約翰一書4:9 -10 「神差他獨生子到世間來,使我們藉著他得生,神愛我們的心在此就顯明了。 不是我們愛神,乃是神愛我們,差他的兒子為我們的罪作了挽回祭,這就是愛了。」
神愛世人是說到神的動作。神對於我們的愛是有表示的。甚麼是神的表示呢?羅馬書五章八節說:「惟有基督在我們還作罪人的時候為我們死,神的愛就在向我們顯明了。」如果我們愛一個人,但我們只對他說,我愛你,這愛並沒有表示。愛若沒有到表示的地步,就不是愛。世界上不會有沒有表示的愛。如果有沒有表示的愛,那一個愛可以說就不是愛。愛是頂切實的,愛不是虛浮的,愛不是口頭的,愛是行為上有表示的。你把一個皮球,或者一顆玻璃珠放在斜的地方,它定規會滾下去。愛也是這樣,它是有它一定的表現的。祂的愛不是一個感覺,祂的愛是一個徹底表明出來的東西。 ─倪柝聲
1. God is love, who sent His beloved Son,
Man is fallen with corruption,But You sent Your dear Son.
God commends His kindness, and love toward us,
In that while we were yet sinners,Christ died for us.
神就是愛,祂差獨生愛子前來;
當世人敗壞,正墮落無奈,竟來與人同在。
我猶罪人,基督即己為我受害;
神莫測大愛,在此就佈開,當得我心感戴。
Chorus:
God, You did not spare Him,Your beloved Son.
Father, how we praise You,For this precious One!
您既如此不吝,捨您你愛子受害,
父阿,因祂寶貴,我讚美敬拜。
(神就是愛,祂差獨生愛子前來,當世人敗壞,正墮落無奈,竟來與人同在。)
2. Who can know the love from?our Father's being?
Ears have never heard, eyes have never seen,
But Lord, I've been redeemed.God is love. O God, a man You became;
A cursed man to be, God, You died for me.Lord, You hung from a tree.
有誰能知,源自父神懷裏奇愛?
眼雖未曾見,耳雖未曾聞,我卻得贖蒙愛。
哦,神的愛!祂竟生為人子、嬰孩,
咒詛祂擔代,十架上受害,流血為將我買。
Chorus:
Father, You have sent Him,Your beloved Son.
He shed His blood on Calvary.Your love reached me.
父,感謝您差派獨生愛子前來;
祂血流自加畧,顯明你大愛。
God so loved the world, that He gave us His Son.
Just believe in Him,Be not perishing,
But have eternal life.
Just believe in Him. Be not perishing,
But have eternal life.
神愛世人,甚至將獨生子差來。
信祂不滅亡,永遠生命享;
來罷,切勿等待!信祂不滅亡,永遠生命享;
來罷,切勿等待!
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