葛培理 | 文
何書 Chris Keener | 主播
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你們必曉得真理,真理必叫你們得以自由。(約8:32)
我們正處於一個哲學的不確定時代,以至於不知道自己究竟信仰什麼。我們不受約束。無論到哪裡我都會問學生:「現在轄制你的是什麼呢?」當我是一名學生的時候我不得不面對基督。他到底是誰?令人震驚的是他曾宣布:「我是道路,真理,生命,若不藉著我,沒有人能到父那裡去。」我跟這個不可逃避的事實摔跤:基督要麼就是他所宣稱的那樣,要麼就是一個大騙子或者江湖郎中在歷史上行詭詐騙人。哪一種說法是對的?佛陀在生命終結的時候說:「我一生都在探索真理。」但是耶穌出現後說:「我是真理的化身,真理在我的裡面。」
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
—John 8:32
Ours is an age of philosophical uncertainty, and we no longer know what we believe. We stand uncommitted. Everywhere I go, I ask students, 「What is controlling you?」 When I was a student, I had to face Christ. Who was He? He had made the astounding claim, 「I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me.」 I wrestled with the inescapable fact that either Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, or He was the biggest liar, fraud, and charlatan in history. Which was it? Buddha said toward the end of his life, 「I am still searching for the truth.」 But here was Jesus who appeared and said, 「I am the embodiment of all truth. All truth is centered in me.」
Thank You, Jesus, for my freedom—because You are the Truth!
In Jesus' name,Amen!
主耶穌,我感謝你,因為你就是真理並使我得自由。
奉主的名求,阿門!