the faith—they received it. However, because Paul was with them such a short time, approximately three weeks, he could not have presented all the contents of the New Testament faith. No wonder he was eager to visit them and see them face to face in order to speak further to them concerning the faith and to perfect them in the faith. Like the Thessalonians, we also need to have our faith perfected. The Thessalonians had faith and also had love. As believers in Christ, we also love one another. The divine love is without measure; it is immeasurable. Hence, we need to increase and abound in our love. If we are perfected in our faith and if we increase and abound in our love, we shall have a living, a daily walk, that is worthy of God’s calling. If we would have this kind of living, the Lord must set our heart on a fixed foundation. This is to establish, to build up, our heart.
14刻变时翻的心大多数的基督徒没有坚固的心，他们的心刻变时翻，时常摇动。我们需要的是扎实坚固的心，不是容易改变的心。但按著我们天然的出生，我们的心是易变的。我们最善变的就是心。譬如，一位弟兄早晨也许对妻子很好，但吃早餐的时候，也许有甚么事叫他烦恼，就对妻子不好了。这是我们心善变的一个例证。
14A CHANGEABLE HEART Instead of having an established heart, most Christians have a changeable, movable heart. We need a heart that is solidly established, not a heart that is changeable. According to our natural birth, however, our heart is changeable. The most changeable thing about us is our heart. For example, in the morning a brother may be very kind to his wife. But during breakfast he may become bothered by something and treat her in an unkind way. This is an illustration of the changeableness of our heart
15我们的心不仅在与人的关系上善变，甚至与主之间也是这样。神是不改变的一位，祂从来没有改变。我们是一班刻变时翻的人，我们的心极其善变。为这缘故，保罗关心帖撒罗尼迦初信者的心能否定下来，得著建造、坚固。帖前三章十三节一开始用了『好使』
15Our heart is changeable not only in relation to other people, but even in our relationship with the Lord. God is the unchanging One; He never changes. We are the ones who are changeable, and we are changeable in our heart. For this reason, Paul was concerned that the hearts of the new believers at Thessalonica would be set, built up, and established. Verse 13 opens with the word “that.” The Greek word
一辞；指明前面几节（特别是六至
here actually means “in order that”; that is, it indicates
16十二节）的结果。我们需要将六至
16an issue, a result, of the foregoing verses, especially
17十三节看作完整的段落。这样，我们就会看见，十三节是保罗这一段话的
17verses 6 through 12. We need to read verses 6 through 13 as a complete section. Then we shall see that verse
18结语。保罗在这几节里所关心的，乃是帖撒罗尼迦人的信心和爱心。他盼望他们的信心得著补足，并且他们的爱心增多洋溢，好使主可以坚固他们的心。
1813 is a conclusion of what Paul covers in this section. In these verses Paul’s concern is for the Thessalonians’ faith and love. His desire is that their faith would be perfected and that their love would increase and abound in order that the Lord may establish their hearts.
19我们的心仍然需要得坚固。无论青年人与年长的都一样。我知道青年人的经历，我也知道青年人是善变的。我记得多年前我还是青年人时的经历；青年人不彀坚定。现在我是个老年人，我也能说到年长的经历；年长的人并不比青年人更稳定。事实上，按著一个人天然、属人的生命，没有一个人有坚定的心。我们人都是善变的；不会因著我们老了，就说我们的性情有了基本上的改变。譬如，玻璃是很容易破碎的；
19Our heart still needs to be established. This is true both of the young and of the old. I know the experiences of young people. I also know that young people are changeable. I can recall my experience as a young person many years ago. Young people are not steadfast. Now as an elderly man I can speak concerning those who are old. Old people are not more steadfast than young people. Actually, there is no one who, according to his natural, human life, is steadfast in his heart. As human beings, we all are changeable. Simply because we grow older does not mean that there is a basic change in our nature. For example
20五十年之后，这块玻璃还是易碎的，年日并不会叫玻璃更坚刚。人的生命也是这样。老年人和青年人的心都是善变的。因此，我劝你们，特别是那些不太年轻的人，不要相信你们的心。因为我们的心太容易改变了，所以牠一点也不可靠。在我尽职的年日里，我遇见的人数以千计。多年来，我看见人的心是那样善变。我一再看见人的心改变了。因为我们的心善变，所以我们基督徒的生活有一急切的需要，就是我们的心得著坚固。虽然我们的心需要得坚固，但我们自
20a piece of glass may be very fragile. After fifty years, the glass will still be fragile. Age will not make it any stronger. The same is true in human life. Both the old and the young are changeable in heart. Therefore, I urge you, especially those who are not so young, not to have any confidence in your heart. Because our heart changes so easily, it is not at all trustworthy. In my ministry I have met thousands of people. Throughout the years I have seen the changeableness of the human heart. Time after time I have seen someone have a change of heart. Because our heart is changeable, a crucial need in our Christian life is the establishing of our heart. Although we need our heart to be established, we
21己 办不到，只有主才能坚固我们的心。因此，我们需要祂使我们的心扎实的得坚固并建造。
21are not able to do this ourselves. Only the Lord can establish our heart. Therefore, we need Him to cause our heart to be solidly established and built up
22无可指摘的心我们已经看过，照十三节来看，主要我们的心得坚固，无可指摘。你知道我们的心为甚么有可指摘么？我们的心有可指摘，因为我们的心刻变时翻。你的心若在扎实的根基上得著固定、建造并坚固，你的心就会无可指摘。不改变的心就是无可指摘的心。
22A BLAMELESS HEART We have seen that according to verse 13 the Lord seeks to establish our hearts blameless. Do you know why our heart is blamable, worthy of blame? Our heart is blamable because it is changeable. If your heart is set, built up, and established upon a solid foundation, it will then become blameless. An unchanging heart is a blameless heart
23有时候我们批评别人刻变时翻，但我们自己也是善变的。譬如，一位弟兄会告诉他的女儿不要信任某个青年人，因为他变化无常。我们作父母的会这样说，是为要保护自己的儿女。照样，我们为了照顾初信者，也会警告他们不要信靠一些善变的人。但我们自己又怎样？我们难道不善变么？我必须承认我在天然的生命里是善变的。不仅如此，我所说的改变多半是消极的。许多年前，我在日记里记载了一些事情；譬如，我怎样在主面前彻底对付了某件事。但是许多年以后，我不敢看我写的那些话，因为在我作了这样的记录以后，我又有了一些改变。
23Sometimes we criticize others for being changeable when we ourselves are also changeable. For example, a brother may tell his daughter not to trust in a particular young man because he is fickle and changeable. As parents we may speak this way in order to protect our children. Also, in order to care for new believers, we may warn them not to trust certain people who are changeable. But how about ourselves? Are we not changeable? I must confess that in the natural life I am changeable. Further, most of the changes I am referring to are negative. Years ago I recorded certain things in my diary, for instance, a record of how I had dealt with a particular matter thoroughly before the Lord. But years later I dare not read what I have written, for even after writing such a record I experienced some change
24我们必须看见并承认，我们的心是善变的。因此，我们需要从主领受怜悯和恩典，使我们允许祂来坚固我们的心。祂正等待我们的允许，要在我们里面作工来坚固我们。当我们的心得了坚固，我们的心就无可指摘。
24We need to realize and admit that our heart is changeable. Therefore, we need to receive the mercy and grace from the Lord that we may give Him the permission to establish our heart. He is waiting for our permission before He works within us to do the establishing. When our heart has been established, it will become blameless