Pleasing God (Chinese/English)

2 Corinthians 5
哥林多后书5章

9 So, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
所以，无论是住在身内，离开身外，我们立了志向，要得主的喜悦。

Pleasing God
讨神喜悦

What is your aim in your Christian life?
你在基督徒生活中的目标是什么？

Some people use Christianity to get to Heaven.
有些人利用基督教进入天堂。

Some people use Christianity to receive healing.
有些人利用基督教来接受治疗。

Some people use Christianity to get money and popularity.
有些人利用基督教来获得金钱和声望。

Some people use Christianity to receive blessings.
有些人用基督教来接受祝福。

Paul was interested in one thing and that is outlined in this verse. In every single situation, Paul wanted to please God. In every decision he made, he made that decision on the basis of whether that decision would please God.
保罗对一件事很感兴趣，这一点在这节经文中作出了概述。无论是在哪种情况下，保罗想要讨神喜悦。在他做出的每一个决定中，他都是基于这个决定是否会讨神喜悦而做出的。

We have a well-known initial called WWJD, which means What Would Jesus Do? We what would He do, what was the aim of Jesus?
有一个著名的首字母缩略语WWJD，意思是耶稣会怎样做？他会做什么，耶稣的目的是什么？

It was to do the will of the Father or to put it another way; His aim was to please the Father. If it was Jesus’s aim to please the Father, how much more should it be our aim?
这是为了遵从父神的旨意，或者换一种方式；他的目的是讨天父的喜悦。如果耶稣的目的是取悦父，那我们的目的又该有多大呢。?

So, what does please God?
那么，怎样做能取悦上帝呢？

God’s will is for our sanctification, 1 Thessalonians 4:1-6 and for us to grow in grace, 2 Peter 3:18. If we are growing in grace, then that pleases God.
神的旨意是叫我们成圣，帖撒罗尼迦前书4:1-6，叫我们在恩典中成长，彼得后书3:18。如果我们在恩典中成长，那是上帝所喜悦的。

To please God, you also need to be continually growing. Stagnation or backsliding does not please God. The five bad churches in Revelation thought they were pleasing God, but they were stagnating and backsliding.
为了讨神喜悦，你也需要不断成长。停滞不前或倒退不会讨神喜悦。启示录中的五个坏教会以为他们在讨神喜悦，但他们停滞不前，倒退了。

Let me finish with the main way you can please God, from 2 Corinthians 7:1:
让我以哥林多后书7:1来结束这次，你能讨神喜悦的主要方式有：

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
亲爱的，既然我们有这些应许，就让我们洁净自己，使自己免受身体和精神的一切玷污，在敬畏神的过程中实现圣洁。

God would be very pleased if you did what it says in this verse: Get rid of the things that displease Him. See Galatians 5:15-20 and replace those things with Galatians 5:22-23.
如果你照这节经文所说的去做，上帝会很高兴的：除掉他不高兴的事。见加拉太书5:15-20，用加拉太书5:22-23代替这些。

Are you pleasing God or pleasing yourself?
你是在取悦上帝还是在取悦自己？

God bless you,
上帝祝福你