使徒行傳14:1-7

 

14:1 二人在以哥念同進猶太人的會堂，在那裡講的，叫猶太人和希臘人信的很多。
14:2 但那不順從的猶太人聳動外邦人，叫他們心裡惱恨弟兄。
14:3 二人在那裡住了多日，倚靠主放膽講道；主藉他們的手施行神蹟奇事，證明他的恩道。
14:4 城裡的眾人就分了黨，有附從猶太人的，有附從使徒的。
14:5 那時，外邦人和猶太人，並他們的官長，一齊擁上來，要凌辱使徒，用石頭打他們。
14:6 使徒知道了，就逃往呂高尼的路司得、特庇兩個城和周圍地方去，
14:7 在那裡傳福音。

 

 At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed. ² But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. ³ So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders. ⁴ The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles. ⁵ There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them. ⁶ But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, ⁷ where they continued to preach the gospel.

 

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    傳福音不見得是受歡迎的，常常會遭受人的攻擊，不慣是用言語或暴力的，就像保羅在以念哥傳福音一樣，下場是：「外邦人和猶太人，並他們的官長，一齊擁上來，要凌辱使徒，用石頭打他們。」

 

    保羅並沒有如此而失去傳福音的心志，聖經告訴我們：「使徒知道了，就逃往呂高尼的路司得、特庇兩個城和周圍地方去，在那裡傳福音。」

 

    今日我們傳主的福音，也要有這樣的心理準備，要隨時為了福音緣故遭受人的攻擊！但是，我們堅持到底，必得著上帝在基督裡的賞賜，享受永遠的福樂，主必不撇棄我們的！