在罗马一章二十九至三十一节，保罗说到人的二十一种罪恶。一面人有需要，另一面人有罪恶，而关于这两面，人自己都不觉得。所以传福音的人，应当给人造出需要的感觉，并叫人生出罪恶的感觉来。在中国，你让人有需要的感觉，比让人有罪恶的感觉容易。对于已经明白福音的人，他如果还没有得救，当你再向他传福音时，就可以让他有罪恶的感觉。因为这样的人比较容易有罪的感觉。
中国人是喜欢实利主义的，所以中国人拜偶像，不是求罪得赦免，乃是要在偶像身上得好处。因此你向中国人传福音，要让他有罪的感觉，是很不容易的。但你不让他们感觉在神面前的罪，他们就不容易得救得好。当你向他们传福音时，你要先叫他们有得罪神的感觉，不只是叫他们感觉罪而已。我们传福音，不只要叫人有罪的感觉，还要叫人有得罪神的感觉。中国人自宋儒以后，就有理欲之争的学说。但中国人只知道罪在人里头的情景，对于得罪神的事却不知道，更没有感觉。所以你向他们传从罪得释放的道，他们懂得；但你向他们传神赦免的道，他们不懂得。但一个人如果说他是得救了，却没有看见自己是罪大恶极的，是得罪神的人，他的得救总是不牢靠的。
所以传福音，不只要叫人感觉有罪，并且要达到一个地步，让他看见他是得罪了活的神，这样他才算得救。这样的传福音并不容易，我们需要用各种各样的方法，使圣灵能在人里面动善工。只要圣灵一作工，人里面得罪神的感觉就来了。虽然一个人在未得救之前，没有得罪神的感觉；但只要圣灵一作工，自然就有这样的感觉。
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The Feeling of Sin among Sinners — Rom. 1:29-31
In Romans 1:29 to 31, Paul mentioned twenty-one kinds of sins committed by human beings. On the one hand, men have needs; on the other hand, men have sins. Yet concerning both aspects, they themselves are unaware. Therefore, those who preach the gospel should help man sense their need and also awaken in them a feeling of their sinfulness.
In China, it is easier to make men aware of their needs than of their sins. For someone who already understands the gospel but is still not saved, when you preach the gospel to him again, you should aim to make him aware of his sin. Such men are relatively more likely to have a sense of sin.
Chinese are generally pragmatic. They worship idols not to seek forgiveness of sins, but to obtain benefits from the idols. Thus, it is quite difficult to make Chinese feel a sense of sin when preaching the gospel. But if you do not help them sense their sin before God, it will not be easy for them to be saved properly. When you preach the gospel to them, you must first help them feel that they have offended God – not just that they have sinned. When we preach the gospel, we must not only bring about a feeling of sin but also a sense of having offended the living God. Since the Song Dynasty, Chinese philosophy has promoted the idea of a struggle between principle and desire. Chinese understand the condition of sin within, but they do not understand – nor do they feel – the concept of offending God. As a result, they may understand a message about being freed from sin, but they do not grasp the message of God’s forgiveness. A person who claims to be saved but has never seen himself as utterly sinful and as one who has offended God, does not have a solid salvation.
Therefore, in preaching the gospel, it is not enough just to make men feel they are sinners; we have to go further to help them see that they have offended the living God. Only then can they truly be saved. This kind of gospel preaching is not easy. We need to use various methods so that the Holy Spirit can carry out His good work in men’s hearts. As soon as the Holy Spirit begins to work, the sense of offending God will come. Even if a person previously had no such awareness, once the Holy Spirit works, that feeling will naturally arise.