福音的内容─基督的所是、所作和成就
我们如何到主面前接受这个负担呢？徒二章说，五旬节那一天，一百二十个人在那里，没有意思只讲一篇道，也不是在那里传福音。他们不是在那里有一个负担，看见罪人要灭亡，所以要把罪人从火湖里救出来，叫罪人得救。当时他们并没有这样的想法，他们所接受，里面所充满的，不是这个，乃是主耶稣自己。
不仅如此，他们所接受的负担，也是主耶稣自己经过的种种过程。他们曾经三年半之久跟随过主耶稣；主耶稣的成为肉体，他们相当懂得；主耶稣在世为人，在地上的生活，他们都亲眼看见，也都从中经过。主耶稣如何在十字架上受死，替我们受了审判，成功神的救赎，对付了神的仇敌撒但，他们也都亲眼看见过。主耶稣如何从死里复活，使坟墓变成空的，如何显现在门徒们跟前，来到他们中间，甚至成为那灵吹进他们里面，他们都有亲身的经历。他们确实认识这位复活的基督。
主耶稣升到天上，是在他们眼前升上去的。他们亲眼目睹主耶稣离地上升，被一朵云彩接到天上。从天上来的天使告诉他们说，“这离开你们被接升天的耶稣，你们见祂怎样往天上去，祂还要怎样来。”（徒一11）他们看见主耶稣复活升天，他们知道主耶稣的再来。
因着他们认识主耶稣这么多，我们应该相信，在五旬节来到前那十天，他们里面的思想、观念，以及他们的心情，是完全充满主耶稣的。五旬节来到前十天，那一百二十个人亲眼目睹主耶稣升天之后，他们来到耶路撒冷的一座楼房上。他们里面的光景是什么？他们里面满了基督，满了主耶稣。不是等到五旬节那天，圣灵降下来，他们里面才满了基督，满了主耶稣。我们必须领悟，在五旬节前十天，他们看见主耶稣升天之后，他们来在一起时，在他们里面，他们的心思、观念、心情，已经完全都是主耶稣了。
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The Content of the Gospel (1) — Acts 1:3
The Content of the Gospel: Who Christ Is, What He Has Done and What He Has Accomplished
How do we come before the Lord to receive this burden? Acts 2 tells us that on the day of Pentecost, the 120 gathered were not there simply to preach a sermon or proclaim the gospel. They were not burdened by the thought of sinners perishing in the lake of fire and thus striving to save them. Their hearts and minds were not occupied with such notions. Instead, what they had received and were filled with was the Lord Jesus Himself.
More than that, the burden they received was also rooted in the experiences of the Lord Jesus. For three and a half years, they had followed Him closely. They had a deep understanding of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. They had witnessed firsthand His human life and conduct. They saw Him die on the cross, bearing judgment on our behalf, fulfilling God’s redemption and defeating God’s enemy, Satan. They had also witnessed His resurrection, transforming the grave into an empty tomb. They saw Him appear to His disciples, came among them, and even breathed Spirit into them. They personally experienced this resurrected Christ.
When the Lord Jesus ascended into heaven, it was before their very eyes. They watched Him lifted up from the earth and a cloud received Him into heaven. Angels told them, “This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11). They saw the resurrected and ascended Lord Jesus and knew of His promised return.
Because they knew so much about the Lord Jesus, we can trust that during the ten days leading up to Pentecost, their thoughts, perspectives and emotions were entirely consumed by Him. After witnessing His ascension, the 120 gathered in an upper room in Jerusalem. What was their inner state? They were utterly filled with Christ and with the Lord Jesus. It wasn’t on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended, that they became filled with Christ and the Lord Jesus. Rather, we have to understand that in the ten days before Pentecost, after seeing the ascended Lord Jesus, their thoughts, minds and emotions were fully saturated in Him.