为什么三位一体如此重要？ Why is the Trinity so important?
这是使基督教成为基督教的信仰，因为这是我们认识神是谁的方式。 It's the Christian belief that makes Christianity Christianity, because it's how we know who God is.
如果没有三位一体，我们就没有基督教的神，也就没有基督教。 If we don't have the Trinity, then we don't have the Christian God and we don't have Christianity.
那么我们如何知道三位一体是什么？ So how do we know what the Trinity is?
从自然界，我们可以知道神是什么，知道有一位创造 万物的神，但只有从圣经中我们才能知道神是谁。 Well, from nature, we can know what God is, that there is one God who made everything, but only from the Bible can we know who God is.
基督教是我们敬拜基督的宗教。 Christianity is the religion where we worship Christ.
我们敬拜他是因为他是神。 We worship him because he's God.
但他也是圣父的儿子，而圣父也是神。 But he's also the son of the Father, who is also God.
他们都差遣他们的灵，而这灵也是神。 And they both send their spirit, who is also God.
这就是所谓的三位一体，是三一合一的简称，用来解释神如何是三位一体的。 This is called the Trinity, which is short for triunity, to explain how God is three in one.
神有一个本性。 God has one nature.
本性是使一个事物成为它自己的东西。 A nature is the thing that makes a thing what it is.
所以说圣父、圣子和圣灵都是神，就是说他们都具有使神成为神的一切。 So to say the Father, Son, and Spirit are all God is to say they all have everything that makes God God.
他们都是全能的、全知的、永恒的，并且他们共享同样的意志、心思和本性。 They're all all-powerful, all-knowing, eternal, and they share the same will, mind, and nature.
然而，他们是三个不同的位格。 However, they are three distinct persons.
位格与事物不是同一回事。 A person's not the same thing as a thing.
位格只能通过与其他位格的关系来定义。 A person is only defined in relation to other persons.
因此，三位一体的三个位格在与我们的关系上有不同的角色。 So the three persons of the Trinity have distinct roles in terms of how they relate to us.
圣父创造我们，圣子救赎我们，圣灵改变我们。 The Father creates us, the Son redeems us, and the Spirit changes us.
但即便如此，这些行为也不能彼此分离。 But even so, these actions can't be separated from one another.
但在我们被创造之前，在除神以外的任何事物存在之前 ，圣父、圣子和圣灵只是在彼此的关系中有所区别。 But before we were created, before anything except God existed, the Father, Son, and Spirit were only distinct in relation to one another.
是的，但我们如何知道这一点？ Yeah, but how do we know this?
就像我说的，这是圣经所启示的。 Like I said, it's what scripture reveals.
圣经清楚地表明只有一位神，圣父是神，但耶稣圣子也是神，圣灵也是神。 The Bible's clear that there's only one God, and the Father is God, but Jesus the Son is also God, and the Holy Spirit is God.
而这些不仅仅是同一位格的三种形式，因为我们看到他们彼此互动。 And these are not just three forms of the same person because we see them interacting with one another.
在马太福音第三章中，圣父宣告耶稣是圣子，并差遣圣灵降在他身上。 In Matthew 3, the Father declares Jesus to be the Son and sends the Holy Spirit upon him.
在以赛亚书第四十八章中，圣子说神差遣他和他的灵。 In Isaiah 48, the Son says that God has sent him along with his Spirit.
在撒迦利亚书第二章中，耶和华宣告他要来，你们就知道是耶和华差遣他来的。 And in Zechariah 2, the Lord declares that he is coming, and you will know that the Lord has sent him.
现在让我们澄清一些常见的误解。 Now let's clear up some common misunderstandings.
有些人认为圣父、圣子和圣灵只是神的三种形式，但这是一种被称为形态论的异端。 Some people think the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are really just three forms of God, but that's a heresy called modalism.
圣经说圣父、圣子和圣灵彼此互动，如果他们只 是同一位格的三种形式，这是不可能发生的。 The Bible says that the Father, Son, and Spirit interact with each other, which can't happen if they're just three forms of the same person.
有些人认为圣父、圣子和圣灵只是神的三个部分，但这也是一种被称为部分论的 异端，因为它说圣父、圣子和圣灵只是神的三分之一，但神不能被分割成部分。 Some people think that the Father, Son, and Spirit are really just three parts of God, but that's also heresy called partialism because it says that the Father, Son, and Spirit are really just one third of God, but God can't be divided into parts.
三位一体的每个位格都完全是神，所以那也是异端。 Each person of the Trinity is fully God, so that's also heresy.
有些人认为圣父、圣子和圣灵是三个不同的存在，只是某种程度上一 起工作，但这是一种被称为三神论的异端，这违背了神是谁的定义。 Some people think the Father, Son, and Spirit are three different beings that just sort of work together, but that's a heresy called tritheism, and that goes against the definition of who God is.
圣经非常清楚地表明只有一位神在万物之前就存在，所以如果有 三个一直存在的存在，那么神就根本不是第一个存在的事物。 The Bible is very clear that there's only one God who has existed before everything else, so if there's three beings that have always existed, then God is not really the first thing to exist at all.
现在另一个错误是有些人认为在三位一体中，圣子永 远顺服于圣父，但这也是一种被称为从属论的异端。 Now another error is that some people think within the Trinity, the Son submits to the Father eternally, but that's also heresy called subordinationism.
但很容易理解为什么人们会陷入这个错误，因为圣经确实提到耶稣顺服圣 父，但圣经也提到耶稣做一些神不做的事，比如口渴和不知道某些事情。 But it's easy to see why people fall into this error, because the Bible does speak of Jesus submitting to the Father, but the Bible also speaks of Jesus doing stuff God doesn't do, like getting thirsty and not knowing stuff.
这是因为耶稣虽然真是神，但他也真是人。 The reason for this is while Jesus is truly God, he's also truly human.
他有真正的神性和真正的人性。 He has a truly divine and a truly human nature.
所以这些事情实际上是耶稣按照他的人性所做的。 So these things are really things Jesus does according to his human nature.
所以在永恒中，圣子不顺服圣父，但耶稣按照他的人性顺服 圣父，因为他是人的完美榜样，所有人都应该顺服圣父。 So in eternity, the Son does not submit to the Father, but Jesus does submit to the Father according to his human nature, because he's the perfect example of a human, and all humans are supposed to submit to the Father.
所以如果你试图解释三位一体，不要使用类比，因 为这些几乎总是会落入我们刚刚讨论的某个异端。 So if you're trying to explain the Trinity, don't use analogies, because those almost always end up falling into one of the heresies we just discussed.
有些人说三位一体就像水的三种形态，但那是形态论。 Some people say the Trinity is like the three phases of water, but that's modalism.
有些人说它就像太阳、它的光和它的热，但那说圣子和 圣灵只是神的创造物而不是神自己，所以那是错误的。 Some people say it's like the Sun, its light, and its heat, but that says that the Sun and Spirit are really just creations of God rather than being God himself, so that's wrong.
有些人说它就像三叶草的三片叶子，但那是部分论。 Some people say it's like three leaves of a shamrock, but that's partialism.
有些人说它就像一个鸡蛋，但那也是部分论。 Some people say it's like an egg, but that's also partialism.
而且，这是什么鬼？ Also, what the heck?
所以，如果我们不应该使用类比，我们如何解释三位一体？ So yeah, if we're not supposed to use analogies, how do we explain the Trinity?
幸运的是，教会写了一份解释它的文件，叫做亚他拿 修信经，所有历史悠久的教会都同意信经中的内容。 Luckily, the church wrote a document that explains it called the Athanasian Creed, and all of the historic churches agree on what's in the creed.
但为什么这些东西如此令人困惑？ But why is this stuff so confusing?
如果神是无限的而我们是有限的，我们不应该期望能够完全理解无限。 Well, if God is infinite and we are finite, we shouldn't expect to be able to wrap our minds around the infinite.
但想想看，如果我们在编造这些东西，我们会让它更容易理解。 But think about it, if we were making this stuff up, we would make it a lot more easy to understand.
这就是为什么所有伪基督教团体使用异端来使三位 一体更容易理解，这样人们就会相信他们所说的。 That's why all the pseudo-Christian groups use heresies to make the Trinity easier to understand so people will fall for what they say.
但神向每个人提供永生，包括你，所以如果你藉着 圣灵的能力与圣子联合，你就可以来到圣父面前。 But God offers eternal life to everyone, including you, so you can come to the Father if you're united to the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit.
如果你相信耶稣基督，去你当地相信三位一体的教会，他们会告诉你该怎么做。 If you believe in Jesus Christ, go to your local church if it believes in the Trinity and they'll tell you what to do.
最终，我们知道三位一体这个事实是好消息，因为它表明神已经来救赎世界。 And ultimately, the fact that we know about the Trinity is good news because it shows that God has come to redeem the world.