[译者注：] 这是我们教会正在翻译的一本基督徒训练课程，它用浅显的语言系统地重温了圣经的人生价值真理。 更重要的， 它帮助兄弟姐妹们通过认识真理，一步步地利用信仰克服生命中存在的问题，直至在基督里重新获得自由。
这本小书提供了清楚的真理，系统而具体的方法帮助基督徒的生命成长。 我把它贴在这里，给那些对生命的幸福和成长感兴趣的朋友， 欢迎你们一同阅读和思考。
Session 2
第二课
Who Am I Now?
现在的我是谁？
Focus Verse
重点经文
2Corinthians 5:17 : If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.
哥林多后书 5 章 17 节：若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人， 旧事已过， 都变成新的了。
Objective
目标
To realize that deep down inside we are now completely new creations in Christ.
认识到在内心深处我们现在是在基督里全新的人
Focus Truth
重点真理
Your decision to follow Christ was the defining moment of your life and led to a complete change in who you are.
你决定跟随基督那一刻，就是你生命的分界时刻，并且完全改变了你的身份是谁。
Welcome
欢迎
Imagine you are talking to a not-yet Christian. Can you summarise the gospel message in a sentence or two?
假如你和一位非基督徒谈话，你能否用一两句话概括福音的信息？
Or: How was the gospel message explained to you when you became a Christian?
或者，当你成为基督徒时，福音的信息是如何传授解释给你的？
Worship
崇拜
Suggested theme: God loves us and even delights in us , even though we don’t deserve it. See Ephesians 2:4-5, Luke 15:17-24. Romans 5:10-11.
建议的主题：神爱我们，甚至以我们为乐，尽管我们不配。 参见以弗所书 2 章 4 ， 5 节；路加福音 15 章 17-24 节，罗马书 5 章， 10 ， 11 节。
Word
道
Who Am I Now?
现在的我是谁？
At one time, “we were by nature objects of wrath”(Ephesians 2:3).
Everything changed when you became a Christian:
曾经，“我们的天性就是神愤怒的对象”， 当我们成为基督徒时，一切都变了。
“ If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”(2Corinthians 5:17 )
“若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人， 旧事已过， 都变成新的了”（哥林多后书 5 章 17 节）。
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.” (Ephesians 5:8)
“从前你们是暗昧的， 但如今在主里面是光明的”（以弗所书５章８节）。
“He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves”(Colossians 1:13 )
“他救了我们脱离了黑暗的权势，把我们带到他爱子的国里”（歌罗西书１章１３节）。
A Saint – Not A Sinner
圣人－非罪人
“While we were still sinners, Christ dies for us”(Romans 5:8).
“当我们还做罪人的时候，基督为我们而死”（罗马书５章８节）。
Even the youngest Christian is a “saint”.
即使最年轻的基督徒也是“圣人”。
We are saints because of our new identity and position “in Christ”.
我们是圣人因为我们在基督里的新身份和地位。
Pause for thought 1
思考问题 一
Look again at the Significance, Security & Acceptance Restored in Christ list from the last session. Which of those is particularly significant to you?
Do you find it difficult to believe that those things really apply to you?
If God has said they are true of you, are they true?
再次重温上一课学的“在基督里重建意义，安全感和接纳”这个单子。 哪一条对你特别有意义？你觉得难以相信这些话对你适用吗？ 如果神说这对你是真实的，他们真实吗？
Not just Forgiven But A Whole New Person
不仅被宽恕更成为全新的人
Changed Behavior Comes From Realising You Are A Whole New Person
行为的改变是因为意识到你已经是一个全新的人。
If you think of yourself as a forgiven sinner (but still a sinner), what are you likely to do? Sin! If you want to change your behavior you have to see yourself as more than just forgiven.
If you come across a dead man and you wanted to save him you would have to :
1. Work out how to cure the disease that caused him to die (in our case, sin).
2. Give him life again.
If we knew only the truth that Jesus died to cure the problem of sin, we would believe that we were forgiven sinners. Knowing the truth that we have also received back the life that Adam lost and become saints is crucial if we want to live a life that honour God.
如果你把自己看作一个被宽恕的罪人 ( 仍然是罪人 ) ， 你可能去做什么呢， 犯罪！ 如果你想改变行为， 必须把自己看作不仅仅是被宽恕的人。
如果你遇到一个死者，你想要解救他，你必须要：
1 。 搞清楚如何治疗使他致死的疾病
2 。重新给他生命
如果我们只知道耶稣为救治我们罪的问题而死的真理， 我们会相信， 我们是被宽恕的罪人。 如果我们还知道我们接受到了亚当失去的生命，并且成为圣人这个真理， 对我们过一个荣耀神的生活至关重要。
Defeat Comes From Not Realising You Are A Whole New Person
失败是因为没有认识到你是一个全新的人。
Satan can’t do anything to change that historical fact of who you now are but if he can get you to believe a lie about who you are, he can cripple your walk with the Lord.
撒旦无法改变你是谁这个历史事实， 但如果他能使你相信关于你是谁的谎言， 他可以毁损你与主的同行。
You are not saved by how you behave but by how you believe.
你不是因为你的行为，而是因为你的信得救。
Being Pleasing To God
使神喜悦
What Happens When I Go Wrong?
我做错事时会怎样 ?
The problem we have with seeing ourselves as saints rather than sinners is that we are painfully aware the we do sometimes sin.
将自己视为圣人而非罪人的困难在于，我们痛苦地发现我们确实时有犯罪。
It’s Not Inevitable – But We Do Sometimes Go Wrong
犯罪不是不可避免 - 但我们确实有时犯罪。
“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8).
“我们若说自己无罪， 便是自欺， 真理不在我们心里了” ( 约翰一书 1 章 8 节 ) 。
You are not a sinner in the hands of an angry God. You are a saint in the hands of a loving God.
你不是一个愤怒的上帝手里的罪人， 而是一个慈爱上帝手中的圣人。
Our Fundamental Relationship With Our Heavenly Father Does Not Change When We Sin 。
当我们犯罪时， 我们与天上父神的基本关系并不改变。
“ My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defence- Jesus Christ, the Righteous One” （ 1 John 2:1 ） .
“孩子们， 我将这些话写给你们，是要教你们不要犯罪。 若有人犯罪， 在父那里我们有一位中保， 就是那义者耶稣基督” ( 约翰一书 2 章 1 节 ) 。
We Restore Harmony By Turning Back To Him And Away From Our Sin
通过转向耶稣，我们与父神重建和谐， 远离我们的罪。
A Harmonious relationship is based on trust and obedience—when either is lacking it affects the quality of the relationship.
和谐的关系是以信赖和服从为基础的--缺乏其中任何一项会影响到双方关系的质量。
God Does Not Condemn Us
神不定我们的罪
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”(Romans 8:1)
“如今， 那些在耶稣基督里的就不定罪了” ( 罗马书 8 章 1 节 ) 。
Pause For Thought 2
Imagine that you have fallen for a lie of the enemy and done something that you know is wrong. What is an appropriate way to behave at that point? What can you do if you feel really condemned?
思考问题二
假设你因为敌人 ( 指撒旦 ) 的谎言而跌倒， 做了心里明知的错事。 此时此刻，什么是最恰当的行为 ? 如果你感觉被遣责，有什么你能做的 ?
We Don’t Have To Try To Become What We Already Are
我们不需要努力成为我们今天已经成为的人。
What can I do to be accepted by God? Nothing at all. Because you are already accepted by God simply because of what Christ has done!
我能做什么使父神接受 ? 没什么需要做！ 因为耶稣所作的一切， 你已经被神接受了 !
It is not what we do that determines who we are. It’s who we are that determines what we do.
不是我们的行为决定了我们是谁， 而是我们是谁决定着我们的行为。
Witness
见证
If you were asked by a neighbor to explain the difference between a Christian and someone who is not yet a Christian, what would you say? Do you think that a Christian is in anyway better than a non-Christian? What would you say to someone who asks you, “Why should I become a Christian?”
如果一位邻居要你解释基督徒和还未成为基督徒的人有何分别，你会怎样说 ?
你认为基督徒比非基督徒在任何方面更好吗 ? 当有人问你“为什么我要成为基督徒”时， 你会怎样回答 ?
Questions For Groups
给各组的问题
1. Has this session helped your understanding of what happened the moment you became a Christian? (See 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 5:8; Colossians 1:13). Put into your own words what happened.
2. . Do you still see yourself as “a sinner saved by grace”?
3. Given that Christian still clearly do sin, do you think it is just playing with words to say that “ we are not sinners but saints”- or is there a significant truth there?
4. Why is it important to see yourself as something more than just forgiven?
5. Imagine that you have fallen for a lie of the enemy and done something that you know is very wrong. What is an appropriate way to behave at that point?
6. What can you do, if having gone wrong, you feel really condemned? (Read Romans 8:1, Hebrews 10:16-22 and 1John 1:8-2:2 to help you understand how God views Christians who sin.)
7. What truth are particularly significant to you in the My Father God list?
8. Do you think that the way we tend to see God is affected by our experiences with our less-than-perfect human fathers (in other words, if we felt, for example, that we could never do enough to please our earthly father, do we feel that God is just the same – when in fact the truth is that we are already accepted by Him)?
1 。 这一讲是否帮助你理解当你成为基督徒时，什么发生了变化 ( 参见哥林多后书 5 章 17 节，以弗所书 5 章 8 节，歌罗西书 1 章 13 节 )? 用你自己的话说说发生了什么。
2 。 你是否仍然看你自己是“被恩典拯救的罪人” ?
3 。 很明显基督徒仍然也犯罪，你认为 “我们不是罪人， 而是圣人” 这种说法只不过是文字游戏吗 ? 或者， 这句话里有没有重要的真理 ?
4 。 为什么把你自己看成不仅仅是被宽恕的人很重要 ?
5 。假设你因为敌人 ( 指撒旦 ) 的谎言而跌倒， 做了心里明知的错事。 此时此刻，什么是最恰当的行为 ?
6 。 如果你做了错事，感觉被遣责，有什么你能做的 ? ( 阅读罗马书 8 章 1 节，希伯来书 10 章 16-22 节，约翰一书 1 章 8 节至 2 章 4 节帮你理解神如何看待犯罪的基督徒 )
7 。 在“我的父神”单子上的哪条真理对你尤其有意义 ?
8 。 你认为我们对神的看法是否受到我们经历的不完美的人类父亲经验的影响 ? 换句话说，如果我们觉得，我们所做的永远不足以取得我们地上父亲的欢心，我们会不会觉得神也是如此 — 即使事实是我们已经被神所接受 ?
To Take Away
带回家的问题
Suggestions For Your Quiet Times This Week:
建议你在本周安静的时间做以下事情
Read the My Father God list out loud every day. Then pick one of the truths that is particularly relevant to you and spend some time reading it in its context and asking the Lord to help you understand it more fully.
每天朗读“我的父神”清单。 然后， 找出和你尤为相关的那条， 花些时间联系圣经中的上下文阅读，请求主帮助你更充分地理解它。
Big Questions (to consider before the next session):
思考问题 (下次课前要思考):
Do you believe that an atheist has more or less faith than a Christian? What about a Hindu or a Muslim? What about someone who “just doesn’t know”?
你认为无神论者比基督徒有更少还是更多的信仰? 印度教徒或穆斯林教徒呢? 那些“不知道有没有信仰的人呢? 他们的信心比基督徒多还是少?
注：我的父神， 请见另文：
http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php?date=200805&postID=9496
请欣赏诗歌：爱，喜乐， 生命
《爱 喜乐 生命》
时空不能隔绝他的爱
因他爱我直到万代
世界不能阻挡他的爱
因他爱我永不更改
他的爱胜过死亡阴霾
他的爱驱走忧愁悲哀
让主爱浇灌我们的心
喜乐泉源涌自心底
忧愁不再我们有
喜乐的生命
让主爱充满我们的心
生命火花扬自心底
泪水不再我们有
永恒的生命
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD-zCpXvDww
