[譯者注：] 這是我們教會正在翻譯的一本基督徒訓練課程，它用淺顯的語言係統地重溫了聖經的人生價值真理。 更重要的， 它幫助兄弟姐妹們通過認識真理，一步步地利用信仰克服生命中存在的問題，直至在基督裏重新獲得自由。
這本小書提供了清楚的真理，係統而具體的方法幫助基督徒的生命成長。 我把它貼在這裏，給那些對生命的幸福和成長感興趣的朋友， 歡迎你們一同閱讀和思考。
Session 2
第二課
Who Am I Now?
現在的我是誰？
Focus Verse
重點經文
2Corinthians 5:17 : If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.
哥林多後書 5 章 17 節：若有人在基督裏，他就是新造的人， 舊事已過， 都變成新的了。
Objective
目標
To realize that deep down inside we are now completely new creations in Christ.
認識到在內心深處我們現在是在基督裏全新的人
Focus Truth
重點真理
Your decision to follow Christ was the defining moment of your life and led to a complete change in who you are.
你決定跟隨基督那一刻，就是你生命的分界時刻，並且完全改變了你的身份是誰。
Welcome
歡迎
Imagine you are talking to a not-yet Christian. Can you summarise the gospel message in a sentence or two?
假如你和一位非基督徒談話，你能否用一兩句話概括福音的信息？
Or: How was the gospel message explained to you when you became a Christian?
或者，當你成為基督徒時，福音的信息是如何傳授解釋給你的？
Worship
崇拜
Suggested theme: God loves us and even delights in us , even though we don’t deserve it. See Ephesians 2:4-5, Luke 15:17-24. Romans 5:10-11.
建議的主題：神愛我們，甚至以我們為樂，盡管我們不配。 參見以弗所書 2 章 4 ， 5 節；路加福音 15 章 17-24 節，羅馬書 5 章， 10 ， 11 節。
Word
道
Who Am I Now?
現在的我是誰？
At one time, “we were by nature objects of wrath”(Ephesians 2:3).
Everything changed when you became a Christian:
曾經，“我們的天性就是神憤怒的對象”， 當我們成為基督徒時，一切都變了。
“ If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”(2Corinthians 5:17 )
“若有人在基督裏，他就是新造的人， 舊事已過， 都變成新的了”（哥林多後書 5 章 17 節）。
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.” (Ephesians 5:8)
“從前你們是暗昧的， 但如今在主裏麵是光明的”（以弗所書５章８節）。
“He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves”(Colossians 1:13 )
“他救了我們脫離了黑暗的權勢，把我們帶到他愛子的國裏”（歌羅西書１章１３節）。
A Saint – Not A Sinner
聖人－非罪人
“While we were still sinners, Christ dies for us”(Romans 5:8).
“當我們還做罪人的時候，基督為我們而死”（羅馬書５章８節）。
Even the youngest Christian is a “saint”.
即使最年輕的基督徒也是“聖人”。
We are saints because of our new identity and position “in Christ”.
我們是聖人因為我們在基督裏的新身份和地位。
Pause for thought 1
思考問題 一
Look again at the Significance, Security & Acceptance Restored in Christ list from the last session. Which of those is particularly significant to you?
Do you find it difficult to believe that those things really apply to you?
If God has said they are true of you, are they true?
再次重溫上一課學的“在基督裏重建意義，安全感和接納”這個單子。 哪一條對你特別有意義？你覺得難以相信這些話對你適用嗎？ 如果神說這對你是真實的，他們真實嗎？
Not just Forgiven But A Whole New Person
不僅被寬恕更成為全新的人
Changed Behavior Comes From Realising You Are A Whole New Person
行為的改變是因為意識到你已經是一個全新的人。
If you think of yourself as a forgiven sinner (but still a sinner), what are you likely to do? Sin! If you want to change your behavior you have to see yourself as more than just forgiven.
If you come across a dead man and you wanted to save him you would have to :
1. Work out how to cure the disease that caused him to die (in our case, sin).
2. Give him life again.
If we knew only the truth that Jesus died to cure the problem of sin, we would believe that we were forgiven sinners. Knowing the truth that we have also received back the life that Adam lost and become saints is crucial if we want to live a life that honour God.
如果你把自己看作一個被寬恕的罪人 ( 仍然是罪人 ) ， 你可能去做什麽呢， 犯罪！ 如果你想改變行為， 必須把自己看作不僅僅是被寬恕的人。
如果你遇到一個死者，你想要解救他，你必須要：
1 。 搞清楚如何治療使他致死的疾病
2 。重新給他生命
如果我們隻知道耶穌為救治我們罪的問題而死的真理， 我們會相信， 我們是被寬恕的罪人。 如果我們還知道我們接受到了亞當失去的生命，並且成為聖人這個真理， 對我們過一個榮耀神的生活至關重要。
Defeat Comes From Not Realising You Are A Whole New Person
失敗是因為沒有認識到你是一個全新的人。
Satan can’t do anything to change that historical fact of who you now are but if he can get you to believe a lie about who you are, he can cripple your walk with the Lord.
撒旦無法改變你是誰這個曆史事實， 但如果他能使你相信關於你是誰的謊言， 他可以毀損你與主的同行。
You are not saved by how you behave but by how you believe.
你不是因為你的行為，而是因為你的信得救。
Being Pleasing To God
使神喜悅
What Happens When I Go Wrong?
我做錯事時會怎樣 ?
The problem we have with seeing ourselves as saints rather than sinners is that we are painfully aware the we do sometimes sin.
將自己視為聖人而非罪人的困難在於，我們痛苦地發現我們確實時有犯罪。
It’s Not Inevitable – But We Do Sometimes Go Wrong
犯罪不是不可避免 - 但我們確實有時犯罪。
“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8).
“我們若說自己無罪， 便是自欺， 真理不在我們心裏了” ( 約翰一書 1 章 8 節 ) 。
You are not a sinner in the hands of an angry God. You are a saint in the hands of a loving God.
你不是一個憤怒的上帝手裏的罪人， 而是一個慈愛上帝手中的聖人。
Our Fundamental Relationship With Our Heavenly Father Does Not Change When We Sin 。
當我們犯罪時， 我們與天上父神的基本關係並不改變。
“ My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defence- Jesus Christ, the Righteous One” （ 1 John 2:1 ） .
“孩子們， 我將這些話寫給你們，是要教你們不要犯罪。 若有人犯罪， 在父那裏我們有一位中保， 就是那義者耶穌基督” ( 約翰一書 2 章 1 節 ) 。
We Restore Harmony By Turning Back To Him And Away From Our Sin
通過轉向耶穌，我們與父神重建和諧， 遠離我們的罪。
A Harmonious relationship is based on trust and obedience—when either is lacking it affects the quality of the relationship.
和諧的關係是以信賴和服從為基礎的--缺乏其中任何一項會影響到雙方關係的質量。
God Does Not Condemn Us
神不定我們的罪
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”(Romans 8:1)
“如今， 那些在耶穌基督裏的就不定罪了” ( 羅馬書 8 章 1 節 ) 。
Pause For Thought 2
Imagine that you have fallen for a lie of the enemy and done something that you know is wrong. What is an appropriate way to behave at that point? What can you do if you feel really condemned?
思考問題二
假設你因為敵人 ( 指撒旦 ) 的謊言而跌倒， 做了心裏明知的錯事。 此時此刻，什麽是最恰當的行為 ? 如果你感覺被遣責，有什麽你能做的 ?
We Don’t Have To Try To Become What We Already Are
我們不需要努力成為我們今天已經成為的人。
What can I do to be accepted by God? Nothing at all. Because you are already accepted by God simply because of what Christ has done!
我能做什麽使父神接受 ? 沒什麽需要做！ 因為耶穌所作的一切， 你已經被神接受了 !
It is not what we do that determines who we are. It’s who we are that determines what we do.
不是我們的行為決定了我們是誰， 而是我們是誰決定著我們的行為。
Witness
見證
If you were asked by a neighbor to explain the difference between a Christian and someone who is not yet a Christian, what would you say? Do you think that a Christian is in anyway better than a non-Christian? What would you say to someone who asks you, “Why should I become a Christian?”
如果一位鄰居要你解釋基督徒和還未成為基督徒的人有何分別，你會怎樣說 ?
你認為基督徒比非基督徒在任何方麵更好嗎 ? 當有人問你“為什麽我要成為基督徒”時， 你會怎樣回答 ?
Questions For Groups
給各組的問題
1. Has this session helped your understanding of what happened the moment you became a Christian? (See 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 5:8; Colossians 1:13). Put into your own words what happened.
2. . Do you still see yourself as “a sinner saved by grace”?
3. Given that Christian still clearly do sin, do you think it is just playing with words to say that “ we are not sinners but saints”- or is there a significant truth there?
4. Why is it important to see yourself as something more than just forgiven?
5. Imagine that you have fallen for a lie of the enemy and done something that you know is very wrong. What is an appropriate way to behave at that point?
6. What can you do, if having gone wrong, you feel really condemned? (Read Romans 8:1, Hebrews 10:16-22 and 1John 1:8-2:2 to help you understand how God views Christians who sin.)
7. What truth are particularly significant to you in the My Father God list?
8. Do you think that the way we tend to see God is affected by our experiences with our less-than-perfect human fathers (in other words, if we felt, for example, that we could never do enough to please our earthly father, do we feel that God is just the same – when in fact the truth is that we are already accepted by Him)?
1 。 這一講是否幫助你理解當你成為基督徒時，什麽發生了變化 ( 參見哥林多後書 5 章 17 節，以弗所書 5 章 8 節，歌羅西書 1 章 13 節 )? 用你自己的話說說發生了什麽。
2 。 你是否仍然看你自己是“被恩典拯救的罪人” ?
3 。 很明顯基督徒仍然也犯罪，你認為 “我們不是罪人， 而是聖人” 這種說法隻不過是文字遊戲嗎 ? 或者， 這句話裏有沒有重要的真理 ?
4 。 為什麽把你自己看成不僅僅是被寬恕的人很重要 ?
5 。假設你因為敵人 ( 指撒旦 ) 的謊言而跌倒， 做了心裏明知的錯事。 此時此刻，什麽是最恰當的行為 ?
6 。 如果你做了錯事，感覺被遣責，有什麽你能做的 ? ( 閱讀羅馬書 8 章 1 節，希伯來書 10 章 16-22 節，約翰一書 1 章 8 節至 2 章 4 節幫你理解神如何看待犯罪的基督徒 )
7 。 在“我的父神”單子上的哪條真理對你尤其有意義 ?
8 。 你認為我們對神的看法是否受到我們經曆的不完美的人類父親經驗的影響 ? 換句話說，如果我們覺得，我們所做的永遠不足以取得我們地上父親的歡心，我們會不會覺得神也是如此 — 即使事實是我們已經被神所接受 ?
To Take Away
帶回家的問題
Suggestions For Your Quiet Times This Week:
建議你在本周安靜的時間做以下事情
Read the My Father God list out loud every day. Then pick one of the truths that is particularly relevant to you and spend some time reading it in its context and asking the Lord to help you understand it more fully.
每天朗讀“我的父神”清單。 然後， 找出和你尤為相關的那條， 花些時間聯係聖經中的上下文閱讀，請求主幫助你更充分地理解它。
Big Questions (to consider before the next session):
思考問題 (下次課前要思考):
Do you believe that an atheist has more or less faith than a Christian? What about a Hindu or a Muslim? What about someone who “just doesn’t know”?
你認為無神論者比基督徒有更少還是更多的信仰? 印度教徒或穆斯林教徒呢? 那些“不知道有沒有信仰的人呢? 他們的信心比基督徒多還是少?
注：我的父神， 請見另文：
http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php?date=200805&postID=9496
請欣賞詩歌：愛，喜樂， 生命
《愛 喜樂 生命》
時空不能隔絕他的愛
因他愛我直到萬代
世界不能阻擋他的愛
因他愛我永不更改
他的愛勝過死亡陰霾
他的愛驅走憂愁悲哀
讓主愛澆灌我們的心
喜樂泉源湧自心底
憂愁不再我們有
喜樂的生命
讓主愛充滿我們的心
生命火花揚自心底
淚水不再我們有
永恒的生命
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD-zCpXvDww
