| SELF-CRUCIFIXION See also:Humility; Meekness | 自我釘死 |
| To die to our own comforts, ambitions and plans is
of the very essence of Christianity. Oswald Chambers 捨棄我們的舒適、野心和計畫，是基督教信仰的精髓所在。 |
| Life offers only two
alternatives: crucifixion with Christ or self-destruction without him. Reinhold Niebuhr 生命只有兩個選擇：與基督同釘十字架或是沒有基督的自我毀滅。 |
| The concept of resurrection is welcomed by all, but
the prior concern of self-crucifixion is a higher price than most men are willing to pay. Billy Graham 復活的概念人人都歡迎，但在此之前的自我釘死，卻是大多數人都不願付出的更高代價。 |
| Kill sin before it kills
you. Richard Baxter 趁罪惡還沒害死你，先把它給滅了。 |
| The cross must be borne, carried; we are not at
liberty to step over it, or go round to avoid it. Richard Baxter 十字架是必須去承受、去背負的；我們不能隨意跨過去，也不能繞道去避開它。 |
| The mortification of the
flesh is the quickening of the spirit. John Calvin 克制肉體的慾望和私心，才能讓靈性活過來。 |
| Taking up the cross is the conscious choice of a
painful alternative motivated by love for Christ. Walter J. Chantry 背起十字架，就是因為愛基督，而有意識地選擇一條痛苦的路。 |
| Without a cross there is no
following Christ. Walter J. Chantry 沒有十字架就沒有所謂的跟隨基督。 |
| All Christians lead a dying life; it is the secret
of their strange vitality. John Cordelier 所有的基督徒都邁向死亡；那是他們得力的秘訣。 |
| Crucifixion is something
that is done to us; it is not something that we do to ourselves. We can only
initiate it by picking up the crossbar, that is, by a complete honest determination. Arthur C. Custance 釘死十字架是為我們成就的事情；那不是我們能為自己做成的。我們所能做的只是主動的撿起十字架的橫木，也就是我們全然真誠的抉擇。 |
| The cross is easier to him who takes it up than to
him who drags it along. J. E. Vaux 比起那些拖著十字架前行的人，背著十字架前行的人輕省多了。 |
| There is no other way to
live this Christian life than by a continual death to self. Francois Fenelon 再沒有比自我不斷死亡能活出基督徒生活的方法了。 |
| No man has a velvet cross. John Flavel 沒有人有個天鵝絨般柔軟的十字架。 |
| We are bid to take, not to
make our cross. God in his providence will provide one for us. William Gurnall 我們被吩咐背起十字架，而不是自己做個十字架。在上帝的供應中也提供我們一個十字架。 |
| God creates out of nothing. Therefore until a
man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him. Martin Luther 上帝從無中生有。因此除非一個人變得無有，上帝不能從他造出甚麼。 |
| Mortified Christians are the
glory of Christ. Thomas Manton 受羞辱的基督徒是基督的榮耀。 |
| 'Crucified' is the only definitive adjective by
which to describe the Christian life. J. Furman Miller 「釘十字架」是描寫基督徒生命的關鍵形容詞。 |
| There was a day when I died
to George Muller; his opinions and preference, taste and will; died to the world, its
approval or censure; died to the approval or blame even of my brethren or friends; and
since then I have striven only to show myself approved unto God. George Muller 有這麼一天，我對喬治慕勒死了；他的意見及愛好，品味及意志；對世界死了，它的贊同或非難；甚至對我的弟兄姊妹的認同或責備；如此一來，我所努力的就是得到上帝的稱許。 |
| What does it means for me to be 'crucified'? I
think the answer is best summed up in the words the crowd used of Jesus: 'Away with him!' Watchman Nee 對我來說，「被釘十字架」到底是什麼意思？我覺得最好的答案，就是群眾對耶穌說的那句：「除掉他！」 |
| Be killing sin or it will be
killing you. John Owen 消滅罪惡或是讓它消滅你。 |
| He who ceases from mortification lets go all
endeavours after holiness. John Owen 不再受羞辱的人如同停止追求聖潔的一切努力。 |
| Christ's cross is the
sweetest burden that ever I bear; it is such a burden as wings are to a bird or sails to a
ship. Samuel Rutherford 基督的十字架是我擔負過最甜美的擔子；這負擔就像鳥的雙翼或像船的風帆。 |
| Christianity has a secret unknown to communists or
capitalists...how to die to self. This secret makes us invincible. W. E. Sangster 基督教有個共產主義或資本主義不知道的秘密...如何對自己死。這秘密使我們不被征服。 |
| Prepare yourselves, my
younger brethren, to become weaker and weaker; prepare yourselves for sinking lower and
lower in self-esteem; prepare yourselves for self-annihilation - and pray God to expedite
the process. C. H. Spurgeon 我的年輕弟兄們，準備好你們自己，迎接會越來越軟弱的自己吧；準備好在自尊心上越來越低落；準備好迎接自我的消滅吧——然後祈求上帝加速這個過程。 |
| To be sweet-smelling to God, we must be broken and
poured out, not merely containers of a sweet smell. C. T. Tudd 要讓上帝聞到芬芳的味道，我們必須被破碎並倒出來，而不光是一個盛著芬芳的瓶子。 |
| When you put your life on
the altar, when you make ready and accept to die, you are invincible. You have
nothing any more to lose. Josif Ton 當你將自己的生命擺在祭壇上，當你預備妥當接受死亡之際，你變成不能被征服的。因為你已經沒有甚麼可以再損失了。 |
| Among the plastic saints of our times Jesus has to
do all the dying and all we want to hear is another sermon about his dying. A. W. Tozer 在我們這個時代那些指虛有其表的信徒當中，耶穌好像就得做所有受苦、犧牲的事，而我們只想聽另一場關於祂受苦的講道。 |