Jesus is The Word – John Chapter 1 verses 1-5
This small bird can fly like a great acrobat. We know that it has the ability to fly up, down, side-to-side, and incredible back-flips. It is impressive to watch; but how does the bird’s feather work?
这只小鸟可以像一位伟大的杂技演员一样飞翔。 我们知道它具有向上、向下、左右飞行以及令人难以置信的后空翻的能力。 观看效果令人印象深刻； 但是鸟的羽毛是如何发挥作用的呢？
Someone said that a meat eating raptor evolved into the beautiful phoenix, in six steps over time. I ask you to look at this simple feather. You will see that just the feather alone is complex in its mechanical design.
有人说，肉食猛禽经过六步进化成了美丽的凤凰。我请你看看这根简单的羽毛。 您会发现光是羽毛的机械设计就很复杂。
The feather is a bone-like shaft, with bone like veins. Yet, it is very flexible, unlike any bone. It carries a cooling fluid to the ends of the tiny feather “vanes” to keep from the structure drying out. Each feather vane is interconnected with barbs to make a uniform mesh, like an airplane wing. This mesh is adjusted, in a moment, to allow air flow when the wing is pulled up. Then the mesh binds solid when the wing pushes down.
羽毛是骨状的轴，有骨状的静脉。然而，与任何骨头不同，它非常灵活。 它将冷却液输送到微小羽毛“叶片”的末端，以防止结构干燥。 每个羽片都用倒刺相互连接，形成均匀的网格，就像飞机机翼一样。 该网格会立即调整，以便在机翼拉起时允许空气流通。 然后，当机翼向下推时，网格会牢固地结合在一起。
The feather must follow the genetic code of length for its every location, or the bird can never fly. There are about 60 feathers in exact order, overlapping in an exact sequence, and attached to the correct wing. If there is one error, the bird cannot fly.
羽毛必须遵循其每个位置的长度遗传密码，否则鸟儿永远无法飞翔。 大约有60根羽毛，按精确顺序排列，按精确顺序重叠，并附着在正确的翅膀上。 如果有一个误差，鸟儿就不能飞。
So I ask you to look at the extremely complex feather that allows the common rock pigeon to maneuver with effortless grace. This was not a 6 step process; this was a complex design by the intelligent designer. The feather was created by the Creator.
所以我请你看看极其复杂的羽毛，它可以让普通的岩鸽轻松优雅地操纵动作。 这不是一个 6 步骤的过程； 这是聪明的设计师的复杂设计。 羽毛是造物主创造的。
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Jesus is The Word – John Chapter 1 verses 1-5
耶稣就是道——约翰福音第一章 1-5 节
Jesus is called The Word from “in the Beginning” in John 1:1, all the way to Revelation 19:13 where the One who sits on the throne has a blood red cloak and His name is “The Word of God.”
从《约翰福音》1:1中的“太初”开始，一直到《启示录》19:13，耶稣都被称为“道”，其中坐在宝座上的那一位披着血红色的斗篷，他的名字是“神的道”。
Unusual names beg for the question, “What does the name mean?” I am German, so my last name tells what I do or where I was born. The former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and his last name means that his family was a blacksmith. He worked with iron. This is important to describe you and your family and their ability and their history. John 1 verse 1 starts out, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.”
这个不寻常的名字引出了一个问题：“这个名字的含义是什么？” 我是德国人，所以我的姓氏表明了我的职业或出生地。 前加州州长阿诺·施瓦辛格，他的姓氏意味着他的家庭背景是铁匠出生。 他和铁打交道。 名字对于描述您和您的家人以及他们的能力和历史非常重要。约翰福音第一章第一节开头说：“太初有道，道与神同在，道就是神。这道 起初与神同在。”
This is more than a job description this is an eternal character and explains the eternal actions of an eternal God. Jesus himself is the person described in John chapter 1 as he calls himself The Word. The book of John was written originally in Greek. The word for, “The Word,” is from the Greek word “logos.” It is a very clear and complete explanation of the character, the person. It is definitive. Because it starts at the beginning of the Bible in Genesis 1:1 in a very similar way and goes all the way through to the end of the Bible, in the book of the Revelation, there is only one person that describes himself like so. Jesus is the One on the throne forever and he calls himself The Word.
这不仅仅是一个工作描述，这是一个永恒的角色，解释了永恒之神的永恒行动。 耶稣本人就是约翰福音第一章中所描述的人，他称自己为“道”。 约翰福音最初是用希腊语写成的。 “道”一词源自希腊语“logos”。 这是对人物、人物的非常清晰和完整的解释。 这是确定的。 因为从创世记一章一节开始，一直到圣经的结尾， 只有一个人这样描述自己。 耶稣就是那个永远坐在宝座上的那一位，他称自己为“道”。
Let me pray very quickly, and ask God to explain his words to us. “Dear heavenly Father, thank you for your Scripture that you have given to us. Please help me to explain this short passage in John chapter 1. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
让我赶紧做个祷告，求神给我们解释他的话。 “亲爱的天父，感谢您赐给我们的圣经。 请帮我解释一下约翰福音第一章中的这段短文。奉耶稣的名，阿们。”
First of all we find that Jesus represents himself as the eternal God. It shows us right there, “In the beginning was the Word.” We see a couple of verses later who this is when it says in John chapter 1 verse 14, “the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” This shows that it is talking about Jesus. He is 100% God and yet he chose to live amongst humans in the form of a man 2,000 years ago. In Revelation chapter 22 verse 13, Jesus represents himself as the eternal existence one, when he says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega.” The writer of Hebrews says this as well in chapter 13 verse 8, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever.” You see in that chapter one of John, verse 1 it says, “the same was in the beginning with God.” This is written in Greek by Hebrew men who understood who God is and who Jesus was. He is the same as he has always been. God himself represented his character to Moses in Exodus chapter 3 verse 14, when he calls himself the eternal self-existent one, the “I Am.” Not only the Old Testament, but in John chapter 8 verse 58 Jesus himself said, “Before Abraham was, I Am.” Let me give you one more quote from John chapter 10 verse 30 when Jesus says, “I and my Father are one.”
首先，我们发现耶稣将自己描述为永恒的神。 它向我们展示了“太初有道”这个词。 我们在后面几节经文中看到约翰福音第一章第十四节说：“道成了肉身，住在我们中间。” 这表明它正在谈论耶稣。 他是100%的神，但他在2000年前选择以人的形式生活在人类之中。 在《启示录》第 22 章第 13 节中，耶稣将自己描述为永恒存在者，他说：“我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛。” 希伯来书的作者在第13章第8节也这么说：“耶稣基督昨日今日一直到永远，是一样的。” 你看约翰福音第一章第一节说：“这道太初与神同在。” 这是希伯来人用希腊语写的，他们了解神是谁，耶稣是谁。 他还是一如既往。 在《出埃及记》第 3 章第 14 节中，上帝亲自向摩西展示了他的品格，当时他称自己是永恒的、自有的、“我是”。 不仅在旧约圣经中，在约翰福音8章58节中，耶稣自己也说过：“还没有亚伯拉罕，就有了我。” 让我再引用约翰福音第 10 章第 30 节中耶稣的话：“我与我父原为一。”
This would be an impossible thing for any human to accomplish. We cannot be self-created; we were created. We cannot be the original creator of all things, because we are only humans on the earth. Only the Creator himself can claim this. He is the one who came to live with us, die for us, rise again and offers us life. Only he can claim this. This is Jesus, he is the Word.
这对任何人来说都是一件不可能 的事情。 我们不能自我创造； 我们被创造了。 我们不可能是万物的最初创造者，因为我们只是地球上的人类。 只有造物主本人才能宣称这一点。 他是与我们同住、为我们而死、复活并为我们提供生命的那一位。 只有他才能声称这一点。 这是耶稣，他就是道。
We see first of all that he is the eternal God. Secondly Jesus is the eternal Creator. Verse 2 of the same passage says, “All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made.” This again is a statement that the only eternal creator can say. I have made a few things; in fact, I built a three-story barn in California. I am proud of that structure. Yet I cannot ever say that all things were made by me. Ephesians chapter 3 verse 9 explains to us that it is Jesus Christ who created all things. Colossians chapter 1 verse 16 says, “For by him (Jesus) were all things created that are in heaven and in Earth visible and invisible…” and it goes on to say, catch this exact phrase, “all things were created by him and for him.” The next verse says, “And by him all things consist.” This powerful statement about Jesus the Christ shows that he made everything; he created everything, and to this second everything is held together by him. It says in verse 17, “by him all things consist.” Jesus makes everything work in the universe around us. Here is the big picture: the stars shine at the word of Christ. Our sun shines because Jesus holds it together. Our Earth, every person in it, every part of my body, every molecule, is held together by Jesus. Jesus is the eternal Creator and the eternal sustainer.
我们首先看到他是永恒的神。 其次，耶稣是永恒的创造者。 同一段经文第2节说：“万物都是借着他造的；凡被造的，没有一样不是借着他造的。” 这又是唯一永恒的造物主能说出的一句话。 我建了一些东西； 事实上，我在加利福尼亚州建造了一座三层谷仓。 我为这种结构感到自豪。 但我不能说一切都是我创造的。 以弗所书第3章第9节向我们解释说，耶稣基督创造了万物。 歌罗西书第 1 章第 16 节说：“因为天上地下一切可见的、不可见的万物都是借着他（耶稣）造的……”接着又说，用这句话来说，“万物都是借着他创造的，并且 为了他。” 下一节说：“万有都是靠他而立。” 关于耶稣基督的这一强有力的陈述表明他创造了一切。 他创造了一切，而此时此刻，一切都由他维系在一起。 第 17 节说：“万有都是靠他立的。” 耶稣使我们周围的宇宙中的一切都运转起来。 这是一幅大图：星星因基督的话语而闪耀。 我们的太阳闪耀是因为耶稣将它维系在一起。 我们的地球，地球上的每个人，我身体的每个部分，每个分子，都是由耶稣维系在一起的。 耶稣是永恒的创造者和永恒的维持者。
And now for the upside, our blessing from Jesus the Creator, “in him was life and the life was the light of man.” This is chapter 1 verse 4. This is the positive side of being created. God gives everyone life. When I am half asleep early in the morning I do not have much light in my eyes or in my brain. Yet when I have breakfast and I am awake I have what we call “bright eyes.” Light is a very powerful and necessary basic component of our daily life. Without light, we cannot live. In the Bible, in just the second half or the New Testament alone, light is mentioned 73 times. The Old Testament sums it up for us and we understand Psalms 119 verse 105 as it says, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Jesus explained who he is and one of his blessings is this imperative light for our existence. He says in John chapter 8 verse 14, “Then spake Jesus unto them, saying, I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” This is not a simple flashlight or a camping lantern while you walk down a country pathway. No this is the understanding, deep inside your heart, that you have been given by the Creator. This comes with a relationship with that same Creator, with Christ.
现在从好的方面来说，我们来自造物主耶稣的祝福，“生命在他里面，生命就是人类的光。” 这是约翰福音第一章第四节。这是造物主所创造的积极的一面。 神赐予每个人生命。 当我清晨半睡半醒时，我的眼睛或大脑中没有太多的光。 然而，当我吃完早餐并且醒着时，我就会拥有我们所说的“明亮的眼睛”。 光是我们日常生活中非常强大且必要的基本组成部分。 没有光，我们就无法生存。 在圣经中，仅在后半部分或仅在新约中，就提到了 73 次光。 旧约圣经为我们总结了这一点，我们理解诗篇 119 第 105 节说：“你的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。” 耶稣解释了他是谁，他对我们的祝福之一就是我们存在的必要之光。 他在约翰福音8章14节中说：“耶稣对他们说：我是世界的光。 跟从我的，就不在黑暗里走，必要得着生命的光。” 当您走在乡村小路上时，这不是一个简单的手电筒或野营灯。 不，这是在你内心深处 造物主赋予你的的理解。 这个理解来源于与同一个造物主基督的关系。
It’s easy for you to say, “I get the sunlight and I’m smart on my own.” It’s easy for me to say that. But I find when my heart is not thinking of pure or wholesome things, I go to a dark place in my thinking. Did I just say what everyone does when they do wrong? They go to a dark place in their thoughts. John chapter 3 verse 19 describes the lifestyle of a person who rejects the light of Jesus. He says in this verse, “and this is the condemnation, that light is coming to the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” This is the judgment of a normal life. On my own, my normal life has many bad and dark thoughts. Sure I can come up with good things, even during my bad days. But the best way I can describe a life without Jesus is that there is much darkness in the mind. This is not peaceful.
你很容易说：“我得到了阳光，我自己 很聪明。” 我说起来很容易。 但我发现，当我的心不思考纯洁或有益健康的事情时，我的思想就会陷入黑暗。 我刚才有说每个人做错事时都会做什么吗？ 他们进入了思想的黑暗之地。 约翰福音第 3 章第 19 节描述了拒绝耶稣之光的人的生活方式。 他在这节经文中说：“光来到世界，人因自己的行为是恶的，不爱光，倒爱黑暗，定他们的罪就是在此。”这是对正常生活的判断。 过去，我的正常生活中有很多不好的、黑暗的想法。 当然，即使在糟糕的日子里，我也能想出好东西。 但我能描述没有耶稣的生活的最好方式是，心灵中有很多黑暗。 这并不平安。
Let me give you a peaceful solution. We already saw that Jesus is the eternal God and that secondly Jesus is the eternal creator. The best news is that Jesus is the Saviour, the Christ.
让我给你一个和平的解决方案。 我们已经看到耶稣是永恒的神，其次耶稣是永恒的创造者。 最好的消息是耶稣是救主、基督。
In the New Testament the angels announced this at the birth of Jesus, “for unto you is Born this Day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke chapter 2 verse 11. Martha is a Bible character and she had experienced the death of her brother. But with hope she says to Jesus, in John 11:22, “yay lord, I believe that thou art the Christ, the son of God which should come into the world.” One of the disciples Peter, said to Jesus in an unusual display of intuitive, spirit-filled understanding when he said, “thou art the Christ the son of the living God.” Matthew chapter 16 verse 16. The writer of many books of the New Testament, the apostle Paul, describes himself in 1st Timothy chapter 1 verse 1 as, “Paul, and Apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of our God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope.”
在新约中，天使在耶稣诞生时宣布了这一点：“因为今天在大卫的城里，为你们诞生了一位救主，就是主基督。” 路加福音第 2 章第 11 节。马大是圣经人物，她经历过她哥哥的死。 但在约翰福音 11 章 22 节中，她满怀希望地对耶稣说：“主啊，我信你是基督，是要来到世上的神的儿子。” 门徒之一彼得以一种不寻常的直觉和充满灵性的理解力对耶稣说：“你是基督，永生神的儿子。” 马太福音第 16 章第 16 节。新约多卷书的作者使徒保罗在《提摩太前书》第 1 章第 1 节中这样描述自己：“奉我们救主神，和我们的盼望主耶稣基督之命，做那耶稣基督使徒的保罗。”
Well, those are Bible people. Do we know anyone from our country that says anything similar? Yes, our founding fathers regularly said this. In 1796, a founding Father Samuel Adams said, “Confess your sins to God and implore forgiveness through the merits and the mediation of Jesus Christ our Saviour.” One of the signers of the Declaration of the Independence was John Hancock. We know his autograph; it’s that big one in the middle of the declaration, down at the bottom. He said in 1784 that we should “pray all nations the bow to the scepter of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” Oh I’ve got one more for you. It was John Jay one of our founding fathers who said in 1833, “pardon of sin… for the sake of Jesus Christ our blessed Lord and Saviour.” It was his goal to acknowledge where forgiveness comes from and who gives this forgiveness.
嗯，这些都是圣经人物。 我们国家有谁说过类似的话吗？ 是的，我们的开国元勋经常这么说。 1796 年，开国元勋塞缪尔·亚当斯 (Samuel Adams) 说道：“向上帝承认你的罪，并通过我们救世主耶稣基督的功劳和中保恳求宽恕。” 约翰·汉考克是《独立宣言》的签署者之一。 我们知道他的亲笔签名； 就是那个大的，在中间，在底部的签名。 他在 1784 年说，我们应该“祈祷所有国家都屈服于我们的主和救主耶稣基督的权杖”。 哦，我还有另一个例子。 我们的开国元勋之一约翰·杰伊 (John Jay) 在 1833 年说过：“为了我们可称颂的主和救主耶稣基督，宽恕罪孽……”。 他的目标是承认宽恕从何而来以及是谁给予的宽恕。
I hope that this is pretty clear. Jesus has always been self-existent. As the self-existent God and Creator of all things, sustainer of all things, he offers you a free gift. Jesus is part of the trinity that we know as God: God the Father, God the son, God the Holy Spirit. Three in one. The explanation of the Trinity is not an easy thing to understand, so I will stick to these few verses that are right in front of me today, right now, verses 1 through 5. All of this adds up to one clear and obvious question, if the Creator of all things, came and knocked on your door and you opened the door to the Creator, can you imagine how different your understanding of life would be?
我希望这很清楚。 耶稣一直是独立存在的。 作为自存的神、万物的创造者、万物的维持者，他为你提供了一份免费的礼物。 耶稣是我们所知的三位一体上帝的一部分：圣父上帝、圣子上帝、圣灵上帝，三位一体。 对三位一体的解释并不是一件容易理解的事情，所以我将坚持今天 摆在我面前的这几节经文，即第 1 节到第 5 节。所有这些加起来构成一个清晰而明显的问题， 如果万物的造物主来敲你的门，你向造物主打开你的心门，你能想象你对生命的理解会有多么不同吗？
Jesus says in John chapter 14 verse 6, “I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Jesus gives you an offer today he wants to give you a relationship outside of your normal mind, your normal thoughts, and your normal way of being who we are from birth. Because we are in the book of John we will see in John chapter 3 verse 16, that “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, shall not perish but have everlasting life.” This starts with acknowledging I am not God, I am not the Creator. From birth my relationship is broken from the one who created me. He cannot have a relationship with me while my heart is in this darkness, called sin. It is my life of bad thinking and then doing wrong. Jesus chose to come to Earth, to live an example, to die on a cruel Roman cross, to raise himself from the dead. Remember he is the Creator, and now he offers you a New Life inside your heart. This new life is a gift for you. May I ask you, “Are you ready to ask for this gift?” It says in the New Testament in Romans chapter 10 verse 9 “that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved.”
耶稣在约翰福音14章6节中说：“我就是道路、真理、生命，若不借着我，没有人能到父那里去。” 耶稣今天给了你一个机会，他想给你一种超出你正常思维、正常思想和你出生以来的正常生活方式的关系。 因为我们在约翰福音里，约翰福音3章16节看到，“神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的，不至灭亡，反得永生。” 首先要承认我不是神，我不是创造者。 从一出生起，我就与创造我的神断绝了关系。 当我的心处于这种称为罪恶的黑暗中时，他无法与我建立关系。 这是我的一生，思想不好的事情，然后做错事。 耶稣选择来到地球，以身作则，死在残酷的罗马十字架上，然后从死里复活。 请记住，他是造物主，现在他在你的心中为你提供了新的生活。 这个新生活是给你的礼物。 我可以问你：“你准备好要这份礼物了吗？” 新约罗马书10章9节说：“你若口里认耶稣为主，心里信神叫他从死里复活，就必得救。”
Jesus is the Eternal self-existent God. Jesus is the Eternal Creator and Sustainer. Now Jesus offers to be you Eternal Saviour for your heart and life. To accept this is to trust that your Creator loves you and wants a relationship with you. This is a 100% trust in a Father that cares for you and will help you every day.
耶稣是永恒、独立存在的神。 耶稣是永恒的创造者和维持者。 现在耶稣愿意成为你心灵和生命永恒的救主。 接受这一点就是相信你的创造者爱你，希望与你建立关系。 这是对天父百分百的信任，天父关心你，每天都会帮助你。