‘羡慕’是最大的问题
所有会传福音的人，都是先要给罪人几句话，先摆在他的思想里头；然后再用话撬他，让他产生羡慕；过后再请他信，要他信。这样就把他转过来了。马太十三章十五节说到三件事：恐怕、明白、回转。‘明白’是思想的问题，‘恐怕’是羡慕的问题，‘回转’是决定的问题。人所以不明白，是因恐怕；人所以看不见光，是因为心里不要。人的脑子里、人的思想里，大概都没有问题；人乃是存心上有问题。
我们要叫人的思想明白，必须他肯去明白，必须他要去明白。所以这乃是存心的问题。人所以不得救，乃是因存心不要。如果人只是听见福音而明白，却不肯要，就让他决定也是没有用。所以传福音所碰到最大的问题，还是羡慕的问题。只要人的心一倾向主，传福音的事就已经差不多了。
箴言说，王的心是在神的手中，好像陇沟的水，随意流转（箴二一1）。传福音最重要的，是在于得着人的心。传福音的人只要把人的心得着，底下就好办了。我们需要花工夫研究、学习；也要倚靠圣灵，给我们合式的话，就是有钩子的话。我们的话能像钩子把人的羡慕钩起来，而得着他的心，这样福音就成功了。
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Stirring Man’s Heart to Desire (6) – Prov. 21:1
Desire Is the Key Issue
All who know how to preach the gospel begin by giving the sinner a few words to place into his mind. Then, they use further words to pry him open, to stir up desire. After that, they invite him to believe, urge him to believe. In this way, the person is turned. Matthew 13:15 speaks of three matters: “lest,” “understand,” and “turn.” “Understand” pertains to the mind, “Lest” points to desire, “Turn” relates to the will. Why don’t people understand? Because they are afraid. Why don’t they see the light? Because inwardly, they do not want to. There usually isn’t a problem in a person’s understanding — the issue lies in the heart desire.
For someone’s mind to understand it, he must be willing to understand — he must want to understand. So this is a matter of the heart desire. Men are not saved simply because their hearts do not want it. If someone merely hears and understands the gospel but does not want it, then urging him to decide will still be useless. Thus, the greatest issue in evangelism is the matter of desire. Once a man’s heart inclines toward the Lord, the work of evangelism is nearly complete.
Proverbs says, “The king’s heart is like the channels of water in the hand of the Lord, he turns it wherever He wishes.” (Prov. 21:1). The most important thing in evangelism is to gain the man’s heart. Once the heart is won, everything else follows naturally. We have to labor in study and learning — and also rely on the Holy Spirit to give us the right words: words that have hooks. If our words are like hooks that can draw out a man’s desire and gain his heart, then the gospel work has succeeded.