传福音的灵——说出对传福音的态度
(一)灵里火热——“灵里火热,将耶稣的事详确的讲论。”(徒十八25)
(二)灵里激愤——“看见满城都是偶像,他里面的灵就受到激愤。”(徒十七16)
(三)不以为耻——“我不以福音为耻;这福音本是神的大能,要救一切……”(罗一16)
(四)甘愿牺牲自己的身分——“我虽从众人得了自由,却自愿奴役于众人,为要多得人。……向软弱的人,我就作软弱的人,为要得软弱的人。向各种的人,我就作了各种的人;无论如何,总要救些人。凡我所行的,都是为福音的缘故,为要与人同享这福音。”(林前九19-23)
(五)喜欢花费,且愿花上自己——“我极其喜欢为你们花费,并完全花上自己。”(林后十二15)
(六)不怕苦难——“总要按神的能力,与福音同受苦难。”(提后一8)
(七)撇下一切——“人为我(主)和福音,撇下房屋或是弟兄、姊妹、母亲、父亲、儿女、田地。”(可十29)
以上所说的灵里火热,灵里激愤,不以福音为耻,甘愿牺牲自己的身分,喜欢花费,且愿花上自己,不怕苦难并撇下一切,都是我们对传福音该有的态度。愿主给我们恩典,使我们能效法先圣美好绝佳的榜样。
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The Spirit of Preachingthe Gospel – Rom. 1:16
The spirit of preaching the gospel reveals our attitude toward this divine commission:
- Zeal in Spirit – “Being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus” (Acts 18:25).
- Stirred in Spirit – “…Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols” (Acts 17:16).
- Not Ashamed of the Gospel – “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” (Rom. 1:16).
- Willing to Sacrifice Personal Status – “For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them… To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, so thSat I may by all means save more. I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it” (1 Cor. 9:19-23).
- Gladly Spending and Being Spent – “I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls” (2 Cor. 12:15).
- Fearless of Suffering – “…Suffering for the gospel according to the power of God” (2 Tim. 1:8).
- Forsaking All – “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake” (Mark 10:29).
Each of these attitudes – zeal in spirit, being stirred in spirit, not being ashamed of the gospel, sacrificing personal status, joyfully spending and being spent, fearlessness in suffering, and forsaking all – is the spirit we should have in preaching the gospel. May the Lord grant us grace to follow the wonderful and perfect patterns of the saints who came before us.