True Faith – 真正的信心

LUKE 5:3-5
路加福音5:3-5

3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people out of the ship.
4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

3 有一艘船是西门的，耶稣就上去，请他把船撑开，稍微离岸，就坐下，在船上教训众人。
4 讲完了，对西门说：“把船开到水深之处，下网打鱼。
5 西门说：“夫子，我们整夜劳力，并没有打着什么。但依从你的话，我就下网。

True Faith
真正的信心

True faith is taking God at His Word.  There are many examples of true faith in the Bible, and in this passage, Peter is about to learn that lesson.
真正的信心是相信神的话。圣经中有很多关于真信心的例子，在这段经文中，彼得要学习这一课。

To many of His day, Jesus was the new teacher in town, and when He talked, people listened. In this text, Jesus requests the use of a boat in order to keep the crowd from smothering Him as he spoke. The boat that He got into belonged to Peter.  What Peter did not realize is that the moment Jesus stepped into the boat, life would never be the same.  After preaching to the multitude, Jesus turns His attention to a crowd of one: Peter.  He directs his future disciple to launch the boat out into the sea for a catch.
在他那个时代，耶稣是镇上的新老师，当他讲话时，人们都在听。在这段经文中，耶稣要求使用一条船，以防止他传道时人群拥挤。他上的那艘船是彼得的。彼得没有意识到的是，当耶稣踏上小船的那一刻，他的生活就完全不同了。在对众人讲道之后，耶稣把注意力转向一群人:彼得。他指示他未来的门徒把船下水去捕鱼。

Peter’s response was based on experience. He was being real with Jesus.  Many times, when Jesus asks us to do something that appears not to make sense, we feel the need to get real with Jesus, and tell him our situation, we often stop at the first part of peter’s answer, we often say, we have tried everything, but no result. The response from Peter is incredible, here he is an experienced fisherman, and he is trusting this carpenter turned teacher, would you of trusted Jesus.
彼得的回答是基于经验的。他对耶稣是真实的。很多时候，当耶稣要求我们做一些看起来不合理的事情时，我们觉得有必要对耶稣诚实，告诉他我们的情况，我们经常停在彼得回答的第一部分，我们经常说，我们已经尝试了所有的方法，但没有结果。彼得的回答令人难以置信，他是一个经验丰富的渔夫，他相信这位木匠出身的老师，你会相信耶稣吗?

Remember that Jesus was and is God, he knows everything, he understands everything, his deity shines through in this story, He knows the us totally, he knows our needs and he provides
记住，耶稣昔在永在上帝，他知道一切，他明白一切，他的神性在整个故事中闪耀，他完全了解我们，他知道并提供我们的需要。

Peter shared with Jesus the fact that he and his friends had been fishing all night long and caught nothing.  However, Peter did not stop there.  What he says next would change his life forever: “Nevertheless, at Thy Word I will let down the nets.”
彼得告诉耶稣，他和他的朋友们打了一整夜的鱼，一无所获。然而，彼得并没有止步于此。他接下来说的话将永远改变他的生活:“然而，我要听从你的话下网。”

Faith looks beyond our obstacles! Perhaps you have toiled all year at your church and seen no fruit…don’t give up!  Keep letting down your nets.  The fish will come in due time.
信心能超越我们的障碍!也许你在教会辛苦了一年，却没有看到任何成果……不要放弃!继续撒网。鱼会适时上来的。

Peter obeyed Jesus, even when it did not make sense.  After all, Jesus knew little about fish other than how to cook them and eat them.  And now he was telling men with years of experience at sea to let down their nets and get ready for a catch.  Listen carefully: Jesus did not need to know anything about fishing, because He was in control of the sea and the fish that were in it!
彼得服从了耶稣，即使当时这是不合理的。毕竟，耶稣除了如何烹饪和食用鱼之外，对鱼知之甚少。现在他正在告诉有多年海上经验的人放下渔网，准备捕鱼。请仔细听:耶稣不需要知道任何关于捕鱼的事，因为他掌管着海和海里的鱼!

As soon as Peter let down the nets, Jesus called for the fish to fill them!  And that principle works for you and me today.  Jesus knows what we are dealing with, and He has the power to command every situation to bow to His will.  So take Him at His Word and wait patiently on Him to move on your behalf.
彼得一下网，耶稣就叫鱼来把网装满。这个原则今天对你我都有效。耶稣知道我们所面对的是什么，他有能力命令每一种情况都服从他的旨意。所以要相信他的话，耐心等候他为你行事。

Faith is summed up in this verse in Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
希伯来书11章1节总结了信心:“信就是所望之事的实底，是未见之事的确据。”

Peter and his fellow fishermen were tired.  They were frustrated.  They were demoralized.  But, this one act of obedience by Peter transformed a long night of failure to a moment of overwhelming success!  However, there is another important lesson that we must consider here.  After looking at the abundance of fish, and the financial benefit that would come from the catch, Peter took another leap of faith:  He walked away from the fish, and the financial success to follow Christ.  As Christians, there are two insights we gain from this passage: First, we need to take God at His Word and let down our nets.  Second, we need to be willing to walk away from the “catch” and follow Christ, depending on Him and Him alone to meet our needs.
彼得和他的同伴们都累了。他们很沮丧。他们士气低落。但是，彼得这个顺服的举动，把一个漫长的失败之夜变成了一个压倒性的成功!然而，在这里我们必须考虑另一个重要的教训。在看了这么多的鱼，以及这些鱼所带来的经济利益之后，彼得又有了一个信心上的飞跃:他离开了鱼，离开了经济上的成功，去跟随基督。作为基督徒，我们可以从这段经文中得到两个启示:第一，我们需要接受神的话语，放下我们的网。第二，我们需要愿意离开“陷阱”，跟随基督，依靠他，并且只依靠他来满足我们的需要。

God bless you,
上帝祝福你