As a child, I watched the cheerleaders at a football game. They enthusiastically shouted “V-I-C-T-O-R-Y! Victory, Victory is our cry!” They wanted our school team to WIN! Do you like to be a winner？God tells us in our Bible verse today how we can be a WINNER in the most important way.I John 5：4b says, “…this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.” I John 5：4b.
小的时候, 我喜欢看为足球队助威的啦啦队员。他们热情地喊着：“胜利, 胜利, 胜利是我们的!”他们希望他们自己的校对会赢。你喜欢做一个得胜者吗？神在今天的 圣经经节里告诉我们成为一个得胜者最重要的方法。约翰一书第5章4节说：“使我们胜了世界的, 就是我们的信心。”
To have victory means we win over something. Everyone likes to win, whether it’s in a race or game, an art contest or spelling bee. But there is a much more important victory, Bible says. That is to win over the world.
得胜就是我们在一件事上获得成功。每个人都想赢, 不管是一场竟赛, 或游戏, 绘画比赛, 或拼写比赛。但是, 圣经说, 有一个更重要的胜利, 那就是胜过这个世界。”
THE WORLD refers to those people and things that draw us away from God, like wrong things on TV：the advertisements that make drinking beer and wine seem like a really cool thing, the programs that have beautiful women dressing and acting so ungodly, and strong, handsome men doing such violent and sometimes filthy things. THE FLESH is our own desire to do wrong. 世界是那些要把我们从神的身边拉走的人或事, 比如电视上不好的节目, 有的广告标榜喝酒很酷, 又的女子穿着举止不庄重, 有的节目充满暴力。
And of course, old Satan, THE DEVIL, has been around a long time as God’s enemy and ours, always trying to get us to sin. He tells us things in our minds that tempt us to sin, like “Oh, come on, everybody’s doing it.” “You don’t have to tell your mom everything you do.” “Oh, just this once won’t hurt.” “If you’re going to have any friends, you need to have a little fun...”
肉体是我们因为自己的欲望而做错事。那魔鬼就是指老撒旦。它是神和我们的敌人, 总是在找机会引诱我们犯罪。它在我们的思想里引诱我们犯罪, 比如：“没关系, 别人都是这么做的, 我做也无妨。”“你不需要把任何事都告诉妈妈。”“我只干一次, 就一次。”“如果你要想交朋友, 你就得做一点好玩刺激的事情。”……
With 3 strong enemies, it’s hard to have victory! In fact, it’s IMPOSSIBLE. Like getting past the high strong walls of Jericho! But like Joshua, you have an invisible army working with you!
有了这三个敌人, 很难得胜。实际上, 是不可能得胜。好像今天的 圣经故事里那又高又厚的耶利哥城。但是, 象约书亚一样, 也有一支看不见的军队在帮你。
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