SPIRITUAL WARFARE | 屬靈戰爭 |
The call to Christian commitment is not basically a
call to enjoy happiness but to endure hardness. 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. 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 沒有一個任務不需要奮鬥完成的。基督徒需要同時帶一把劍和一把鏝刀。 |
Our journey is uphill, with
a dead body upon our backs, the devil doing what he can do to pull us down. Philip Henry 我們的旅程是上坡路,被上還背了個死屍,魔鬼盡其所能的就是要將我們推倒。 |
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。 |