【双语灵修】隐形的基督徒?STEALTH CHRISTIANS?

【双语灵修】隐形的基督徒?STEALTH CHRISTIANS?

约翰福音 4:13-30

耶稣回答说:“凡喝这水的还要再渴;人若喝我所赐的水就永远不渴。我所赐的水要在他里头成为泉源,直涌到永生。”妇人说:“先生,请把这水赐给我,叫我不渴,也不用来这么远打水。”耶稣说:“你去叫你丈夫也到这里来。”妇人说:“我没有丈夫。”耶稣说:“你说‘没有丈夫’是不对的。你已经有五个丈夫,现在有的并不是你的丈夫。你这话是真的。”妇人说:“先生,我看出你是先知。我们祖宗在这山上礼拜,你们倒说,当礼拜的地方是在耶路撒冷。”耶稣说:“妇人,你当信我。时候将到,你们拜父,也不在这山上,也不在耶路撒冷。你们所拜的,你们不知道;我们所拜的,我们知道,因为救恩是从犹太人出来的。时候将到,如今就是了,那真正拜父的,要用心灵和诚实拜他,因为父要这样的人拜他。神是个灵,所以拜他的必须用心灵和诚实拜他。”妇人说:“我知道弥赛亚(就是基督)要来;他来了,必将一切的事都告诉我们。”耶稣说:“这和你说话的就是他!”当下门徒回来,就希奇耶稣和一个妇人说话;只是没有人说:“你是要什么?”或说:“你为什么和他说话?”那妇人就留下水罐子,往城里去,对众人说:“你们来看!有一个人将我素来所行的一切事都给我说出来了,莫非这就是基督吗?”众人就出城,往耶稣那里去。

11月26日

隐形的基督徒?

“你们来看!有一个人将我素来所行的一切事都给我说出来了,莫非这就是基督吗?” - 约 4:29

成为一个“隐形的基督徒”很容易:一个人可以在内心深信基督是救主,但只是不想别人知道。我们有时甚至会隐藏那些被基督改变了的迹象。

然而,一个曾与基督相遇的人,是必定会有改变的。有些人立刻便有改变,就像那撒玛利亚妇人遇见耶稣之后一样。有些人的转变是渐进的,他们会慢慢脱掉那一层一层的忧虑、分心的事、诱惑,或者一些习以为常的行为。然而,与基督相遇,终会带来改变,这是肯定的。

改变的其中一个表现,是渴望去分享神如何在自己生命中作工。当耶稣与撒玛利亚妇人玩捉迷藏时,找到了她,她就有这个渴望了。

假设主在今天呼召你归回祂的恩典中,这是一件奇妙的事。想像一下,你重新找到了那位知道你所做的一切事,但仍然爱你的救主。

现在又再假设救主令你想起某一个人—你不是要他们立时决志,你只需要单单让他们看到,你如何藉基督经历到神的恩典。

你会和谁分享这经历?你们会聊些什么话题呢?

祷告

神啊,求你用你吹入我们心里的新生命,去改变我们,好使我们能勇敢又谦卑地分享被你改变的生命,带给我们的喜乐。阿们。

John 4:13–30

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26

STEALTH CHRISTIANS?

“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” —John 4:29

It can be easy to become a “stealth believer”: a person can be inwardly convicted that Christ is the Savior, but then they might try to keep that private. Sometimes we can mask the visible signs of being changed by Christ.

But meeting Christ will change a person. The person may change on the spot, like the Samaritan woman who met Jesus. Or they may change gradually, as they begin shedding layers of worry, distraction, temptation, or certain behaviors they have grown accustomed to. An encounter with Christ will eventually make a person different. There’s no getting around that.

One way the transformation shows is in a desire to share what God has done in one’s life. That’s what happened to the Samaritan woman after Jesus found her in their game of hide and seek.

Suppose that today the Lord is calling you back to his grace, which is still amazing. Imagine you are rediscovering the Savior, who knows everything you have ever done and loves you anyway.

Now, suppose also that the Savior is reminding you of someone—not necessarily to convert them on the spot but simply to let them see how you have experienced the grace of God through Christ.

Whom might you share that experience with? What might you chat together about?

God, change us with the new life you breathe into us, that we may share the joy of your transforming work in our lives with courage and humility. In Jesus, Amen.

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