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Timothy Keller：现代社会尽管科技进步，但在幸福感方面并未取得显著进展。人们普遍感到不快乐，而圣经提供了关于幸福的古老而永恒的智慧。诗篇1篇揭示了幸福的四个原则：幸福是可能的；真正的幸福是根本性的，而非表面的，它建立在内在的根基上，而非外在的环境；幸福无法直接获得，而是追求其他事物（如正义）的副产品；幸福是需要主动选择的结果，需要远离世俗的诱惑，将自己的忠诚转向神。 要获得真正的幸福，需要改变对幸福的认知，将追求神和服从神的律法置于首位，而不是将幸福作为人生的首要目标。只有当我们真正将自己交给神，并以神为中心生活时，才能体验到一种根本性的、持久的喜乐，这种喜乐即使在困境中也能存在。这是一种由内而外散发出的喜乐，而非依赖于外在环境的短暂快乐。 基督教信仰并非要让人压抑悲伤，而是让人在面对人生苦难时，拥有更深沉的安慰和喜乐。通过学习和沉思圣经的教导，特别是耶稣基督的救赎，我们才能在人生的各个阶段都保持内心的平静和喜乐。 旁白：本讲座探讨了基督教信仰在解决现代人内心深处渴望方面比以往任何时候都更贴切。

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Dr. Timothy Keller discusses the modern pursuit of happiness, comparing it to ancient beliefs and questioning whether modern advancements have truly increased happiness.

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Have you in this modern world learned how to become happy and stay happy?

I hope you don’t think that’s a trivial question. Because if you read the psychology books, the urban planning books, the biochemistry books, the political science books, they’re really about this problem: we’re not happy. How can we be happy? 

The Bible has always said the issues that make you happy or unhappy are profoundly cosmic and spiritual. In Psalm 1, we see 4 principles: 1) happiness is possible, 2) happiness is fundamental, not superficial, 3) happiness can never be found directly, and 4) happiness is something you choose.

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 12, 1993. Series: Modern Problems; Ancient Solutions. Scripture: Psalm 1.

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