靈命日糧 - 2005年4月3日
讀經: 羅馬書10章11-17節

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金句: 「未曾聽見他，怎能信他呢？」（羅馬書10章14節）

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全年讀經: 撒母耳記上29-31章  

有一位畫家受託畫一幅荒廢的教堂，他畫的不是破舊不堪、滿目瘡痍的教堂，而是一座富麗堂皇的現代化教堂。從教堂的窗戶望進去，可以看見一個用來裝敬拜者奉獻的精美盒子，上面還刻著「宣教」的字樣，可悲的是盒子上卻佈滿了蜘蛛網。
不論是教會或個人，若心靈和生命都不放在宣揚福音的事工上，就是走向毀滅之途。我們可能過度熱衷於「基督徒活動」，但是如果沒有推動當今上帝最重要的事工，就是誤用了我們的精力。

上帝早已決定將福音傳遍全地，每一位信徒都應該參與這項重要使命，我們都應該像聖經中所說的「你們當求莊稼的主，打發工人出去收他的莊稼」（馬太福音9章38節）。

有些人因祂的呼召成為傳道人──否則「未曾聽見他，怎能信他呢」（羅馬書10章14節）﹖

其他未蒙呼召的人可能是傳遞者或差遣者，因為「若沒有奉差遣，怎能傳道呢」（羅馬書10章15節）？

別因為我們的不關心，讓宣教的使命被蜘蛛網覆蓋了。PRV


莊稼主，求祢差工人，
趕快去收割莊嫁；
懇求垂聽我眾呼求，
早收禾捆歸天家。Thompson

無數的人步入毀滅是因為他們未曾聽過福音。
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Cobwebs



Read:Romans 10:11-17
How shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard. —Romans 10:14


Bible In One Year: 1 Samuel 29-31

The story is told of a painter who was commissioned to portray a run-down church. But instead of an old, tottering ruin, he painted a magnificent edifice of modern design. Through the windows could be seen an ornate collection box for the gifts of the fashionable worshipers. Above it hung a sign bearing the inscription "For Missions." Sadly, the box was covered in cobwebs.

The church or the individual whose heart and life is not involved in the worldwide proclamation of the gospel is on the way to ruin. We may be engaged in feverish "Christian activity," but our energies are misdirected if the main thrust of God's program for this age goes unattended.

God has so designed His plan of world evangelization that every believer is to be vitally involved. We all should "pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest" (Matthew 9:38).

Some will also hear His personal call to be preachers—otherwise, "how shall they hear?" (Romans 10:14).

Still others will be givers and senders, for "how shall they preach unless they are sent?" (v.15).

Let there be no cobwebs over the cause of world missions because of our lack of concern. —Paul Van Gorder


Lord of harvest, send forth reapers,
Hear us, Lord, to Thee we cry;
Send them now the sheaves to gather,
Ere the harvest time pass by. —Thompson

Untold millions are perishing—untold.