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布什在新书《决策时刻》谈到他的基督信仰

(2010-12-16 10:22:16)
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布什在新书《决策时刻》谈到他的基督信仰

 

最近一段时间,布什在推销自己的回忆录《决策时刻》,他接受了许多新闻媒体包括报纸、电视台、电台的采访。《决策时刻》一书讲述了他一生中最重要的决定,包括他决定戒酒、攻打伊莱克等。布什是一基督信仰非常坚定的人,在他的回忆录中自然有他信仰的许多描述,其实,他最重要决定之一的戒酒就与他的的基督信仰有极大的关系。

 

上周,他在达拉斯接受了基督教机构Focus On Family的采访,他更多地谈到了他的基督信仰。他回忆起多年前,美国著名的布道家葛瑞门在他父母家与他就基督信仰做了一次长谈,葛瑞门还送给了他一本圣经,从那时候开始,布什开始读圣经,从此,他的生命开始转变,戒酒就是生命改变的一个重大事件。布什也承认,也过了一段时间,他才懂得信仰并非是一个自我改正的过程,基督信仰是一种降服,你降服在神的面前,从神进到你生命当中,你的改正是取悦神,而不是取悦你自己。

 

布什的这番话说出来基督信仰的核心,许多人认为,宗教信仰可以帮助自己获得喜乐和平安,那没有错,但基督信仰的核心并非是我们为自己得到多少的祝福,而是基督徒对神完全的降服,一生去取悦神,荣耀神。

 

  • 所以弟兄们,我以 神的慈悲劝你们,将身体献上,当作活祭,是圣洁的,是神所喜悦的;你们如此事奉,乃是理所当然的。- 《罗马书》12:1

 

"The next day, Billy and I are walking in mother and dad's beautiful yard there in Maine and we start talking about religion," Bush said in the interview. "And I was obviously looking, yearning for something different with my life. Billy sent me a Bible and I started reading the Bible.

 

"But it took me a while to understand that religion is not a course in self-improvement. Religion is a surrender – that you allow a living God into your life by surrendering to that living God. And then you improve to please God, not please yourself."

 

Today, Bush – who has not had a sip of alcohol since 1986 – credits Graham for "plant[ing] the seed" in his life.

 

"I used to joke ... that I was a product of a faith-based program – in my case, a one-man faith-based program," he said.

 

Bush, who has remained out of the limelight since leaving the White House two years ago, offered some advice to politicians when it comes to religion.

The best Bible verse for someone in a political office, he said, is Matthew 7:3 (ESV) – "Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?"

 

"I think it's very important for politicians to understand the true nature of religion," he told Daly. "I worry about people who basically say 'I'm better than you because I'm religious.'

"Christianity says 'I'm not better than anybody. I'm a sinner and I accept that and therefore accept Christ to help me grow.'"

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