Today we begin a new series focusing on the life-changing book “The Great Controversy,” which opens our eyes to events that will change the future forever. But before we get into the book, we’d like to start with a story that happened some time ago.

今天，我们开始一个新的系列，聚焦在《善恶之争》这本改变生命的书上，它让我们看到永远改变未来的大事件。但在我们开启这本书之前，我们想从一个发生在不久前的故事开始。

George Rice was the only child of George and Dorothy Rice. Born in 1933, George grew up on the family farm in Bethlehem, Connecticut. As he grew, George learned to love books. One day, as a teenager, he went up into the attic of his house and came across an old box that had belonged to his grandfather. Curiously, George opened the box and to his delight found many books! Pulling them out, he noticed the author’s name—Ellen G. White. He started reading, and the more he read, the more convinced George became of their importance and truth. At the age of 15, he was baptized into the local Seventh-day Adventist Church. George shared what he had learned first with his grandmother, and then his parents, who joined the church. His aunts and uncles soon followed in baptism along with their children.

乔治·赖斯出生于1933年，是乔治和多萝西·赖斯的独生子女。他在康涅狄格州伯利恒的家庭农场长大。随着年龄的增长，乔治喜欢上了阅读。一天，十几岁的他走进自己家的阁楼，偶然发现一个旧盒子，那是他祖父的。出于好奇，乔治打开了盒子，高兴地发现了很多书！抽出它们，他注意到书作者是怀爱伦。他开始读她的书，读得越多，乔治就越相信他们的重要性和书中真理。15岁时，他在当地基督复临安息日会接受洗礼。乔治先是和祖母分享了他学到的真理，然后是父母，他们加入教会 。他的叔叔阿姨们和孩子们很快也一起接受了洗礼。

That was just the beginning of Dr. George Rice’s lifelong impact on countless lives as he served as a pastor, New Testament and Greek professor, author, and friend. And Dr. Rice’s experience is similar to countless others around the world who have been significantly impacted by the Bible-based, inspired writings of Ellen G. White.

这只是乔治·赖斯博士身为牧师、新约圣经和希腊语教授、作家、朋友对无数生命产生终身影响的开始。赖斯博士的经历与世界上无数其他人的经历相似，他们都受到了怀爱伦（Ellen G.White）基于《圣经》的启发性著作的重大影响。

The book we will focus on for the next several months is The Great Controversy by Ellen White. Knowing the vitally important messages contained there, she wrote, “I am more anxious to see a wide circulation for this book than for any others . . . for in The Great Controversy, the last message of warning to the world is given more distinctly than in any of my other books” (Colporteur Ministry, p. 127).

我们会在以后几个月中聚焦与怀爱伦著作《善恶之争》。知晓其中包含的极其重要的信息，她写道：“我希望看到这本书比我所写的其他书销行更广，因为在《善恶之争》中，给予世人最后的警告信息，比我的其他任何书都更加清晰。”（《文字布道士》第127段）

Although written by human hands, it was inspired and guided by the Holy Spirit. The purpose wrote Ellen White, is to “unfold the scenes of the great controversy between truth and error; to reveal the wiles of Satan, and the means by which he may be successfully resisted; to present a satisfactory solution of the great problem of evil, shedding such a light upon the origin and the final disposition of sin, as to make fully manifest the justice and benevolence of God in all His dealings with His creatures; and to show the holy, unchanging nature of His law” (GC, p. xii).

虽然是人手所写的书，但是是被圣灵感动指引所写下的。怀爱伦写此书的目的是：“旨在叙述真理与邪道之间大战争的经过，暴露撒但的诡计，并提供抵挡他的有效方法；对罪恶存在的大问题予以充分的解答，说明罪恶的起源和罪恶的最后处理，以便完全显出上帝在对待受造之物所用的一切公正和慈爱的方法；证明上帝律法的圣洁和不能改变的本质。”（《善恶之争》导言xii）

This is going to be an amazing journey as together we go through the book The Great Controversy. Since we will only be looking at highlights from each chapter, I strongly encourage you to obtain a hard copy of the book, or download a free copy, available in multiple languages, at greatcontroversyproject.org. You may also want to invite a friend to join you as we go through this timely book together.

这会是一次令人惊叹的旅程，因为我们一起阅读《善恶之争》一书。由于我们只关注每一章的精彩内容，我强烈建议您获取一份纸质书，或在greatcontrovesyproject.org 上下载一本免费电子书，提供多种语言版本。您还可以邀请一位朋友加入我们，一起阅读这本及时的书。