12月30日── 天堂的日出 Heaven's sunrise
金 句:「看哪,現在正是悅納的時候,現在正是拯救的日子。」(哥林多後書6章2節)
Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation. (2 Corinthians
6:2)
「它是不可沉沒的!」這是鐵達尼號的製造者驕傲的自吹。 1912年
4月 14日 ,這個豪華郵輪在首航途中沉沒了,2,100名乘客中的大多數也同葬海中。
"It is impossible to sink!" This is the creator of Titanic who had said to brag
about his achievement. April 14, 1912, the maiden voyage of the luxury cruise
sank en route, at the same time, the majority of 2100 passengers were drowned in
the sea.
在安德生(Ingvald Andersen)為丹麥雜誌《傳播福音》所寫的文章中,提到一名叫約翰•哈波(John Harper)
的乘客,他是熱心為基督做見證的人。根據一個生還者描述,在災難發生的傍晚約翰帶領了一個英國青年信主。
In "spread the gospel" by Ingvald Andersen who wrote in Denmark magazine,
mentioned one of the passengers, John Harper , who was the guy enthusiastically
testified for Christ. According to the description of a survivor, that evening
in the disaster occurred, John led a British youth believing in Lord.
稍後,約翰與他的女兒和姪女在甲板上散步。在他們欣賞令人嘆為觀止的夕陽時,哈波說:「明早將是很美麗的。」
Later, John and his daughter and niece walked on the deck. They enjoyed the
breathtaking sunset, Harper said: "tomorrow will be very beautiful."
對他和所有在那夜死去的基督徒而言,翌日的早晨是美麗的。那是他們在天堂看到的第一個日出。安德生聯想到這一切,鼓勵他的讀者建立他們與耶穌的關係。
For him and for all Christians died on that night , the morning of the following
day was beautiful. It was the first sunrise in heaven . Andersen thought all of
this, then encouraged his readers to establish their relationships with Jesus.
不管你的生活此刻是多麼平安,也隨時可能出現沉船般的災難。你若還未信主的話,就應像那個英國青年一樣--現在就接受基督成為你的救主。這樣,不管你何時或如何死亡,你就會在天堂看到日出。當生命結束日光消失,我在天堂的港口停靠,當我終於看到主耶穌,喔,那將是我的日出!遲遲不接受救恩會導致不可挽回的悲劇。
No matter whether your life at the moment is so much safe, it may occur disaster
like shipwreck anytime.
If you have not believed in Lord, you should be like that young Briton - now
accept Christ as your Savior. Thus, no matter when or how you died, you will see
the sunrise in heaven. When life ends and daylight disappears, I dock at port in
heaven, when I finally see the Lord Jesus, Oh, it would be my sunrise! To delay
not accept salvation will lead to irretrievable tragedy.