4月10日 最重要的事 What Is Most Important

4月10日：

最重要的事

What Is Most Important

若没有死人复活的事，基督也就没有复活了。若基督没有复活，我们所传的便是枉然……但基督已经从死里复活……

——林前 15:13,14,20

For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ must still be dead. And if he is still dead, then all our preaching is useless and your trust in God is empty, worthless, hopeless. . . . The fact is that Christ did actually rise from the dead . . .
—1 Corinthians 15:13,14,20 (TLB)

在康拉德·阿登纳卸任德国总理前的一个早晨，我被邀请与他一起喝咖啡。在进去的时候，我预想跟我见面的会是一位高大，严厉，郑重的人物，而跟这样的人物谈论宗教话题，似乎会有些尴尬。在欢迎仪式之后，总理突然转向我说道，“葛培理先生，什么是世界上最为重要的？”在我回答之前，他已经回答了自己的问题。他说：“耶稣基督的复活。如果耶稣基督是活着的，那么这个世界便有希望。如果耶稣基督在坟墓中，那么我在这个世界上看不到一丝的希望。”然后令我惊讶的是，他说他相信基督的复活是人类历史上不争的事实。他说，“在我卸任之后，我打算用我的余生来收集所有的科学证据以证明耶稣基督的复活。”正是因着基督的复活，门徒们才受到呼召如同年轻的革命者一样去改变他们的世代。他们传扬基督是活着的。我们应当去传扬这个消息，不仅仅是在复活节，而是在每一天的生活中。

I was invited to have coffee one morning with Konrad Adenauer before he retired as the Chancellor of Germany. When I walked in, I expected to meet a tall, stiff, formal man who might even be embarrassed if I brought up the subject of religion. After the greeting, the Chancellor suddenly turned to me and said, “Mr. Graham, what is the most important thing in the world?” Before I could answer, he had answered his own question. He said, “The resurrection of Jesus Christ. If Jesus Christ is alive, then there is hope for the world. If Jesus Christ is in the grave, then I don’t see the slightest glimmer of hope on the horizon.” Then he amazed me by saying that he believed that the resurrection of Christ was one of the best-attested facts of history. He said, “When I leave office, I intend to spend the rest of my life gathering scientific proof of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” It was the fact of the resurrection of Christ that called the disciples to go out as burning young revolutionaries to change the world of their day. They preached that Christ is alive. This should be our message, not only on Easter, but on every day of the year.

今日祷告

天父啊，请让我将主耶稣基督复活的消息和他的大能传扬给世人，让那些信靠他的人生命得以改变！

Prayer for the day

Father, let my message to others be that of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and of His ability to change the lives of those who believe in Him.