HOLY SPIRIT See also: Godhead | 聖靈 |
A Christian may not always be conscious of the Holy
Spirit's presence, but he would not even be a Christian in his absence. 一位基督徒或許常不會覺得聖靈的同在,可是若聖靈真不同在,他也不會是個基督徒。 |
It is the Spirit's ministry
to bring the sinner to the Saviour and to make the sinner like the Saviour. 將罪人帶到救主面前以及讓罪人像救主一般,這都是聖靈的工作。 |
No one may ask a believer whether he has been
baptized with the Spirit. The very fact that a man is in the body of Christ
demonstrates that he has been baptized with the Spirit, for there is no other way of
entering the body. Donald Grey Barnhouse 沒有人該問一位信徒是否受過聖靈的洗。當一個人在基督裡面,事實上就證明他受過聖靈的洗,因為根本沒有其他方法可以進入基督裡頭的。 |
To be filled with the Spirit
is to have the Spirit fulfilling in us all that God intended him to do when he placed him
there. Lewis Spertry Chafer 讓聖靈充滿就是讓聖靈在我們裡頭成就上帝將祂擺在那兒要成就的一切事情。 |
A great part of your prayer work should be imploring
the Almighty for a great measure of his Spirit. Walter Chantry 我們大半的禱告是祈求全能者賜下聖靈的工作。 |
The fruit of the Spirit is
not excitement or orthodoxy; it is character. G. B. Duncan 聖靈的果子既非讓我們興奮或信仰純正;而是基督徒的品格。 |
The Christian's birthright is the power of the Holy
Ghost. Lionel Fletcher 基督徒與生俱來的權利就是聖靈的能力。 |
We may take it as a rule of
the Christian life that the more we are filled with the Holy Spirit, the more we shall
glorify the Lord Jesus. Frank Gabelein 我們或可把這當成基督徒生活的定律,那就是我們越被聖靈充滿,就當越能榮耀主耶穌。 |
Before Pentecost the disciples found it hard to do
easy things; after Pentecost they found it easy to do hard things. A. J. Gordon 在五旬節之前,門徒覺得小事都難做;五旬節之後,他們發現難事都變得容易了。 |
The Holy Spirit is the
heavenly Lover's engagement ring given to us. Michael Green 聖靈是天上愛人給我們的訂婚戒指。 |
All the Holy Spirit's influences are heaven begun,
glory in the seed and bud. Matthew Henry 在聖靈影響之處是天國之起始,是準備綻放榮耀的種子與花苞。 |
If it were possible to put
the Holy Spirit into a textbook of pharmacology I would put him under the stimulants, for
that is where he belongs. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones 如果能將聖靈放到藥劑學的參考書,那我會把祂歸到興奮劑那一類,因為那就是聖靈的功用。 |
Proper understanding of the Scriptures comes only
through the Holy Spirit. Martin Luther 唯獨透過聖靈才能正確明白聖經。 |
He who has the Holy Spirit
in his heart and the Scripture is his hands has all he needs. Alexander MacLaren 一個人心中有聖靈、手上有聖經,那他需要的都有了。 |
There is not a better evangelist in the world than
the Holy Spirit. Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972) 再沒有比聖靈更行的佈道家了。 |
If the Holy Spirit guides us
at all, he will do it according to the Scriptures, and never contrary to them. George Muller 如果聖靈引導我們,祂會照著聖經帶領,從來都不會跟聖經抵觸。 |
As all the Word of God is given by the Spirit of
God, so each word must be interpreted to us by that same Spirit. Andrew Murray 由於上帝的話語都是透過聖靈賜下的,所以聖經的每一句話都應該透過同樣一位靈的解釋。 |
Before Christ sent the
church into the world, he sent the Spirit into the church. The same order must be
observed today. John R. W. Stott 基督差遣教會進入世界之前,祂差派聖靈先進入教會。這樣的次序也應該在今日奉行。 |
Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing but add
sin to sin. John Wesley 若沒有聖靈,我們所能做的只是罪上加罪。 |
The Holy Spirit loves so to
arrange men's circumstances that they are brought within the sphere of God's influence. Maurice A. P. Wood 聖靈喜愛安排人的處境,好叫人進入上帝的能力之中。 |