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我发现许多人知道如何约束自己的生活,当面临麻烦时,他们会改变行为,但一旦后果消失,他们又会故态复萌。这就像一个被压扁的橡皮球,压力解除后又恢复原状,并没有真正改变。真正的改变不是靠约束,而是靠福音超自然地改变内心。 要理解什么是超自然改变的心,我们需要对比它不是什么。首先,它不是指才华横溢、成功的侍奉。哥林多教会的人才济济,但保罗指出,如果没有爱,他们的天赋和成就毫无价值。在神眼中,品格比才能更重要。我们不能因为某些人的才华而忽略他们的品格缺陷。 其次,超自然改变的心也不是指极高的道德水平。保罗说,即使乐善好施,甚至为信仰牺牲,如果没有爱,也是毫无意义的。这是一种外在的道德,并非源于内心的改变。这种道德行为就像敲锣打鼓,是为了吸引神的注意,是为了自我满足,而非出于对神的爱。 那么,什么是超自然改变的心呢?那就是爱。保罗在哥林多前书13章描述了爱的特质:忍耐、恩慈、不嫉妒、不自夸、不骄傲、不害羞、不自私、不轻易发怒、不计算人的恶、不喜欢不义、只喜欢真理、凡事包容、凡事相信、凡事盼望、凡事忍耐。爱永不止息。 保罗将爱人格化,是因为爱只有通过人才能进入我们的生命。没有人能单靠努力学会爱,只有被爱才能去爱。婴儿需要被持续地拥抱和爱,才能健康成长。同样,我们也需要一种永不失败的爱来充满我们,使我们能够以丰盛的爱去爱他人,而不是为了满足自己的需要而去爱。 这种永不失败的爱,只有耶稣才能给予。他在十字架上为我们舍命,展现了极致的爱和忍耐。他被遗弃,却永不遗弃我们。我们应该先领受耶稣的爱,这爱会使我们谦卑,并充满我们,然后我们才能活出爱的生命。 我们都只是部分地改变了,我们要不断成长,追求超自然改变的心。如果我们停滞不前,就不要满足于现状,要追求真正的改变。基督教的核心不是变得更道德,而是遇见耶稣的爱,并因此而重生。

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This chapter explores the difference between external change and a genuinely transformed heart, emphasizing how 1 Corinthians 13 guides us toward true change.
  • True transformation isn't about rules but a heart changed by the gospel.
  • 1 Corinthians 13 is not merely about marriage but about a supernaturally changed heart.
  • Human nature without supernatural change is like a restrained rubber ball that snaps back.

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Most of us know how to restrain a life. We start to get in trouble, so we change. But when the consequences go away, we snap back the way we were. 

Human nature without supernatural intervention is like a rubber ball that’s squished, but when the pressure is off, it snaps right back. The rubber ball was constrained. It wasn’t actually changed or reshaped. 1 Corinthians 13 is about how you actually change, about how you get a supernaturally changed heart.

What is the supernaturally changed heart? Let’s take a look at 1) two things it is not and 2) what it is.

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 1, 2016. Series: What We Are Becoming: Transforming Love. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.

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