SPIRITUAL WARFARE

屬靈戰爭

The call to Christian commitment is not basically a call to enjoy happiness but to endure hardness.

John Stott

基本上,基督徒委身的呼召不是呼召一個人享受快樂而是忍受艱難。

For the Christian, this world is an arena, not an armchair.

John Stott

對基督徒而言,世界是個競技場而不是一把有扶手的椅子。

No duty can be performed without wrestling.   The Christian needs his sword as well as his trowel.

William Gurnall

任何職責的履行都離不開奮鬥掙扎;基督徒既需要他的劍,也需要他的泥刀。

Our journey is uphill, with a dead body upon our backs, the devil doing what he can do to pull us down.

Philip Henry

我們的旅途是上坡路,背上馱著一具死屍,魔鬼則竭盡所能地將我們往下拉。

It is impossible to be a true solider of Jesus Christ and not fight.

J. Gresham Mahen

成為耶穌基督的精兵又不打戰,那是不可能的。

There can never be peace in the bosom of believer.  There is peace with God, but constant war with sin.

Robert Murray M'Cheyne

在信徒內心是永不會平靜的。我們與上帝和好,但卻持續與罪惡征戰。

You will not get leave to steal quietly to heaven in Christ's company without a conflict and a cross.

Samuel Rutherford

在基督的隊伍裡,你不可能不經過任何衝突與十字架而能偷偷進入高天。

There is no holiness without a warfare.

J. C. Ryle

沒有不需要征戰的聖潔。

The Christian life is not a playground; it is a battle ground.

Warren Wiersbe

基督徒的生活不是遊樂場而是戰場。