How To Live Faithfully - Love 如何忠實地生活——愛

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From: TFTW Bible College

How can we show the love of God and the love for our fellow man? We can do it both physically and spiritually.

Physically, we can treat others as we would like to be treated. 

我們如何表現出對神的愛和對同胞的愛？ 我們可以在物質上和精神上做到這一點。

在物質上，我們可以像我們希望被對待一樣地去對待他人。

“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 7:12)

Mat 7:12  所以，無論何事，你們願意人怎樣待你們，你們也要怎樣待人，因為這就是律法和先知的道理。」


Spiritually, we can put the eternal salvation of the other person above other things. Could we say the best thing that could happen to someone would be that they go to Heaven when they die? If so, then agape love would be wanting what is best for the other person, even if you don’t get what you want. Therefore, if I am to show agape love to others spiritually, I will want them to learn about the steps to salvation and living faithfully, even if it means I don’t get what I want. Any embarrassment, my comfort level, the money I can afford to give, or even public ridicule should not stand in the way of loving the souls of other people. Church leaders should not put attendance numbers or contribution amounts in front of telling others they need to stop sinning or lose their souls. 

To love someone spiritually is to tell them what they need to hear in order to go to Heaven. That is putting others first, even if you don’t get what you want, just like Jesus did.

在精神上，我們可以把對方的永恆救贖置於其他事物之上。 我們能不能說發生在某人身上的最好的事情是他們死後去天堂？ 如果是這樣，那麼無條件的愛（agape love）會想要對方得到最好的東西，即使你沒有得到你想要的東西。 因此，如果我在精神上向他人表達愛，我希望他們瞭解救贖和忠實生活的步驟，即使這意味著我沒有得到我想要的東西。 任何尷尬，我的舒適程度，我能付得起的錢，甚至是公眾的嘲笑，都不應該妨礙我去愛別人的靈魂。 教會領袖不應該把出席人數或捐款金額，放在告訴其他人他們需要停止犯罪否則會失去靈魂的前面。 

在精神上愛一個人，就是告訴他們需要聽到的教導以幫助他們到天堂。 愛，就是把別人放在第一位，即使你沒有得到你想要的東西，就像耶穌所做的那樣。




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