【双语灵修】我愿意！YES, I DO!

罗马书 6:19-23

我因你们肉体的软弱，就照人的常话对你们说：你们从前怎样将肢体献给不洁、不法做奴仆，以至于不法；现今也要照样将肢体献给义做奴仆，以至于成圣。因为你们做罪之奴仆的时候，就不被义约束了。你们现今所看为羞耻的事，当日有什么果子呢？那些事的结局就是死。但现今，你们既从罪里得了释放，做了神的奴仆，就有成圣的果子，那结局就是永生。因为罪的工价乃是死，唯有神的恩赐，在我们的主基督耶稣里乃是永生。

我愿意！

「因为罪的工价乃是死，唯有神的恩赐，在我们的主基督耶稣里乃是永生。」 -罗 6:23

昨天提到莎伦（见2月9日的灵修文章）第一次参加我们的小组时，我们并没有马上向她灌输如何成为基督徒的各种信息。我们只是简单地解释一下救恩之路，并知道圣灵会继续在她里面做工，使她信主。

在那几周里，我对小组成员进行了培训，告诉他们几种介绍救恩之路的方式。有一天，我讲述了如何用《罗马书》第六章23节这一节经文来分享福音。我一边在白板上画十字架，一边逐个字去讲解这节经文，告诉大家可以如何向人解释这节经文。

我说：「工价必须支付，这不是可自选的。而死亡是必须付出的代价，或者说是罪的结果。但礼物是可自选的。施与者可以选择是否赐下礼物，而礼物一旦送出，人也可以选择是否接受。神借着基督和祂在十字架上的死，赐下永生。

我对大家说：「现在，你们可以问问身边的人：『你愿意接受这份礼物吗？』」

接着，莎伦立刻举起手，呼喊：「我愿意！」就在那天之后，莎伦接受了基督作为她的主和救主。后来，她回到了自己的家乡，没过多久，她就打电话给我们，询问如何才能在她的新家，成立一个像我们这样的小组。她已经预备好了向他人分享她所学到的一切。

祷告

主啊，我们身边有许多人需要祢。请帮助我们以简单易明的方式向他们讲述祢的救恩。阿们。

YES, I DO!

The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.    —Romans 6:23

We didn’t overload Sharon (see Feb. 9) right away with all kinds of information on how to become a Christian when she first attended our group. We simply explained the way of salvation and knew that the Holy Spirit would keep working in her to bring her to faith in Christ.

During those weeks I was training our group members in several ways to present the way of salvation. One day I explained how we can use Romans 6:23 in a one-verse method to share the gospel. Working through the verse phrase by phrase as I sketched a cross on a whiteboard, I showed how we can explain this verse to others.

“Wages must be paid,” I said; “they’re not optional. And death is the required wage, or result, of sin. Gifts, however, are optional. The giver can opt to give—and once a gift is offered, a person can opt to receive it or not. God offers eternal life through Christ and his death on the cross.”

“At this point,” I said to the group, “you can ask the person who is listening, ‘Do you want to receive this gift?’”

Then immediately Sharon raised her hand and exclaimed, “I do!” So, right there and then, Sharon received Christ as her Lord and Savior. She later returned to her home town, and before long she called us to ask how she could start a group like ours in her new location. She was ready to share with others what she had learned.

Lord, there are people around us who need you. Help us to explain your salvation to them in a simple, clear way. Amen.