【双语灵修】救赎链的一环LINKS IN A SALVATION CHAIN

约翰福音 1:35-42

再次日，约翰同两个门徒站在那里。他见耶稣行走，就说：「看哪，这是神的羔羊！」两个门徒听见他的话，就跟从了耶稣。耶稣转过身来，看见他们跟着，就问他们说：「你们要什么？」他们说：「拉比，在哪里住？」（「拉比」翻出来就是「夫子」。）耶稣说：「你们来看。」他们就去看他在哪里住，这一天便与他同住。那时约有申正了。听见约翰的话跟从耶稣的那两个人，一个是西门彼得的兄弟安得烈。他先找着自己的哥哥西门，对他说：「我们遇见弥赛亚了！」（「弥赛亚」翻出来就是「基督」。）于是领他去见耶稣。耶稣看着他说：「你是约翰的儿子西门，你要称为矶法。」（「矶法」翻出来就是「彼得」。）

「他先找着自己的哥哥西门，对他说：『我们遇见弥赛亚了。』……于是领他去见耶稣。」 -约 1:41-42

莎伦第一次来北京参加我们的查经小组时，是这样介绍自己的：「我叫莎伦。我还不是基督徒，但我想知道如何成为基督徒。」

在莎伦来到我们小组之前，神显然已经在她的生命中做工了。她看到基督在她周围的人身上做工，然后有人把她带到了我们小组。这就像安得烈遇见耶稣，然后去告诉他的兄弟彼得，让他也遇见耶稣一样。

对大多数人来说，归向基督是一个包含多步的过程。神会使用我们生命中不同的人，每个人就像链条中的一环。作为其中的一环，信徒可以做以下一件或几件事来帮助他人归向基督：一、关爱邻舍；二、分享神对我们祷告的回应；三、分享我们最喜欢的一段《圣经》经文，以及对我们个人的意义；四、邀请他人研读《圣经》；五、传讲救恩信息以及神如何邀请我们远离罪，在基督里领受新生命。

你认为神会如何使用你，使你成为链条中的一环，把另一个人带到基督面前呢？或者，如果你像莎伦一样，就去告诉基督徒朋友或领袖：「我还不是基督徒，但我想知道如何成为基督徒」——他们一定会告诉你的！

祷告

主啊，求祢使用我们去分享祢的爱和好消息，帮助人更靠近祢。愿我们都能忠心地带领人在祢里面得着生命。阿们。

LINKS IN A SALVATION CHAIN

The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah.” . . . And he brought him to Jesus. —John 1:41-42

The first time Sharon came to our Bible study group in Beijing, she introduced herself this way: “My name is Sharon. I’m not a Christian yet, but I want to know how to become one.”

God was obviously working in Sharon’s life before she came to our group. She was seeing Christ at work in people around her, and someone had brought her to our group. It’s something like what happened when Andrew met Jesus and then went to tell his brother Peter so that he could meet Jesus too.

For most people, coming to Christ is a process that includes many steps. God uses lots of different people in our lives, like links in a chain. As links, believers might do one or more of the following to help bring a person to Christ: showing neighborly love and care; sharing about an answer to prayer; sharing a favorite Bible passage and what it means personally; inviting the person to study the Bible; explaining the message of salvation and how God invites us to turn away from sin to receive new life in Christ.

How do you think God could use you as a link in a chain that can bring another person to Christ? Or if you’re like Sharon was, tell a Christian friend or leader, “I’m not a Christian yet, but I want to know how to become one”—and they’ll tell you!

Lord, use us to share your love and good news to help bring people closer to you. May we all faithfully draw others to find life in you. Amen.