Dead But Alive (Chinese/English)

GALATIANS 2
20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
我已经与基督同钉十字架。现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着。我如今在肉身中活着，是因信神的儿子而活，他爱我，为我舍己。

DEAD BUT ALIVE
How can a person be dead and yet be alive at the same time?
一个人如何能既死又活？

Something has to die before we can live, what is it that dies?
必须有东西死去，我们才能活，那死去的是什么？

What dies when we are crucified with Christ?
当我们与基督同钉十字架时，死去的是什么？

Well: it is the old life of sin, despair, and guilt.
嗯，那是旧的罪恶、绝望和内疚的生活。

Jesus was nailed to the cross, he became a curse for us, so that his righteousness could be imputed to us 2 Corinthians 5:19-20.
耶稣被钉在十字架上，为我们成了咒诅，使他的义归于我们（哥林多后书 5:19-20）。

In Colossians 2, we have these great words:
在歌罗西书 2 章，我们有这些伟大的话语：

11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
在基督里，你们也受了非人手所行的割礼，是借着基督的割礼，除去肉体的身体。

12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
在洗礼中与基督同葬，也因信神的大能作为，与他一同复活，神使他从死里复活。

13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
你们从前在过犯和未受割礼的肉体中死了，神使你们与基督一同活过来，赦免了我们一切的过犯，

14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
他涂抹了那记录我们罪债的凭据，将其钉在十字架上，废除了其中的法律要求。

15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
他解除了掌权者和有权势者的武装，使他们在基督里公开受辱，胜过了他们。

We are now alive, but it is not Keith that is alive, it is Christ, living in Keith, through his Holy Spirit. Christ is now living inside of me, through his Spirit.
我们现在活着，但活着的不是Keith，乃是基督通过他的圣灵活在Keith里面。基督现在通过他的灵住在我里面。

Yes, I am still living in a fleshly body and yes I still have a fleshly mind and emotions, but I am not living in fear, I am living by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me, we have sure and certain promises.. amen.
是的，我仍然活在肉身之中，是的，我仍然有肉体的思想和情感，但我不再活在恐惧中，我是凭着对神的儿子的信心而活，他爱我，为我舍己，我们有确实可靠的应许……阿们。

What are these promises, they are yes and amen.
这些应许是什么？它们是“是”和“阿们”。

2 Corinthians 1:20
For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.
神的应许在基督里都是“是”，因此我们通过他向神说“阿们”，为他的荣耀（哥林多后书 1:20）。

We live to the beat of a different drummer, we are not dancing to the flesh anymore, we are under the tune of Jesus. He is our life, we march to a different captain, which is Christ.
我们跟随不同的鼓点而活，不再随从肉体起舞，我们在耶稣的旋律下生活。他是我们的生命，我们跟随不同的统帅，就是基督。

Paul says in Philippians 3:
保罗在腓立比书 3 章说：

AMPLIFIED BIBLE
10 [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] 我定意要认识基督，越来越深入地与他亲密相识，更强烈、更清楚地感知、认识和理解他的人格的奇妙，并以同样的方式认识他复活所流出的能力（对信徒的影响），并分享他的苦难，以致在灵里不断被改变，效法他的死，[怀着盼望]。

My life is now lived by faith in the Son of God; it is lived because of the death and resurrection of my Savior.
我现在的生命是凭着对神的儿子的信心而活；是因为我救主的死与复活而活。

My past life is gone, as Paul says back in Philippians 3:
我过去的生命已经消失，正如保罗在腓立比书 3 章所说：

4 Though for myself I have [at least grounds] to rely on the flesh. If any other man considers that he has or seems to have reason to rely on the flesh and his physical and outward advantages, I have still more!
虽然我自己有理由依靠肉体。如果别人认为他有理由依靠肉体和外在的优势，我比他更有理由！

5 Circumcised when I was eight days old, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew [and the son] of Hebrews; as to the observance of the Law I was of [the party of] the Pharisees,
我第八天受割礼，是以色列族、便雅悯支派、希伯来人所生的希伯来人；论守律法，我是法利赛人，

6 As to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and by the Law’s standard of righteousness (supposed justice, uprightness, and right standing with God) I was proven to be blameless and no fault was found with me.
论热心，我是逼迫教会的；按律法的义，我被证明是无可指摘的。

7 But whatever former things I had that might have been gains to me, I have come to consider as [one combined] loss for Christ’s sake.
但我从前以为对我有益的，现在为了基督的缘故，我都看作是亏损。

8 Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One),
是的，我甚至将一切视为亏损，因为认识我主基督耶稣的无比宝贵（那压倒性的珍贵、超越的价值和至高的优势）。为了他的缘故，我失去了一切，并视之为粪土（垃圾、渣滓），以便赢得基督（受膏者）。

For the Christian to truly live, he has to die.
基督徒要真正活着，就必须死去。

The death is daily, and is constant.
这死是每日的，是持续的。

Paul thought of his past life, as dung.
保罗认为他过去的生活如粪土。

Would you go near a pile of dung?
你会靠近一堆粪土吗？

Stop returning to the dung of your past life, that is gone.
停止回到你过去生活的粪土，那已经过去了。

Someone once said these words and this is true:
有人曾说过这样的话，这是真的：

ALL MEN DIE, BUT VERY FEW TRULY LIVE
所有人都死了，但真正活着的却很少。

Let me say this:
让我说：

Only those who have died to self and live to Christ, have truly lived.
只有那些向自我死去并为基督而活的人，才是真正活过。

Let me finish, with a man ten thousand more qualified to speak on this subject
让我以一位比我更有资格谈论这个话题的人的话来结束：

MATTHEW HENRY SAYS
[1.] He is crucified, and yet he lives; the old man is crucified (Rom. 6:6), but the new man is living; he is dead to the world, and dead to the law, and yet alive to God and Christ; sin is mortified, and grace quickened.
他被钉十字架，却仍然活着；旧人被钉死（罗马书 6:6），新人却活着；他对世界和律法死了，却对神和基督活着；罪被治死，恩典被激发。

[2.] He lives, and yet not he. This is strange: I live, and yet not I; he lives in the exercise of grace; he has the comforts and the triumphs of grace; and yet that grace is not from himself, but from another. Believers see themselves living in a state of dependence.
他活着，却不是他自己。这很奇妙：我活着，却不是我；他在恩典中生活；他拥有恩典的安慰和胜利；然而那恩典不是来自他自己，而是来自另一位。信徒看到自己生活在依赖的状态中。

[3.] He is crucified with Christ, and yet Christ lives in him; this results from his mystical union with Christ, by means of which he is interested in the death of Christ, so as by virtue of that to die unto sin; and yet interested in the life of Christ, so as by virtue of that to live unto God.
他与基督同钉十字架，然而基督住在他里面；这是因为他与基督神秘的联合，通过这联合，他与基督的死有份，借此向罪死去；同时也与基督的生命有份，借此为神而活。

God bless you
神祝福你