圣经最经典的一句话,我必在肉体之外得见上帝(3)
8、"谁能使我们与基督的一爱一隔绝呢?难道是患难吗?是困苦吗?是一逼一迫吗?是饥饿吗?是赤身露体吗?是危险吗?是刀剑吗?……然而,靠着一爱一我们的主,在这一切的事上已经得胜有余了。"(《新约·罗马书》第8章)
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? No, in al l these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
圣保罗真是无与伦比的传道者,他的讲道是如此气势磅礴且发人深省。这段话继承了旧约的信心,增加了新约的一爱一,完美地体现了基督教一精一神。
9、"死啊,你得胜的权势在哪里?死啊,你的毒钩在哪里?死的毒钩就是罪,罪的权势就是律法。感谢上帝,使我们借着我们的主耶稣基督得胜。"(《新约·哥林多前书》第15章)
Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and. The power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
使徒保罗用优美的语言阐明了基督教的脉络:原罪与堕一落,牺牲与救赎,胜利与永生。总体说来就是"用一爱一战胜死亡"。
10、"我知道我的救赎主活着,末了必站在地上。我这皮肉灭绝之后,我必在肉一体之外得见上帝。"(《旧约·约伯记》第19章)
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand up on the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my fles h I shall see God.
这是约伯的信念。无论承受多么巨大的打击、多么绝望的境遇,都不可放弃希望、放弃信仰。亨德尔为此句作的咏叹调也极为感人。