使徒行傳16:11-15

 

16:11 於是從特羅亞開船，一直行到撒摩特喇，第二天到了尼亞坡里。
16:12 從那裡來到腓立比，就是馬其頓這一方的頭一個城，也是羅馬的駐防城。我們在這城裡住了幾天。
16:13 當安息日，我們出城門，到了河邊，知道那裡有一個禱告的地方，我們就坐下對那聚會的婦女講道。
16:14 有一個賣紫色布疋的婦人，名叫呂底亞，是推雅推喇城的人，素來敬拜上帝。她聽見了，主就開導她的心，叫她留心聽保羅所講的話。
16:15 她和她一家既領了洗，便求我們說：「你們若以為我是真信主的（或譯：你們若以為我是忠心事主的），請到我家裡來住」；於是強留我們。

 

¹¹ From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. ¹² From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district^[a] of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.

¹³ On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. ¹⁴ One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. ¹⁵ When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

 

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    保羅到馬其頓的頭一個城就是腓立比，在這裡遇到一個賣紫色布疋的婦人，名叫呂底亞。主開導她的心，叫她留心聽保羅所講的話。也因為這樣，她和她一家既領了洗。

 

    不僅如此，他們還強留保羅這一群人，對他們說：「你們若以為我是真信主的（或譯：你們若以為我是忠心事主的），請到我家裡來住」！

 

    可見人的信主是出於聖靈的引導，怪不得改革宗教會會強調：「有效的呼召」，教導我們信主是出於上帝的恩典。