身體安康
Kia ora Gracecity.
恩典城市教会的弟兄姐妹平安！
A few months before I was diagnosed with burnout in 2019, I endured some months of major sleep deprivation. Was facing major pastoral and leadership challenge, and my sleep was wrecked for a period of about 2 months. Before then, used to sleep incredibly well – use to joke had spiritual gift of sleeping! But that lack of sleep and its impact on overall physical wellbeing, helped take me down road to burnout.
2019年我被诊断为‘过劳’，之前我忍受了几个月的严重睡眠不足。我当时面临着巨大的牧养和领导挑战，我的睡眠被破坏了大约2个月的时间。在此之前，我睡眠非常好，我曾开玩笑说自己有睡觉的属灵恩赐！但是睡眠不足及其对整体身体健康的影响，让我走向了‘过劳’。
We in series launched last week on “Wellbeing.” And having thought about biblical idea of wellbeing or shalom last week a kicked off series, today consider first key area of wellbeing in lives – physical.
我们在上周开始了关于‘福祉’的讲道系列，思考了‘福祉’或‘平安’的圣经概念，今天我们将探讨生命中‘福祉’的第一个关键领域 - 健康。
– Physical wellbeing
身体健康
Now what’s interesting is that while many Christians are really interested in idea of physical wellbeing, others are not. Doesn’t sound very spiritual, very biblical. And so need consider question this morning, “Is it even right for Christians to think and talk about physical wellbeing? Why not just focus on the spiritual?”
有趣的是，虽然许多基督徒对身体健康的想法非常感兴趣，但有些人却不感兴趣。 这听起来不是很属灵，很符合圣经标准。所以今天早上我们需要考虑这个问题：
"基督徒思考和谈论身体健康是否正确？为什么不把重点放在灵性上呢？"
Our problem is that we can fall into two opposite but equally deadly myths. The first is this:
问题是，我们可能陷入两个相反但同样致命的误区。第一个是这样的：
Myth #1 – Our body is everything
误区#1 - 我们的身体就是一切
Many people in world today think that. Philosophically and scientifically, simply collection of atoms that part of physical world. Nothing else to us or the universe or life. And when die, we die, that’s it.
许多人认为，从哲学和科学的角度来看，物理世界只是原子的集合。对我们或宇宙或生命来说， 没有别的东西。当死亡时，我们就会死亡，就是这样。
Or a completely different way this myth expresses itself is culturally through our obsession with our bodies – advertising, pornography, beauty industry, even health and exercise industries built around this total focus on our appearance and body image. Becomes an obsession!
或者这种误区的一个完全不同的表达方式是，在文化上通过我们对身体的迷恋，广告、色情作 品、美容行业，甚至健康和运动行业都围绕着这种对我们的外表和身体形象的全面关注而建立。对身体的迷恋变成了一种痴迷!
In fact, a recent study by Bradley University in USA found 95% of people – men and women – struggled with negative body image. 95% - that’s 19 out of every 20 of us. Why? Because much of our culture is built around this myth – our body and how we look, is everything!
事实上，美国布拉德利大学最近的一项研究发现，95%的人，无论男女，都在与负面的身体形象作斗争。95%，即我们每20个人中的19个人。为什么？因为我们的大部分文化都是围绕着这个误区而建立的，我们的身体和我们的外表，就是一切。
The Bible, however, reminds us that our body and how we look isn’t everything. When the prophet Samuel was meeting the family of the future King David, God reminded him of this:
然而，圣经提醒我们，我们的身体和我们的外表并不是一切。当先知撒母耳会见未来以色列国王大卫的家人时，上帝提醒了他这一点。
But Yahweh said to Samuel, ‘Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him.
Yahweh does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.’ 1 Samuel 16:7
但耶和华对撒母耳说：“不要看他的外貌和他高大的身材，因为我不拣选他。耶和华看人不像人看人，人是看外表，耶和华是看内心。”（撒上16:7）
Our body, and how we look and feel and move, is not everything or even the most important thing in life. In response to that myth, though, many religious people (inc. Christians) respond with the opposite myth: 我们的身体，以及我们的外观、感觉和动作，不是一切，甚至不是生命中最重要的东西。不过， 针对这个误区，许多宗教人士（包括基督徒）以相反的误区作为回应：
Myth #2 – Our body is nothing
误区#2 - 我们的身体一无是处
Some religions, for example, see the physical world including our physical bodies as evil, while the spiritual is good. This idea of was core to a belief called Gnosticism, that grew out of Christianity but was rejected as heresy. Gnostics believed that everything material and physical was evil, including our bodies, and that salvation was about escaping our bodies forever.
例如，一些宗教认为包括我们的肉体在内的物质世界是邪恶的，而精神世界是美好的。这种想法是一种叫做诺斯底主义的信仰的核心，这种信仰从基督教发展而来，但被视为异端而被拒绝。诺斯底主义认为一切物质和物理的东西都是邪恶的，包括我们的身体，而救恩就是要永远逃离我们的身体。
Some of the teaching that the apostle Paul battled had these kinds of elements. For example,
使徒保罗对此有一些回应，比如说：
They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. 1 Timothy 4:3-4
他们禁止嫁娶，禁戒食物。食物本是 神所造的，是给信主和认识真理的人存感谢的心领受的。因为凡 神所造的，都是好的，只要存感谢的心领受，没有一样是可以弃绝的。（提前4:3-4）
In other words, marriage and sex and pleasure are all wrong. Enjoying food and drink is wrong. Everything physical and material is wrong. We should just be about spiritual things.
换句话说，诺斯底主义认为，婚姻、性和愉悦都是错误的。享受吃喝是错误的。一切身体和物质的东西都是错误的。我们应该只关注属灵的事物。
And what can often happen to us, is that because we inhabit both worlds – the secular world that says “my body is everything” and the religious world that says, “my body is nothing” – we can swing between these myths. So sometimes we can get fixated on our bodies and our body image and fitness and the gym and we can go all out. And other times we can ignore our health and what is good for our physical wellbeing because we’re pursuing other, more “spiritual” things.
而常会发生在我们身边的是，我们同时居住在两个世界，‘我的身体是一切’的世俗世界，和‘我的身体一无是处’的宗教世界，我们在这些误区之间摇摆。因此，有时我们可以专注于我们的身体、身体形象、健身和健身房，我们可以全力以赴。而其他时候，我们可以忽略我们的健康和对身体健康有益的东西，因为我们在追求其他更‘属灵’的东西。
But the truth is that the Bible presents human beings as physical, material beings, created to inhabit and enjoy a physical, material creation, while also being spiritual creatures made to worship God and relate to others. What the Bible teaches us about our bodies is this:
但事实是，圣经将人类描述为有形的、物质的生命，被上帝创造来居住和享受有形的、物质的世界，同时也是被创造来敬拜上帝和与他人相处的属灵生物。圣经对我们身体的教导是这样的：
We are physical beings in physical bodies that need looking after
我们是有形的生命个体，有形的身体，需要被照顾
I love the way UK pastor Sam Allberry, who has spoken at Gracecity before, describes this:
我喜欢英国牧师山姆的描述，他曾经在恩典城市教会讲过道：
In the Bible, our body is not an accessory to who we are; it is part of who we are. We can’t properly understand who we are apart from our body. Your body is not other than you. It is not just a receptacle for you. It is you. In the Bible it’s not just that you have a body; you are a body.- Sam Allberry
在圣经中，我们的身体不是我们是谁的附属品；它是我们是谁的一部分。离开我们的身体，我们就无法正确理解我们是谁。你的身体不是你以外的人。它不只是你的一个容器。它就是你。在圣经中，不仅仅是你有一个身体；你就是你的身体。（山姆）
In other words, our bodies are an integral part of our being and our identity and who we are as creatures.
We are not just souls. We are embodied people.
换句话说，我们的身体是，我们的存在、我们的身份、我们作为创造物的身份，一个组成部分。
我们不仅仅有灵魂，我们是有身体的人。
We are physical beings in physical bodies that need looking after
我们是有形的生命个体，有形的身体，需要被照顾
So I want to answer two Q’s this morning:
1). WHY should we care about these physical bodies? How can we develop a biblical understanding of our bodies. And
2). HOW should we care for them?
So let’s think about the WHY first. Let me suggest that the Bible says at least 3 things:
所以今天早上我想回答两个问题：
1） 我们为什么要关心我们的肉体？我们如何才能对我们的身体形成符合圣经的理解》
2） 我们应该如何关心我们的身体？
让我们先思考一下第一个问题。圣经至少说了3件事：
1. We are created as physical beings
1. 我们是作为物质的存在而被创造的
When we go back to the story of creation, in Genesis 1 and 2, we find that not only did God make humanity in His image in chapter 1, He made us as physical beings in Genesis 2.
当我们回到创世纪第一、二章中的创造故事时，我们发现上帝在第一章中按照祂的形象创造了人类，在第二章中把我们作为物质的存在。
Then Yahweh God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Now Yahweh God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. Genesis 2:7-8
耶和华 神用地上的尘土造成人形，把生气吹进他的鼻孔里，那人就成了有生命的活人，名叫亚当。耶和华 神在东方的伊甸，栽了一个园子，把他所造的人放在那里。（创2:7-8）
Notice the order of what God does – firstly, he shapes the man’s body from the earth, and then secondly, he breathes life. Humanity was not originally a bodyless soul that was looking for a home, and so God created a physical body for the soul to use for a time. Sometimes I think that’s how we can look at our bodies – these are just the containers for our souls. But we are more than that. We were created as physical creatures – body and soul together – and placed in a physical creation to inhabit and enjoy.
And the Bible speaks very positively about the wonder of our bodies:
请注意上帝做事的顺序，首先，祂从地上塑造了亚当的身体，然后，亚当成为有生命的活人。人类最初并不是一个没有身体的灵魂，然后上帝创造了一个肉体让灵魂来使用。有时我们是这样看待我们的身体，身体只是我们灵魂的容器。但事实是，我们被创造为有形的生物，身体和灵魂一起被创造，并被置于有形的世界中居住和享乐。圣
经对我们身体的神奇之处给予了非常积极的评价。
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,
I know that full well. Psalm 139:13-14
我的脏腑是你所造的，在我母腹中你塑造了我。
我要称谢你，因为我的受造奇妙可畏；你的作为奇妙，这是我深深知道的。（诗139:13-14）
Notice what David celebrates in this psalm –
You and I are divinely made – God created each of us and knit us together in the womb.
We are also individually made – notice that David is celebrating that how God made him personally. Each of is a one-of-a-kind creation.
Thirdly, you and I are beautifully made – that’s what David’s celebrating. “Fearfully and wonderfully.” Some of you need to hear that today; struggling with self-image, what see in mirror. Level of self-worth driven more by image-obsessed culture we live in, than what God says in His Word.
注意大卫在这篇诗篇中庆贺的内容：
你和我都是上帝所造的，上帝创造了我们每个人，在子宫里把我们编织在一起。
我们是单独被造的，注意大卫在庆贺上帝如何亲自创造他。每个人都是独一无二的创造。
你和我都是美好的创造，这就是大卫所庆贺的。‘上帝的作为奇妙’，你们中的一些人今天需要听到这句话；有些人正在与自我形象作斗争，在镜子里看自己。有些人自我价值层面更多的是由所处的注重形象的文化所驱动，而不是上帝在祂的话语中所说的。
We are created as physical beings. But the problem is that death has entered the picture, and one day each of us will die. And if we’re believers in Jesus, our bodies are buried or cremated, but our souls go to be with Jesus. And people can look at that and say, wait a minute, we don’t have bodies in heaven. We’re not embodied people then.
我们被创造为物质的存在。但问题是，物质世界有死亡，有一天我们每个人都会死去。如果我们是信耶稣，我们的身体会被埋葬或火化，但我们的灵魂会去和耶稣在一起。人们看到这一点可能会说，等一下，我们在天堂没有身体。那我们就不是有身体的人了。
And that’s true, but as I explained in a series last year called “What Happens After I Die?”, that is what theologians call the “intermediate state” – the time between life in this world and eternal life in the new heavens and earth. And as I explained in that series last year, we will enjoy the new heavens and new earth as physical beings in resurrected bodies.
这是真的，但正如我去年在一个名为‘死后会发生什么？’的讲道系列中所解释的，这就是神学家所说的‘中间状态’，在这个世界上的生命和在新天新地的永生之间的那段时间。正如我在去年的讲道系列中解释的那样，我们将作为复活的有身体的人享受新天新地。
See at the start of the Bible we are created as physical beings, and then at the end,
在圣经的开头，我们被创造为物质的存在，然后在最后：
2. We will be resurrected as physical beings
2. 我们将作为肉体的存在而被复活
That’s what we look forward to. Our ultimate hope is the resurrection of our bodies, in which we will inhabit eternity with God. So, Paul writes in Romans 8,
这就是我们所期待的。我们最终的盼望是我们身体的复活，我们将与上帝一起居住到永远。因此，保罗在罗马书第8章中这样写道：
But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. Romans 8:10-11
基督若在你们里面，你们的身体因着罪的缘故是死的，而圣灵却因着义的缘故赐给你们生命。如果那使耶稣从死人中复活者的灵住在你们里面，那使基督从死人中复活的，也必借着住在你们里面的圣灵，使你们必死的身体活过来。（罗8:10-11）
We are physical people, embodied beings, and our bodies are so important and intrinsic to who we are, the promise of salvation through Jesus is that these bodies will be resurrected and transformed and made incorruptible for eternity.
我们是有形的人，是有形的生命，我们的身体对我们的身份是如此重要和内在的，耶稣救赎的应许是，这些身体将被复活，被改造，成为不朽的永生。
But in the meantime, between two bookends of creation and eternity, the Bible tells us something else:
与此同时，在创造和永恒的两端，圣经告诉我们一些别的东西：
3. We are saved and sanctified as physical beings
3. 我们作为肉体的存在被拯救和成圣
Coming to faith in Jesus, putting our faith in him, has huge implications of our bodies even in this life. Listen to the apostle Paul’s words to the Corinthians:
信靠耶稣，把我们的信仰放在耶稣那里，即使在今生也对我们的身体有巨大的影响。请听使徒保罗对哥林多人说的话语：
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
你们不知道你们的身体就是那位住在你们里面的圣灵的殿吗？这圣灵是你们从 神那里领受的。你们不是属于自己的，因为你们是用重价买来的。所以你们务要用自己的身体荣耀 神。（林前6:19-20）
So at the beginning of the biblical story, we were created as physical beings, both body and soul.
And at the end of the story, we will be resurrected as physical beings to inhabit new heavens and earth. And in the middle of story, if followers of Jesus, we set apart as physical beings, because we are temples of the Holy Spirit – Almighty God lives in us, and we are called to honour Him with our bodies.
因此，在圣经故事的开始，我们被创造为肉体的存在，包括身体和灵魂。在故事的最后，我们将作为肉体生命复活，居住在新天新地。
在故事的中间，如果信靠耶稣，我们作为肉体的存在被分别为圣，因为我们是圣灵的殿，全能的上帝住在我们里面，我们被要求用我们的身体来荣耀祂。
We are physical beings in physical bodies that need looking after [big idea; same as slides 7, 9]
我们是有形的生命个体，有形的身体，需要被照顾
That’s the WHY. That’s the reason our physical wellbeing is important for followers of Jesus.
And by the way, our physical wellness has huge implications for our spiritual and emotional wellbeing.
这就是原因。作为耶稣的追随者，这就是身体健康很重要的原因。
顺便说一下，我们的身体健康对我们的精神和情感健康也有着巨大的影响。
We are not just body and we are not just soul; we are body and soul united in one person… The interconnectivity of the physical and the spiritual means that the health of the body affects the health of the soul and vice versa. David Murray
我们不只是身体，也不只是灵魂；我们是身体和灵魂结合在一起的人 身体和灵魂的相互联系
意味着身体的健康会影响灵魂的健康，反之亦然。（大卫默里）
So HOW do we care for our physical wellbeing as physical beings? Shortly I’m going to be joined by a couple of experts of this, but let me suggest three simple habits of caring for our physical bodies.
那么，作为有形的生命个体，我们该如何照顾我们的身体健康？等下，我将和几位这方面的专家一起探讨此话题，但让我提出三个简单的照顾我们身体的习惯。
David Murray, the pastor and author I just quoted, writes about talking to a Christian psychologist one time about how they dealt with people struggling with anxiety and depression. Psychologist said they began with what called three simple habits in life:
我刚才引用的牧者兼作家大卫默里写道，有一次他与一位基督教心理学家交谈，谈到他们如何处理与焦虑和抑郁症作斗争的人。那位心理学家说，他们从所谓的生活中的三个简单习惯开始：
1. Adequate sleep
2. Healthy food
3. Reasonable exercise
1. 充足的睡眠
2. 健康的食物
3. 合理的运动
This is simply good health 101, isn’t it? We need adequate sleep. Numerous studies have shown that human beings need 7-9 hours of sleep per night to function well. In fact, many top athletes such as Roger Federer, Lebron James, Usain Bolt, Rafael Nadal, all sleep between 9-12 hours per night.
这简直就是良好的健康常识，不是吗？我们需要充足的睡眠。许多研究表明，人类每晚需要7-9个小时的睡眠才能正常工作。事实上，许多顶级运动员，如费德勒、勒布朗詹姆斯、博尔特、纳达尔，每晚的睡眠时间都在9-12小时之间。
If you are among those who become nasty, cynical, or even full of doubt when you are missing your sleep, you are morally obligated to try and get the sleep you need… Sometimes the godliest thing you can do in the universe is get a good night’s sleep – not pray all night, but sleep. Donald Carson
如果你是那些在缺觉时，变得讨厌、愤世嫉俗、甚至充满怀疑的人，你在道义上有义务努力获得你需要的睡眠 有时你在宇宙中能做的最神圣的事情就是睡个好觉，不是整晚祈祷，而是睡觉。（唐纳德卡森）
Not only need adequate sleep, but healthy food – a good, balanced diet. And doesn’t mean can’t enjoy a special treat every now and then. But on the whole, if we care about these bodies that God cares about, should eating well. Consuming a healthy diet.
不仅需要充足的睡眠，还需要健康的食物，良好、均衡的饮食。而且并不意味着不能偶尔享受一下特殊的餐饮。但总的来说，如果我们关心上帝所关心的身体，应该吃好，摄取健康的饮食。
1. Adequate sleep
2. Healthy food
3. Reasonable exercise
1. 充足的睡眠
2. 健康的食物
3. 合理的运动
And thirdly, getting decent exercise. Again, doesn’t mean have join gym, or pump iron an hour a day.
But a vigorous walk or some exercise has huge health benefits for not only bodies, but also minds and emotional health. By way, this has been where owning dog has been awesome. Have border collie named Arlo, and because he’s a sheep dog and needs exercise, Rochelle and I out almost every day, no matter the weather, walking the dog. And great for us!!
第三，进行适当的锻炼。同样，这并不意味着你必须进入健身房，或每天打一小时的铁。
但是剧烈的步行或一些运动不仅对身体有巨大的好处，而且对思想和情绪健康也有好处。顺便说一下，这也是养狗的好处所在。我的边境牧羊犬名叫阿洛，因为它是一只牧羊犬，需要锻炼，所以罗谢尔和我几乎每天都出去，不管天气如何，都要遛狗。 对我们来说也很好！!
We are physical beings in physical bodies that need looking after
我们是有形的生命个体，有形的身体，需要被照顾
Now want to invite two good friends from Gracecity East to join me on stage – Drs Bryn and Bec Thompson. Husband and wife, both medical doctors and former GP’s, now working for Min Health.
现在我想邀请东区恩典城市教会的两位好朋友和我一起上台，Bryn和Bec Thompson医生。他们是夫妻，都是从医者，曾经是家庭医生，现在为医管局工作。
