與神對齊--仰望十字架的信仰生活
Align with God – The Life of Faith When We Look Upon the Cross
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安息在前 ，工作在後
Rest before Work;
方向在前， 努力在後
Direction before Effort.
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對齊在前， 禱告在後
Alignment before Prayer;
十架在前， 對齊在後
Cross before Alignment.
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仰望十架， 就得盼望，
Look upon the Cross, Would Receive Hope.
定睛十架， 邁向榮耀
Fix eyes on the Cross, Walk toward the Glory.
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十字架的大愛是我们效法的榜样
The great love of the Cross is the model for us to follow.
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因為十字架的道理，在那滅亡的人為愚拙；在我們得救的人，卻為神的大能（哥林多前書1:18）
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1Cor 1:18)
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祂被掛在木頭上，親身擔當了我們的罪，使我們既然在罪上死，就得以在義上活。 因他受的鞭傷，你們便得了醫治。 （彼得前書2:24）
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” (1Pet 2:24)
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你們要以基督耶穌的心為心。 祂本有神的形象，不以自己與神同等為強奪的；（腓立比書2:5-6）
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; (Phil 2:5-6)
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反倒虛己，取了奴僕的形象，成為人的樣式；既有人的樣子，就自己卑微，存心順服，以至於死 ，且死在十字架上。 （腓立比書2:7-8）
rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! (Phil 2:7-8)
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十字架是我們信仰生活的保障
The Cross is the assurance for our living in Faith.
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潘霍華(Dietrich Bonhoeffer): 當基督呼召一個人時，祂是呼召祂來死。
“When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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我已經與基督同釘十字架，現在活著的不再是我，乃是基督在我裡面活著；並且我如今在肉身活著，是因信神的兒子而活，他是愛我，為我捨己。 （加拉太書2:20）
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Gal 2:20)
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因為知道我們的舊人和他同釘十字架，使罪身滅絕，叫我們不再做罪的奴僕；（羅馬書6:6）
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— (Rom 6:6)
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耶穌又對眾人說：「若有人要跟從我，就當捨己，天天背起他的十字架來跟從我。（路加福音9:23）
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. (Luke 9:23)
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信仰生活包括:婚姻、家庭、個人、工作、服事、與他人的關係、事業、與教會同事的關係等。
A life of faith includes marriage, family, individual, work, service, relationship with others, career, relationship with coworkers at church, etc.
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十字架是信仰合一對齊的根基
The Cross is the foundation of the unity, faith, and alignment.
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既然藉著他在十字架上所流的血成就了和平，便藉著他叫萬有，無論是地上的、天上的，都與自己和好了。 （歌羅西書1:20）
And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. (Col 1:20)
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既在十字架上滅了冤仇，便藉著十字架使兩下歸為一體，與神和好了。 （以弗所書 2:16)
And in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. (Eph 2:16)