What Is “The Gospel”?什么是“福音” ？

A “gospel,” in the original meaning, was the official announcement that a new Roman Emperor had decided to offer the World (whether or not it wanted) his protection.一个“福音” ，在原来的意义，是正式宣布了新的罗马皇帝已决定向世界（无论有没有要）他的保护。

This was “Good News” if you were one of the elite who used Roman rule to enrich themselves and protect their ill-gotten gains, less so if you were among the poor, particularly among the peasants whose livelihoods were most at risk under Roman taxation and business practices.这是“好消息”如果你是其中的精英，谁使用的罗马统治，充实自己，和保护他们的不义之财，那么如果你是穷人之间，尤其是农民的生计都是最危险的，根据罗马税收和商业惯例。 And for pious Jews, it was just another reminder that the land of Israel, no doubt for some sin or another, was still consigned to pagan domination.和虔诚的犹太教徒，这只是又一次提醒说，以色列的土地，毫无疑问，一些单或其他，仍是寄售，以异教的统治。

So “Good News,” in those days, was a public announcement of who was in charge.因此， “好消息， ”在那些日子，是一个公开宣布谁是负责人。

The phrase still had that meaning when the Christians took it up.这句话仍然认为，意思是当基督徒了起来。 The first occasion of that would have been when Jesus, after John the Baptist’s arrest, “came into Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God: ‘The time has come; the Reign of God is upon you; repent and believe the Gospel.’ ”第一次该会已当耶稣后，施洗约翰的逮捕， “生效加利利宣告上帝的福音： '时机已经成熟;时期的上帝是你;悔改，相信福音。 “

“The Gospel”?–The announcement of Who, in fact, actually rules the World. “福音”呢？ -宣布谁，其实，其实规则的世界。 Whose kingdom?–God’s.其英国？ -神'第 [As I read the story, Jesus has already been anointed king of Israel by John at his “baptism”, where the words quoted (particularly in early manuscripts of Luke) hint at Psalm 2.7 (’a royal psalm, composed for a coronation’): “He said to me, ‘You are my son, today I have begotten you.!’” So Jesus’ identity as Messiah (the king approved by Israel’s true owner: God) was in fact part of the message, but in view of Roman political domination of the region, necessarily a tacit part.) [我读的故事，耶稣已经选定国王以色列由约翰在他的“洗礼” ，其中引述的话（尤其是在早期手稿卢克）暗示诗篇2.7 （ '皇家诗篇，组成一个加冕' ）说： “他对我说， '你是我的儿子，今天我begotten您！ ” ，所以耶稣的身份弥赛亚（国王批准以色列的真实拥有者：上帝） ，其实部分的讯息，但是，鉴于罗马政治统治的地区，一定默契的一部分） 。

Nothing there about Substitutionary Atonement (Jesus wasn’t even dead yet!), Eternal Life, Personal Saviors, any of that.任何有关于substitutionary赎罪（耶稣甚至没有死！ ） ，永恒的生命，个人的救世者，任何这一点。 I’m not saying that all the theology later interpreters have added hasn’t helped some people navigate their lives a little better, but I do say that much of it comes from human reason run amok.我不是说所有的神学稍后口译补充说没有帮助，有些人浏览他们的生活更好一点，但我说的大部分是来自人类理性的运行amok 。

Since then, when someone talks about preaching “the Gospel,” he normally means one or another of those human theological constructs.从那时起，当有人谈到鼓吹“福音” ，他通常是指一个或另一个这些有关人权的神学建构。 George Fox, who tended to find his doctrines in highly spiritual interpretations of New Testament letters, took “The Gospel is the Power of God” almost as a definition.乔治福克斯，谁往往找到他的学说在高度精神的解释，新约圣经的信件，采取了“福音是上帝的力量”几乎作为一个定义。 That is, he would not accept any doctrine as being “the Gospel,” because to him nothing could be “the Gospel” short of God’s actual power to save human beings, present and palpably at work among us!那就是他不会接受任何学说作为“福音” ，因为他没有什么可“福音”短期上帝的实际权力，以挽救人类，当前和明显的工作在我们中间！

But you can’t define or expound that kind of Gospel; you can only, by closely following the Spirit’s leadings, cooperate in making opportunities for it to proclaim itself!但你不能界定或阐述说，种福音;你只可以，密切地注视着精神的带，合作，在决策的机会，它宣布自己！ And so Quakers like myself have gone through considerable perplexity about: What is it we do or should mean by “the Gospel”?等公谊会像我一样经历了相当大的困惑约：它是什么，我们还是应该所指的“福音”呢？

I myself return to that original meaning.我自己返回到原来的意义。 Who’s in charge, here?谁主管， ，在这里出现？ Satan still claims authority over the nations and their rulers, as all their ways continue to demonstrate.撒旦仍然索赔的权力，各民族和他们的统治者，他们所有的方法，继续表现。 But the Gospel says that God, despite appearances, 1) rules in actual fact and 2) matches Jesus’s description of our Father.但福音说，真主，尽管外表， 1 ）的规则，实际上和2 ）符合耶稣的描述我们的父亲。 Not condemning us, but doing all He can to help us, despite our misconceptions, misdeeds, and mistrust.没有谴责我们，但他尽一切所能，帮助我们，尽管我们的误解，不当行为，和不信任。 So God has told me; so I have found.因此，上帝告诉我，所以我已经找到。

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