Wow, that's fancy.

哇，太漂亮了

Mark Twain once said, the two most important days in your life are number one, the day you're born, and number two, the day you figure out why, why you were born.

馬克-吐溫曾經說過，你一生中最重要的兩個日子是：第一，你出生的那一天；第二，你弄明白自己為什麼會出生的那一天。

God has never created anything without a purpose.

上帝創造任何事物都不會沒有目的。

Every plant has a purpose, every star has a purpose, every animal has a purpose.

每種植物都有其目的，每顆星星都有其目的，每隻動物都有其目的。

God does not create things without a reason, without a purpose.

上帝不會無緣無故、無目的地創造萬物。

And if your heart is beating and you're breathing, there's a purpose for your life.

如果你的心臟還在跳動，你還在呼吸，你的生命就有了意義。

Because God never makes anything without a purpose.

因為上帝創造任何事物都不會沒有目的。

And the very fact that you're alive makes your life meaningful, that God had a reason for creating you.

你活著這件事本身就讓你的生命變得有意義，上帝創造你是有原因的。

And that's what we're going to look at this week and why God made you.

這就是我們本週要探討的內容，也是上帝創造你的原因。

Now if you want to know the purpose of your life, you've got to start with God.

現在，如果你想知道自己的人生目標，就必須從上帝開始。

You can't find it on TV, you can't find it in the movies, you can't find it, you know, reading a book.

在電視上找不到，在電影裡找不到，在書裡也找不到。

You can't find it, a lot of people say, well the way you need to find your purpose is look within.

你找不到它，很多人都會說，那麼你需要找到你的目標的方法就是向內尋找。

Like trust the force, Luke.

就像相信力量一樣，盧克。

Look within, that doesn't work.

看看內心，那是行不通的。

I tried that a lot of times, look within, all I saw was a bunch of confusion.

我試過很多次，向內看，看到的只是一堆混亂。

You can't tell you what your purpose is because you didn't make you.

你無法知道自己的目標是什麼，因為你不是自己創造的。

Does that make sense?

有道理嗎？

Only your creator can tell you what your purpose is.

只有造物主才能告訴你，你的目的是什麼。

You can't tell yourself because you weren't alive when whoever thought you up, thought you up.

你不能告訴你自己，因為當你被人認為是你的時候，你並不在世。

If I were to hold up just any kind of invention that you had never seen and I held up.

如果我舉起任何一種你從未見過的發明。

And I said, tell me what this is, what's the purpose of this invention?

我說，告訴我這是什麼，這項發明的目的是什麼？

You wouldn't have the slightest idea.

你根本不知道。

And the only way you would know the purpose of an invention you'd never seen is either A, talk to the inventor, the creator who made it and they can tell you what it does.

你要想知道一項你從未見過的發明的用途，唯一的辦法就是 A，與發明者交談，也就是與創造者交談，他們會告訴你這項發明的用途。

Or B, read the owner's manual.

或者 B，閱讀用戶手冊。

The same is true for your life.

你的人生也是如此。

The only way you're ever going to know your purpose for your life, why you're here on this planet, what on earth you're here for is A, talk to your creator, God who made you.

你要想知道自己的人生目標，知道自己為什麼來到這個星球，知道自己來這裡的目的，唯一的辦法就是A，與你的造物主，創造你的上帝對話。

And B, read the owner's manual.

B，閱讀用戶手冊。

Now the Bible says this, look there on your outline.

聖經》是這樣說的，看看你的大綱。

Ephesians chapter 1 from the Bible says, it is in Christ that we find out who we are and what we're living for.

聖經》以弗所書第一章說，在基督裡，我們才知道自己是誰，我們為什麼而活。

And so you say, I really got to find myself.

所以你說，我真的得找到自己。

You're going to find yourself in Christ.

你會在基督裡找到自己。

It is in Christ we find out who we are, what we're living for, part of the overall purpose that He, God, is working out in everything and everyone.

在基督裡，我們找到了自己的身份，找到了自己活著的意義，找到了上帝在每件事、每個人身上實現的總體目標的一部分。

The next verse, Colossians chapter 1 verse 16 says this, everything, absolutely everything, got started in Christ and finds its purpose in Him.

下一節經文，歌羅西書第 1 章第 16 節是這樣說的：萬事萬物，絕對是萬事萬物，都是在基督裡開始的，並在祂裡面找到了自己的目的。

You were made by God, you were made for God.

你是上帝創造的，你是為上帝創造的。

Until you understand that, your life is never going to make sense.

在你明白這一點之前，你的生活永遠不會有意義。

You're going to go through life wondering, what on earth am I here for?

你一生都會在想，我究竟是來幹什麼的？

You got to start with God.

你必須從上帝開始。

Now the Bible says that you were made to last forever.

聖經》說，你的存在是為了永恆。

One day your heart is going to stop.

總有一天，你的心臟會停止跳動。

That's going to be the end of your body, but it's not going to be the end of you.

這將是你身體的終結，但不會是你的終結。

That's going to be the end of your time on earth, but it's not going to be the end of you.

這將是你在地球上的終結，但不會是你的終結。

God has long range plans for your life, and I'm not exaggerating, because He wants you to live forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever.

上帝為你的人生制定了長遠的計劃，我並沒有誇大其詞，因為他希望你永遠活著，直到永遠，直到永遠，直到永遠。

So you're going to actually spend more time on the other side of death than you do on this side.

是以，你在死亡那一邊度過的時間實際上比在這一邊度過的時間更長。

On this side you get 80 years, at the most maybe 100.

這邊是 80 年，最多可能是 100 年。

That's it.

就是這樣。

That's not really a whole lot of time.

時間其實並不充裕。

After you die, you move into eternity and you're going to spend trillions and trillions and trillions and trillions and trillions and trillions on to infinity and beyond for the rest of your life.

So this is like a little tiny millimeter of your life.

所以，這就像是你生命中的一小毫米。

The few measly years you're here on earth.

你在世上的這短短几年。

Most of your life is going to be on the other side.

你生命中的大部分時間都將在另一邊度過。

Now have you ever thought about this?

你想過這個問題嗎？

If God wants to take me to heaven, why doesn't He just take me there instantly?

如果上帝想帶我上天堂，為什麼不立即帶我去呢？

Why doesn't He just make me and start with me in heaven?

為什麼他不直接創造我，而是讓我從天堂開始？

Why does God put you on this planet for 80 years?

為什麼上帝讓你在這個星球上度過 80 年？

Really.

真的

Why does He do that?

他為什麼這樣做？

Well the Bible says you're not ready for heaven.

聖經說你還沒準備好上天堂。

There are some things you need to learn.

有些事情你需要學習。

And God says this life, follow me, this life is preparation for the next.

上帝說，今生，跟隨我，今生是為來世做準備。

If you want to know why you're on this planet, it is to get ready for the next life.

如果你想知道自己為什麼來到這個星球，那就是為來世做好準備。

This life is preparation for the next.

今生是來世的準備。

This is the preschool.

這就是學前班。

This is the warm up act.

這是熱身表演。

This is the get ready stage.

這是準備階段。

This is the kindergarten.

這裡是幼兒園。

This is the dress rehearsal before the real show begins.

這是真正演出開始前的彩排。

This is the first lap around track before the real race begins.

這是真正比賽開始前在賽道上的第一圈。

This is the warm up act.

這是熱身表演。

Getting ready for eternity because that's the real show that's going to go on forever and ever and ever.

為永恆做好準備，因為那才是真正的表演，將永遠持續下去。

Now in heaven you're going to do a number of things and the Bible tells us what's going to happen in heaven.

在天堂裡，你會做很多事情，《聖經》告訴了我們天堂裡會發生什麼。

And what God wants you to do here on earth is practice what you're going to do in heaven forever.

上帝希望你在地上做的事情，就是你在天堂裡永遠要做的事情。

So when you get to heaven you know what to do.

這樣，當你到了天堂，你就知道該怎麼做了。

Now I'm going to explain to you this evening exactly what God wants you to practice while you're here on earth.

今天晚上，我將向你們解釋，上帝希望你們在世時究竟要實踐什麼。

This may be the most important message you've ever heard in your life.

這可能是你一生中聽到的最重要的資訊。

Because I can't think of anything more fundamental than why am I here on earth.

因為我想不出比 "我為什麼來到這個世界 "更根本的事情了。

And what am I supposed to do with my life.

我的生活該怎麼辦？

If I only had one sermon to preach it would be this message.

如果我只有一次佈道機會，那一定是這次佈道。

To teach you why God made you and what you're supposed to do with your life.

教你為什麼上帝創造了你，以及你的人生應該做些什麼。

God wants you to practice five things on this planet.

上帝希望你在這個星球上實踐五件事。

We call them our purposes.

我們稱之為我們的目的。

The reasons for living.

活著的理由

We often use the word callings.

我們經常使用 "召喚 "這個詞。

There are five callings.

有五種召喚。

But there are five things God wants you to do with your life here on earth for five reasons.

但出於五個原因，上帝希望你在世時做五件事。

He made you for five reasons.

他創造你有五個原因

Now I want you to write these down.

現在我要你們把這些寫下來。

Number one.

第一

The first purpose of your life is this.

你人生的第一個目的就是這個。

God planned me.

上帝安排了我

God planned me for his pleasure.

上帝為了他的喜悅而安排了我。

God planned me for his pleasure.

上帝為了他的喜悅而安排了我。

God created you just to love you.

上帝創造你，只是為了愛你。

That's the whole idea.

這就是整個想法。

The bible says that God is love.

聖經》說，上帝就是愛。

I've told you this many times.

我跟你說過很多次了。

It doesn't say God has love.

它並沒有說上帝有愛。

It says God is love.

它說上帝就是愛。

It is the essence of his nature.

這是他的本質。

It is his character.

這是他的性格。

It is who God is.

這就是上帝。

God is love.

上帝就是愛

And if God wasn't a God of love you would not be able to love anybody else.

如果上帝不是愛的上帝，你就無法去愛別人。

Because you're made in God's image.

因為你是按照上帝的形象創造的。

The only reason you're able to love is because God said I'm going to make men and women in my own image.

你之所以能夠去愛，是因為上帝說過，我要按照自己的形象創造男人和女人。

And if God was not a God of love there would be no love in the universe.

如果上帝不是愛的上帝，宇宙中就不會有愛。

There would be no love between human beings.

人與人之間就不會有愛。

Now the bible says that God made you simply to love you.

聖經上說，上帝造你只是為了愛你。

God made you to love you.

上帝造你是為了愛你

He didn't need you.

他不需要你

God is totally satisfied in himself.

上帝完全滿足於他自己。

Father it's unholy spirit.

父親，這是不聖之靈。

But he wanted you.

但他想要你

That shows how valuable you are.

這說明你是多麼有價值。

Now let me show you some verses about how God planned you for his pleasure.

現在，讓我向你展示幾節經文，告訴你上帝是如何為他的喜悅而安排你的。

He planned you.

他計劃了你

He created you just so he could love you.

他創造了你，就是為了愛你。

Revelation 4 verse 11.

啟示錄》第 4 章第 11 節。

You God created everything.

上帝創造了一切。

And it is for your pleasure.

這也是為了讓你高興。

Circle that.

將其圈起來。

For your pleasure that they exist and they were created.

為了讓你高興，他們存在，他們被創造。

Everything was created because God gets enjoyment out of it.

萬物之所以被創造，是因為上帝從中得到了樂趣。

He wanted to love it.

他想愛上它。

God loves every rock, every plant, every animal, every star and every human being.

上帝愛每一塊岩石、每一棵植物、每一隻動物、每一顆星星和每一個人。

Psalm 149 verse 4.

詩篇》第 149 篇第 4 節。

The Lord takes pleasure in his people.

上帝以他的子民為樂。

Anybody here a parent?

有人是家長嗎？

Anybody here have kids?

這裡有人有孩子嗎？

Alright.

好吧。

Those of you who are parents.

為人父母者

Do you get pleasure?

你得到快樂了嗎？

How many of you get pleasure in your kids?

你們當中有多少人從孩子身上獲得快樂？

Most of the time.

大多數時候

Yeah.

是啊

Well you know what?

你知道嗎？

God takes pleasure in you all of the time.

上帝無時無刻不在眷顧著你。

Why?

為什麼？

Because he made you.

因為他創造了你

He created you.

他創造了你

He made you.

他創造了你

He is your heavenly father.

他是你們的天父。

Did you know that God gets pleasure in just watching you be you?

你知道嗎，上帝只喜歡看著你做自己。

Some people think that God is only smiling at them when they are doing something quote religious.

有些人認為，只有當他們做一些引人入勝的宗教活動時，上帝才會對他們微笑。

That if you are feeding the poor, you are helping the sick, you are confessing your sins, you are going to church, you are giving a tithe, you are being generous.

如果你餵養窮人，幫助病人，懺悔自己的罪過，去教堂做禮拜，奉獻什一奉獻，你就是慷慨的。

That when you do these kinds of spiritual things, reading your bible and praying, then

當你做這些屬靈的事，讀聖經、禱告，那麼

God smiles.

上帝在微笑

But the rest of the time, God is kind of bored with you.

但其餘時間，上帝對你有點厭煩。

Nothing could be further from the truth.

事實並非如此。

God gets pleasure in watching you be you because he made you you.

上帝樂於看到你成為你，因為他創造了你。

And when you do something that is so typical of you, he goes, that is my girl.

當你做了一件非常典型的事情時，他就會說，這才是我的女孩。

That is my boy.

這才是我的孩子。

That is what I made them to do.

這就是我讓他們做的。

You know when my children were little, I used to sneak into their rooms at night and sit by their bedside and watch them sleep.

孩子們小的時候，我經常晚上溜進他們的房間，坐在床邊看他們睡覺。

And I got so much pleasure out of just watching them breathe.

看著它們呼吸，我感到無比愉悅。

You know, I would watch their little chest rise and lower and rise and lower and rise and lower.

你知道，我會看著他們的小胸脯一上一下，一上一下，一上一下，一上一下。

And I got so much pleasure just watching my kids breathe.

看著孩子們的呼吸，我感到無比快樂。

Why?

為什麼？

Because I am their creator.

因為我是他們的創造者。

I am their father.

我是他們的父親

I made them.

是我做的

They would not exist without me.

沒有我，他們就不會存在。

Now they did not have to do anything special.

現在，他們不需要做任何特別的事情了。

They did not have to be reading the bible or memorizing scripture or witnessing to other two year olds.

他們不需要讀經、背經或向其他兩歲的孩子做見證。

They just had to be themselves.

他們只需要做自己。

And I got pleasure out of watching them sleep.

看著他們睡覺，我也很開心。

Did you know that God gets pleasure out of watching you sleep?

你知道嗎，上帝看著你睡覺也很開心？

In fact, the way you act sometimes, he is more pleased with that.

事實上，從你有時的表現來看，他更喜歡這樣。

But the fact is, if my kids had acted like the devil all day at night, they are angels.

但事實是，如果我的孩子們白天晚上都像魔鬼一樣，他們就是天使。

And God gets pleasure out of watching his children just be his children.

上帝看著他的孩子們做他的孩子，也會感到快樂。

Here is what the bible says, Ephesians chapter 1 verse 4.

聖經》以弗所書第 1 章第 4 節是這麼說的。

Long before he, God, laid down the earth's foundation.

早在他--上帝--奠定地球的根基之前。

In other words, that means long before God created the universe, God had us in mind.

換句話說，這意味著早在上帝創造宇宙之前，上帝就已經想到了我們。

Whoa.

哇哦

God had us in mind.

上帝心中有我們。

And he settled on us as the focus of his love.

他把我們作為他愛的焦點。

Circle the word focus.

圈出重點一詞。

The focus of God's love is not animals.

上帝之愛的焦點不是動物。

He loves animals, but that is not the focus of his love.

他喜歡動物，但這並不是他愛的重點。

The focus of God's love is not the environment.

上帝之愛的重點不是環境。

He loves the environment, but that is not his focus.

他熱愛環境，但這並不是他的工作重點。

His focus of his love is us.

他愛的焦點就是我們。

And the reason why is because he has given us the capacity to love him back.

這是因為他賦予了我們愛他的能力。

This is what makes you different from animals.

這就是你與動物的不同之處。

Animals can't pray.

動物不能祈禱

Animals can't talk to God.

動物無法與上帝對話

Animals can't worship.

動物不能崇拜

Because they're not made in God's image.

因為他們不是按照上帝的形象製造的。

God gave you the freedom of choice, the freedom to respond.

上帝給了你選擇的自由，給了你迴應的自由。

You can learn to love and love him back.

你可以學會愛，並愛他回來。

God knows everything about you.

上帝瞭解你的一切

You know almost nothing about God.

你對上帝幾乎一無所知。

God loves you in spite of everything he knows about you.

上帝愛你，儘管他知道你的一切。

God wants you to learn to know him and love him back.

上帝希望你學會了解他，並愛他。

And the bible calls this worship.

聖經》將此稱為 "崇拜"。

And it's the first purpose of your life.

這是你人生的第一個目標。

That God planned me for his pleasure.

上帝為了他的喜悅而安排了我。

And he wants me to learn to love him back.

他希望我學會愛他。

One day, a guy was walking down the street in Jerusalem.

一天，一個人走在耶路撒冷的大街上。

And he comes up to Jesus and he says,

他走到耶穌面前說

Lord, what's the most important commandment in the whole bible?

主啊，整本《聖經》中最重要的誡命是什麼？

And Jesus says, I'll summarize the whole bible in two sentences.

耶穌說，我用兩句話概括整本《聖經》。

This is it.

就是這裡

Cliff notes on the bible.