【罗14:8】我们若活着，是为主而活；若死了，是为主而死。所以我们或活或死，总是主的人。【Romans14:8】If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

我们活着是为了什么？在世的年日难道就是受苦、赚钱、享乐、等死吗？死后又去哪里？ What are we living for? Are our days on earth merely about suffering, making money, seeking pleasure, and waiting to die? And where do we go after death? 直到信了耶稣，我们才找到人生的意义。It is only after believing in Jesus that we find the true meaning of life. 因耶稣替众人死，是叫那些活着的人不再为自己活，乃为替他们死而复活的主活。For Christ died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again. 我们不再是自己的人，乃是主用重价赎买回来的，乃是属于主的。We no longer belong to ourselves, but to the Lord, who bought us at a great price—we belong to Him.

因此保罗说：我们或活或死，总是主的人。无论是生是死，总要叫基督在身上照常显大。Therefore, Paul said: Whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Whether by life or by death, Christ will be exalted in our bodies. 保罗也这样为主而活，他格外劳苦，多受患难，却不顾惜性命，Paul lived wholeheartedly for the Lord—he labored more abundantly and suffered many hardships, yet he did not regard his own life as precious.活出不再是自己，而是基督在他里面活的光辉烈烈的人生。He lived a life that was no longer his own, but Christ living in him—a life full of glory and passion. 离世的时候，他深知那不是人生的终结，而是有公义的冠冕为他存留。When the time came for him to depart this world, he knew well that it was not the end of life, but that a crown of righteousness was laid up for him.

耶稣来到这个世界，虽被囚在肉身，但祂住在父的里面，祂深知自己从父而来，又要回到父那里去。Jesus came into this world, and though He was confined in the flesh, He dwelled in the Father. He knew clearly that He had come from the Father and would return to the Father.耶稣经历十字架的苦难，却从死里复活，给我们开辟了一条又新又活的路，要领许多的儿子进入荣耀中去。Jesus endured the suffering of the cross, but rose from the dead, opening a new and living way for us, to lead many sons into glory. 主啊，求你赦免我，活在旧人里，一切都是围绕自己，白白浪费了许多年日…Lord, please forgive me for living in my old self, with everything centered around me, having wasted so many years in vain…

主，你创造我，又为我舍命，一次次拯救我，我不再属于自己，乃是属你的，我怎能继续为自己而活？Lord, You created me and gave Your life for me. You have saved me time and time again. I no longer belong to myself—I am Yours. How can I continue to live for myself? 你是我生命的主，求你掌管我，使我因信，抓住每一个否定和丧掉自己的机会，叫自己的意思受苦，在地上经历复活的大能，You are the Lord of my life. Please take control of me. By faith, help me to seize every opportunity to deny and lose myself, to let my own will suffer, and to experience the power of Your resurrection here on earth. 活出你的荣耀，到人生终了时，满怀期待见到你的荣面。Let me live for Your glory, so that at the end of my life, I may look forward with hope and joy to seeing Your glorious face.（付传道Pastor Fu）