BA 3 Assurance of Life After the Fall
BA 3 堕落后的生命保证
Lesson Three
第三课
Assurance of Life After the Fall
堕落后的生命保证
Just watching the news on television makes us painfully aware that the modern world is plagued with conflict, crime, evil, greed, hatred, immorality, murder, theft, and violence.
光是看电视新闻就会让我们痛苦地意识到，现代世界被冲突、犯罪、邪恶、贪婪、仇恨、不道德、谋杀、盗窃和暴力所困扰。
Believe it or not, there was a time when there was no evil on Earth. God formed the first man from the dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7).
信不信由你，曾经有一个时代，地球上没有邪恶。上帝用地上的尘土造出第一个人，将生命的气息吹在他鼻孔里，那人就成了活人。(创世记2：7）。
An Earthly Paradise
尘世的天堂
God put the man in a beautiful garden in the land of Eden and commissioned him to take care of the garden. Various kinds of trees grew there. Some were pleasing to the eye, and others produced delicious fruit for food. In the middle of the garden, God put two special trees: the tree of life, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Genesis 2:8-9).
上帝把这个人放在伊甸园的一个美丽的花园里，委托他照管这个花园。那里生长着各种各样的树木。有的赏心悦目，有的结出美味的果子供人食用。在园子的中间，上帝放了两棵特别的树：生命树和分辨善恶的树。(创世纪2:8-9）。
The Lord God said to the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it, you will surely die” (Genesis 2:16-17). This command was simple, clear, and easily understood.
耶和华神对人说："你可以随意吃园中任何一棵树上的东西；但不可吃分别善恶树上的东西，因为你吃了就必死"（创世纪2:16-17）。这个命令简单、明了，容易理解。
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (Genesis 2:18). So God put Adam to sleep, took a rib from his side, and made a woman from the rib. Someone has noted that God did not take a bone from Adam's skull that the woman should rule over him. Nor did he take a bone from Adam's foot that he should trample on her. He took a rib from Adam's side, near his heart, so that he would love her.
然后耶和华神说："这人独居不好。我要为他造一个合适的帮手"（创世纪2:18）。于是上帝让亚当睡觉，从他身边取出一根肋骨，用这根肋骨造了一个女人。有人指出，上帝并没有从亚当的头骨上取下一根骨头，让这个女人统治他。他也没有从亚当的脚上取一根骨头，让他去践踏她。他从亚当身边取了一根肋骨，靠近他的心脏，以便他能爱她。
When Adam woke up and looked at the woman that God had made for him, he said, “Zoth happaam!” “Zoth happaam” is a Hebrew idiom that cannot be translated straight across into English. In essence, Adam said, “Wow!” Or, to use an English idiom to translate the Hebrew idiom, Adam said, “You've hit the nail on the head!” Adam liked what he saw.
当亚当醒来，看着上帝为他创造的女人，他说："Zoth happaam！" "Zoth happaam "是一个希伯来成语，不能直接翻译成英语。从本质上讲，亚当说："哇！" 或者，用一个英语成语来翻译希伯来成语，亚当说："你一针见血！" 亚当喜欢他所看到的。
God said: “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24). Adam and Eve enjoyed an intimate relationship with God and with each other. They were naked and felt no shame. The Garden of Eden was an earthly paradise.
上帝说 "为此，人要离开父母，与妻子连合，他们要成为一体"。(创世纪2:24）。亚当和夏娃享受着与上帝和彼此之间的亲密关系。他们赤身裸体，不觉得羞耻。伊甸园是一个尘世的天堂。
Satan Ruins Everything
撒旦毁了一切
One day, Satan came to the garden and spoke to Eve through a snake. He said, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” (Genesis 3:1). Eve replied, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die’” (Genesis 3:2-3). Satan replied, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3:4-5).
有一天，撒旦来到花园，通过一条蛇对夏娃说话。他说："上帝真的说过，'你们不可吃园中任何一棵树上的东西'吗？(创世纪3:1）。夏娃回答说："我们可以吃园中树上的果子，但上帝确实说过：'你不可吃园中那棵树上的果子，也不可摸它，不然你就死了'"（创世记3：2-3）。撒旦回答说："你不一定会死。因为神知道，你们吃了它，眼睛就会睁开，就会像神一样，知道善恶"（创世纪3:4-5）。
The fruit on the forbidden tree was beautiful, and it looked delicious. Believing that it would make her wise like God, Eve took a bite of the fruit and gave some to Adam. They believed Satan's lie and disobeyed God's command. Thus, sin entered the world.
禁忌之树上的果子很美，看起来很好吃。夏娃相信这能使她像上帝一样有智慧，就咬了一口果子，并给了亚当一些。他们相信了撒旦的谎言，违背了上帝的命令。这样，罪就进入了世界。
Unbelief, the Root of Sin
不信，罪的根源
God had created Adam and Eve in his own likeness. They possessed qualities of God's character. God is pure and holy, and the first couple was perfectly innocent. God is love, and they loved God and each other with pure hearts. God is infinitely intelligent, and Adam and Eve were thinking, rational beings. When God commanded Adam not to eat fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he was putting Adam to the test.
上帝按照他自己的样子创造了亚当和夏娃。他们拥有上帝性格的品质。上帝是纯洁和神圣的，而第一对夫妇是完全无辜的。上帝是爱，他们用纯洁的心爱着上帝和对方。上帝是无限智慧的，而亚当和夏娃是有思想、有理性的人。当上帝命令亚当不要吃知善恶树上的果子时，他是在考验亚当。
In one of his published sermons, evangelist Bill Parker says, “The tree represented God's sovereign authority and his standard of good and evil, along with his sovereign right to determine good and evil. It is God, then, who is the standard of good. It is God, not men, who determines what is right and what is wrong.”
传道人比尔-帕克在他发表的一篇布道中说："树代表了上帝的主权权威和他的善恶标准，以及他决定善恶的主权权利。那么，神才是善的标准。是上帝，而不是人，决定了什么是正确的，什么是错误的"。
Parker points out that it was not simply the act of eating the fruit that brought about the fall. Adam and Eve actually fell before they ate the fruit. In their minds, they had determined to disobey God. Their decision to eat the fruit was the result of believing Satan's lie and rejecting God's authority. God had warned Adam that he would die if he ate the fruit, but Satan said to Eve, “You will not die.” In effect, Satan was saying, “God is a liar, and he is not the only one who can determine what is good and what is evil. Eat this fruit, and you can set your own standards of right and wrong.”
帕克指出，导致堕落的不仅仅是吃果子的行为。亚当和夏娃实际上在吃果子之前就已经堕落了。在他们的头脑中，他们已经决定不服从上帝。他们决定吃果子是相信撒旦的谎言和拒绝上帝的权威的结果。上帝警告过亚当，如果他吃了这个果子就会死，但撒旦对夏娃说："你不会死"。实际上，撒旦是在说："上帝是个骗子，他不是唯一能决定什么是善、什么是恶的人。吃了这个果子，你就可以制定你自己的是非标准"。
Parker concludes, “Adam fell when he took sides with Satan against God. . . . The moment Adam did this, he became guilty, defiled, and spiritually dead. . . . Sin is essentially unbelief in God. Unbelief is what causes man to declare his independence from God and seek to set his own standard of good and evil.”
帕克总结说："当亚当站在撒旦一边反对上帝时，他就堕落了。. . . 当亚当这样做的时候，他就成了有罪的人，被玷污的人，精神上死亡的人。. . 罪在本质上是对上帝的不信。不信是导致人宣布独立于上帝，并寻求制定自己的善恶标准的原因"。
This explains why there is growing hostility toward the Bible in the modern secular world. God is holy, and he sets high standards of morality and ethics. Many people don't like that.
这就解释了为什么在现代世俗世界中对《圣经》的敌意越来越大。上帝是圣洁的，他为道德和伦理设定了高标准。许多人不喜欢这样。
Rather than submit to God's authority, people in a secular society often deny that God exists, or they ignore his commands. They claim the right to decide for themselves what is right and wrong, and they reject every command they dislike. Even “progressive” churches have swallowed Satan's lies and have embraced things that God clearly condemns. One of the first things progressives do to justify their views is to reject the authority of the Bible.
世俗社会中的人们非但不服从上帝的权威，反而经常否认上帝的存在，或者无视他的命令。他们声称有权为自己决定什么是正确的和错误的，他们拒绝每一个他们不喜欢的命令。甚至 "进步的 "教会也吞下了撒旦的谎言，接受了上帝明确谴责的东西。进步人士为证明自己的观点而做的第一件事就是拒绝圣经的权威。
The Consequences of Sin
罪的后果
When God confronted Adam and Eve with their sin, Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the snake. But they could not escape the consequences of their disobedience. God cursed the ground and caused it to grow thorns and thistles. God said to Adam, “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return” (Genesis 3:19). Adam's sin had separated him from God, the source of life. Consequently, death entered the world.
当上帝以亚当和夏娃的罪面对他们时，亚当责备夏娃，夏娃责备蛇。但他们无法逃避他们不顺从的后果。上帝诅咒土地，使它长出荆棘和蒺藜。上帝对亚当说："你要靠着汗水吃食物，直到回到地上，因为你是从地上取来的；你是尘土，也要归于尘土"（创世纪3:19）。亚当的罪使他与上帝--生命之源分离。因此，死亡进入了世界。
God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and placed cherubim and a flaming sword at the entrance to prevent them from returning to eat fruit from the tree of life. For the first time, Adam and Eve were alone in a hostile environment. Their sin had driven a wedge between them and their Creator.
上帝将亚当和夏娃逐出伊甸园，并在入口处放置了基路伯和一把火剑，以防止他们回来吃生命树上的果子。这是第一次，亚当和夏娃在一个充满敌意的环境中孤独地生活。他们的罪在他们和造物主之间制造了一个楔子。
A Surprising Turn of Events
一个令人惊讶的转折
In the midst of the sorrow, grief, and pain caused by sin in the Garden, a ray of sunshine pierced the darkness. God cursed Satan and predicted his ultimate defeat. He said to Satan, “I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel” (Genesis 3:15). This is a poetic prediction that Eve's descendant, Jesus Christ, would defeat Satan while suffering pain on the cross.
在花园里由罪造成的悲哀、悲伤和痛苦中，一缕阳光刺破了黑暗。上帝诅咒了撒旦，并预言他最终会被打败。他对撒旦说："我要在你和女人之间，以及你的后裔和她的后裔之间设下仇敌；他要压伤你的头，你要打他的脚跟"（创世纪3:15）。这是一个诗意的预言，夏娃的后裔耶稣基督将在十字架上承受痛苦时打败撒旦。
At this point, God's eternal plan begins to unfold in human history. Later, God promised Abraham (Genesis 12:3; 22:18), Isaac (Genesis 26:4), and Jacob (Genesis 28:14) that all families on earth would be blessed through their descendant, Jesus (Galatians 3:16). As Jacob was dying, he called his sons to his bedside and blessed them. To his son, Judah, he said, “The scepter will not depart from Judah nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs” (Genesis 49:10). God had determined to send his Son into the world through the family of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Judah. David, the greatest king in the history of Israel, was a descendant of Judah, and Jesus Christ was a descendant of David. Finally, Jesus was born to fulfill God's purpose and to restore what Adam and Eve lost when they sinned in the Garden of Eden.
至此，神的永恒计划开始在人类历史上展开。后来，神应许亚伯拉罕（创世纪12:3；22:18）、以撒（创世纪26:4）和雅各（创世纪28:14），地球上所有家庭都将通过他们的后裔耶稣得到祝福（加拉太书3:16）。雅各临终时，他把他的儿子们叫到床边，为他们祝福。他对他的儿子犹大说："权杖必不离开犹大，掌权者的杖也不离开他的两脚之间，直到他来归附他"（创世纪49:10）。上帝已经决定通过亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各和犹大的家族将他的儿子送入世界。以色列历史上最伟大的国王大卫是犹大的后裔，而耶稣基督也是大卫的后裔。最后，耶稣出生是为了实现上帝的目的，恢复亚当和夏娃在伊甸园犯罪时失去的东西。
We Have Gained More “in Christ” Than We Lost in Adam.
我们 "在基督里 "得到的比我们在亚当里失去的更多。
In one of his published articles, Kyle Barton says. “In saving us, God doesn't merely restore us to the primeval condition of Adam. God's intention from the beginning was to impart his divine life into us.”
凯尔-巴顿在他发表的一篇文章中说。"在拯救我们时，上帝并不仅仅是将我们恢复到亚当的原始状态。上帝从一开始的意图就是将他的神圣生命传给我们"。
Dr. Elmer Towns of Liberty University says virtually the same thing: “In the incarnation, God [the Son] became like man, that man might become like God.”
自由大学的埃尔默-唐斯博士几乎说了同样的话："在道成肉身中，上帝[圣子]变得像人，使人变得像上帝"。
The apostle Peter affirms that God has made it possible for us to “participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires” (2 Peter 1:4).
使徒彼得申明，上帝使我们能够 "参与神圣的本性，逃避世界上由邪恶欲望造成的腐败"（彼得后书1：4）。
The apostle Paul reminds us that we “are being transformed into his (Christ's) likeness with increasing glory, which comes from the Lord who is the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18). The Spirit of God who dwells in us (Romans 8:11) is gradually changing us into the likeness of Christ, who is the glory of God (Hebrews 1:3).
使徒保罗提醒我们，我们 "正被改造成他（基督）的样式，荣耀日增，这荣耀是从圣灵的主来的"（哥林多后书3:18）。住在我们里面的神的灵（罗马书8:11）正在逐渐改变我们，使我们成为基督的模样，他是神的荣耀（希伯来书1:3）。
Christ Is the Last Adam and the Second Man
基督是最后的亚当和第二个人
Listen carefully to the mysterious words of Paul: “For since death came through a man, the resurrection from the dead comes also through a man [Jesus]. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ, all [of God's people] will be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:21-22). “The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit” (verse 45). “The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so are those who are of heaven. And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven” (1 Corinthians 15:47-48). Let the deep truths in this paragraph sink in.
仔细聆听保罗的神秘话语："因为死亡既然是藉着人而来，从死里复活也是藉着人[耶稣]而来。因为在亚当里众人都死了，在基督里，[神的子民]都要活着"（哥林多前书15:21-22）。"第一个人亚当成了活人；最后一个亚当，成了赐生命的灵"（第45节）。"第一个人是地上的尘土，第二个人是从天上来的。地上的人如何，地上的人也如何；天上的人如何，天上的人也如何。我们有了地上人的模样，也要有天上人的模样"（哥林多前书15：47-48）。让这段话中的深刻真理沉淀下来。
Kyle Barton points out that Christ is both the last Adam and the second man (1 Corinthians 15:21-22, 45-49). Barton says, “The last Adam terminates what the first Adam brought in. The second man initiates what the first man lacked.” In other words, Jesus (the second Adam) terminates the sin and death that Adam brought in. Jesus (the second man) initiated a state of righteousness and fellowship with God that the first man (Adam) lacked. Adam was expelled from an earthly paradise. Christ has invited us into a heavenly paradise. In Christ, we are heaven-bound.
凯尔-巴顿指出，基督既是最后的亚当，也是第二个人（哥林多前书15:21-22，45-49）。巴顿说："最后的亚当终止了第一个亚当带来的东西。第二个人启动了第一个人所缺乏的东西"。换句话说，耶稣（第二个亚当）终止了亚当带来的罪和死亡。耶稣（第二个人）启动了第一个人（亚当）所缺乏的公义状态和与神的关系。亚当被逐出了地上的天堂。基督邀请我们进入天国的乐园。在基督里，我们是在天堂里。
Conclusion
总结
Arthur W. Pink, 20th century theologian, wrote: “In the sphere of redemption, Christ has not only reversed the effects of the Fall, but because of it has brought in a better thing. The redeemed have gained more through the last Adam than they lost through the first Adam.”
20世纪神学家阿瑟-W-平克写道："在救赎领域，基督不仅扭转了堕落的影响，而且因为它带来了一个更好的东西。被救赎者通过最后一个亚当获得的东西比他们通过第一个亚当失去的东西更多"。
Think of the ways we have gained more “in Christ” than we lost in Adam. Adam lived in an earthly garden. We are seated with Christ in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6). Adam had a human nature. We participate in the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). Adam received earthly blessings. We receive heavenly blessings (Romans 8:17). Adam was separated from God because of sin. We are reconciled with God because of Christ's righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:17-18). Adam died as a result of sin. In Christ we have crossed over from death to eternal life (John 5:24; 1 John 3:14; 5:11-12). “Eternal life” is knowing God and his Son, Jesus Christ (John 17:3). Eternal life is God's quality of life. In Christ, eternal life begins now and lasts forever.
想一想我们 "在基督里 "获得的东西比我们在亚当那里失去的多。亚当生活在地上的花园里。我们与基督一起坐在天上（以弗所书2：6）。亚当有人类的本性。我们参与了神性（彼得后书1:4）。亚当得到地上的祝福。我们得到天上的祝福（罗马书8：17）。亚当因罪而与神分离。我们因为基督的义而与神和解（哥林多后书5：17-18）。亚当因罪而死。在基督里，我们已经从死亡跨越到了永生（约翰福音5：24；约翰一书3：14；5：11-12）。"永生 "就是认识上帝和他的儿子耶稣基督（约翰福音17：3）。永生是神的生命质量。在基督里，永生从现在开始，持续到永远。
God's eternal plan is fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Jesus died to give us life.
上帝的永恒计划在耶稣基督身上得到了实现。耶稣死了，给了我们生命。
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