講題：上帝是互愛 God is Mutual Love
講員：葉菁華教授
場合：香港中文大學崇基學院禮拜堂主日崇拜
日期：2024年5月26日
Romans 8:12-17
12弟兄們，這樣看來，我們並不是欠肉體的債去順從肉體活著。13你們若順從肉體活著，必要死；若靠著聖靈治死身體的惡行，必要活著。14因為凡被上帝的靈引導的，都是上帝的兒子。15你們所受的，不是奴僕的心，仍舊害怕；所受的，乃是兒子的心，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸！父！」16聖靈與我們的心同證我們是上帝的兒女；17既是兒女，便是後嗣，就是上帝的後嗣，和基督同作後嗣。如果我們和他一同受苦，也必和他一同得榮耀。
12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are obligated, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— 13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 it is that very Spirit bearing witness[b] with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
John 3:1-17
1有一個法利賽人，名叫尼哥德慕，是猶太人的官。2這人夜裏來見耶穌，說：「拉比，我們知道你是由上帝那裏來作師傅的；因為你所行的神蹟，若沒有上帝同在，無人能行。」3耶穌回答說：「我實實在在地告訴你，人若不重生，就不能見上帝的國。」4尼哥德慕說：「人已經老了，如何能重生呢？豈能再進母腹生出來嗎？」5耶穌說：「我實實在在地告訴你，人若不是從水和聖靈生的，就不能進上帝的國。6從肉身生的就是肉身；從靈生的就是靈。7我說：『你們必須重生』，你不要以為希奇。8風隨著意思吹，你聽見風的響聲，卻不曉得從哪裏來，往哪裏去；凡從聖靈生的，也是如此。」9尼哥德慕問他說：「怎能有這事呢？」10耶穌回答說：「你是以色列人的先生，還不明白這事嗎？11我實實在在地告訴你，我們所說的是我們知道的；我們所見證的是我們見過的；你們卻不領受我們的見證。12我對你們說地上的事，你們尚且不信，若說天上的事，如何能信呢？13除了從天降下、仍舊在天的人子，沒有人升過天。14摩西在曠野怎樣舉蛇，人子也必照樣被舉起來，15叫一切信他的都得永生。
16「上帝愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們，叫一切信他的，不致滅亡，反得永生。17因為上帝差他的兒子降世，不是要定世人的罪，乃是要叫世人因他得救。
3 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus[a] by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with that person.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”[b]4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You[c] must be born from above.’[d] 8 The wind[e] blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
11 “Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen, yet you[f] do not receive our testimony.12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[g] 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.[h]
16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him.
