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六月五日

「凡摸著的人，就都好了。」（可6:56）

請想想那法利賽人和稅吏在圣殿里禱告的故事。那法利賽人明白一切關乎奉獻十分之一和獻祭的條例，然而他沒有從內心里向神呼求。但那稅吏卻呼喊主說：「主阿，開恩可怜我這個罪人！」這個人有一點東西達到了神那里，并立即得著答應，因為主耶穌指明他是一個神所稱義的人。人如何才被神稱為義呢？答案是要接触神。今日許多傳福音工作的大弱點，就是我們只盡量叫人明白救贖的道理，但我們卻很少見到丰碩的果效。我們的失敗在什么地方呢？我可以肯定的說，因我們的听眾沒有遇見祂，我們沒有适當的將那一位主擺出來。我們只將他們的罪和神的救贖指給他們看，但他們真實的需要，是要看見救主，与祂會面并与祂接触。

 

June 5th

"Whoever touched it was healed." (Mark 6:56)

Consider the story of the Pharisee and the publican praying in the temple. The Pharisee knew all about tithes and sacrifices, but he didn't cry out to God from his heart. But the tax collector called out to the Lord, "Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner!" Something about this man reached God, and he was immediately answered because the Lord Jesus indicated that he was a man justified by God. How can a person be justified by God? The answer is to contact God. The great weakness of many evangelistic efforts today is that we only try to make people understand the truth of salvation, but we rarely see fruitful results. Where is our failure? I can say with certainty that we have not properly presented that Lord because our hearers have not met Him. We only point them to their sin and God's redemption, but their real need is to see the Savior, to meet Him and to have contact with Him.