假设你在一个聚会上碰到了神。 Let's say you bump into God at a party.
好吧，首先，神会参加聚会吗？ Okay, first of all, does God go to parties?
那么，我们就假设你在一个聚会上碰到了神。 Well, let's just say you're at a party and you bump into God.
如果你想表现得正常，你会如何介绍自己？ How would you introduce yourself if you were trying to act normal?
我的意思是，我可能会说类似这样的话：「嗨，我是埃德蒙，不过你可能已经知道了。」 I mean, I'd probably say something like, Hey, I'm Edmund, but you probably already knew that.
是的。 Yeah.
我也在想神会如何被介绍。 I am also wondering how God would be introduced.
在圣经中，我记得有一个著名的事件，涉及摩西、神和一个神秘的燃烧的荆棘。 In the Bible, I remember this famous incident involving Moses, God, and a mysterious burning bush.
没错。 Exactly.
神在燃烧的荆棘中向摩西显现并对他说话。 God appears to Moses in a burning bush and speaks to him.
神告诉摩西：「我是你父亲的神，是亚伯拉罕的神，以撒的神，雅各的神。」 God tells Moses, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham and Isaac and the God of Jacob.
但摩西问他的真名。 But Moses asks him for his real name.
神从荆棘中说：「我是自有永有的。」 God says out of the bush, I am who am.
「你要对以色列人这样说。」 Say this to the people of Israel.
「那自有的打发我到你们这里来。」 I am has sent you.
「这是我的名字，直到永远；这也是我的记念，直到万代。」 This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
是的，这是一个相当深奥和神秘的介绍。 Yeah, that's a pretty intense and mysterious introduction.
如果你是摩西，你会对此说什么？ What do you say to that if you're Moses?
即使神启示了他的名字，他仍然是一个超越言语的奥秘。 Even when God reveals his name, he still remains a mystery beyond words.
当我们说神时，我们指的是什么？ What do we mean when we say God?
信经以「我信神」开始。 The creed starts with, I believe in God.
那么，什么是信经？ And what's a creed again?
信经是信仰的重要概要。 A creed is an important summary of the faith.
使徒信经的前四个字说：「我信神。」 The first four words of the apostles creed says, I believe in God.
我们不说「我行」或「我做」或「我将跟随并委身」。 We don't say I behave or I act or I will follow and commit.
我们说：「我信。」 We say, I believe.
而且这不仅仅是我们相信什么。 And it's not just what we believe in.
而是我们相信谁。 It's who.
好的，所以这就是你提到燃烧的荆棘的原因，在那 里神启示了他的名字，这意味着一段关系的开始。 Okay, so this is why you brought up the burning bush where God revealed his name, which implies the beginning of a relationship.
如果你知道了某人的名字，你就开始与他们建立关系。 If you learn someone's name, you're entering into a relationship with them.
是的，没错。 Yes, exactly.
你是否曾停下来思考，当你说「我信神」时，你的意思是什么？ Have you ever stopped to think about what you mean when you say, I believe in God?
比如，神是谁？ Like, who is God?
神是什么样的？ What is God like?
基督教注重的是建立在关系上的个人信仰。 Christianity is focused on this personal belief built on a relationship.
作为基督徒的核心不是「我相信某事」，而是「我相信你，神」。 At the core of being a Christian is not, I believe in something, but I believe in you, God.
是的。 Yes.
神向摩西启示自己是一位父亲。 God revealed himself to Moses as a father.
耶稣也启示了这一点。 And Jesus reveals this too.
神渴望通过圣灵与我们建立非常亲密的关系。 God desires a very intimate relationship with us through the Holy Spirit.
通过耶稣的生平，我们可以一窥这种关系可能是什 么样子，因为他与神他的父完美地活在关系中。 And we get a peek into what that relationship might look like by the life of Jesus, who lived perfectly in relationship with God, his father.
好的，所以我们可以瞥见与神作为我们的父建立关系可能是什么样子。 Okay, so we get a glimpse into what it might be like to be in relationship with God as our father.
因此，与教会一起宣认信经就是进入与神的关系，他是圣父、圣子和圣灵。 And so to profess the creed with the church is to enter into a relationship with God, who is the father, son, and Holy Spirit.
这让我们来到神所启示的最重要部分之一。 This brings us to one of the most important parts of what God has revealed.
神启示自己是独一的神。 God revealed himself as one God.
没有其他的神。 There are no other gods.
他是唯一的神。 He is the one God.
神是一切被造物的始与终。 God is the beginning and end of all that has been created.
神就是自有永有的。 God just is.
我能理解这一点。 I can get behind that.
神是无限的，超越时间和空间。 God is infinite and outside of time and space.
他创造了万物。 And he's what brought everything into existence.
这也意味着神就是真理和爱本身。 Which also means that God is truth and love itself.
神是诚实的，因为他就是真理本身。 God is truthful because he also is truth itself.
神已启示他不欺骗，不混淆，除了保持他的信实和诚实之外，不做任何其他事。 God has revealed that he does not deceive and does not get confused and does not do anything other than be constant in his faithfulness and truthfulness.
如果神就是真理本身，那么当神启示自己时，他必定告诉我们真相。 If God is truth itself, then when God reveals himself, he must tell us the truth.
神从燃烧的荆棘中呼召摩西，告诉他他对他的子 民是信实的，并将实现他对人类的慈爱计划。 God called Moses from the burning bush and told him he is faithful to his people and will bring about his plan of loving goodness for humanity.
而且神就是爱，对吗？ And God is love, right?
我们都听说过这句话。 We've all heard that one.
你听说过，但也许我们还没有停下来思考过它。 You've heard it, but maybe we haven't stopped to think about it.
我们希望能体验爱或对爱有所了解。 We hopefully experience love or have an idea of what love is.
神不仅仅拥有爱。 God doesn't just have love.
神就是爱。 God is love.
一切爱的源头和归宿。 The origin and destination of all love.
当我们经历真理和爱时，我们就是在参与神的一小部分和他的本质。 When we experience truth and love, it is a participation in a small bit of God and who he is.
但神是如何具体地爱我们或爱我的呢？ But how has God loved us specifically or me?
在整个救恩历史中，神一次又一次地向他的子民施予怜悯，即使他们远离了他。 Time and time again throughout salvation history, God always offered mercy to his people, even when they strayed far from him.
尽管我们陷入罪中，本应受到应得的惩罚，神仍然给予怜悯。 Despite the sin we fall into and the punishment it justly would deserve, God still offers mercy.
神甚至为我们舍弃了自己的儿子。 God went so far that he gave up his own son for us.
耶稣来到世上，为赦免我们的罪献上了自己作为祭物。 Jesus came and offered himself as a sacrifice for the forgiveness of our sins.
这是他对我们爱的重大标志。 And that's a big sign of his love for us.
这意味着在整个救恩历史中，我们发现神向我们启示自己只有一个原因。 Which means that throughout all of salvation history, we have discovered that God had only one reason to reveal himself to us.
他纯粹的爱。 His sheer love.
所以神渴望与我们建立关系。 So God desires a relationship with us.
神希望我们认识他并爱他。 God wants us to know him and love him.
是的，耶稣说我们应当尽心、尽性、尽意爱神。 Yes, Jesus said we should love God with all our heart, mind, and soul.
我们被呼召宣认：「我信神」。 We are called to profess, I believe in God.
这种对神的信仰真的会给我们的生活带来很大改变。 And this belief in God really changes a lot for our lives.
每个人都被呼召去信仰并与神建立关系。 Everyone is called to faith and relationship with God.
这意味着认识神的伟大。 It means knowing God's immense greatness.
但这也意味着理解所有人的合一和尊严。 But it also means understanding the unity and dignity of all people.
对神的信仰也意味着我们可以善用神所创造的世界中的创造物。 Faith in God also means we can make good use of the creative things in the world that God has made.
最后，说「我信神」也意味着我们在任何情况下都效法耶稣，以及他对父的信心和信任。 And finally, saying I believe in God also means that we model Jesus and his belief and trust in the father in every circumstance.
天哪，我们才讲到信经的前四个字，就已经有这么多内容要阐释了。 Boy, we're only four words into the creed and there's already been so much to unpack.
现在我明白了，说「我信神」是一个关于我们相信谁和相信什么的声明。 Now I get that saying I believe in God is a statement of who and what we believe.
《公教会教理》第231段说：「我们信仰的神已将自己启示 为自有永有者，他使人认识他是充满坚定不移的爱和信实。」 The Catechism in paragraph 231 says, The God of our faith has revealed himself as he who is, and he has made himself known as abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
神的本质就是真理和爱。 God's very being is truth and love.
这就像神向我们介绍了自己。 It's like God has introduced himself to us.
当我们以「我信神」来回应这个介绍时，因为神的本质，这改变了一切。 And when we respond to that introduction by saying, I believe in God, that changes everything because of who God is.
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