LIBERTY | 自由 |
Liberty is not the same as license; to be free is
not to be free and easy; the Christian is not free to please himself but to please God. John Stott 自由可不等同於放肆;自由可不是自由又輕鬆的;基督徒可不是自由的取悅自己而是取悅上帝。 |
Freedom is not the right to
do as you please; it is the liberty to do as you ought. Peter Marshall 自由並不是隨心所欲的權力;而是去做該做事情的自由。 |
Man is most free when controlled by God alone. Augustine 人們單受上帝管理時最自由。 |
Liberty means ability not to
violate the law of God. Licence means personal insistence on doing what I like. Oswald Chambers 自由意味不會違反上帝律法的能力。放肆則是意味一個人一意孤行。 |
Liberty is turned to licence by itself. Walter Chantry 自由容易變成放肆。 |
Perfect conformity to the
will of God is the sole sovereign and complete liberty. J. H. Merle D'Aubigne 完全順服上帝旨意包含上帝獨一主權以及完全的自由。 |
True freedom is only to be found when one escapes
from oneself and enters into the liberty of the children of God. Francois Fenelon 只有在一個人逃離自己進入上帝兒女的自由中才能找到真正的自由。 |
Gospel liberty is a liberty
from sin, not to sin. Thomas Hall 福音的自由是離棄罪惡的自由,而不是犯罪的自由。 |
The truth makes us free from our spiritual enemies,
free in the service of God, free to the privileges of sons. Matthew Henry 真理使我從我的屬靈仇敵手中得自由,能自由的服事上帝,免費得到成為上帝兒女的特權。 |
My liberty is controlled by
my love for my brothers and sisters. Jan Kaleta 我的自由受我對弟兄姊妹之愛的管理。 |
Liberty has brought us the freedom to be the slaves
of righteousness. Charles Caldwell Ryrie 自由帶給我們成為仁義僕人的自由。 |
To obey God is perfect
liberty. Seneca 順服上帝就是最美的自由。 |
A Christian is the greatest freeman in the
world...yet in regard of love he is the greatest servant. Richard Sibbes 基督徒是世間最自由的人...但在愛的事上,他可是最偉大的僕人。 |
True freedom consists with
the observance of law. W. L. Thornton 真正的自由包含律法的遵守。 |