得救不需大量真理,只需诚心到神面前
我们从新约中看见,许多人的得救,都不是那么清楚的知道福音的真理。许多传福音的人被传统的遗传所影响,以为非要用大量的真理,把福音讲得透彻清楚,解决人的难处,人才能得救。因此许多作工的人,就不盼望人立刻得救,总想要叫人明白大量的道理,因而使人的得救往后拖延了。另一面,因着传福音的人是这样的态度,罪人自己也就迟延他们的定规。他们以为自己总要清楚一点福音,多明白一点圣经的道才行,就耽延了自己的得救。
但是我们若有经历、有研究,就会看见,凡是人得了不多的真理,只是简单的从心里出去,碰主一下而得救的人,他在主面前的品质,比听明白了详细真理才得救的人,要强得多。所以人要得救,他要有多少的真理,才能叫他的心往神面前去,这是我们传福音时所该注意的。圣经中所有得救的人,都不是明白了相当多的真理后才得救的;乃是只认识一点点,就足够使他们到神面前来。所以我们传福音,并不要用大量的真理,只要用少许的真理就够。
要花工夫研究人如何得救
我们要先问问自己:到底我是明白了多少圣经的真理而得救的?我们看圣经的例子,并研究自己和别人得救的例子,就能知道:许多人总不过只听了两三句福音真理的话,就得救了;有的人甚至是听了毫不相干的话而得救的。所以人得救,的确不在乎听了多少救恩的话。我们作工的人要有一本簿子,要记录某人是因某句话而得救的。然后我们就能有结论,就知道人得救,都不是因着长篇大论的话,乃是因着一两句话,他的心出来摸主一下就成了。当你这样一个一个研究以后,你传福音就有智慧了。我们多研究之后,就能看见,世界上的人都差不多,没有多少种可以分。对于接受福音这件事,世界上差不多只有几种人。某种的人听这种的话,就能得救;某种的人听那种话,也差不多就能得救。所以救人的事,也需要花工夫去查考、研究,这样我们就能成为很会领人得救的人。
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Salvation Requires Onlya Sincere Turning to God — 1 John 1:9
Salvation Does Not Require a Large Amount of Truth, Only a Sincere Turning to God From the New Testament, we see that many men were saved without clearly understanding the full truth of the gospel. Many who preach the gospel have been influenced by traditional thinking, believing that they must explain the gospel thoroughly and resolve every difficulty before man can be saved. As a result, many serving ones are reluctant to expect someone to be saved immediately, always wanting men to understand a large amount of doctrine first. This leads to delays in men receiving salvation. On the other hand, because preachers have this attitude, sinners themselves also delay making a decision. They think they have to first understand the gospel more clearly or know more of the Bible before they can be saved – and thus postpone their salvation.
But if we have experience and study this matter carefully, we will see that those who received very little truth, yet simply turned to the Lord from the heart and were saved. These men often show better quality in the Lord than those who were only saved after grasping detailed doctrine. Therefore the key is: how much truth does a person need to cause their heart to turn to God? That is what we must focus on when preaching the gospel. In the Bible, all those who were saved were not men who understood a great deal of truth beforehand, rather, just a little was enough to bring them before God. So in preaching the gospel, we do not need to use a large amount of doctrines, just a little truth is good enough.
We Have To Diligently Study How Men Are Saved
We should first ask ourselves: how much of the Bible’s truth did I really understand when I got saved? By looking at biblical examples, and by studying how we and others came to salvation, we will realize: many men were saved after hearing only two or three lines of gospel truth. Some were even saved after hearing something that seemed completely unrelated. This shows that salvation does not depend on how much of the message a person hears. The serving ones should keep a notebook, recording the exact word or phrase that led someone to salvation. Then we can begin to see the pattern and realize that men are not saved by long and elaborate messages, but by a couple single phrases that cause their heart to reach out and touch the Lord.
Once we study this person by person, we will become wise in preaching the gospel. Through further study, we will see that men of this world are all quite similar – there are not that many types. When it comes to receiving the gospel, people can generally be grouped into a few categories. A certain kind of person will be saved after hearing this kind of word; another kind of person will be saved after hearing that kind of word. So the matter of saving men requires diligent research and careful study. In this way, we will become ones who are truly effective in leading others to salvation.