SIXTEENTH DAY. Love to Souls.
第十六日 對 靈 魂 的 愛
“Know that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death.”—JAMES v. 20.
What a wonderful thought!—that I may save a soul from everlasting death. How can this be? If I convert him from the error of his ways. This is the calling, not only of the minister, but of every Christian—to work for the salvation of sinners.
When Christ and His love took possession of our hearts, He gave us this love that we might bring others to Him. In this way Christ’s Kingdom was extended. Everyone who had the love of Christ in his heart was constrained to tell others. This was the case in the early Christian Church. After the Day of Pentecost, people went out and told of the love of Christ, which they had themselves experienced. Heathen writers have told us that the rapid spread of Christianity in the first century was due to the fact that each convert, being filled with the love of Christ, tried to bring the good news to others.
What a change has come over the Church! Many Christians never try to win others to Christ. Their love is so weak and faint that they have no desire to help others. May the time soon come when Christians will feel constrained to tell of the love of Christ. In a revival in Korea a few years ago, the converts were filled with such a burning love to Christ that they felt bound to tell others of His love. It was even taken as a test of membership that each one should have brought another to the Lord before being admitted to the Church.
Let the reader examine himself, and pray that in fellowship with Christ, he may think, not only of his own soul, but having received the gift of God’s love, he may pass it on to others. He will then know true happiness, the joy of bringing souls to Christ.
Let us pray earnestly to be so filled with God’s love that we may wholeheartedly surrender ourselves to win others for Him.
「這人該知道叫一個罪人從迷路上轉回，便是救一個靈魂不死。」(雅五：20)
這是一個何等奇妙的思想，就是我們能把一個靈魂從永遠的滅亡中拯救出來！怎能有這事呢？若是我能使一個罪人從迷路上轉回，便是救一個靈魂不死。這是一個為着罪人得蒙拯救而來工作的呼召，這個呼召不僅是賜給傳道人，更是賜給每一個基督徒的。
當基督和祂的愛佔有我們全心的時候，祂就把這個使我們能帶領別人到祂面前的愛，賜給我們。就是這樣，基督的國度便得以開展。凡有基督的愛在他心裏的人，沒有不被催逼着去將這個愛告訴別人的。這就是當初教會的情形。在五旬節以後，人都出去述說他們所曾親身經歷的那個基督的大愛。外邦的著者也告訴我們，在第一世紀基督聖道之所以能這樣迅速擴展，乃是由於每一個悔改得救的人，都被基督的愛所充滿，而想法將這個好信息傳給別人。
現在的教會已經有了何等的轉變呢？許多基督徒從來不想領人來歸向基督。他們的愛是這樣的輭弱貧窮，以致他們並不盼望幫助任何人。但願基督徒覺得被催迫而不得不述說基督的愛的時刻快快來到。幾年前在韓國有一次復興，那時得救的人都向着基督充滿了燃燒的愛，以致他們覺得非把基督的愛告訴別人不可；甚至每一個蒙恩的人，都得經過試驗，就是他必須先帶領另一個人歸主，然後纔能心中對得起主恩。
但願讀者能察驗自己，並當你與基督交通的時候，請你不僅想到你自己，也想到神將祂的愛賜給你，乃是要你把神的愛分給別人。這樣你纔懂得那真正的快樂，就是帶領靈魂歸向基督。
但願我們懇切的禱告，求神的愛充滿我們，使我們能全心全意的降服自己，為着祂去得人。
