(接上篇)一直等到圣灵降下,许多人来到他们跟前,他们站起来作见证,带了成千的人得救;从那时起,他们才懂得他们身上所背负的负担,就是要把他们里面所得着、所认识的基督,他们所跟从、所经历的基督,从他们里面释放出去,卸到许多人身上。他们身上所背着的那个负担,就是主基督的自己,要把祂卸到多人的身上。等到五旬节那天传过福音,有成千的人得救之后,他们可能才清楚,他们里面所有的那种感觉、负担究竟是什么。
在福音聚会里,我们虽然不盼望圣徒有外面的兴奋、热心或鼓舞,却是盼望我们能在里面,在主面前接受一个负担。这个负担,不仅是热心拯救罪人,更是在我们每个人里面,在我们每个人身上,充满、背负着主耶稣,要把祂像卸下重担那样,卸到人的身上。所以,我们身上必须满了重担;这个重担就是我们的主耶稣。我们要能从自己身上,把这个重担、重量,卸到别人身上。
然而,我们要卸这个重担,就必须先接受这个负担。我们必须先装上货,然后我们才能卸货。要像货船、货机一样,先把各种样的货物装满,成为一个“负担”,然后才能卸货,把所负担的卸出去。所以传福音前,我们必须先到主面前接受负担,而后才能把我们所负担的卸出去。
我们必须领悟,我们所接受的负担,不只是一般人所领会的福音;我们所接受的这个福音负担,实际上就是主基督自己。耶稣就是福音,没有祂,福音就等于零。祂就是福音的本身;传福音,也就是传主耶稣(林后四4-5)。再者,我们的传扬,不只是用我们的口,我们的话语;我们的传扬,乃是在于我们这个人如何。我们这个人是背负着主耶稣,是满了主耶稣;我们愿意从我们身上,从我们心中,把我们所充满、所背负的主耶稣卸出去,分给别人。
我们不是在这里发热心,愿意为主去拯救一班灵魂而已。我们乃是在神面前接受一个负担,这个负担就是主耶稣自己。我们充满了祂,身上背着祂,灵里担着祂。我们背负着、负担着祂到人中间,要把祂卸给人、分给人。这一个分出去的主耶稣,就是罪人所需要的福音。什么人得着了这位主耶稣,什么人就是接受了福音,也就是蒙了救恩。我们在主面前,必须接受这样一个负担,才能作有分量的福音工作。
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The Revelation of theGospel (2) — John 15:16
It was not until the Holy Spirit descended, and many people came to them, that they stood up to bear the testimony, bringing thousands to salvation. Only then did they start to realize the burden they carried. This burden was to release the Christ they had received, known, followed and experienced within them, to pour Him out into the lives of many others. The burden they carried was none other than the Lord Christ Himself, to be shared with and imparted to multitudes.
In gospel meetings, while we do not expect the saints to have external excitement, enthusiasm or encouragement, we do hope that we can receive a burden inwardly before the Lord. This burden is not only the zeal to save sinners, but also the filling and carrying of the Lord Jesus within and on each of us, to unload Him on others like a heavy burden. Therefore, we must be filled with a burden; this burden is our Lord Jesus. We must be able to offload this burden and weight from ourselves onto others.
However, to unload this burden, we must first receive it. Like a cargo ship or aircraft, which must first be loaded with goods before it can unload them, we too must first be filled with Christ before we can share Him with others. Before proclaiming the gospel, we must come before the Lord to receive this burden so that we can later release it.
We need to realize that the burden we receive is not merely a general understanding of the gospel. The gospel burden we carry is, in essence, the Lord Christ Himself. Jesus is the gospel; without Him, the gospel amounts to nothing. He is the gospel itself, and to preach the gospel is to preach the Lord Jesus (2 Cor. 4:4–5). Moreover, our proclamation is not just through our words or speech. It is also expressed through who we are. We have to be a person who is filled with and burdened by the Lord Jesus. It is from within ourselves, from the Christ who fills and burdens us, that we release and share Him with others.
We are not simply stirred by a zeal to save souls for the Lord. Instead, we stand before God and receive a burden – the burden of the Lord Jesus Himself. We are filled with Him, carry Him upon us and bear Him in our spirit. We take Him into the midst of people to share and to impart Him into them. The Lord Jesus whom we share is the very gospel that sinners need. Whoever receives this Lord Jesus receives the gospel and thereby has salvation. We must come before the Lord to receive such a burden to carry out meaningful gospel work.