From listening to Mark L. Pace's talk, "Conversion Is Our Goal":
マーク L. ペイスの話の「改心が私達の目標です」からの個人ノート:
- Conversion doesn't happen all at once. It requires consistent, daily efforts and the influence of the Holy Spirit -- and patience. It's a lifelong process.
改心が瞬間的に完了するものではない。毎日の一貫した努力と聖なる御霊の影響と、忍耐をも必須です。生涯に渡る過程のです。 - Another person's experiences and insights may be helpful, but they won't save us. Only through our own experience applying our own insights that we receive directly from the Holy Spirit can open us up to the redemption that the Savior offers us.
人の経験談や見識によって助かることがあれば、救われることはめったにない。唯一、私達が自分自身、直接、御霊により授けられる見識などを応用することによって得た経験だけが、救い主が差し伸べる贖罪に、私達一人ひとりを開くことになるのです。 - Study the scriptures looking for what the Spirit would teach us from them.
その聖文から聖霊が何を教えてくださるかを探りながら勉強する。 - I probably need to take more notes from my scripture study. (Thus, these notes.)
聖文の勉強から習っていることをもっと書き留めたほうが良いでしょう。(したがってこの覚書。) - There are several ways that we can know when the Holy Spirit is teaching us. They all involve recognizing the light the Spirit brings into our minds and hearts.
聖霊が導いてくださるときに気がつく方法は幾らかあるが、それぞれ心にもたらされる聖霊の光を認識して見極めることが関わるのです。 - It's good for spouses to study together and share perspectives with each other.
伴侶が一緒に勉強してそれぞれの捉え方をわけることが望ましいこと。 - Adam, Eve, and the other Patriarchs of the Old Testament are trustworthy guides.
旧約聖書に出るアダム、エバやとその他の創始者(族長)は相応しく信頼できる案内人足る。 - The ancient Passover includes the tokens of the blood and body of the first born. Those tokens direct us to protection from the plagues that would take our children away from us.
古代の過ぎ越し祭は長子の血と体の印を含んでいます。その印は私達の子供たちを奪う世界の蔓延る災難を防ぐ防御へ導くのです。 - Acting in faith frees us from spiritual captivity.
信仰をもって行動することによって霊的束縛から開放されるのです。 - Obeying in spite of a lack of understanding brings us to understanding and faith if we seek for understanding and faith as we do so.
不理解にも関わらず従うことは、理解と信仰を求めながら行動するなら、理解と信仰に導くのです。 - Studying the gospel at home has lasting effect, bringing the light and joy (delight) of the gospel into our homes and families and helping defend our homes and families from the influence of the adversary of our souls.
お家で福音を勉強することは継続する効力を持っている。それは家と親族に光と喜びを入り込ませ、敵対するものの力と影響に対しての防御を助ける。 - It would be interesting to read or hear testimonies from those who participated in the first Passover, but we can listen to the testimonies of those around us who follow the prophet's counsel to study the Gospel at home.
最初の過ぎ越し祭の証を読んだり聞いたり擦るのはおもしろいでしょうけど、周りに居る家で聖文を勉強するように薦める預言者の勧告に従う方々の証を聞くことができます。
- Miracles do happen.
奇跡は実際にある。 - Eternal life begins at home.
永遠たる命はお家から発生。
Is there a scriptural or other reference for the tokens of the blood and body of the firstborn being a part of the Passover? I can understand why they would be - the Angel of Death passed over them because of the blood of the Firstborn - and they had the blood of the a firstborn lamb on their doorways - but do they have some things in the feast of the Passover that serve as tokens? Certainly they should, but what is it? Scriptures? Are you challenging me to dig through the scriptures to find this?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what you're asking. If the reference someone posted on FB doesn't cover the topic sufficiently, the simple version is that the wine replaces the blood on the doorposts, and the bread replaces the meal itself. Also, we tend to reference the bread of life meta-allegory:
Deletehttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/john/6?lang=eng&id=32-35#p31