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This is the second
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Content of this issue:
1. Pastor's
Message (October 12, 2001) The
promises of God
Verses
in English (NIV) &a
mp; in Chinese
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Pastor's Message (October 12, 2001)
2 Peter 1:4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious
promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature
and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
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Question: What should be our attitude when we know there are many promises
from God in the Bible?
We should feed our s
oul with the Bible. Just like our body needs
food, so we should feed our soul with the Bible.
Here is a suggestion for new born Christians. Try to read through
the New Testament first, maybe read it twice, and then go back to the Old
Testament. After that, try the New Testament again.
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People like to ask how can God bless us. Then Psalms 1:1-3 Illustrates
what is a blessed man.
Psalms 1:1 says what a blessed man does not do.
The progression of Psalms 1:1 is from walk (wicked), stand (sinner),
to sit (mocker). This verse tells us a person knows how to say no.
Psalms 1:2 says what a blessed man does do.
A blessed man DELIGHT & MADITATE the law of the Lord (the Bible).
Do it because of willingness.
Psalms 1:3 describes the blessing/prosperity of a blessed man.
Old Testament was written before Jesus was born in Hebrew.
New Testament was written after Jesus die in Greek.
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Hebrew 1:2-3 God has spoken to us by his Son seven things.
1. whom he appointed heir of all things,
2. Trough whom he made the universe.
3. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory
4. The exact representation of his being
5. sustaining all things by his powerful word
6. he had provided purification for sins
7. he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Hebrew 1:4 Jesus was made lower than the angles in the beginning because
he
cam down became a man. Angels are higher than man. When Jesus went back
to heaven, there was a big permanent change. Hebrew 1:5 show Jesus is better
than angels.
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In Old Testament, Hebrew is a very important book. The whole book talks
about “better”.
Hebrew chapter 1 says Jesus is better than angels.
Hebrew chapter 3 says Jesus is better than Moses.
Hebrew chapter 4 says Jesus is a better priest.
Hebrew 7:22 says “a better covenant”
Hebrew 8:6 better promises
Hebrew 9:23 better sacrifices
Hebrew 11:40 “something better for us”
Hebrew 12:24 a better word
Verses in the message
2 Peter 1:4
彼 得 後 書 |
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises,
so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape
the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
因此他已將又寶貴又
極大的應許賜給我們、叫我們既脫離世上從情慾來的敗壞、就得與 神的性情有分。 |
1 Peter 1:22
彼 得 前 書 |
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that
you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from
the heart.
你們既因順從真理、潔淨了自己的心、以致愛弟兄沒有虛假、就當從心裡彼此切實相愛.〔從心裡有古卷作從清潔的心〕 |
Isaiah 55:10
以 賽 亞 書 |
As the rain and the snow come down
from heaven, and do not return to
it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it
yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
雨雪從天而降、並不返回、卻滋潤地土、使地上發芽結實、使撒種的有種、使要喫的有糧. |
2 Corinthians 7:1
歌 林 多 後 書 |
Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves
from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness
out of reverence for God.
親愛的弟兄阿
、我們既有這等應許、就當潔淨自己、除去身體靈魂一切的污穢、敬畏 神、得以成聖。 |
Psalms 1:1
詩 篇 |
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or
stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
不從惡人的計謀、不站罪人的道路、不坐褻慢人的座位、 |
Psalms 1:2
詩 篇 |
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates
day and night.
惟喜愛耶和華的律法、晝夜思想、這人便為
有福。 |
Psalms 1:3
詩 篇 |
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit
in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
他要像一棵樹栽在溪水旁、按時候結果子、葉子也不枯乾.凡他所作的、盡都順利。 |
Hebrew 1:1
希 伯 來 書 |
In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many
times and in various ways,
神既在古時藉著眾先知、多次多方的曉諭列祖、 |
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Hebrew 1:2
希 伯 來 書 |
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed
heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
就在這末世、藉著他兒子曉諭我們、又早已立他為承受萬有的、也曾藉著他創造諸世界. |
Hebrew 1:3
希 伯 來 書 |
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation
of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had
provided purification for sins
, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty
in heaven.
他是 神榮耀所發的光輝、是 神本體的真像、常用他權能的命令托住萬有、他洗淨了人的罪、就坐在高天至大者的右邊. |
Hebrew 1:4
希 伯 來 書 |
So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited
is superior to theirs.
他所承受的名、既比天使的名更尊貴、就遠超過天使。 |
Hebrew 1:5
希 伯 來 書 |
For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my
Son; today
I have become your Father”? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will
be my Son”?
所有的天使、 神從來對那一個說、『你是我的兒子、我今日生你。』又指著那一個說、『我要作他的父、他要作我的子。』 |
Hebrew 1:6
希 伯 來 書 |
And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let
all God’s angels worship him.”
再者、 神使長子到世上來的時候、〔或作 神再使長子到世上來的時候〕就說、『 神的使者都要拜他。』 |
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Hebrew 7:22
希 伯 來 書 |
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
既是起誓立的、耶穌就作了更美之約的中保。 |
Hebrew 8:6
希 伯 來 書 |
But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the
covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is
founded on better promises.
如今耶穌所得的職任是更美的、正如他作更美之約的中保.這約原是憑更美之應許立的。 |
Hebrew 9:23
希 伯 來 書
It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be
purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with
better sacrifices than these.
照著天上樣式作的物件、必須用這些祭物去潔淨.但那天上的本物、自然當用更美的祭物去潔淨。 |
Hebrew 11:40
希 伯 來 書 |
God had planned something better for us so that only together with
us would they be made perfect.
因為 神給我們豫備了更美的事、叫他
們若不與我們同得、就不能完全。 |
Hebrew 12:24
希 伯 來 書 |
Greet all your leaders and all God’s people. Those from Italy send
you their greetings.
並新約的中保耶穌、以及所灑的血.這血所說的比亞伯的血所說的更美。 |
Reference:
English verses: Union- New International Version
Chinese verses: available [online]:http://www.ccim.org/bible/multi_b5.html |