在我们天然的人里,我们总是想要作好人,又良善,又谦卑。我们喜欢向人说,‘请你相信主耶稣好么?’但是我们若这样问人,大多数的时候,我们都会遭受拒绝。我们问问题就开了拒绝的门。我们需要用命令的方式来说每一件事。我们是主的属天大使,得了天上地上所有的权柄,将人浸入三一神里面。我们需要引导人悔改、认罪,并且带领他们祷告。在祷告之后,我们需要告诉他们,现在他们可以受浸了。我们若运用这神圣的权柄,许多我们所访问的人都会像羊羔一样,我们就能领他们脱离撒但的国,进到神的国里。传福音最有效的路不是问问题,乃是引导人悔改、祷告并受浸。当我们将人浸入三一神里面,他就会变成另外一个人。受浸能改变人,因为我们是将他们浸入三一神的名里,这名就是神圣所是的总和。
为着广传福音出外叩门访问人是完全合理,并且合逻辑的。福音应当被广传、被传讲,而把福音带给人最好的路,就是借着叩门访问人。我们大家都该自动并放胆的实行这条路。我们既是葡萄树上的枝子,就必须结果子,并且我们不需要得到任何人的同意,来作这件事。我们若要留在葡萄树上,就必须结果子,所以我们都必须放胆,出外访间人,为着神的国广传福音。
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Going Out to Visit People:The Most Effective Way toSpread the Gospel (2) – John 15:16
In our natural being, we always want to be good people, kind and humble. We like to say to others, “Would you please believe in the Lord Jesus?” However, if we ask in this way, most of the time, we will be rejected. By asking, we open the door to rejection. We need to speak with a commanding tone for everything. We are the Lord’s heavenly ambassadors, entrusted with all authority in heaven and on earth, to baptize people into the Triune God. We need to guide people to repent, confess their sins and lead them in prayer. After prayer, we need to tell them that now they can be baptized. If we exercise this divine authority, many of the people we visit will be like lambs, and we will be able to bring them out of Satan’s kingdom into God’s kingdom. The most effective way to preach the gospel is not by asking questions but by leading people to repent, pray and be baptized. When we baptize people into the Triune God, they will become a new person. Baptism changes people because we baptize them into the name of the Triune God, which is the totality of God’s divine essence.
For the sake of spreading the gospel, going out to knock on doors and visit people is completely reasonable and logical. The gospel should be widely spread and preached, and the best way to bring the gospel to people is through door-knocking visits. We should all take the initiative and boldly practice this method. We do not need the church’s approval to visit people and preach the gospel. If the leadership of a locality requires the saints to obtain their approval before going out to knock on doors, this is totally wrong. Just as we do not need the church’s approval to breathe or eat and drink, we, as branches of the vine, must bear fruit, and we do not need anyone’s approval to do so. If we are to remain in the vine, we must bear fruit. Therefore, we all have to be bold and go out to visit people, spreading the gospel for God’s kingdom.