Phil's first number 3 talk in Chinese

4-19-13 The day of my talk arrived.. After a lot of fear, prayer and practice it was time for my first number 3 talk in Chinese. There are a lot of times when I wonder if I am actually improving in any measurable way. But with this talk assignment I actually felt like I have grown. I started by doing research and writing the talk in English, then I translated using what I have learned in school and some lines from the source material. After I had it all together I had a brother here check and make sure it made sense, to my surprise he only changed a handful of things. I think to me this is definite proof that the trip has been worth it. I never could have done this before we came.

The theme was "Are All Humans Children of God?"

Here is the Transcript:

Nǐ kěnéng tīngguò yǒuxiē jīdūtú shuō:“Wǒmen dōu shì shàngdì de érnǚ”

 kěshì zhēnde shì zhèyàngzi ma?

 Wǒmen zhīdào wǒmen dōu cúnzài yīnwèi yēhéhuá chuàngzàole yàdāng.

 Qǐng nǐ kàn lùjiā fúyīn 3:38. (READ)

 Wǒmen dōu shì bù wánměi de rén... Suǒyǐ wǒmen bìngfēi shēnglái jiù yǒuquán zuò shàngdì de érnǚ.

Ràng wǒmen kàn yēhéhuá duì zhège wèntí de kànfǎ shì shénme.

Qǐng nǐ kàn yuēhàn yīshū 3:10 (READ)

suǒyǐ, zhè jié jīngwén gàosu wǒmen; yào dàngzuò shàngdì de érnǚ, jiù yǒu yīxiē yāoqiú cái kěyǐ. Rúguǒ wǒmen méiyǒu zuò yīgè zhèngyì de rén, érqiě méiyǒu ài wǒmen de dìxiōng,

nà, wǒmen jiù bùshì shàngdì de érnǚ. Wǒmen jiùshì móguǐ de érnǚ.

Zhè shì yīgè yánzhòng de shì. Shì wǒmen yào kǎolǜ de. Xiànzài qǐng kàn luómǎshū 8:19-21. (READ)

suǒyǐ, wǒmen biànchéng wánměi de rén zhīhòu, érqiě biǎomíngliǎo wǒmen zìjǐ jiāndìng bù yí de zhōngyú yēhéhuá de yǔzhòu tǒngzhì quán zhīhòu, wǒmen cái yǒu shēnwéi shàngdì de érnǚ de shūróng .

 Zhǒngzú de rén dōu néng xiǎngyǒu zhè zhǒng fúfen.

 Suǒyǐ jiélùn shì, suīrán wǒmen dōu shì shàngdì suǒ chuàngzào de, wǒmen bìxū

1) jìxù zuò zhèngyì de rén,

2) ài wǒmen de dìxiōngmen,

3) zhōngyú yēhéhuá.

Zhèyàng wǒmen cái nénggòu chéngwéi tā de érnǚ.

English version:

You may have heard Christians say: “we are all God’s Children.” But is this really the case?

We know that we all exist because Jehovah created Adam our forefather let’s read Luke 3:38. But does this mean that we really are children of God? Well let’s get Jehovah’s viewpoint because really that is the one that matters. Let’s turn to 1 John 3:10. So from this scripture we see that there are requirements to be one of God’s Children. If we do not carry on in righteousness or we do not love our brother, then we are not children of God rather we are children of the devil. A very serious thing to consider. Let’s now read Romans 8:19-21 So only after we have been restored to perfection and demonstrated our unshakable loyalty to Jehovah will we truly be children of God with all of its benefits. So although we were all created by God we must carry on in righteousness, love our brothers and remain loyal to Jehovah in order for us to become his children. 

And just for fun here is the character version:

你可能聼過有些基督徒說：“我們都是上帝的兒女”可是真的是這樣子嗎?

我們知道我們都存在因爲耶和華創造了亞當. 請你看 路加福音3:38.

我們都是不完美的人... 所以我們並非生來就有權做上帝的兒女。

讓我們看耶和華對這個問題的看法是什麼.

請你看約翰一書3:10 (READ) 所以, 這節經文告訴我們; 要當作上帝的兒女, 就有一些要求才可以.

如果我們沒有作一個正義的人, 而且沒有愛我們的弟兄, 那,我們就不是上帝的兒女.  我們就是魔鬼的兒女.

這是一個嚴重的事.  是我們要考慮的

現在請看羅馬書8:19-21.  (READ) 所以, 我們變成完美的人之後, 而且表明了我們自己堅定不移地忠於耶和華的宇宙統治權之後, 我們才有身為上帝的兒女的殊榮.

种族的人都能享有这种福分.

所以結論是，雖然我們都是上帝所創造的, 我們必須1)繼續作正義的人, 2)愛我們的弟兄們，3)忠於耶和華.  這樣我們才能夠成為他的兒女。

The brothers and sisters were overwhelmingly kind. After the meeting, so many came up to me to thank me for my talk and told me I did very well. Several told me they could see my progress. (at least that is what Hannah translated for me). Several of the Taiwanese sisters told me it surprised them how well I did. They told me how clear and understandable it was. I know though that all the credit goes to Jehovah and his support. 

When we first I  arrived in Taiwan I didn't want to give talks here. The idea terrified me, since everyone here would understand what I say wrong! But I am so glad that I did.

Well that is all for now 

love Phil & Hannah