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第十三篇　召会传福音的实行

成全圣徒与神家的建造

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　　我们要交通一点关乎传福音的事。召会定规在新年的时候，有一个比较大的福音举动，许多会所，还有几个分家，同时都有福音聚会。所以，我愿意趁着这个时候，把召会传福音的实行，和我们所学习的作法，交通给弟兄姊妹。
　　从一九四〇年开始，距今近二十年，我们清楚地蒙主启示，若是要福音有力量，就必须是全召会传福音。而在农历新年的时候，全召会出动传福音，头一次正式举行便是在一九四〇年。那一年我们初次作，相当看见神的同在；可以说，那一次传福音实实在在是全召会传福音。在传福音之先，全召会甚至禁食祷告。
　　在那一个祷告里，我们实在摸着了天。直到今天，我能见证说，我作了三十多年的基督徒，参加过许多基督徒的祷告聚会，还没有一个祷告聚会，比那一次的祷告聚会更叫我印象深刻。那实在是个震动天地的祷告聚会，或许我们中间有几位弟兄姊妹，当时也在那个聚会中。那一天众人全天禁食祷告，晚上就来在一起；那个祷告真是一个摸着宝座、震动阴府的祷告。当弟兄姊妹在那里祷告时，不是身体觉得有什么震动，乃是灵里觉得震动；那些祷告摸着神的宝座，也震动阴府的权势。所以，到了年初一那天大家传福音时，每个参加的人都感觉，那里不仅有神的能力，也有神的权柄，觉得神真是显明在那里。
　　仅仅三、四天后，我们就从人的口里得知，每一位在那个聚会中的人，都仆倒在神面前。人一到那个聚会中，就觉得有一股力量，叫人不得不仆倒。那个倒不是指身子倒在那里，乃是你这个人的意志完全仆倒顺服，你没有办法不接受他们所传的那位活的救主。他们给人看见，在这宇宙中有一股恶势力，就是撒但、魔鬼，他霸占人，捆绑人，没有一个人不在他的权下。然而，人如果要脱离他的手，只有一位能办得到，就是耶稣基督这位活的救主。
　　在那次之前，我们聚会已有十多年的历史，却从来没有一次受浸超过一百人，最多不过五十人。然而从那一天起，每个月有一次受浸，一次最少就是一百二十多位；几个月之久，月月都是这样。并且我能见证说，那次福音聚会里所得着的人，都是很厉害的得救。那一次得救的人，今天有好些都分散在各地事奉神。这就是召会传福音。
　　所以从那时起，我们就非常注重召会传福音，尤其注重新年传福音，因为新年通常是世人在撒但辖制之下，大肆狂欢的时候，也是撒但特别欺骗人的时候。召会在这个时候应该站起来，为着人的灵魂，为着神的国度，为着神的福音，为着神的名争战。所以，从那时候起，我们几乎是很严格的定规，全召会在新年时要传福音。我们就根本不随从风俗，过所谓的新年；我们是在过属灵的年，但没有过年的风俗。
　　在一九五八年末了，我们也定规过了十二月三十一日，第二天就是一九五九年，我们仍要过年，但我们要把所有过年的风俗，完全脱尽。主给我们亮光，看见我们既要和黑暗的权势争战，就不能跟随它的风俗。我们若是随着风俗，和世人一样过年，我们就已经落在它的手中，我们没有办法和它争战，更不能从它手下夺取它所霸占的灵魂。为着要和黑暗的权势争战，我们就丝毫不能沾染世俗，不能沾染过年的风俗。我们完完全全只站在神创造的年月里，一点不沾染撒但借着人发明的那些风俗，因为我们要站在神的这面来与撒但争战。趁着世人狂欢，玩耍的时候，我们要祷告，要传福音。我们不仅不随从世俗吃、喝、玩、乐，我们更要在这几天，特别的禁食；即使要吃饭也要非常简单。我们要把所有的时间、精神、力量，都摆在祷告、请客、带人得救、看望人、服事召会传福音的事上。众人都在那里全体出动。
　　十多年来，每一次召会有这样的实行时，都看见神特别的祝福，特别的同在。这不是倚靠一个大布道家能成就的；全召会乃是一个祭司体系，像一个属灵的军队，人人都在这件事上有分，所以是召会的福音。这样的福音不是专专倚靠一个站讲台的人，不是一个人的事，乃是全召会的事。这是根据圣经腓立比一章所说，在腓立比的信徒，在推广福音上一同有交通，也都同魂与福音的信仰一齐努力（5，27）。所以，腓立比的召会是个兴盛的召会，也是个喜乐的召会。盼望每一位在事奉里有分的弟兄姊妹，都接受一个负担，不是来听福音，而是来传福音。我们来到福音聚会中，不是要来看怎样传福音，乃是把属灵的肩膀摆在福音的负担下，和弟兄姊妹一同扛抬福音的柜。我们都在这里担负一个担子；这是全召会的事。
　
　
　　我们要按着次序，说一点传福音的事。首先，我们在主面前要有祷告。传福音乃是属灵的争战，不是仅仅道理能把人转过来。人不肯信主，完全是受撒但的欺骗。请想想看，不论从那一面说，信主都是上算的事；连不信的人也都知道这一点，当他们平心静气思量时，都知道一个人信耶稣，这是件好事情。信耶稣总是上算的事，但人竟然反对福音，竟然拒绝接受主，竟然不愿意相信。这个不信不是人的理智不清楚，而是撒但在人里面玩弄的一个手法；撒但欺骗人、蒙蔽人、霸占人、辖制人。所以，我们必须有够多的祷告；这个祷告不仅是求主给讲台有能力，更是摸着主的宝座，用祷告震动阴府的门，震动撒但的权势。
　　我们每一次屈膝在宝座前祷告时，都应该在那里说，“主，这一次召会传福音，求你事先震动撒但的国，震动人的心。”我们该有这样释放人灵魂的祷告，而不是在主面前苦苦哀求。这不仅是求的问题，我们更要看见基督是得胜的，我们是属主的，召会也是得胜的。主耶稣说，“天上地上所有的权柄，都赐给我了。所以你们要去，使万民作我的门徒。”（太二八18~19）主要我们往普天下去，传福音给万民听，叫他们作主的门徒。所以，今天不是哀哭的时候，乃是我们运用权柄的时候；我们可以运用权柄，因为天上地上所有的权柄都赐给我们了。这权柄原是赐给主的，但主托付了我们，我们就用这权柄对付黑暗的权势；我们该在主面前有这样的祷告，每一个人都应该有这样的祷告。
　
　　其次，每一次传福音的时候，我们都需要洁净自己。我们要看见，不是你能洁净自己；这就说到要在主面前，接受主的光照，到主面前有对付，寻求主的洁净。当我们这样作的时候，我们要清楚，我们的良心若不清洁，我们的灵里若不够新鲜，这个福音是无法传的。我们若要传福音，就必须重新到主面前，一面奉献，一面对付，好让主光照我们，对付我们所有的罪，倒空全人，把我们里外的世界都清除干净。请记得，若是我们里头稍微有点和世界相通的地方，那就是我们和撒但相通。若是我们和仇敌相通、私通，怎能和仇敌争战？所以，我们必须和仇敌断绝，对付我们的罪，对付世界，倒空我们自己；这样，我们在主面前的祷告，撒但才会惧怕。
　　若不然，我们虽在那里祷告，撒但却在神面前控告我们。我们都知道约书亚的故事，当约书亚到神面前时，撒但也来了。撒但好像指给神看，“约书亚穿着污秽的衣服。”我们是没有办法对付撒但的。所以神说，“撒但哪，耶和华责备你！…这不是从火中抽出来的一根柴么？”神立即要人替约书亚换一身华美的衣袍（亚三1~4）。这样，约书亚才能站在神面前，对付神的仇敌，并且才能带领众人，建造神的殿。
　　我们要兴旺主的福音，不能仅记挂别人的灵魂，而忽略了我们自己在主面前的光景。这不仅是在人前要有好行为的问题，这也是在撒但跟前，对付撒但在人里头霸占的问题。我们传福音，就是要把人里头的撒但赶出去。传福音就是赶鬼；我们若要赶鬼，自己是不能和鬼相通、私通的。我们既要赶鬼，我们里头就不能留一条路给鬼进来；这是不可以的。所以，我们不仅要祷告，祷告时更要洁净自己，让主光照我们，对付我们，除去我们的罪。
　　主耶稣被卖的那一个晚上，彼得当着众人，“又不承认，起誓说，我不认得那个人。”（太二六71~72）你们想想看，彼得说这话时，有多少人在那里听见这话。然而过了五十天，他能站起来，并且是在同样的地方，就是在耶路撒冷，对以色列人传讲，指出他们弃绝了耶稣（徒三13~14）。在希腊文里，弃绝和不承认是同样的字，这也是彼得那天晚上所用的字眼。然而过了五十天，他定罪别人，他指出人否认了主，也弃绝了主。若是彼得没有得着赦免，若是彼得良心有亏，恐怕彼得是不敢说这话的。彼得会说，“五十天前，我也否认主，也弃绝祂，今天我怎敢站在众人跟前定别人这个罪？”这实在是因为彼得得着了洁净。
　　你我原来都是犯罪的，若是今天你还带着你的罪，还没有对付你的罪，不要说在讲台上不可以，即使是在讲台下和人谈福音，你的良心都会控告你，你还和世界相通，你怎能传这个福音。结果，你话说得不响亮，良心里也瘪了气，好像一只破鼓一样，打不响。我们知道破鼓是不响的，破的良心也是不响的。所以，我们的话要响亮，良心要无亏，就必须在主面前受对付，用宝血洗净我们的良心。我们的良心刚强，灵里也实在被充满，就定规是新鲜的。那时，我们即使是说些老生常谈的福音，比方说耶稣是救主，要悔改信耶稣等，但我们的味道是新鲜的，腔调是新鲜的，感觉也是新鲜的。人听见时，总会觉得有圣灵的能力。所以，我们若要好好传福音，就必须在主面前受对付。
　
　　按规矩，一个得救的人，在得救后不久，应该列一个名单，把自己的家人、亲友、和所认识的人列在上面。看看还有多少人是没有听过福音的，有多少人是尚未得救的，然后在主面前，依序为他们提名祷告；这是众人都该作的。每一位弟兄姊妹都该如此，最低限度应该把主的福音，传遍自己的邻舍，传遍自己的亲友，这是不能推托的。召会广传福音的确是好事，是给弟兄姊妹一个绝佳的机会，能带亲友得救。所以，众人都得回到主面前，把自己的亲友列一个名单，照着这个名单为他们祷告。
　　同时，要为着主的缘故，按时去邀约他们，这就是请客。可以用召会的请帖，也可以用福音单张，或是有别的印刷品也可以带给他们。在福音聚会前，有些弟兄姊妹需要花一点时间，花一点力气，甚至花一点钱财，请这些福音对象吃饭。比方要来的主日就要传福音了，虽然我们请了朋友，但他们是不容易来的。这时，我们就需要在聚会当天，请他们到家里吃饭，或是一同出去吃饭，然后用车子把他们载去听福音，这就让他们完全没机会推托。
　　如果你只是邀请人听福音，人也答应你，结果当天他到别的地方去了。有的人则推托说，他本来是要赴会的，但正巧同学来了，拖得他没有办法抽身等。这些推辞的话，只有魔鬼知道，我们不知道。所以，我们去请他们时，要作得比魔鬼还厉害。我们要告诉他们，我们请他们听福音，当天要先请他们吃饭，借此把他们黏住。所以，我们都要请福音朋友吃饭，为他们费财费力。我们若都如此行，定规会有功效，圣灵会与我们同在；我们都要为福音花一点力量。
　
　
　　在福音聚会里，我们需要有招待的人。因为人一进会所大门，首先看见的，就是招待。今天在人群社会中，无论作什么，总要有作什么的面孔。比方结婚，要有结婚的面孔，就是喜洋洋的；但有的人在结婚场合中，那个面孔看起来，好像苦楚满怀，这实在是羞辱结婚的人。有时，我们看见在福音聚会中，作招待的弟兄姊妹面无表情，这就没有福音的面孔，不能叫人看见福音。有人问说，什么是福音面孔呢？那就是你祷告得够多，你福音的面孔就出来了。
　　你在作招待之先，要在主面前有祷告，有对付，让里面福音的灵把你充满；如此，不必人教你，你在那里作招待时，笑容得体，鞠躬得体，引人入座也得体，无论你怎么作，人都感觉到福音的味道。那是学不来，也是教不来的；这非要给福音的灵充满不可。福音的灵一充满，你的面孔就是福音的面孔，你的鞠躬就是福音的鞠躬，你的引座也是个福音的引座。人要觉得这个真好；虽然他不会说“福音”两个字，但他觉得这真是别有风味。
　　这不像结婚场合，也不像什么宴会。人虽说不出所以然来，但总觉别有风味。那个别有风味，就是圣灵，也就是福音。每一位作招待的弟兄姊妹，都应该有这个光景。然而，我们常常看见那些作福音招待的人，面容冷峻，好像会所是个衙门。这是不合宜的。作招待的，必须在主面前有够多的祷告，祷告到他这个人是融化的，给福音融化了，只要看见一个人进到会所里，就觉得非常宝贵。
　　比方衡阳街那些店铺里的售货员，他们一看见顾客进来，就非常热切的招呼客人，给人感觉那就是个售货员的面孔，人会喜欢买他们的货。原本人可能只想买一件，结果买了五件。这就是个好售货员。在福音聚会里作招待的人，也该如此，总要叫人感觉到聚会来，非信耶稣不可。人看到这个招待的面孔，不必听福音，也不必唱诗歌，就在里头被摸了一下，动了一下；这样，他的心就软了。若是招待的面孔冷峻，人一看见心就被扎了两下，不仅不想听福音，即便是诗歌也不想唱，里头就已经厌烦；这就是招待伤了他的心，使他不能接受福音。这不是笑话，而是我们已往所看过、所遇过的。所以，我们都需要有一点学习，要在主面前有这个灵，并且有好的祷告，才能作个称职的招待。
　
　　在福音聚会里，有一件事就是陪坐，坐在福音朋友旁边。我们都是得救的人，也都是事奉的人，当我们来到福音聚会，不该都坐在一起，乃该与福音朋友同坐。最好是一个福音朋友，一个已经信主的，交错的坐。无论如何，总需要有弟兄姊妹，在福音朋友中间陪他们坐。所以，当我们入座时，要记得看看周围的人。若是旁边坐了一位新面孔的，或是位福音朋友，就要学习和他交谈。或许这人已经听了多次福音，或许是第一次来，有的或者已经得救多年，我们就可以给他们一些帮助。总之，这种传福音的聚会，和常聚会的弟兄姊妹坐在一起，是不合宜的；总不要彼此黏在一起，因为福音朋友是需要照顾的。这个我们都要学，并且要灵活。
　　到了福音聚会开始，总是要先唱些福音诗歌，你们要帮助福音朋友跟着唱；你们若是很自然的唱，他们就会随着你们唱。千万不要太过热心，或操之过急，否则会变作粗鲁。更不要有事不关己的味道，好像唱诗不是你的事，自顾自的坐在那里，既不管别人，自己也不唱。结果坐你旁边的人，自然也不唱。领诗的弟兄没有办法，只好大声疾呼的说，“唱啊，请大家一起开口，大声唱啊。”
　　所以，你们陪坐的时候，一定要非常灵活，要在灵里。唱诗时就要一起唱，并且声音不要太低，也不要太高，总要注意旁边的人怎么唱。若是他声音唱得高，你就要与他配合；若是他唱得低，你就唱得低，这样就会很好听。然而有时，旁边的一位唱得太低了，你们就要合式的带一带他。若是他唱得不清楚，你们就要唱得清楚一点。这些我们都要学；千万不要以为这是很轻、很小的事。
　　三十多年前，我听见过一个真实地故事，那使我在学习传福音的事上，得到很大的帮助。故事说到美国大布道家慕迪先生，有一次在一个地方，和一位太太谈到信主得救的事。谈到一个很关键的时候，外面忽然下起雨来。我若记得不错，应该就在这时候，有位姊妹带着雨伞走进那间谈话的房间，并且顺手把雨伞放在旁边。可能是放得太用力了，这把伞发出了声音。慕迪先生和那位太太正谈到关键的时候，若是传得好，人就得救了。然而那时，突如其来的雨伞的响声，打岔了人的注意力，影响了这位太太，她就转过身去看是怎么回事。慕迪先生说，“自从那个时候起，我就无法带这位太太得救。”
　　这如同中国人炸油条一样，炸油条的秘诀，就是要把油条炸得非常脆，还能炸到又胖又大，使里头不仅有空气，并且是越薄越好。这其中是有一个关键，到了那关键时刻，是不能打岔的，要一鼓作气才能炸得出来。若是受到打岔，油条就炸不好了。所以，传福音不是要人大喊大叫，传福音乃是摸人的灵的事。这灵是非常细嫩的，是碰不得的，一碰就伤了。我们请人听福音时，不仅要将人当作一个病人看，还要把他们当作一个很嫩的人，是碰不得，也伤不得的。所以，你们在福音聚会里，无论是招待，或是陪坐，一切的举动都要非常谨慎，非常柔细，不要伤到福音朋友的感觉。
　　此外，在福音聚会中唱诗、祷告时，我曾看见有人太热心，急于要福音朋友与我们一样，就要求人闭起眼睛，或低下头和我们一同祷告。其实，这些事都不可太勉强。只要你自己低下头祷告，别人低头不低头，闭眼不闭眼，你不要太在意，也不要太勉强他们，倒要容让。要相信，你的敬虔是会影响人的，所以别人作不作，就由着他们里头的感觉，不要伤到他们。我曾见过有人，一直拍福音朋友的肩膀，对他说，“要低头，要低头。”事实上，即使他的头低下，眼睛也闭上，但他的灵被你伤了，又如何呢？这会令他觉得非常讨厌，不愿意再来听福音，因为他受到了勉强，感觉受伤了。这是实在的故事，也是陪坐的该注意，该有所讲究的事；所以，我们都必须学习细一点。
　　再者，聚会中的听道也是大有讲究的。我们能影响旁边的人受感动，也能打岔旁边的人，使他们受搅扰。有时不必多，只是那么咳嗽一下，就会使人受到影响。比方福音讲台正讲到关键的时候，听的人也聚精会神在那里听，忽然有人咳嗽一声，把这福音朋友的感觉打断了，再继续听下去，就没有心了。有些弟兄姊妹的确会作这样的事，当讲道正在关键的时候，他忽然打起呵欠，或打个喷嚏，打断了人的感觉。或是正在关键的时候，人听得很入神，圣灵就在那里感动他，结果旁边的人腿一伸，把凳子摇了一下，就打岔了人的相信。这些彼此都有关系，所以，陪坐的人要非常机警，听讲台上讲道时，要替旁边的人受感动，替他们祷告。
　　人是有动物群聚的习性，这习性是很有讲究的。好比两只猫从来没有见过面，但它们碰在一起，若是这只往西走，另一只也会往西走，彼此间自然会受影响。又如今天若是你们在这里笑得很开心，也会引发我笑的情绪；若是你们哭，我也会想哭。在福音聚会中，若是你好好听道，坐在你旁边的人都会受你影响；你受感动，他们也会受感动，这是很希奇的。
　　在一次聚会中，我坐在后面，正要记讲台上所释放的话。然而，坐在我前面的一位弟兄，不知什么缘故，全身像被过电一样，不住地发抖。结果，坐在他旁边的人自然受影响，无法专心。我这坐在他后面的人，也受了打岔。我就想，即使有人在聚会中很受感动，被这位弟兄这样抖个不停，感觉也没有了。这是我们常常要学的。站过讲台的人都知道，讲台下的光景是很影响讲台的。当讲台上讲得正起劲时，若台下有人东张西望，这个道就讲不下去，甚至连回头再讲都不可能了。这是很希奇的事，所以我们都要学习。
　　在福音聚会里听讲的时候，我们要很轻巧的注意人的感觉，看人是怎样受感动，是在那一点受感动；或是讲到什么地方人有疑问，人拒绝。这些我们都要从旁观察，都要能知道。如此，就能帮助我们与人谈话，也就能知道人的情形，知道他对什么点是接受的，对什么点是有疑问的。比方他对神没有问题了，对罪也没有问题了，他里面已经被神折服了，这时，我们就不必再费工夫去谈这个，而知道该从那里继续谈下去。这就是在聚会里陪人的用处；我们都需要学这个实在的功课。
　　到福音聚会末了，讲台上可能要这些朋友们有些表示，是要他们站起来，还是要他们举手，或是要他们低头祷告，这些与陪坐的人都有很大的关系。有些弟兄姊妹认为无论福音朋友有没有表示，那完全是圣灵的工作，不是他们的事。若是圣灵作工，福音朋友就会有所表示，若是圣灵不作工，就不会有表示；好像这些都不是他们的事。这个态度是不对的。另有一些人又是太过热心，福音朋友不愿意站起来表示，他们就在后面用手推人站起来；可能这位朋友本来有八成想要站起来，剩下两成若有人合式的帮助，就把他带起来了，然而这么一推，就引起了他的反感，叫他根本不想站起来了。所以，这些都要作得很得体才行。福音朋友愿不愿意站起来，愿不愿意有所表示，与旁边的人有很大的关系。有时我们只要很自然的顺着人的感觉，人是会愿意听我们的。
　　一九四一年底，我在一个地方传福音，会中坐着一位太太。这位太太的先生得救了，还在那地方兴起了一个聚会，他的同事和同事的太太们，差不多都因着他的影响得救了。然而他的太太就喜欢看电影、打牌、交际、宴客，在世界里玩乐。虽然她的先生得救，脱离了老旧的生活，她却非常不高兴，所以一直没有相信主。有一次，这位弟兄请我们到他家爱筵，他太太却给我们摆上冷饭冷菜。我们几位同工对那位弟兄说，“弟兄，感谢赞美主。”然后，我们一同吃完了那顿饭。
　　这位弟兄和她太太原是住在海关的宿舍，这些和他们同住的同事们，就去邀请这位太太，硬是把她请到那次召会的福音聚会中。她一来到会中，全会众的眼睛几乎都注意到她，也就为她祷告。我们看见那天圣灵实在作工，她不仅听完了福音信息，在聚会结束前，请福音朋友表示愿否相信时，这位太太的面孔一阵红，一阵紫的，在那里一直的变。我知道其中的故事，就不结束聚会收尾的唱诗，唱了一遍，又再唱一遍，给大家一个机会。我们就看见圣灵真是作工，这位太太太就有点坐不住，实在要站起来了。那天也真是奇妙，这位太太带了小女儿来，圣灵就用她作陪坐的。这个小女孩虽不懂什么，却对妈妈说，“妈妈，我替你站起来好了。”她一边说一边就把妈妈带起来，这位太太最终就跟着站起来了。这就是陪坐的力量，很自然的把人带起来了。
　　那一天，这位太太一站起来，整个福音聚会的空气就打开了。这位太太得救后不久，又请我们爱筵。这次不是先生提议，乃是太太提议，所以全都是热菜、热饭，实在是全家蒙恩。这给我们看见，那位小女孩陪坐的影响和功劳是何等的大。所以，在福音聚会里陪坐时，要学习会看人的反应，并要作得很得体。有时要稍微体贴一点，有时要稍微看看旁边朋友的反应；总之，这些都要作得很自然。到了适当的时候，就需要你点点头帮助人站起来，这时也要作得很文雅。
　
　　等到福音朋友都作过表示，诗歌也结束后，就到末了一段，最重要的福音谈话。简要的说，福音谈话里有几个技术的点，是值得我们注意的。首先，谈话的题目应该是那天福音聚会的讲台。其次，谈话的时候要顺着谈话的人。比方这位福音朋友是要谈神的，你们就不要提起罪。我们曾经看见，福音朋友一直在问到底神是怎么回事，在旁的弟兄姊妹却一直要讲伯利恒在什么地方。这是不宜的，因为福音谈话不是照着我们的喜欢，乃是照着谈话的对象在那个时候谈了什么，我们就要顺着他。譬如，他说没有神，我们不要太和他辩论，乃要稍微转他的弯。有的问题我们可以顺着他，但有的不能顺着他，比方他若亵渎神，我们就不能顺着他，否则福音就不要传了。
　　这几点请弟兄姊妹要注意。特别要避免与人争辩，辩论是没有用处的，也是无法解决问题的。所以，对那些会引起辩论的问题，我们不要答复，也无需答复，因为无法解决。我们只需要在积极一面，与人多说一点；这是我们应该注意的。
　
　　福音谈话确实是有其步骤，这个步骤不外乎几点：第一，要带人认识神，承认有神。第二，要带人承认耶稣基督就是这位神。有的人不信有神，但有的人信有神，却不信耶稣基督就是这位神。第三，要带人承认自己是个罪人。不仅是笼统的说他有罪，更要带他感觉自己有罪，自己是个罪人。第四，要带人承认十字架的救赎，给他看见主如何钉在十字架上，如何流血洗净人的罪。第五，要带人相信，也就是要带他承认自己的罪，并接受主耶稣作他的救主。到了这时，已经是到了信的步骤；若是可能，就要带他有一点祷告，但是不要勉强人。这个祷告是要承认罪，要接受主的。若是人不会祷告，最好的方法，就是你对他说，“我祷告一句，你跟着我祷告一句。”你祷告，让他跟着你，但这也不要勉强。此外，更不要勉强人一定要跪下祷告，这是需要顺乎自然的。有的人愿意跪就随着他跪，有的人不愿意，就坐在那里也是可以的。这完全要自自然然的，完全要看人里头信的感觉到了什么地步。
　　末了，要带人知道得救的把握；这得救的把握就是得救的证实，得救的凭据，也就是神的话。我们总要带人抓住一句神的话，或是让一句神的话抓住他；这样，他就能凭神的话，得知他的罪得着了赦免，或是凭神的话知道他是得救的人，是得着重生的人。所以，福音谈话的六个要点，就是相信有神、相信耶稣基督就是神、看见人有罪、承认十字架的救赎、并带人相信、接受主。这包括了悔改、认罪、祷告，末了就是得救的证实。然而，不是我们陪每个人，或碰到每个人，都一定用这六点，那会太呆板。我们无论作什么，总要活。
　　当你碰到一个人，要先摸他里头的感觉。好比有位福音朋友在这里，你一摸他，就知道他这个人对神没有问题，对耶稣是真神也没有问题。不过，他对自己的罪还不太有感觉。在这个点上，你就要摸他罪的感觉。然而，要摸人罪的感觉，技术上是很有讲究的。你不能质问人说，“难道你没有罪么？”人即使有天大的罪，也会硬着头皮说，“我没有罪，我是凭着良心的。”结果，这种谈话自然谈不下去。
　　我们需要温和的，以智慧的方法对人说到罪。我们可以用人对父母的态度，说到关于罪的事，让人安静下来，摸自己的良心。好比无论我们怎样完全，都可想想，我们是如何对待父母的。我们对父母总有亏欠，即使是最孝顺的儿女，对父母还是有亏欠。这不是要定人的罪，乃是要摸人的良心，让人没有话说。在这样的谈话中，你没有触犯到人的感觉，也没有触犯人的怒气，然而你的话确实能摸着人的感觉。有时，你也可以谈到人的思想，说，“好比有时我们会有贪心，有不洁净的思想；一个人无论如何正派，都不能说他的思想都是干净的。”然而，这不是要你用辩论的口吻和他辩论；乃是要你摸他的感觉，说一点现实的事，来摸他的感觉。有时圣灵作工，就给你们摸到了；他不仅觉得自己有罪，也肯承认自己的罪。
　　如此，头三点都有了；这个人承认有神，承认耶稣基督是神，也承认自己有罪。然而，他对于主耶稣的救赎，认识得不够。这时，你们就要说到十字架，带他认识十字架。或者前四点他都有了，十字架也没有问题，并且告诉你，福音他早就听懂了，但是他这个人，听是听过，好像也赞成，却还没有具体的信。说到相信，他还是差了一步。他没有伏在神面前，承认自己的罪，用祷告接受他自己所赞成的。这时你就需要叮嘱他两句，好像一个人吃饭，很赞扬这个饭，很欣赏那个汤，但仍需要把饭吃下去，把汤喝下去才行。我们要怎样吃法，怎样喝法呢？这就需要祷告。我们就可以带这位朋友一同祷告，对他说这个就是相信，就是接受。
　　现在，这个人有了前面四点，也有了信，但你问他得救的把握，他说不出来，也不知道自己到底得救没有。他实在认过罪，接受耶稣作救主，但对于罪得着赦免没有，他不知道，对自己得救了没有，他也不清楚。这时，你就要带他读几节圣经，证明给他看，人一相信，罪就得着赦免；人一相信就得救，信入了就有永远的生命，一有永远的生命就永不灭亡。比方约十28说，“我又赐给他们永远的生命，他们必永不灭亡。”这类圣经节，平常我们要多预备一点，到了有需要时，就可以打开圣经，读一点给他们听。往往只要这样几节圣经，就很够用。
　　再比方，有人一直觉得自己的罪没有得着赦免，这时，你们可以选读约壹一9：“我们若认自己的罪，神是信实的，是公义的，必要赦免我们的罪，洗净我们一切的不义。”你就可以问这位朋友：“你有没有认你的罪？”他说，“认过了。”再问：“那这里神怎么说？”他说，“这里说神是信实的，是公义的，我们若认自己的罪，神必定赦免，必定洗净我们。”再问他：“你认了没有？”若是他说认了，继续追问：“那神赦免了没有？洗净了没有？”你用这个话引导他接受神的话。神的话是说，神是信实的，是公义的，只要你一认自己的罪，祂就赦免，就洗净；这是很清楚地。神的话既是如此清楚，我们都应该相信这话。如同人接受一张支票，支票上明示，见票即付某某人多少钱，你就应该相信这事。你不能把这张支票拿在手里，却说自己没有钱；若是你说自己没有钱，就是不信支票上的话。
　　我们都要相信神在圣经里的说话，要带人接受一句话。若是你能这样作，你就会得开启并且积极的带人。关于这样的谈话，不仅是在福音聚会结束时，即使在福音聚会之外，平常我们去看望的时候，都是同样的原则，都要注意这些点。我们要学习顺着人，避免和人辩驳，也不要提起很多问题，更不要太重在回答人的问题，总要摸着人在福音的程度上是如何；是在第一层、第二层、第三层、第四层、第五层、还是第六层？要学习摸人的感觉，一步一步，一层一层的带领他。
　
　　福音聚会结束后，有的朋友需要记名；能记名是很好的。等到福音聚会过后，就要有探望；这也是弟兄姊妹该作的。在探望上，最好的作法是，我们自己所带的福音对象，我们要再请另外一位弟兄或姊妹陪着，一同去看望他；那是最有益处的。在探望时，让陪同一起去的弟兄姊妹说话，而我们作一个从旁协助的人，从中作一个引介；这样是最有效的。不仅如此，探望时，还要有探望记录。这记录要载明这位福音朋友对福音的反应，是否已经相信，已经得救，可以受浸了。若是如此，就要把他的名字报到召会的执事室，准备带领他受浸；或是听召会的报告，看有什么时候可以为他预备受浸。到了受浸的时候，还要帮助他，对他讲受浸的真理，带他有一点受浸谈话，帮助他受浸。如此，他就是一个完全得救的人，归入三一神，并归到召会中。这样，我们的福音才算告一个段落，他们就成为召会中的弟兄姊妹；然后将他们交给圣徒，使他们得着更多的造就与成全。
　
　　这是我们在传福音上，服事的大致顺序。有许多弟兄姊妹对这些事都有经验，但即便如此，我仍盼望你们应该再多有研究、多有操练。我们不是仅仅一点热心，请人招待、陪坐、或是福音谈话，然后再去探望。这些事都是很细嫩的，都有其讲究。
　　所以，我们应该从祷告开始，对付我们自己，而后无论请客、招待、陪坐、谈话，或将来的探望、带人受浸，都是我们需要学习的。每一位弟兄姊妹，为着主的福音都该有一点学习。在这里自然需要我们花力量，有时也需要我们花一点金钱。新约里的使徒保罗，为着人的灵魂花费，不仅是费财费力，更是完全花上他自己（林后十二15）。我们这样作，也是建造召会一大部分的工作。这就是旧约所说，上山去取木料，来建造神的殿，叫神能够喜乐，也叫神能得着荣耀（该一8）。
　　故此，我们传福音乃是为召会的建造取木料；我们取得越多，材料就越多，当然神就越喜乐，也越得着荣耀。盼望我们实在能从祷告开始，一路作下去，并一路有学习、研究和操练。
　　讲于主后一九五八年十一月二十四日
　
　　我们要交通一点关乎传福音的事。召会定规在新年的时候，有一个比较大的福音举动，许多会所，还有几个分家，同时都有福音聚会。所以，我愿意趁着这个时候，把召会传福音的实行，和我们所学习的作法，交通给弟兄姊妹。　　从一九四〇年开始，距今近二十年，我们清楚地蒙主启示，若是要福音有力量，就必须是全召会传福音。而在农历新年的时候，全召会出动传福音，头一次正式举行便是在一九四〇年。那一年我们初次作，相当看见神的同在；可以说，那一次传福音实实在在是全召会传福音。在传福音之先，全召会甚至禁食祷告。　　在那一个祷告里，我们实在摸着了天。直到今天，我能见证说，我作了三十多年的基督徒，参加过许多基督徒的祷告聚会，还没有一个祷告聚会，比那一次的祷告聚会更叫我印象深刻。那实在是个震动天地的祷告聚会，或许我们中间有几位弟兄姊妹，当时也在那个聚会中。那一天众人全天禁食祷告，晚上就来在一起；那个祷告真是一个摸着宝座、震动阴府的祷告。当弟兄姊妹在那里祷告时，不是身体觉得有什么震动，乃是灵里觉得震动；那些祷告摸着神的宝座，也震动阴府的权势。所以，到了年初一那天大家传福音时，每个参加的人都感觉，那里不仅有神的能力，也有神的权柄，觉得神真是显明在那里。　　仅仅三、四天后，我们就从人的口里得知，每一位在那个聚会中的人，都仆倒在神面前。人一到那个聚会中，就觉得有一股力量，叫人不得不仆倒。那个倒不是指身子倒在那里，乃是你这个人的意志完全仆倒顺服，你没有办法不接受他们所传的那位活的救主。他们给人看见，在这宇宙中有一股恶势力，就是撒但、魔鬼，他霸占人，捆绑人，没有一个人不在他的权下。然而，人如果要脱离他的手，只有一位能办得到，就是耶稣基督这位活的救主。　　在那次之前，我们聚会已有十多年的历史，却从来没有一次受浸超过一百人，最多不过五十人。然而从那一天起，每个月有一次受浸，一次最少就是一百二十多位；几个月之久，月月都是这样。并且我能见证说，那次福音聚会里所得着的人，都是很厉害的得救。那一次得救的人，今天有好些都分散在各地事奉神。这就是召会传福音。　　所以从那时起，我们就非常注重召会传福音，尤其注重新年传福音，因为新年通常是世人在撒但辖制之下，大肆狂欢的时候，也是撒但特别欺骗人的时候。召会在这个时候应该站起来，为着人的灵魂，为着神的国度，为着神的福音，为着神的名争战。所以，从那时候起，我们几乎是很严格的定规，全召会在新年时要传福音。我们就根本不随从风俗，过所谓的新年；我们是在过属灵的年，但没有过年的风俗。　　在一九五八年末了，我们也定规过了十二月三十一日，第二天就是一九五九年，我们仍要过年，但我们要把所有过年的风俗，完全脱尽。主给我们亮光，看见我们既要和黑暗的权势争战，就不能跟随它的风俗。我们若是随着风俗，和世人一样过年，我们就已经落在它的手中，我们没有办法和它争战，更不能从它手下夺取它所霸占的灵魂。为着要和黑暗的权势争战，我们就丝毫不能沾染世俗，不能沾染过年的风俗。我们完完全全只站在神创造的年月里，一点不沾染撒但借着人发明的那些风俗，因为我们要站在神的这面来与撒但争战。趁着世人狂欢，玩耍的时候，我们要祷告，要传福音。我们不仅不随从世俗吃、喝、玩、乐，我们更要在这几天，特别的禁食；即使要吃饭也要非常简单。我们要把所有的时间、精神、力量，都摆在祷告、请客、带人得救、看望人、服事召会传福音的事上。众人都在那里全体出动。　　十多年来，每一次召会有这样的实行时，都看见神特别的祝福，特别的同在。这不是倚靠一个大布道家能成就的；全召会乃是一个祭司体系，像一个属灵的军队，人人都在这件事上有分，所以是召会的福音。这样的福音不是专专倚靠一个站讲台的人，不是一个人的事，乃是全召会的事。这是根据圣经腓立比一章所说，在腓立比的信徒，在推广福音上一同有交通，也都同魂与福音的信仰一齐努力（5，27）。所以，腓立比的召会是个兴盛的召会，也是个喜乐的召会。盼望每一位在事奉里有分的弟兄姊妹，都接受一个负担，不是来听福音，而是来传福音。我们来到福音聚会中，不是要来看怎样传福音，乃是把属灵的肩膀摆在福音的负担下，和弟兄姊妹一同扛抬福音的柜。我们都在这里担负一个担子；这是全召会的事。
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为了你们从头一天直到如今，在推广福音上所有的交通；
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只要你们行事为人配得过基督的福音，叫我或来见你们，或不在你们那里，可以听见关于你们的事，就是你们在一个灵里站立得住，同魂与福音的信仰一齐努力；
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　　我们要按着次序，说一点传福音的事。首先，我们在主面前要有祷告。传福音乃是属灵的争战，不是仅仅道理能把人转过来。人不肯信主，完全是受撒但的欺骗。请想想看，不论从那一面说，信主都是上算的事；连不信的人也都知道这一点，当他们平心静气思量时，都知道一个人信耶稣，这是件好事情。信耶稣总是上算的事，但人竟然反对福音，竟然拒绝接受主，竟然不愿意相信。这个不信不是人的理智不清楚，而是撒但在人里面玩弄的一个手法；撒但欺骗人、蒙蔽人、霸占人、辖制人。所以，我们必须有够多的祷告；这个祷告不仅是求主给讲台有能力，更是摸着主的宝座，用祷告震动阴府的门，震动撒但的权势。　　我们每一次屈膝在宝座前祷告时，都应该在那里说，“主，这一次召会传福音，求你事先震动撒但的国，震动人的心。”我们该有这样释放人灵魂的祷告，而不是在主面前苦苦哀求。这不仅是求的问题，我们更要看见基督是得胜的，我们是属主的，召会也是得胜的。主耶稣说，“天上地上所有的权柄，都赐给我了。所以你们要去，使万民作我的门徒。”（太二八18~19）主要我们往普天下去，传福音给万民听，叫他们作主的门徒。所以，今天不是哀哭的时候，乃是我们运用权柄的时候；我们可以运用权柄，因为天上地上所有的权柄都赐给我们了。这权柄原是赐给主的，但主托付了我们，我们就用这权柄对付黑暗的权势；我们该在主面前有这样的祷告，每一个人都应该有这样的祷告。
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耶稣进前来，对他们说，天上地上所有的权柄，都赐给我了。
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所以你们要去，使万民作我的门徒，将他们浸入父、子、圣灵的名里，
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　　其次，每一次传福音的时候，我们都需要洁净自己。我们要看见，不是你能洁净自己；这就说到要在主面前，接受主的光照，到主面前有对付，寻求主的洁净。当我们这样作的时候，我们要清楚，我们的良心若不清洁，我们的灵里若不够新鲜，这个福音是无法传的。我们若要传福音，就必须重新到主面前，一面奉献，一面对付，好让主光照我们，对付我们所有的罪，倒空全人，把我们里外的世界都清除干净。请记得，若是我们里头稍微有点和世界相通的地方，那就是我们和撒但相通。若是我们和仇敌相通、私通，怎能和仇敌争战？所以，我们必须和仇敌断绝，对付我们的罪，对付世界，倒空我们自己；这样，我们在主面前的祷告，撒但才会惧怕。　　若不然，我们虽在那里祷告，撒但却在神面前控告我们。我们都知道约书亚的故事，当约书亚到神面前时，撒但也来了。撒但好像指给神看，“约书亚穿着污秽的衣服。”我们是没有办法对付撒但的。所以神说，“撒但哪，耶和华责备你！…这不是从火中抽出来的一根柴么？”神立即要人替约书亚换一身华美的衣袍（亚三1~4）。这样，约书亚才能站在神面前，对付神的仇敌，并且才能带领众人，建造神的殿。
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祂又指给我看，大祭司约书亚站在耶和华的使者面前，撒但也站在约书亚的右边，作他的对头。
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耶和华对撒但说，撒但哪，耶和华责备你！就是拣选耶路撒冷的耶和华责备你！这不是从火中抽出来的一根柴么？
亚3:3  
约书亚穿着污秽的衣服，站在那使者面前。
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祂吩咐那些站在祂面前的说，你们要脱去他身上污秽的衣服。又对约书亚说，你看，我使你的罪孽离开你，给你穿上华美的衣袍。
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　　我们要兴旺主的福音，不能仅记挂别人的灵魂，而忽略了我们自己在主面前的光景。这不仅是在人前要有好行为的问题，这也是在撒但跟前，对付撒但在人里头霸占的问题。我们传福音，就是要把人里头的撒但赶出去。传福音就是赶鬼；我们若要赶鬼，自己是不能和鬼相通、私通的。我们既要赶鬼，我们里头就不能留一条路给鬼进来；这是不可以的。所以，我们不仅要祷告，祷告时更要洁净自己，让主光照我们，对付我们，除去我们的罪。　　主耶稣被卖的那一个晚上，彼得当着众人，“又不承认，起誓说，我不认得那个人。”（太二六71~72）你们想想看，彼得说这话时，有多少人在那里听见这话。然而过了五十天，他能站起来，并且是在同样的地方，就是在耶路撒冷，对以色列人传讲，指出他们弃绝了耶稣（徒三13~14）。在希腊文里，弃绝和不承认是同样的字，这也是彼得那天晚上所用的字眼。然而过了五十天，他定罪别人，他指出人否认了主，也弃绝了主。若是彼得没有得着赦免，若是彼得良心有亏，恐怕彼得是不敢说这话的。彼得会说，“五十天前，我也否认主，也弃绝祂，今天我怎敢站在众人跟前定别人这个罪？”这实在是因为彼得得着了洁净。
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他出去，到了门廊，另有一个使女看见他，就对那里的人说，这个人也是同那拿撒勒人耶稣一起的。
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彼得又不承认，起誓说，我不认得那个人。
马太福音没有五十章，请检查。
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亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神，就是我们列祖的神，已经荣耀了祂的仆人耶稣。这位耶稣，你们曾把祂交付彼拉多，彼拉多定意要释放祂，你们竟在彼拉多面前弃绝了祂。
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你们弃绝了那圣别公义者，反而要求把一个作凶手的人给你们。
使徒行传没有五十章，请检查。
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　　你我原来都是犯罪的，若是今天你还带着你的罪，还没有对付你的罪，不要说在讲台上不可以，即使是在讲台下和人谈福音，你的良心都会控告你，你还和世界相通，你怎能传这个福音。结果，你话说得不响亮，良心里也瘪了气，好像一只破鼓一样，打不响。我们知道破鼓是不响的，破的良心也是不响的。所以，我们的话要响亮，良心要无亏，就必须在主面前受对付，用宝血洗净我们的良心。我们的良心刚强，灵里也实在被充满，就定规是新鲜的。那时，我们即使是说些老生常谈的福音，比方说耶稣是救主，要悔改信耶稣等，但我们的味道是新鲜的，腔调是新鲜的，感觉也是新鲜的。人听见时，总会觉得有圣灵的能力。所以，我们若要好好传福音，就必须在主面前受对付。
　
　　按规矩，一个得救的人，在得救后不久，应该列一个名单，把自己的家人、亲友、和所认识的人列在上面。看看还有多少人是没有听过福音的，有多少人是尚未得救的，然后在主面前，依序为他们提名祷告；这是众人都该作的。每一位弟兄姊妹都该如此，最低限度应该把主的福音，传遍自己的邻舍，传遍自己的亲友，这是不能推托的。召会广传福音的确是好事，是给弟兄姊妹一个绝佳的机会，能带亲友得救。所以，众人都得回到主面前，把自己的亲友列一个名单，照着这个名单为他们祷告。　　同时，要为着主的缘故，按时去邀约他们，这就是请客。可以用召会的请帖，也可以用福音单张，或是有别的印刷品也可以带给他们。在福音聚会前，有些弟兄姊妹需要花一点时间，花一点力气，甚至花一点钱财，请这些福音对象吃饭。比方要来的主日就要传福音了，虽然我们请了朋友，但他们是不容易来的。这时，我们就需要在聚会当天，请他们到家里吃饭，或是一同出去吃饭，然后用车子把他们载去听福音，这就让他们完全没机会推托。　　如果你只是邀请人听福音，人也答应你，结果当天他到别的地方去了。有的人则推托说，他本来是要赴会的，但正巧同学来了，拖得他没有办法抽身等。这些推辞的话，只有魔鬼知道，我们不知道。所以，我们去请他们时，要作得比魔鬼还厉害。我们要告诉他们，我们请他们听福音，当天要先请他们吃饭，借此把他们黏住。所以，我们都要请福音朋友吃饭，为他们费财费力。我们若都如此行，定规会有功效，圣灵会与我们同在；我们都要为福音花一点力量。
　
　
　　在福音聚会里，我们需要有招待的人。因为人一进会所大门，首先看见的，就是招待。今天在人群社会中，无论作什么，总要有作什么的面孔。比方结婚，要有结婚的面孔，就是喜洋洋的；但有的人在结婚场合中，那个面孔看起来，好像苦楚满怀，这实在是羞辱结婚的人。有时，我们看见在福音聚会中，作招待的弟兄姊妹面无表情，这就没有福音的面孔，不能叫人看见福音。有人问说，什么是福音面孔呢？那就是你祷告得够多，你福音的面孔就出来了。　　你在作招待之先，要在主面前有祷告，有对付，让里面福音的灵把你充满；如此，不必人教你，你在那里作招待时，笑容得体，鞠躬得体，引人入座也得体，无论你怎么作，人都感觉到福音的味道。那是学不来，也是教不来的；这非要给福音的灵充满不可。福音的灵一充满，你的面孔就是福音的面孔，你的鞠躬就是福音的鞠躬，你的引座也是个福音的引座。人要觉得这个真好；虽然他不会说“福音”两个字，但他觉得这真是别有风味。　　这不像结婚场合，也不像什么宴会。人虽说不出所以然来，但总觉别有风味。那个别有风味，就是圣灵，也就是福音。每一位作招待的弟兄姊妹，都应该有这个光景。然而，我们常常看见那些作福音招待的人，面容冷峻，好像会所是个衙门。这是不合宜的。作招待的，必须在主面前有够多的祷告，祷告到他这个人是融化的，给福音融化了，只要看见一个人进到会所里，就觉得非常宝贵。　　比方衡阳街那些店铺里的售货员，他们一看见顾客进来，就非常热切的招呼客人，给人感觉那就是个售货员的面孔，人会喜欢买他们的货。原本人可能只想买一件，结果买了五件。这就是个好售货员。在福音聚会里作招待的人，也该如此，总要叫人感觉到聚会来，非信耶稣不可。人看到这个招待的面孔，不必听福音，也不必唱诗歌，就在里头被摸了一下，动了一下；这样，他的心就软了。若是招待的面孔冷峻，人一看见心就被扎了两下，不仅不想听福音，即便是诗歌也不想唱，里头就已经厌烦；这就是招待伤了他的心，使他不能接受福音。这不是笑话，而是我们已往所看过、所遇过的。所以，我们都需要有一点学习，要在主面前有这个灵，并且有好的祷告，才能作个称职的招待。
　
　　在福音聚会里，有一件事就是陪坐，坐在福音朋友旁边。我们都是得救的人，也都是事奉的人，当我们来到福音聚会，不该都坐在一起，乃该与福音朋友同坐。最好是一个福音朋友，一个已经信主的，交错的坐。无论如何，总需要有弟兄姊妹，在福音朋友中间陪他们坐。所以，当我们入座时，要记得看看周围的人。若是旁边坐了一位新面孔的，或是位福音朋友，就要学习和他交谈。或许这人已经听了多次福音，或许是第一次来，有的或者已经得救多年，我们就可以给他们一些帮助。总之，这种传福音的聚会，和常聚会的弟兄姊妹坐在一起，是不合宜的；总不要彼此黏在一起，因为福音朋友是需要照顾的。这个我们都要学，并且要灵活。　　到了福音聚会开始，总是要先唱些福音诗歌，你们要帮助福音朋友跟着唱；你们若是很自然的唱，他们就会随着你们唱。千万不要太过热心，或操之过急，否则会变作粗鲁。更不要有事不关己的味道，好像唱诗不是你的事，自顾自的坐在那里，既不管别人，自己也不唱。结果坐你旁边的人，自然也不唱。领诗的弟兄没有办法，只好大声疾呼的说，“唱啊，请大家一起开口，大声唱啊。”　　所以，你们陪坐的时候，一定要非常灵活，要在灵里。唱诗时就要一起唱，并且声音不要太低，也不要太高，总要注意旁边的人怎么唱。若是他声音唱得高，你就要与他配合；若是他唱得低，你就唱得低，这样就会很好听。然而有时，旁边的一位唱得太低了，你们就要合式的带一带他。若是他唱得不清楚，你们就要唱得清楚一点。这些我们都要学；千万不要以为这是很轻、很小的事。　　三十多年前，我听见过一个真实地故事，那使我在学习传福音的事上，得到很大的帮助。故事说到美国大布道家慕迪先生，有一次在一个地方，和一位太太谈到信主得救的事。谈到一个很关键的时候，外面忽然下起雨来。我若记得不错，应该就在这时候，有位姊妹带着雨伞走进那间谈话的房间，并且顺手把雨伞放在旁边。可能是放得太用力了，这把伞发出了声音。慕迪先生和那位太太正谈到关键的时候，若是传得好，人就得救了。然而那时，突如其来的雨伞的响声，打岔了人的注意力，影响了这位太太，她就转过身去看是怎么回事。慕迪先生说，“自从那个时候起，我就无法带这位太太得救。”　　这如同中国人炸油条一样，炸油条的秘诀，就是要把油条炸得非常脆，还能炸到又胖又大，使里头不仅有空气，并且是越薄越好。这其中是有一个关键，到了那关键时刻，是不能打岔的，要一鼓作气才能炸得出来。若是受到打岔，油条就炸不好了。所以，传福音不是要人大喊大叫，传福音乃是摸人的灵的事。这灵是非常细嫩的，是碰不得的，一碰就伤了。我们请人听福音时，不仅要将人当作一个病人看，还要把他们当作一个很嫩的人，是碰不得，也伤不得的。所以，你们在福音聚会里，无论是招待，或是陪坐，一切的举动都要非常谨慎，非常柔细，不要伤到福音朋友的感觉。　　此外，在福音聚会中唱诗、祷告时，我曾看见有人太热心，急于要福音朋友与我们一样，就要求人闭起眼睛，或低下头和我们一同祷告。其实，这些事都不可太勉强。只要你自己低下头祷告，别人低头不低头，闭眼不闭眼，你不要太在意，也不要太勉强他们，倒要容让。要相信，你的敬虔是会影响人的，所以别人作不作，就由着他们里头的感觉，不要伤到他们。我曾见过有人，一直拍福音朋友的肩膀，对他说，“要低头，要低头。”事实上，即使他的头低下，眼睛也闭上，但他的灵被你伤了，又如何呢？这会令他觉得非常讨厌，不愿意再来听福音，因为他受到了勉强，感觉受伤了。这是实在的故事，也是陪坐的该注意，该有所讲究的事；所以，我们都必须学习细一点。　　再者，聚会中的听道也是大有讲究的。我们能影响旁边的人受感动，也能打岔旁边的人，使他们受搅扰。有时不必多，只是那么咳嗽一下，就会使人受到影响。比方福音讲台正讲到关键的时候，听的人也聚精会神在那里听，忽然有人咳嗽一声，把这福音朋友的感觉打断了，再继续听下去，就没有心了。有些弟兄姊妹的确会作这样的事，当讲道正在关键的时候，他忽然打起呵欠，或打个喷嚏，打断了人的感觉。或是正在关键的时候，人听得很入神，圣灵就在那里感动他，结果旁边的人腿一伸，把凳子摇了一下，就打岔了人的相信。这些彼此都有关系，所以，陪坐的人要非常机警，听讲台上讲道时，要替旁边的人受感动，替他们祷告。　　人是有动物群聚的习性，这习性是很有讲究的。好比两只猫从来没有见过面，但它们碰在一起，若是这只往西走，另一只也会往西走，彼此间自然会受影响。又如今天若是你们在这里笑得很开心，也会引发我笑的情绪；若是你们哭，我也会想哭。在福音聚会中，若是你好好听道，坐在你旁边的人都会受你影响；你受感动，他们也会受感动，这是很希奇的。　　在一次聚会中，我坐在后面，正要记讲台上所释放的话。然而，坐在我前面的一位弟兄，不知什么缘故，全身像被过电一样，不住地发抖。结果，坐在他旁边的人自然受影响，无法专心。我这坐在他后面的人，也受了打岔。我就想，即使有人在聚会中很受感动，被这位弟兄这样抖个不停，感觉也没有了。这是我们常常要学的。站过讲台的人都知道，讲台下的光景是很影响讲台的。当讲台上讲得正起劲时，若台下有人东张西望，这个道就讲不下去，甚至连回头再讲都不可能了。这是很希奇的事，所以我们都要学习。　　在福音聚会里听讲的时候，我们要很轻巧的注意人的感觉，看人是怎样受感动，是在那一点受感动；或是讲到什么地方人有疑问，人拒绝。这些我们都要从旁观察，都要能知道。如此，就能帮助我们与人谈话，也就能知道人的情形，知道他对什么点是接受的，对什么点是有疑问的。比方他对神没有问题了，对罪也没有问题了，他里面已经被神折服了，这时，我们就不必再费工夫去谈这个，而知道该从那里继续谈下去。这就是在聚会里陪人的用处；我们都需要学这个实在的功课。　　到福音聚会末了，讲台上可能要这些朋友们有些表示，是要他们站起来，还是要他们举手，或是要他们低头祷告，这些与陪坐的人都有很大的关系。有些弟兄姊妹认为无论福音朋友有没有表示，那完全是圣灵的工作，不是他们的事。若是圣灵作工，福音朋友就会有所表示，若是圣灵不作工，就不会有表示；好像这些都不是他们的事。这个态度是不对的。另有一些人又是太过热心，福音朋友不愿意站起来表示，他们就在后面用手推人站起来；可能这位朋友本来有八成想要站起来，剩下两成若有人合式的帮助，就把他带起来了，然而这么一推，就引起了他的反感，叫他根本不想站起来了。所以，这些都要作得很得体才行。福音朋友愿不愿意站起来，愿不愿意有所表示，与旁边的人有很大的关系。有时我们只要很自然的顺着人的感觉，人是会愿意听我们的。　　一九四一年底，我在一个地方传福音，会中坐着一位太太。这位太太的先生得救了，还在那地方兴起了一个聚会，他的同事和同事的太太们，差不多都因着他的影响得救了。然而他的太太就喜欢看电影、打牌、交际、宴客，在世界里玩乐。虽然她的先生得救，脱离了老旧的生活，她却非常不高兴，所以一直没有相信主。有一次，这位弟兄请我们到他家爱筵，他太太却给我们摆上冷饭冷菜。我们几位同工对那位弟兄说，“弟兄，感谢赞美主。”然后，我们一同吃完了那顿饭。　　这位弟兄和她太太原是住在海关的宿舍，这些和他们同住的同事们，就去邀请这位太太，硬是把她请到那次召会的福音聚会中。她一来到会中，全会众的眼睛几乎都注意到她，也就为她祷告。我们看见那天圣灵实在作工，她不仅听完了福音信息，在聚会结束前，请福音朋友表示愿否相信时，这位太太的面孔一阵红，一阵紫的，在那里一直的变。我知道其中的故事，就不结束聚会收尾的唱诗，唱了一遍，又再唱一遍，给大家一个机会。我们就看见圣灵真是作工，这位太太太就有点坐不住，实在要站起来了。那天也真是奇妙，这位太太带了小女儿来，圣灵就用她作陪坐的。这个小女孩虽不懂什么，却对妈妈说，“妈妈，我替你站起来好了。”她一边说一边就把妈妈带起来，这位太太最终就跟着站起来了。这就是陪坐的力量，很自然的把人带起来了。　　那一天，这位太太一站起来，整个福音聚会的空气就打开了。这位太太得救后不久，又请我们爱筵。这次不是先生提议，乃是太太提议，所以全都是热菜、热饭，实在是全家蒙恩。这给我们看见，那位小女孩陪坐的影响和功劳是何等的大。所以，在福音聚会里陪坐时，要学习会看人的反应，并要作得很得体。有时要稍微体贴一点，有时要稍微看看旁边朋友的反应；总之，这些都要作得很自然。到了适当的时候，就需要你点点头帮助人站起来，这时也要作得很文雅。
　
　　等到福音朋友都作过表示，诗歌也结束后，就到末了一段，最重要的福音谈话。简要的说，福音谈话里有几个技术的点，是值得我们注意的。首先，谈话的题目应该是那天福音聚会的讲台。其次，谈话的时候要顺着谈话的人。比方这位福音朋友是要谈神的，你们就不要提起罪。我们曾经看见，福音朋友一直在问到底神是怎么回事，在旁的弟兄姊妹却一直要讲伯利恒在什么地方。这是不宜的，因为福音谈话不是照着我们的喜欢，乃是照着谈话的对象在那个时候谈了什么，我们就要顺着他。譬如，他说没有神，我们不要太和他辩论，乃要稍微转他的弯。有的问题我们可以顺着他，但有的不能顺着他，比方他若亵渎神，我们就不能顺着他，否则福音就不要传了。　　这几点请弟兄姊妹要注意。特别要避免与人争辩，辩论是没有用处的，也是无法解决问题的。所以，对那些会引起辩论的问题，我们不要答复，也无需答复，因为无法解决。我们只需要在积极一面，与人多说一点；这是我们应该注意的。
　
　　福音谈话确实是有其步骤，这个步骤不外乎几点：第一，要带人认识神，承认有神。第二，要带人承认耶稣基督就是这位神。有的人不信有神，但有的人信有神，却不信耶稣基督就是这位神。第三，要带人承认自己是个罪人。不仅是笼统的说他有罪，更要带他感觉自己有罪，自己是个罪人。第四，要带人承认十字架的救赎，给他看见主如何钉在十字架上，如何流血洗净人的罪。第五，要带人相信，也就是要带他承认自己的罪，并接受主耶稣作他的救主。到了这时，已经是到了信的步骤；若是可能，就要带他有一点祷告，但是不要勉强人。这个祷告是要承认罪，要接受主的。若是人不会祷告，最好的方法，就是你对他说，“我祷告一句，你跟着我祷告一句。”你祷告，让他跟着你，但这也不要勉强。此外，更不要勉强人一定要跪下祷告，这是需要顺乎自然的。有的人愿意跪就随着他跪，有的人不愿意，就坐在那里也是可以的。这完全要自自然然的，完全要看人里头信的感觉到了什么地步。　　末了，要带人知道得救的把握；这得救的把握就是得救的证实，得救的凭据，也就是神的话。我们总要带人抓住一句神的话，或是让一句神的话抓住他；这样，他就能凭神的话，得知他的罪得着了赦免，或是凭神的话知道他是得救的人，是得着重生的人。所以，福音谈话的六个要点，就是相信有神、相信耶稣基督就是神、看见人有罪、承认十字架的救赎、并带人相信、接受主。这包括了悔改、认罪、祷告，末了就是得救的证实。然而，不是我们陪每个人，或碰到每个人，都一定用这六点，那会太呆板。我们无论作什么，总要活。　　当你碰到一个人，要先摸他里头的感觉。好比有位福音朋友在这里，你一摸他，就知道他这个人对神没有问题，对耶稣是真神也没有问题。不过，他对自己的罪还不太有感觉。在这个点上，你就要摸他罪的感觉。然而，要摸人罪的感觉，技术上是很有讲究的。你不能质问人说，“难道你没有罪么？”人即使有天大的罪，也会硬着头皮说，“我没有罪，我是凭着良心的。”结果，这种谈话自然谈不下去。　　我们需要温和的，以智慧的方法对人说到罪。我们可以用人对父母的态度，说到关于罪的事，让人安静下来，摸自己的良心。好比无论我们怎样完全，都可想想，我们是如何对待父母的。我们对父母总有亏欠，即使是最孝顺的儿女，对父母还是有亏欠。这不是要定人的罪，乃是要摸人的良心，让人没有话说。在这样的谈话中，你没有触犯到人的感觉，也没有触犯人的怒气，然而你的话确实能摸着人的感觉。有时，你也可以谈到人的思想，说，“好比有时我们会有贪心，有不洁净的思想；一个人无论如何正派，都不能说他的思想都是干净的。”然而，这不是要你用辩论的口吻和他辩论；乃是要你摸他的感觉，说一点现实的事，来摸他的感觉。有时圣灵作工，就给你们摸到了；他不仅觉得自己有罪，也肯承认自己的罪。　　如此，头三点都有了；这个人承认有神，承认耶稣基督是神，也承认自己有罪。然而，他对于主耶稣的救赎，认识得不够。这时，你们就要说到十字架，带他认识十字架。或者前四点他都有了，十字架也没有问题，并且告诉你，福音他早就听懂了，但是他这个人，听是听过，好像也赞成，却还没有具体的信。说到相信，他还是差了一步。他没有伏在神面前，承认自己的罪，用祷告接受他自己所赞成的。这时你就需要叮嘱他两句，好像一个人吃饭，很赞扬这个饭，很欣赏那个汤，但仍需要把饭吃下去，把汤喝下去才行。我们要怎样吃法，怎样喝法呢？这就需要祷告。我们就可以带这位朋友一同祷告，对他说这个就是相信，就是接受。　　现在，这个人有了前面四点，也有了信，但你问他得救的把握，他说不出来，也不知道自己到底得救没有。他实在认过罪，接受耶稣作救主，但对于罪得着赦免没有，他不知道，对自己得救了没有，他也不清楚。这时，你就要带他读几节圣经，证明给他看，人一相信，罪就得着赦免；人一相信就得救，信入了就有永远的生命，一有永远的生命就永不灭亡。比方约翰十章二十八节说，“我又赐给他们永远的生命，他们必永不灭亡。”这类圣经节，平常我们要多预备一点，到了有需要时，就可以打开圣经，读一点给他们听。往往只要这样几节圣经，就很够用。
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我又赐给他们永远的生命，他们必永不灭亡，谁也不能从我手里把他们夺去。
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　　再比方，有人一直觉得自己的罪没有得着赦免，这时，你们可以选读约壹一章九节：“我们若认自己的罪，神是信实的，是公义的，必要赦免我们的罪，洗净我们一切的不义。”你就可以问这位朋友：“你有没有认你的罪？”他说，“认过了。”再问：“那这里神怎么说？”他说，“这里说神是信实的，是公义的，我们若认自己的罪，神必定赦免，必定洗净我们。”再问他：“你认了没有？”若是他说认了，继续追问：“那神赦免了没有？洗净了没有？”你用这个话引导他接受神的话。神的话是说，神是信实的，是公义的，只要你一认自己的罪，祂就赦免，就洗净；这是很清楚地。神的话既是如此清楚，我们都应该相信这话。如同人接受一张支票，支票上明示，见票即付某某人多少钱，你就应该相信这事。你不能把这张支票拿在手里，却说自己没有钱；若是你说自己没有钱，就是不信支票上的话。
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我们若认自己的罪，神是信实的，是公义的，必要赦免我们的罪，洗净我们一切的不义。
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　　我们都要相信神在圣经里的说话，要带人接受一句话。若是你能这样作，你就会得开启并且积极的带人。关于这样的谈话，不仅是在福音聚会结束时，即使在福音聚会之外，平常我们去看望的时候，都是同样的原则，都要注意这些点。我们要学习顺着人，避免和人辩驳，也不要提起很多问题，更不要太重在回答人的问题，总要摸着人在福音的程度上是如何；是在第一层、第二层、第三层、第四层、第五层、还是第六层？要学习摸人的感觉，一步一步，一层一层的带领他。
　
　　福音聚会结束后，有的朋友需要记名；能记名是很好的。等到福音聚会过后，就要有探望；这也是弟兄姊妹该作的。在探望上，最好的作法是，我们自己所带的福音对象，我们要再请另外一位弟兄或姊妹陪着，一同去看望他；那是最有益处的。在探望时，让陪同一起去的弟兄姊妹说话，而我们作一个从旁协助的人，从中作一个引介；这样是最有效的。不仅如此，探望时，还要有探望记录。这记录要载明这位福音朋友对福音的反应，是否已经相信，已经得救，可以受浸了。若是如此，就要把他的名字报到召会的执事室，准备带领他受浸；或是听召会的报告，看有什么时候可以为他预备受浸。到了受浸的时候，还要帮助他，对他讲受浸的真理，带他有一点受浸谈话，帮助他受浸。如此，他就是一个完全得救的人，归入三一神，并归到召会中。这样，我们的福音才算告一个段落，他们就成为召会中的弟兄姊妹；然后将他们交给圣徒，使他们得着更多的造就与成全。
　
　　这是我们在传福音上，服事的大致顺序。有许多弟兄姊妹对这些事都有经验，但即便如此，我仍盼望你们应该再多有研究、多有操练。我们不是仅仅一点热心，请人招待、陪坐、或是福音谈话，然后再去探望。这些事都是很细嫩的，都有其讲究。　　所以，我们应该从祷告开始，对付我们自己，而后无论请客、招待、陪坐、谈话，或将来的探望、带人受浸，都是我们需要学习的。每一位弟兄姊妹，为着主的福音都该有一点学习。在这里自然需要我们花力量，有时也需要我们花一点金钱。新约里的使徒保罗，为着人的灵魂花费，不仅是费财费力，更是完全花上他自己（林后十二15）。我们这样作，也是建造召会一大部分的工作。这就是旧约所说，上山去取木料，来建造神的殿，叫神能够喜乐，也叫神能得着荣耀（该一8）。
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林后12:15  
我极其喜欢为你们花费，并完全花上自己。难道我越发爱你们，就越发少得你们的爱么？
该1:8  
你们要上山取木料，建造这殿；我就因此喜乐，且得荣耀；这是耶和华说的。
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　　故此，我们传福音乃是为召会的建造取木料；我们取得越多，材料就越多，当然神就越喜乐，也越得着荣耀。盼望我们实在能从祷告开始，一路作下去，并一路有学习、研究和操练。　　讲于主后一九五八年十一月二十四日
　
PREACHING THE GOSPEL
　In this chapter we will fellowship a few matters concerning preaching the gospel. The church has decided to hold a gospel campaign during the Chinese New Year. Gospel meetings will be held simultaneously in numerous meeting halls. Therefore, we will fellowship concerning the practice of the church preaching the gospel and the way that we have learned to preach the gospel.
　Nearly twenty years ago, in 1940, we received a clear revelation from the Lord that if we want the gospel to have impact, the whole church must preach the gospel. The first time the whole church rose up to preach the gospel was during the Chinese New Year of 1940. God’s presence was with us, and the whole church preached the gospel.
　Before we went out to preach the gospel, the church gathered together to fast and pray. In our prayer we touched heaven. I have attended numerous Christian prayer meetings over the past thirty years, but no meeting impressed me as much as that prayer meeting of the church. It shook the heavens and the earth. Perhaps some of the brothers and sisters here were present in that gathering. The saints fasted the whole day and came together in the evening to pray. Our prayer touched the throne of God and shook the power of Hades. We sensed this in our spirit. As a result of the prayer, everyone who participated on the first day felt the authority and power of God. We felt that God was manifested.
　The saints later testified that everyone who attended the gospel meeting prostrated themselves before God. As soon as a person arrived at the meeting, he felt compelled to prostrate himself before God. This was not a physical falling down but the complete submission of a person’s will. They could not help but receive the living Savior. In the gospel meeting we showed people that Satan, the devil, is an evil power in the universe, who has usurped man and put man in bondage. Everyone is under his authority. However, there is One who can deliver man out of the devil’s hand. This One is Jesus Christ, the living Savior.
　During the ten years prior to that gospel gathering, we never baptized more than fifty people in one month. But after that gathering we baptized at least one hundred twenty people every month for many months. In addition, everyone who was gained during that period experienced a dynamic salvation, and many are now serving full time in different places. This was the result of the church preaching the gospel.
　Since that time we have emphasized the whole church preaching the gospel, particularly during the New Year celebration. The New Year is a time when people in the world, who are under the usurpation of Satan, indulge in all kinds of pleasures and lusts. This is the time when Satan deceives people the most. Hence, the church should rise up during this time and fight for men’s souls and for God’s name, His gospel, and His kingdom. For this reason it was almost a rule that the whole church would preach the gospel during the New Year. We did not celebrate the New Year according to the custom of the world, because we do not accept the custom of celebrating New Year.
　We decided that at the end of this year, 1958, we will use the beginning of a new year to preach the gospel. Furthermore, we will not follow any of the customs of the world. The Lord has enlightened us to see that in order to fight against the authority of darkness we cannot follow the customs of the world. If we celebrate the New Year as the people in the world do, we will fall into the hand of Satan and will not be able to fight against him. Neither will we be able to capture the souls that are in his hand. Therefore, in order to fight against Satan’s authority of darkness, we must not be contaminated by worldly ways, such as the celebration of the New Year. We accept the years and months of God’s creation, but we will not be contaminated by the customs of the world. We are on God’s side to fight against Satan. While people in the world are eating, drinking, and making merry, we will pray and preach the gospel. Not only will we not eat, drink, or play as the world does, but even more, during that time we will fast. If we need to eat, our meals will be simple. We will devote all our time, energy, and strength to prayer and to invite people to gospel meetings, to lead them to salvation, to visit them, and to serve when the church preaches the gospel. All the saints will be mobilized in the gospel.
　For the past ten years we have seen the special blessing by God and His presence whenever the church practiced this. This practice is not carried out by depending on a great evangelist; instead, the whole church has the priesthood. The church is a spiritual army in which everyone participates. This is the gospel preaching of the church. It does not depend solely on one person speaking from the podium. It is a matter of the church, not an individual matter. This is what Philippians 1 says. The believers in Philippi had “fellowship unto the furtherance of the gospel” (v. 5), and “in one spirit, with one soul” they were “striving together along with the faith of the gospel” (v. 27). As a result, the church in Philippi was prosperous and full of joy. The brothers and sisters who take part in the service need to receive a burden. They should not come merely to listen to the gospel but to preach the gospel. We do not go to a gospel meeting to see how others preach the gospel. We have a burden for the gospel, and we bear the “Ark” of the gospel together with the other saints. We bear the same burden together. This is a matter for the whole church.
　
PREPARATIONS FOR PREACHING THE GOSPEL
　
Praying with Authority
　We will now fellowship a few matters concerning preaching the gospel. When we preach the gospel, we first need to pray. Preaching the gospel is a matter of spiritual warfare. Merely preaching doctrine cannot turn a person. People do not believe in the Lord, because they are completely deceived by Satan. Even though unbelievers realize that there are benefits to believing in Jesus, they still oppose the gospel and reject the Lord. Their refusal to believe in Him is the result of Satan’s activity within them. Satan deceives, blinds, usurps, and controls men. For this reason we must pray. We must pray to touch the throne of God, rather than pray merely for a powerful message. We must pray to shake the gates of Hades, that is, to shake the authority of Satan.
　We should bow our knees and pray that the Lord would shake Satan’s kingdom and men’s hearts. Instead of asking the Lord and pleading with Him, our prayer should release people’s souls. This is more than asking. We belong to Christ who is victorious; therefore, we are also victorious. The Lord Jesus said, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and disciple all the nations” (Matt. 28:18-19). The Lord charged us to go and preach the gospel to all the people in the nations so that they may become the Lord’s disciples. Therefore, this is a time to exercise authority, not to cry and plead. We can exercise authority because all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to us. This authority was given to the Lord. Now the Lord has commissioned us to use this authority to deal with the authority of darkness. We should pray in this way. Every one of us should have such prayer.
　
Being Cleansed
　When we preach the gospel, we also need to be cleansed. However, we cannot cleanse ourselves. Being cleansed means that we should go to the Lord and receive His shining, confess our sins, and ask for cleansing. If our conscience is not clean and our spirit is not fresh, we cannot preach the gospel. In order to preach the gospel, we must go to the Lord and consecrate ourselves to Him so that He can shine on us. Then we can deal with our sins and empty our entire being to clear out everything of the world inside and outside of us. Any connection with the world is a link to Satan, and if we are in communication and collaboration with the enemy, we cannot fight against him. We must cut our ties to the enemy by dealing with our sins and the world in us. Then Satan will be fearful when we pray.
　Otherwise, Satan will accuse us before God when we pray. When Joshua the high priest stood before God in Zechariah 3:1-4, Satan was there also. Satan seemed to say to God, “Joshua is clothed with filthy garments.” On Joshua’s behalf, God said, “Jehovah rebuke you, Satan!...Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” God then asked the angels to remove Joshua’s filthy garments and clothe him with stately robes. Thus, Joshua could stand before God to deal with God’s enemy and lead the people to build God’s temple.
　If we want to preach the gospel in a prevailing way, we should not remember other people’s souls but neglect our own soul. This is not merely to have good behavior before men. It is a matter of dealing with Satan’s usurpation within man. We preach the gospel to chase out Satan from within men. To preach the gospel is to cast out demons. In order to cast out demons, we cannot have any connection or be in collaboration with them. They must not have any ground within us. Therefore, when we pray, we must be cleansed by allowing the Lord to enlighten us, deal with us, and cleanse us from our sins.
　On the night that the Lord Jesus was betrayed, Peter publicly denied the Lord with an oath and said, “I do not know the man!” (Matt. 26:71-72). Fifty days later Peter could stand in the same city of Jerusalem, preach to the Jews, and say to them that they had denied Jesus (Acts 3:13-14). The word denied in this passage is the same word used in relation to Peter when he denied the Lord. But after fifty days Peter was able to say to the Jews that they denied the Lord. If Peter did not receive the Lord’s forgiveness and have a clear conscience, he could not have spoken to the Jews in this way. Instead, he probably would have said, “I denied the Lord fifty days ago. I cannot hold you accountable for the same sin.” Peter did not say this, because he was cleansed.
　Formerly, we were sinners, but if we still live in our sins and do not deal with them, we will not be able to speak. Moreover, when we speak with others concerning the gospel, our conscience will accuse us of not being qualified to preach the gospel if we are still connected to the world. Consequently, we will lack the boldness to speak strongly. In order to have a good conscience so that we can speak with boldness, we must be cleansed in the precious blood of the Lord. When our conscience is strengthened and our spirit is filled, we will be living, and our words will be fresh, even if we only say, “Jesus is our Savior,” and “Repent and believe in Jesus.” When people hear us, they will feel the power of the Holy Spirit. Hence, if we want to preach the gospel, we must deal with the Lord.
　
Inviting Our Friends, Relatives, and Neighbors
　After a person is saved, he should make a list of his friends, relatives, and acquaintances who are not saved and have not heard the gospel. He should then pray for them one by one. We should all do this. Without exception, we should preach the gospel to all our friends, relatives, and neighbors. When the church preaches the gospel, the saints have an excellent opportunity to lead their friends and relatives to salvation. This is the reason that we should make a list of our friends and relatives and pray for them.
　At an appropriate time we should also invite our friends, relatives, and neighbors to a gospel meeting. We can use an invitation card printed by the church or a gospel tract. We should even invite our gospel friends for a meal before the gospel meeting. Otherwise, our friends might not attend the meeting. But if we invite them to our home for a meal, we can take them to the meeting. They will not be able to make any excuses.
　It is worthwhile to spend time and money on our gospel friends. If we do this, the Holy Spirit will be with us. We need to exert some effort for the gospel.
　
THE SERVICE IN A GOSPEL MEETING
　
Learning to Be an Usher
　In the gospel meeting some saints should serve as ushers. When people enter the meeting hall, the first ones whom they see are the ushers. A person needs the right demeanor in every situation. In a wedding we should be joyful. People who look miserable and sad in a wedding are an insult to those who are getting married. Sometimes the ushering brothers and sisters are expressionless. They lack “the face of the gospel.” This hinders people from seeing the gospel. When we spend enough time in prayer, we will have the face of the gospel.
　Before we serve as an usher, we should pray and deal with the Lord so that we are filled with the spirit of the gospel. Then there will be no need for others to teach us how to usher. We will smile, greet people, and escort them to their seats in a proper way. In everything we do, people will sense the flavor of the gospel. This is not something that we can imitate or be taught. We can have the flavor of the gospel only by being filled with the spirit of the gospel. Once we are filled with the spirit of the gospel, our face will become the face of the gospel, our greeting will become the greeting of the gospel, and our ushering will be according to the gospel. This makes people feel pleasant. They will sense a special flavor.
　This flavor cannot be found in a wedding or a party. This special flavor is the Holy Spirit and is also the gospel. Every saint who ushers should have this flavor. However, they often appear cold and stern, as if they are in a court of law. This is not appropriate. The ushers have to pray until their inward being is melted by the gospel. Then they will treasure every person who comes to the meeting hall.
　All the salesclerks in the shops on Heng-Yang Street in Taipei warmly welcome the customers who enter their store. This encourages people to buy things from them. Some customers who only planned to buy one thing end up buying more because of the salespeople. The ushers should also be like this in a gospel meeting. The ushers should make people feel that they must believe in Jesus. The people who see an usher with a gospel face are touched and moved inwardly, before they even hear the gospel or sing a hymn. Their heart is softened. When people see a cold and stern face, however, they feel cold within and do not want to hear the gospel or sing. An usher can wound the heart of a new one and hinder him from receiving the gospel. This is not a joking matter. We have experienced this. Therefore, the ushers need to learn to have a spirit of the gospel through thorough prayer so that they can be proper ushers.
　
Learning to Sit with Our Gospel Friends
　Another service in the gospel meeting is to sit with our gospel friends. We are believers and serving ones. When we come to a gospel meeting, we should sit with our gospel friends, not with the saints. It is best for every gospel friend to have a saint sitting beside them. The saints should always sit with the gospel friends. We should look for new faces in the meeting and converse with them. Perhaps the new ones have heard the gospel many times, or maybe this is their first time. Whatever their situation, we can always render some assistance. It is not appropriate for the saints to sit together in a gospel meeting, apart from the new ones. We have to care for the gospel friends. We need to learn and be flexible.
　At the beginning of the gospel meeting, we always sing a few songs. We should help the gospel friends to sing. If we sing, the gospel friend will also sing. We should not be overzealous or hasty, nor should we be indifferent to the new ones when we sing. This will cause them not to sing. This will also force the brother leading the singing to ask everyone to sing loudly.
　We have to learn to be flexible and exercise our spirit when we sit with a gospel friend. We should sing when it is time to sing and be attentive to their situation. If he sings softly, we should sing softly. If he sings too softly, we should encourage him to sing a little louder. If he does not sing clearly, we can help him by singing clearly. This requires much experience. We should not think that this is a light and trivial matter.
　I heard of a story thirty years ago about the American evangelist D. L. Moody that has helped me preach the gospel. Once he was speaking with a woman concerning salvation. As he began to reach a crucial point in his preaching of the gospel, it began to rain. Shortly thereafter, a sister walked into the room where he was and loudly closed her umbrella. This noise distracted the woman, and she did not receive the gospel. Mr. Moody said, “From that time until now, I have not been able to lead her to salvation.”
　This can also be compared to preparing a Chinese breakfast pastry. The best pastry is crisp, puffy, full of air, and very thin. A person who is preparing these pastries must not be interrupted; otherwise, the pastry will be ruined. Preaching the gospel does not require that we shout. It is a matter of touching people’s spirit. The Spirit is gentle and cannot be rushed. When we invite a friend to hear the gospel, we should be gentle with him. Whether we usher or sit with the gospel friends, we have to be sensitive to their future.
　Some saints are too zealous and anxious during the singing and prayer time. They ask the gospel friends to close their eyes or bow their head when it is time to pray. We should not force our gospel friends to do anything. If we want to bow our head and pray, it should not matter whether others bow their head or close their eyes. We should be general and not force our friends to do anything. They will be influenced by our behavior. We should give them the freedom to follow their own feeling. I once saw a brother repeatedly pat the shoulder of a gospel friend and say that he should bow his head, but it will not do any good for him to bow his head if his spirit is closed. Our behavior may even annoy him and cause him to not come to another meeting. We should be careful when we sit next to a gospel friend. We must learn to be sensitive.
　We also need to consider how we listen to the message in a gospel meeting. Our behavior can distract and disturb the ones sitting next to us. Sometimes even a cough can distract them. It can cause people to lose their concentration, and they will be unable to follow the message at a crucial point. Some saints suddenly yawn or sneeze at a key moment in the message. When a gospel friend is listening attentively and the Holy Spirit is moving and operating within him, the person next to the gospel friend can suddenly stretch his legs or move his chair. This can frustrate the gospel friend from believing. Such seemingly small things can make a difference. Hence, we must be alert when we sit next to a gospel friend. While we listen to the message, we should be praying for our gospel friends.
　Human beings have a social nature. If one person laughs, others are affected by the laughter, and if a person cries, others are affected. If we listen attentively in a gospel meeting, the one next to us will be affected, and if we are touched by the message, he will also be touched. This is a marvelous phenomenon.
　One time in a meeting the brother sitting in front of me began to shake violently. Consequently, everyone sitting around him was affected and could not concentrate; I also could not concentrate or write down the words that were being spoken. Even if some in the meeting were touched by the message, the violent shaking caused them to lose their concentration. Hence, we should learn how to conduct ourselves in a meeting. The brothers who speak from the podium know that those who are listening can affect their speaking. A brother or sister who is consistently looking around can disrupt the speaker and cause him to lose his train of thought. This is inexplicable, but it happens. We need to learn from this.
　When we listen to a gospel message, we need to be keen to sense the feeling of the gospel friends in order to see if they are touched by the message or if they may have a question that causes them to reject the message. We need to learn to observe. Our observation will help us to speak with them in order to know their situation. Suppose a gospel friend is subdued by God, and it is clear that he has no problem with the existence of God or the matter of sin. If this is his situation, we should not waste time on these matters; rather, we should lead him to the Lord. This is the reason that we need to accompany our gospel friends and sit next to them in the meeting. We need to learn this practical lesson.
　At the end of a gospel meeting, sometimes the speaker asks the gospel friends to respond by standing up, raising their hand, or bowing their head to pray. Some saints think that it does not matter whether the gospel friends respond. They consider that this should depend on the Holy Spirit only. They assume that if the Holy Spirit operates, the gospel friends will respond, but if the Holy Spirit is not working, they will not respond. They think that they cannot influence their gospel friends’ response. This is not a proper attitude. However, there are also brothers and sisters who are too zealous. If a gospel friend is unwilling to stand, they push him to stand up. It may be that he was willing to stand up with a little encouragement. However, if he is pushed too much, he will become offended and not stand up. We need to be sensitive to the situation. The willingness of a gospel friend to stand up and respond has much to do with the saint sitting next to him. If we are proper, the gospel friend often will listen to us.
　Toward the end of 1941 I preached the gospel in a meeting, and a middle-aged woman was in the audience. Her husband was saved and had even begun a meeting in that town. Many of his colleagues and their wives were also saved, but his wife loved the pleasures of the world and enjoyed going to movies, playing mah-jongg, and having parties. She was not happy that her husband was saved and no longer lived according to his old manner of life. Consequently, she was unwilling to believe in the Lord. When the brother invited some brothers to his home for a meal, she even served cold leftovers.
　This brother and his wife lived in a dormitory provided by the Chinese Customs Office. His colleagues, who also lived in the same dormitory, invited and urged the wife to attend a gospel meeting. In the meeting all the saints were praying for her and saw the working of the Holy Spirit. She listened to the message, and when it was time to respond, she could not sit still in her seat. Her youngest daughter, who accompanied her to the meeting, helped her respond. She said to her mother, “Mom, I will stand up for you.” Eventually, the mother stood up. This example demonstrates the usefulness of sitting with gospel friends.
　Not long after the wife was saved, she invited some saints to her home for a hot meal. Their household received much grace. This shows that in a gospel meeting we must learn to observe the reactions of the people whom we sit next to and respond appropriately. Everything we do should be spontaneous. If, at the appropriate time, we need to nod our head and help someone to stand up, we need to do it with grace.
　
CONCERNING GOSPEL CONVERSATION
　The most important part of the meeting is after the gospel friends respond and the singing is concluded. This part is related to our gospel conversation. There are a few points that require our attention. First, the topic of our conversation should be focused on the message of the gospel meeting. Second, we should be sensitive to the feeling of the gospel friend. For example, if the gospel friend wants to speak about God, we should not bring up the matter of sin. I once observed a gospel friend who wanted to know about God, but the saints kept speaking about Bethlehem. This was inappropriate to that person’s need. The topic of a gospel conversation should meet the need of the gospel friend, not our interest. If he says that there is no God, we should not argue with him but help him see the truth. Furthermore, we should not be silent if he blasphemes God.
　For the most part, we should avoid arguing with the gospel friends. Arguments are useless and cannot solve any problem. We should not reply to issues that stir up debate. There is no solution to these issues. Instead, we should focus on positive things and engage our friends in positive issues. We should pay attention to this.
　
THE STEPS IN A GOSPEL CONVERSATION
　There are several steps in a gospel conversation. We should lead people to know God and acknowledge that God exists. We should lead people to confess that Jesus Christ is God. Some people do not believe that God exists, and others believe that God exists but do not believe that Jesus Christ is God. We should also lead people to confess that they are sinners in more than a general way. We should help them feel that they have sinned and admit that they are sinners. We should also lead people to acknowledge the redemption of the cross by showing them how the Lord died on the cross and shed His blood to wash them of their sins. Furthermore, we should lead people to believe into the Lord, confess their sins, and receive the Lord Jesus as their Savior. When we follow these five steps, the gospel friend is ready to believe, and we can lead him to have a short prayer. However, we should not force him to pray. The prayer is for the gospel friend to confess his sins and receive the Lord. If he does not know how to pray, we can lead him to repeat after us. However, we should not force him to pray. We should never insist that he kneel down to pray. If the gospel friend wants to kneel down, we can kneel down with him, but if he has no such sense, he can pray while sitting. Whatever we do depends on the gospel friend’s sense.
　Finally, we should lead our gospel friend to know that he is saved. This assurance of salvation, or proof of salvation, is in the Word of God. We must help him with at least one verse in the Bible so that he knows that his sins are forgiven and that he has eternal life. Hence, in our gospel conversation we need to lead people to believe in the existence of God, to believe that Jesus Christ is God, to see that man has sins, to acknowledge the redemption of the cross, and to believe and receive the Lord, which includes repentance and the confession of sins through prayer, and to have the assurance of salvation. We do not need to be legal and include all six points in every conversation. We need to be living in the application of these points.
　When we speak with someone, we must first sense his feeling. For example, a gospel friend may have no problem with the existence of God and even know that Jesus is the true God. But he may not have much feeling in regard to his sins. We should help him touch his feeling concerning sins. It requires much skill to help a person touch his feeling concerning sins. We should not interrogate him and ask whether he thinks that he has no sins. Even a person who has committed a gross sin will deny it. When a person is put in a position of denying his sin out of a guilty conscience, there is no way to continue the conversation. Consequently, we need to speak wisely with others concerning sin. We can use our own experience of our attitude toward our parents as an example when we speak of sins. This will help our gospel friends touch their conscience. No matter how perfect a person is, if he considers how he has treated his parents, he will realize that he is not without blame. Even the best child in the world is short with regard to his parents. We should not condemn our gospel friends, but we should touch their conscience and leave them with no excuse. We should touch their feeling and not offend them or provoke them to anger. We can also use our thoughts as another illustration. We may say that sometimes we are covetous, and our thoughts are unclean. No matter how decent and upright a person is, he cannot claim that his thoughts are always clean. We should not begin a debate in an argumentative tone, but we should touch his feeling. We should also give him an example in our practical daily life in order to touch his feeling. Sometimes the Holy Spirit will work in him to touch his feeling. As a result, he will not only feel that he has sins but also confess his sins.
　Suppose a person admits that there is God, that Jesus Christ is God, and that he has sins, but he does not sufficiently know the redemption of the Lord Jesus. We should begin to speak of the cross and lead him to know the cross. Perhaps he has no problems with the cross, and he also understands the gospel. He may agree with the gospel but not have believed in the Lord. He lacks the step of believing. He has not prostrated himself before God to confess his sins and receive God. At this time we may use an illustration and say that it is not enough to prepare a meal and admire it; we still need to eat it. In order to eat the Lord Jesus, we need to pray. We can then lead him in prayer and say to him that this is to believe in and receive the Lord Jesus.
　This person now has received the Lord Jesus and also has faith. However, he does not have the assurance of his salvation. He does not know for sure that he is saved. He has confessed his sins and received the Lord Jesus as his Savior, but he does not have the assurance that his sins are forgiven or that he is saved. Hence, we should lead him to read a few verses in the Bible to show him that when a person believes in the Lord Jesus, his sins are forgiven. Once a person believes, he is saved and has eternal life. To have eternal life means that we will never perish. We can use John 10:28, which says, “I give to them eternal life, and they shall by no means perish forever.” We should be prepared with verses like this so that when the time is right, we can open the Bible and read the verses. Usually it is sufficient to use only a few verses.
　Here is another example. Suppose a gospel friend feels that his sins are not forgiven. We can read 1 John 1:9, which says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Then we can ask him whether he confessed his sins. If he says that he did, we can ask him what God says about that and then have him read the verse. We can ask him again in order to help him receive the Word of God. We can also explain that since God is faithful and righteous, as soon as we confess our sins, God will forgive and cleanse us. This word in the Bible is very clear. We should believe the clear word in the Bible. This can be compared to receiving a check. An amount of money is clearly written on the check. We should believe what is written on the check. We should not hold the check in our hand and say that we do not have money. To do this means that we do not believe what is written on the check.
　We should all believe the words of God in the Bible, and we must learn to lead people to receive the word in the Bible. If we exercise to do so, we will receive light and will also lead others in a positive way. We should practice conversing in this way and not wait until the end of a gospel meeting. When we visit others, we can also apply these points. We must learn not to debate with others. We should also avoid answering too many questions. We should also learn to sense where people are in the gospel. Then we can lead them step by step and level by level.
　
CONCERNING VISITATION
　At the end of the gospel meeting we should take down the information of our gospel friends. The saints should visit the gospel friends in the following days. When we visit a gospel friend, it is best to ask another brother or sister to go with us. When we are with our gospel friend, we should let the brother or sister who accompanies us speak, and we can assist. We should also keep a record of our visitation. The record can include the response of the gospel friend and whether he is saved and baptized. If he is ready to be baptized, we can give his name to the deacons, and the church will prepare him for baptism. When he is ready to be baptized, we should speak to him the truth concerning baptism, lead him to have an interview for baptism, and help him to be baptized. He will then be a believer who is in the Triune God and in the church, and our gospel labor on him will be concluded. This person is now a brother or sister in the church and can be handed over to other saints for more edification and perfecting.
　
CONCLUSION
　This is the general procedure of our preaching the gospel. Even though many saints have experience in this work, we can still have more study and practice. We should not depend on our zeal to invite people, to usher, to sit with others, to have a gospel conversation, or to visit the gospel friends. These matters involve much practice.
　We should begin with prayer and deal with our sins. Then we need to learn every step. We need to learn to invite the gospel friends to a meal, to usher, to sit with the gospel friends in the meeting, to have a gospel conversation, to visit the gospel friends, and to lead them to baptism. For the sake of the gospel every brother and sister should learn these steps. We should devote our energy and money to this. The apostle Paul in the New Testament not only spent money and energy for the sake of others’ souls; he also spent himself (2 Cor. 12:15). This is part of the work of the building up of the church. This is also what the Old Testament says in Haggai 1:8, which says that when we go up to the mountain and bring wood and build God’s house, we please God and glorify God.
　We preach the gospel so that we can gather more building material. The more we endeavor, the more material there will be. This pleases and glorifies God. May we begin with prayer and continue to learn, study, and practice.
 
　　我们要交通一点关乎传福音的事。召会定规在新年的时候，有一个比较大的福音举动，许多会所，还有几个分家，同时都有福音聚会。所以，我愿意趁着这个时候，把召会传福音的实行，和我们所学习的作法，交通给弟兄姊妹。

　　从一九四〇年开始，距今近二十年，我们清楚地蒙主启示，若是要福音有力量，就必须是全召会传福音。而在农历新年的时候，全召会出动传福音，头一次正式举行便是在一九四〇年。那一年我们初次作，相当看见神的同在；可以说，那一次传福音实实在在是全召会传福音。在传福音之先，全召会甚至禁食祷告。

　　在那一个祷告里，我们实在摸着了天。直到今天，我能见证说，我作了三十多年的基督徒，参加过许多基督徒的祷告聚会，还没有一个祷告聚会，比那一次的祷告聚会更叫我印象深刻。那实在是个震动天地的祷告聚会，或许我们中间有几位弟兄姊妹，当时也在那个聚会中。那一天众人全天禁食祷告，晚上就来在一起；那个祷告真是一个摸着宝座、震动阴府的祷告。当弟兄姊妹在那里祷告时，不是身体觉得有什么震动，乃是灵里觉得震动；那些祷告摸着神的宝座，也震动阴府的权势。所以，到了年初一那天大家传福音时，每个参加的人都感觉，那里不仅有神的能力，也有神的权柄，觉得神真是显明在那里。

　　仅仅三、四天后，我们就从人的口里得知，每一位在那个聚会中的人，都仆倒在神面前。人一到那个聚会中，就觉得有一股力量，叫人不得不仆倒。那个倒不是指身子倒在那里，乃是你这个人的意志完全仆倒顺服，你没有办法不接受他们所传的那位活的救主。他们给人看见，在这宇宙中有一股恶势力，就是撒但、魔鬼，他霸占人，捆绑人，没有一个人不在他的权下。然而，人如果要脱离他的手，只有一位能办得到，就是耶稣基督这位活的救主。

　　在那次之前，我们聚会已有十多年的历史，却从来没有一次受浸超过一百人，最多不过五十人。然而从那一天起，每个月有一次受浸，一次最少就是一百二十多位；几个月之久，月月都是这样。并且我能见证说，那次福音聚会里所得着的人，都是很厉害的得救。那一次得救的人，今天有好些都分散在各地事奉神。这就是召会传福音。

　　所以从那时起，我们就非常注重召会传福音，尤其注重新年传福音，因为新年通常是世人在撒但辖制之下，大肆狂欢的时候，也是撒但特别欺骗人的时候。召会在这个时候应该站起来，为着人的灵魂，为着神的国度，为着神的福音，为着神的名争战。所以，从那时候起，我们几乎是很严格的定规，全召会在新年时要传福音。我们就根本不随从风俗，过所谓的新年；我们是在过属灵的年，但没有过年的风俗。

　　在一九五八年末了，我们也定规过了十二月三十一日，第二天就是一九五九年，我们仍要过年，但我们要把所有过年的风俗，完全脱尽。主给我们亮光，看见我们既要和黑暗的权势争战，就不能跟随它的风俗。我们若是随着风俗，和世人一样过年，我们就已经落在它的手中，我们没有办法和它争战，更不能从它手下夺取它所霸占的灵魂。为着要和黑暗的权势争战，我们就丝毫不能沾染世俗，不能沾染过年的风俗。我们完完全全只站在神创造的年月里，一点不沾染撒但借着人发明的那些风俗，因为我们要站在神的这面来与撒但争战。趁着世人狂欢，玩耍的时候，我们要祷告，要传福音。我们不仅不随从世俗吃、喝、玩、乐，我们更要在这几天，特别的禁食；即使要吃饭也要非常简单。我们要把所有的时间、精神、力量，都摆在祷告、请客、带人得救、看望人、服事召会传福音的事上。众人都在那里全体出动。

　　十多年来，每一次召会有这样的实行时，都看见神特别的祝福，特别的同在。这不是倚靠一个大布道家能成就的；全召会乃是一个祭司体系，像一个属灵的军队，人人都在这件事上有分，所以是召会的福音。这样的福音不是专专倚靠一个站讲台的人，不是一个人的事，乃是全召会的事。这是根据圣经腓立比一章所说，在腓立比的信徒，在推广福音上一同有交通，也都同魂与福音的信仰一齐努力（5，27）。所以，腓立比的召会是个兴盛的召会，也是个喜乐的召会。盼望每一位在事奉里有分的弟兄姊妹，都接受一个负担，不是来听福音，而是来传福音。我们来到福音聚会中，不是要来看怎样传福音，乃是把属灵的肩膀摆在福音的负担下，和弟兄姊妹一同扛抬福音的柜。我们都在这里担负一个担子；这是全召会的事。
 
　In this chapter we will fellowship a few matters concerning preaching the gospel. The church has decided to hold a gospel campaign during the Chinese New Year. Gospel meetings will be held simultaneously in numerous meeting halls. Therefore, we will fellowship concerning the practice of the church preaching the gospel and the way that we have learned to preach the gospel.

　Nearly twenty years ago, in 1940, we received a clear revelation from the Lord that if we want the gospel to have impact, the whole church must preach the gospel. The first time the whole church rose up to preach the gospel was during the Chinese New Year of 1940. God’s presence was with us, and the whole church preached the gospel.

　Before we went out to preach the gospel, the church gathered together to fast and pray. In our prayer we touched heaven. I have attended numerous Christian prayer meetings over the past thirty years, but no meeting impressed me as much as that prayer meeting of the church. It shook the heavens and the earth. Perhaps some of the brothers and sisters here were present in that gathering. The saints fasted the whole day and came together in the evening to pray. Our prayer touched the throne of God and shook the power of Hades. We sensed this in our spirit. As a result of the prayer, everyone who participated on the first day felt the authority and power of God. We felt that God was manifested.

　The saints later testified that everyone who attended the gospel meeting prostrated themselves before God. As soon as a person arrived at the meeting, he felt compelled to prostrate himself before God. This was not a physical falling down but the complete submission of a person’s will. They could not help but receive the living Savior. In the gospel meeting we showed people that Satan, the devil, is an evil power in the universe, who has usurped man and put man in bondage. Everyone is under his authority. However, there is One who can deliver man out of the devil’s hand. This One is Jesus Christ, the living Savior.

　During the ten years prior to that gospel gathering, we never baptized more than fifty people in one month. But after that gathering we baptized at least one hundred twenty people every month for many months. In addition, everyone who was gained during that period experienced a dynamic salvation, and many are now serving full time in different places. This was the result of the church preaching the gospel.

　Since that time we have emphasized the whole church preaching the gospel, particularly during the New Year celebration. The New Year is a time when people in the world, who are under the usurpation of Satan, indulge in all kinds of pleasures and lusts. This is the time when Satan deceives people the most. Hence, the church should rise up during this time and fight for men’s souls and for God’s name, His gospel, and His kingdom. For this reason it was almost a rule that the whole church would preach the gospel during the New Year. We did not celebrate the New Year according to the custom of the world, because we do not accept the custom of celebrating New Year.

　We decided that at the end of this year, 1958, we will use the beginning of a new year to preach the gospel. Furthermore, we will not follow any of the customs of the world. The Lord has enlightened us to see that in order to fight against the authority of darkness we cannot follow the customs of the world. If we celebrate the New Year as the people in the world do, we will fall into the hand of Satan and will not be able to fight against him. Neither will we be able to capture the souls that are in his hand. Therefore, in order to fight against Satan’s authority of darkness, we must not be contaminated by worldly ways, such as the celebration of the New Year. We accept the years and months of God’s creation, but we will not be contaminated by the customs of the world. We are on God’s side to fight against Satan. While people in the world are eating, drinking, and making merry, we will pray and preach the gospel. Not only will we not eat, drink, or play as the world does, but even more, during that time we will fast. If we need to eat, our meals will be simple. We will devote all our time, energy, and strength to prayer and to invite people to gospel meetings, to lead them to salvation, to visit them, and to serve when the church preaches the gospel. All the saints will be mobilized in the gospel.

　For the past ten years we have seen the special blessing by God and His presence whenever the church practiced this. This practice is not carried out by depending on a great evangelist; instead, the whole church has the priesthood. The church is a spiritual army in which everyone participates. This is the gospel preaching of the church. It does not depend solely on one person speaking from the podium. It is a matter of the church, not an individual matter. This is what Philippians 1 says. The believers in Philippi had “fellowship unto the furtherance of the gospel” (v. 5), and “in one spirit, with one soul” they were “striving together along with the faith of the gospel” (v. 27). As a result, the church in Philippi was prosperous and full of joy. The brothers and sisters who take part in the service need to receive a burden. They should not come merely to listen to the gospel but to preach the gospel. We do not go to a gospel meeting to see how others preach the gospel. We have a burden for the gospel, and we bear the “Ark” of the gospel together with the other saints. We bear the same burden together. This is a matter for the whole church.
　　我们要按着次序，说一点传福音的事。首先，我们在主面前要有祷告。传福音乃是属灵的争战，不是仅仅道理能把人转过来。人不肯信主，完全是受撒但的欺骗。请想想看，不论从那一面说，信主都是上算的事；连不信的人也都知道这一点，当他们平心静气思量时，都知道一个人信耶稣，这是件好事情。信耶稣总是上算的事，但人竟然反对福音，竟然拒绝接受主，竟然不愿意相信。这个不信不是人的理智不清楚，而是撒但在人里面玩弄的一个手法；撒但欺骗人、蒙蔽人、霸占人、辖制人。所以，我们必须有够多的祷告；这个祷告不仅是求主给讲台有能力，更是摸着主的宝座，用祷告震动阴府的门，震动撒但的权势。

　　我们每一次屈膝在宝座前祷告时，都应该在那里说，“主，这一次召会传福音，求你事先震动撒但的国，震动人的心。”我们该有这样释放人灵魂的祷告，而不是在主面前苦苦哀求。这不仅是求的问题，我们更要看见基督是得胜的，我们是属主的，召会也是得胜的。主耶稣说，“天上地上所有的权柄，都赐给我了。所以你们要去，使万民作我的门徒。”（太二八18~19）主要我们往普天下去，传福音给万民听，叫他们作主的门徒。所以，今天不是哀哭的时候，乃是我们运用权柄的时候；我们可以运用权柄，因为天上地上所有的权柄都赐给我们了。这权柄原是赐给主的，但主托付了我们，我们就用这权柄对付黑暗的权势；我们该在主面前有这样的祷告，每一个人都应该有这样的祷告。
 
　We will now fellowship a few matters concerning preaching the gospel. When we preach the gospel, we first need to pray. Preaching the gospel is a matter of spiritual warfare. Merely preaching doctrine cannot turn a person. People do not believe in the Lord, because they are completely deceived by Satan. Even though unbelievers realize that there are benefits to believing in Jesus, they still oppose the gospel and reject the Lord. Their refusal to believe in Him is the result of Satan’s activity within them. Satan deceives, blinds, usurps, and controls men. For this reason we must pray. We must pray to touch the throne of God, rather than pray merely for a powerful message. We must pray to shake the gates of Hades, that is, to shake the authority of Satan.

　We should bow our knees and pray that the Lord would shake Satan’s kingdom and men’s hearts. Instead of asking the Lord and pleading with Him, our prayer should release people’s souls. This is more than asking. We belong to Christ who is victorious; therefore, we are also victorious. The Lord Jesus said, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and disciple all the nations” (Matt. 28:18-19). The Lord charged us to go and preach the gospel to all the people in the nations so that they may become the Lord’s disciples. Therefore, this is a time to exercise authority, not to cry and plead. We can exercise authority because all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to us. This authority was given to the Lord. Now the Lord has commissioned us to use this authority to deal with the authority of darkness. We should pray in this way. Every one of us should have such prayer.
　　其次，每一次传福音的时候，我们都需要洁净自己。我们要看见，不是你能洁净自己；这就说到要在主面前，接受主的光照，到主面前有对付，寻求主的洁净。当我们这样作的时候，我们要清楚，我们的良心若不清洁，我们的灵里若不够新鲜，这个福音是无法传的。我们若要传福音，就必须重新到主面前，一面奉献，一面对付，好让主光照我们，对付我们所有的罪，倒空全人，把我们里外的世界都清除干净。请记得，若是我们里头稍微有点和世界相通的地方，那就是我们和撒但相通。若是我们和仇敌相通、私通，怎能和仇敌争战？所以，我们必须和仇敌断绝，对付我们的罪，对付世界，倒空我们自己；这样，我们在主面前的祷告，撒但才会惧怕。

　　若不然，我们虽在那里祷告，撒但却在神面前控告我们。我们都知道约书亚的故事，当约书亚到神面前时，撒但也来了。撒但好像指给神看，“约书亚穿着污秽的衣服。”我们是没有办法对付撒但的。所以神说，“撒但哪，耶和华责备你！…这不是从火中抽出来的一根柴么？”神立即要人替约书亚换一身华美的衣袍（亚三1~4）。这样，约书亚才能站在神面前，对付神的仇敌，并且才能带领众人，建造神的殿。

　　我们要兴旺主的福音，不能仅记挂别人的灵魂，而忽略了我们自己在主面前的光景。这不仅是在人前要有好行为的问题，这也是在撒但跟前，对付撒但在人里头霸占的问题。我们传福音，就是要把人里头的撒但赶出去。传福音就是赶鬼；我们若要赶鬼，自己是不能和鬼相通、私通的。我们既要赶鬼，我们里头就不能留一条路给鬼进来；这是不可以的。所以，我们不仅要祷告，祷告时更要洁净自己，让主光照我们，对付我们，除去我们的罪。

　　主耶稣被卖的那一个晚上，彼得当着众人，“又不承认，起誓说，我不认得那个人。”（太二六71~72）你们想想看，彼得说这话时，有多少人在那里听见这话。然而过了五十天，他能站起来，并且是在同样的地方，就是在耶路撒冷，对以色列人传讲，指出他们弃绝了耶稣（徒三13~14）。在希腊文里，弃绝和不承认是同样的字，这也是彼得那天晚上所用的字眼。然而过了五十天，他定罪别人，他指出人否认了主，也弃绝了主。若是彼得没有得着赦免，若是彼得良心有亏，恐怕彼得是不敢说这话的。彼得会说，“五十天前，我也否认主，也弃绝祂，今天我怎敢站在众人跟前定别人这个罪？”这实在是因为彼得得着了洁净。

　　你我原来都是犯罪的，若是今天你还带着你的罪，还没有对付你的罪，不要说在讲台上不可以，即使是在讲台下和人谈福音，你的良心都会控告你，你还和世界相通，你怎能传这个福音。结果，你话说得不响亮，良心里也瘪了气，好像一只破鼓一样，打不响。我们知道破鼓是不响的，破的良心也是不响的。所以，我们的话要响亮，良心要无亏，就必须在主面前受对付，用宝血洗净我们的良心。我们的良心刚强，灵里也实在被充满，就定规是新鲜的。那时，我们即使是说些老生常谈的福音，比方说耶稣是救主，要悔改信耶稣等，但我们的味道是新鲜的，腔调是新鲜的，感觉也是新鲜的。人听见时，总会觉得有圣灵的能力。所以，我们若要好好传福音，就必须在主面前受对付。
 
　When we preach the gospel, we also need to be cleansed. However, we cannot cleanse ourselves. Being cleansed means that we should go to the Lord and receive His shining, confess our sins, and ask for cleansing. If our conscience is not clean and our spirit is not fresh, we cannot preach the gospel. In order to preach the gospel, we must go to the Lord and consecrate ourselves to Him so that He can shine on us. Then we can deal with our sins and empty our entire being to clear out everything of the world inside and outside of us. Any connection with the world is a link to Satan, and if we are in communication and collaboration with the enemy, we cannot fight against him. We must cut our ties to the enemy by dealing with our sins and the world in us. Then Satan will be fearful when we pray.

　Otherwise, Satan will accuse us before God when we pray. When Joshua the high priest stood before God in Zechariah 3:1-4, Satan was there also. Satan seemed to say to God, “Joshua is clothed with filthy garments.” On Joshua’s behalf, God said, “Jehovah rebuke you, Satan!...Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” God then asked the angels to remove Joshua’s filthy garments and clothe him with stately robes. Thus, Joshua could stand before God to deal with God’s enemy and lead the people to build God’s temple.

　If we want to preach the gospel in a prevailing way, we should not remember other people’s souls but neglect our own soul. This is not merely to have good behavior before men. It is a matter of dealing with Satan’s usurpation within man. We preach the gospel to chase out Satan from within men. To preach the gospel is to cast out demons. In order to cast out demons, we cannot have any connection or be in collaboration with them. They must not have any ground within us. Therefore, when we pray, we must be cleansed by allowing the Lord to enlighten us, deal with us, and cleanse us from our sins.

　On the night that the Lord Jesus was betrayed, Peter publicly denied the Lord with an oath and said, “I do not know the man!” (Matt. 26:71-72). Fifty days later Peter could stand in the same city of Jerusalem, preach to the Jews, and say to them that they had denied Jesus (Acts 3:13-14). The word denied in this passage is the same word used in relation to Peter when he denied the Lord. But after fifty days Peter was able to say to the Jews that they denied the Lord. If Peter did not receive the Lord’s forgiveness and have a clear conscience, he could not have spoken to the Jews in this way. Instead, he probably would have said, “I denied the Lord fifty days ago. I cannot hold you accountable for the same sin.” Peter did not say this, because he was cleansed.

　Formerly, we were sinners, but if we still live in our sins and do not deal with them, we will not be able to speak. Moreover, when we speak with others concerning the gospel, our conscience will accuse us of not being qualified to preach the gospel if we are still connected to the world. Consequently, we will lack the boldness to speak strongly. In order to have a good conscience so that we can speak with boldness, we must be cleansed in the precious blood of the Lord. When our conscience is strengthened and our spirit is filled, we will be living, and our words will be fresh, even if we only say, “Jesus is our Savior,” and “Repent and believe in Jesus.” When people hear us, they will feel the power of the Holy Spirit. Hence, if we want to preach the gospel, we must deal with the Lord.
　　按规矩，一个得救的人，在得救后不久，应该列一个名单，把自己的家人、亲友、和所认识的人列在上面。看看还有多少人是没有听过福音的，有多少人是尚未得救的，然后在主面前，依序为他们提名祷告；这是众人都该作的。每一位弟兄姊妹都该如此，最低限度应该把主的福音，传遍自己的邻舍，传遍自己的亲友，这是不能推托的。召会广传福音的确是好事，是给弟兄姊妹一个绝佳的机会，能带亲友得救。所以，众人都得回到主面前，把自己的亲友列一个名单，照着这个名单为他们祷告。

　　同时，要为着主的缘故，按时去邀约他们，这就是请客。可以用召会的请帖，也可以用福音单张，或是有别的印刷品也可以带给他们。在福音聚会前，有些弟兄姊妹需要花一点时间，花一点力气，甚至花一点钱财，请这些福音对象吃饭。比方要来的主日就要传福音了，虽然我们请了朋友，但他们是不容易来的。这时，我们就需要在聚会当天，请他们到家里吃饭，或是一同出去吃饭，然后用车子把他们载去听福音，这就让他们完全没机会推托。

　　如果你只是邀请人听福音，人也答应你，结果当天他到别的地方去了。有的人则推托说，他本来是要赴会的，但正巧同学来了，拖得他没有办法抽身等。这些推辞的话，只有魔鬼知道，我们不知道。所以，我们去请他们时，要作得比魔鬼还厉害。我们要告诉他们，我们请他们听福音，当天要先请他们吃饭，借此把他们黏住。所以，我们都要请福音朋友吃饭，为他们费财费力。我们若都如此行，定规会有功效，圣灵会与我们同在；我们都要为福音花一点力量。
 
　After a person is saved, he should make a list of his friends, relatives, and acquaintances who are not saved and have not heard the gospel. He should then pray for them one by one. We should all do this. Without exception, we should preach the gospel to all our friends, relatives, and neighbors. When the church preaches the gospel, the saints have an excellent opportunity to lead their friends and relatives to salvation. This is the reason that we should make a list of our friends and relatives and pray for them.

　At an appropriate time we should also invite our friends, relatives, and neighbors to a gospel meeting. We can use an invitation card printed by the church or a gospel tract. We should even invite our gospel friends for a meal before the gospel meeting. Otherwise, our friends might not attend the meeting. But if we invite them to our home for a meal, we can take them to the meeting. They will not be able to make any excuses.

　It is worthwhile to spend time and money on our gospel friends. If we do this, the Holy Spirit will be with us. We need to exert some effort for the gospel.
　　在福音聚会里，我们需要有招待的人。因为人一进会所大门，首先看见的，就是招待。今天在人群社会中，无论作什么，总要有作什么的面孔。比方结婚，要有结婚的面孔，就是喜洋洋的；但有的人在结婚场合中，那个面孔看起来，好像苦楚满怀，这实在是羞辱结婚的人。有时，我们看见在福音聚会中，作招待的弟兄姊妹面无表情，这就没有福音的面孔，不能叫人看见福音。有人问说，什么是福音面孔呢？那就是你祷告得够多，你福音的面孔就出来了。

　　你在作招待之先，要在主面前有祷告，有对付，让里面福音的灵把你充满；如此，不必人教你，你在那里作招待时，笑容得体，鞠躬得体，引人入座也得体，无论你怎么作，人都感觉到福音的味道。那是学不来，也是教不来的；这非要给福音的灵充满不可。福音的灵一充满，你的面孔就是福音的面孔，你的鞠躬就是福音的鞠躬，你的引座也是个福音的引座。人要觉得这个真好；虽然他不会说“福音”两个字，但他觉得这真是别有风味。

　　这不像结婚场合，也不像什么宴会。人虽说不出所以然来，但总觉别有风味。那个别有风味，就是圣灵，也就是福音。每一位作招待的弟兄姊妹，都应该有这个光景。然而，我们常常看见那些作福音招待的人，面容冷峻，好像会所是个衙门。这是不合宜的。作招待的，必须在主面前有够多的祷告，祷告到他这个人是融化的，给福音融化了，只要看见一个人进到会所里，就觉得非常宝贵。

　　比方衡阳街那些店铺里的售货员，他们一看见顾客进来，就非常热切的招呼客人，给人感觉那就是个售货员的面孔，人会喜欢买他们的货。原本人可能只想买一件，结果买了五件。这就是个好售货员。在福音聚会里作招待的人，也该如此，总要叫人感觉到聚会来，非信耶稣不可。人看到这个招待的面孔，不必听福音，也不必唱诗歌，就在里头被摸了一下，动了一下；这样，他的心就软了。若是招待的面孔冷峻，人一看见心就被扎了两下，不仅不想听福音，即便是诗歌也不想唱，里头就已经厌烦；这就是招待伤了他的心，使他不能接受福音。这不是笑话，而是我们已往所看过、所遇过的。所以，我们都需要有一点学习，要在主面前有这个灵，并且有好的祷告，才能作个称职的招待。
 
　In the gospel meeting some saints should serve as ushers. When people enter the meeting hall, the first ones whom they see are the ushers. A person needs the right demeanor in every situation. In a wedding we should be joyful. People who look miserable and sad in a wedding are an insult to those who are getting married. Sometimes the ushering brothers and sisters are expressionless. They lack “the face of the gospel.” This hinders people from seeing the gospel. When we spend enough time in prayer, we will have the face of the gospel.

　Before we serve as an usher, we should pray and deal with the Lord so that we are filled with the spirit of the gospel. Then there will be no need for others to teach us how to usher. We will smile, greet people, and escort them to their seats in a proper way. In everything we do, people will sense the flavor of the gospel. This is not something that we can imitate or be taught. We can have the flavor of the gospel only by being filled with the spirit of the gospel. Once we are filled with the spirit of the gospel, our face will become the face of the gospel, our greeting will become the greeting of the gospel, and our ushering will be according to the gospel. This makes people feel pleasant. They will sense a special flavor.

　This flavor cannot be found in a wedding or a party. This special flavor is the Holy Spirit and is also the gospel. Every saint who ushers should have this flavor. However, they often appear cold and stern, as if they are in a court of law. This is not appropriate. The ushers have to pray until their inward being is melted by the gospel. Then they will treasure every person who comes to the meeting hall.

　All the salesclerks in the shops on Heng-Yang Street in Taipei warmly welcome the customers who enter their store. This encourages people to buy things from them. Some customers who only planned to buy one thing end up buying more because of the salespeople. The ushers should also be like this in a gospel meeting. The ushers should make people feel that they must believe in Jesus. The people who see an usher with a gospel face are touched and moved inwardly, before they even hear the gospel or sing a hymn. Their heart is softened. When people see a cold and stern face, however, they feel cold within and do not want to hear the gospel or sing. An usher can wound the heart of a new one and hinder him from receiving the gospel. This is not a joking matter. We have experienced this. Therefore, the ushers need to learn to have a spirit of the gospel through thorough prayer so that they can be proper ushers.
　　在福音聚会里，有一件事就是陪坐，坐在福音朋友旁边。我们都是得救的人，也都是事奉的人，当我们来到福音聚会，不该都坐在一起，乃该与福音朋友同坐。最好是一个福音朋友，一个已经信主的，交错的坐。无论如何，总需要有弟兄姊妹，在福音朋友中间陪他们坐。所以，当我们入座时，要记得看看周围的人。若是旁边坐了一位新面孔的，或是位福音朋友，就要学习和他交谈。或许这人已经听了多次福音，或许是第一次来，有的或者已经得救多年，我们就可以给他们一些帮助。总之，这种传福音的聚会，和常聚会的弟兄姊妹坐在一起，是不合宜的；总不要彼此黏在一起，因为福音朋友是需要照顾的。这个我们都要学，并且要灵活。

　　到了福音聚会开始，总是要先唱些福音诗歌，你们要帮助福音朋友跟着唱；你们若是很自然的唱，他们就会随着你们唱。千万不要太过热心，或操之过急，否则会变作粗鲁。更不要有事不关己的味道，好像唱诗不是你的事，自顾自的坐在那里，既不管别人，自己也不唱。结果坐你旁边的人，自然也不唱。领诗的弟兄没有办法，只好大声疾呼的说，“唱啊，请大家一起开口，大声唱啊。”

　　所以，你们陪坐的时候，一定要非常灵活，要在灵里。唱诗时就要一起唱，并且声音不要太低，也不要太高，总要注意旁边的人怎么唱。若是他声音唱得高，你就要与他配合；若是他唱得低，你就唱得低，这样就会很好听。然而有时，旁边的一位唱得太低了，你们就要合式的带一带他。若是他唱得不清楚，你们就要唱得清楚一点。这些我们都要学；千万不要以为这是很轻、很小的事。

　　三十多年前，我听见过一个真实地故事，那使我在学习传福音的事上，得到很大的帮助。故事说到美国大布道家慕迪先生，有一次在一个地方，和一位太太谈到信主得救的事。谈到一个很关键的时候，外面忽然下起雨来。我若记得不错，应该就在这时候，有位姊妹带着雨伞走进那间谈话的房间，并且顺手把雨伞放在旁边。可能是放得太用力了，这把伞发出了声音。慕迪先生和那位太太正谈到关键的时候，若是传得好，人就得救了。然而那时，突如其来的雨伞的响声，打岔了人的注意力，影响了这位太太，她就转过身去看是怎么回事。慕迪先生说，“自从那个时候起，我就无法带这位太太得救。”

　　这如同中国人炸油条一样，炸油条的秘诀，就是要把油条炸得非常脆，还能炸到又胖又大，使里头不仅有空气，并且是越薄越好。这其中是有一个关键，到了那关键时刻，是不能打岔的，要一鼓作气才能炸得出来。若是受到打岔，油条就炸不好了。所以，传福音不是要人大喊大叫，传福音乃是摸人的灵的事。这灵是非常细嫩的，是碰不得的，一碰就伤了。我们请人听福音时，不仅要将人当作一个病人看，还要把他们当作一个很嫩的人，是碰不得，也伤不得的。所以，你们在福音聚会里，无论是招待，或是陪坐，一切的举动都要非常谨慎，非常柔细，不要伤到福音朋友的感觉。

　　此外，在福音聚会中唱诗、祷告时，我曾看见有人太热心，急于要福音朋友与我们一样，就要求人闭起眼睛，或低下头和我们一同祷告。其实，这些事都不可太勉强。只要你自己低下头祷告，别人低头不低头，闭眼不闭眼，你不要太在意，也不要太勉强他们，倒要容让。要相信，你的敬虔是会影响人的，所以别人作不作，就由着他们里头的感觉，不要伤到他们。我曾见过有人，一直拍福音朋友的肩膀，对他说，“要低头，要低头。”事实上，即使他的头低下，眼睛也闭上，但他的灵被你伤了，又如何呢？这会令他觉得非常讨厌，不愿意再来听福音，因为他受到了勉强，感觉受伤了。这是实在的故事，也是陪坐的该注意，该有所讲究的事；所以，我们都必须学习细一点。

　　再者，聚会中的听道也是大有讲究的。我们能影响旁边的人受感动，也能打岔旁边的人，使他们受搅扰。有时不必多，只是那么咳嗽一下，就会使人受到影响。比方福音讲台正讲到关键的时候，听的人也聚精会神在那里听，忽然有人咳嗽一声，把这福音朋友的感觉打断了，再继续听下去，就没有心了。有些弟兄姊妹的确会作这样的事，当讲道正在关键的时候，他忽然打起呵欠，或打个喷嚏，打断了人的感觉。或是正在关键的时候，人听得很入神，圣灵就在那里感动他，结果旁边的人腿一伸，把凳子摇了一下，就打岔了人的相信。这些彼此都有关系，所以，陪坐的人要非常机警，听讲台上讲道时，要替旁边的人受感动，替他们祷告。

　　人是有动物群聚的习性，这习性是很有讲究的。好比两只猫从来没有见过面，但它们碰在一起，若是这只往西走，另一只也会往西走，彼此间自然会受影响。又如今天若是你们在这里笑得很开心，也会引发我笑的情绪；若是你们哭，我也会想哭。在福音聚会中，若是你好好听道，坐在你旁边的人都会受你影响；你受感动，他们也会受感动，这是很希奇的。

　　在一次聚会中，我坐在后面，正要记讲台上所释放的话。然而，坐在我前面的一位弟兄，不知什么缘故，全身像被过电一样，不住地发抖。结果，坐在他旁边的人自然受影响，无法专心。我这坐在他后面的人，也受了打岔。我就想，即使有人在聚会中很受感动，被这位弟兄这样抖个不停，感觉也没有了。这是我们常常要学的。站过讲台的人都知道，讲台下的光景是很影响讲台的。当讲台上讲得正起劲时，若台下有人东张西望，这个道就讲不下去，甚至连回头再讲都不可能了。这是很希奇的事，所以我们都要学习。

　　在福音聚会里听讲的时候，我们要很轻巧的注意人的感觉，看人是怎样受感动，是在那一点受感动；或是讲到什么地方人有疑问，人拒绝。这些我们都要从旁观察，都要能知道。如此，就能帮助我们与人谈话，也就能知道人的情形，知道他对什么点是接受的，对什么点是有疑问的。比方他对神没有问题了，对罪也没有问题了，他里面已经被神折服了，这时，我们就不必再费工夫去谈这个，而知道该从那里继续谈下去。这就是在聚会里陪人的用处；我们都需要学这个实在的功课。

　　到福音聚会末了，讲台上可能要这些朋友们有些表示，是要他们站起来，还是要他们举手，或是要他们低头祷告，这些与陪坐的人都有很大的关系。有些弟兄姊妹认为无论福音朋友有没有表示，那完全是圣灵的工作，不是他们的事。若是圣灵作工，福音朋友就会有所表示，若是圣灵不作工，就不会有表示；好像这些都不是他们的事。这个态度是不对的。另有一些人又是太过热心，福音朋友不愿意站起来表示，他们就在后面用手推人站起来；可能这位朋友本来有八成想要站起来，剩下两成若有人合式的帮助，就把他带起来了，然而这么一推，就引起了他的反感，叫他根本不想站起来了。所以，这些都要作得很得体才行。福音朋友愿不愿意站起来，愿不愿意有所表示，与旁边的人有很大的关系。有时我们只要很自然的顺着人的感觉，人是会愿意听我们的。

　　一九四一年底，我在一个地方传福音，会中坐着一位太太。这位太太的先生得救了，还在那地方兴起了一个聚会，他的同事和同事的太太们，差不多都因着他的影响得救了。然而他的太太就喜欢看电影、打牌、交际、宴客，在世界里玩乐。虽然她的先生得救，脱离了老旧的生活，她却非常不高兴，所以一直没有相信主。有一次，这位弟兄请我们到他家爱筵，他太太却给我们摆上冷饭冷菜。我们几位同工对那位弟兄说，“弟兄，感谢赞美主。”然后，我们一同吃完了那顿饭。

　　这位弟兄和她太太原是住在海关的宿舍，这些和他们同住的同事们，就去邀请这位太太，硬是把她请到那次召会的福音聚会中。她一来到会中，全会众的眼睛几乎都注意到她，也就为她祷告。我们看见那天圣灵实在作工，她不仅听完了福音信息，在聚会结束前，请福音朋友表示愿否相信时，这位太太的面孔一阵红，一阵紫的，在那里一直的变。我知道其中的故事，就不结束聚会收尾的唱诗，唱了一遍，又再唱一遍，给大家一个机会。我们就看见圣灵真是作工，这位太太太就有点坐不住，实在要站起来了。那天也真是奇妙，这位太太带了小女儿来，圣灵就用她作陪坐的。这个小女孩虽不懂什么，却对妈妈说，“妈妈，我替你站起来好了。”她一边说一边就把妈妈带起来，这位太太最终就跟着站起来了。这就是陪坐的力量，很自然的把人带起来了。

　　那一天，这位太太一站起来，整个福音聚会的空气就打开了。这位太太得救后不久，又请我们爱筵。这次不是先生提议，乃是太太提议，所以全都是热菜、热饭，实在是全家蒙恩。这给我们看见，那位小女孩陪坐的影响和功劳是何等的大。所以，在福音聚会里陪坐时，要学习会看人的反应，并要作得很得体。有时要稍微体贴一点，有时要稍微看看旁边朋友的反应；总之，这些都要作得很自然。到了适当的时候，就需要你点点头帮助人站起来，这时也要作得很文雅。
 
　Another service in the gospel meeting is to sit with our gospel friends. We are believers and serving ones. When we come to a gospel meeting, we should sit with our gospel friends, not with the saints. It is best for every gospel friend to have a saint sitting beside them. The saints should always sit with the gospel friends. We should look for new faces in the meeting and converse with them. Perhaps the new ones have heard the gospel many times, or maybe this is their first time. Whatever their situation, we can always render some assistance. It is not appropriate for the saints to sit together in a gospel meeting, apart from the new ones. We have to care for the gospel friends. We need to learn and be flexible.

　At the beginning of the gospel meeting, we always sing a few songs. We should help the gospel friends to sing. If we sing, the gospel friend will also sing. We should not be overzealous or hasty, nor should we be indifferent to the new ones when we sing. This will cause them not to sing. This will also force the brother leading the singing to ask everyone to sing loudly.

　We have to learn to be flexible and exercise our spirit when we sit with a gospel friend. We should sing when it is time to sing and be attentive to their situation. If he sings softly, we should sing softly. If he sings too softly, we should encourage him to sing a little louder. If he does not sing clearly, we can help him by singing clearly. This requires much experience. We should not think that this is a light and trivial matter.

　I heard of a story thirty years ago about the American evangelist D. L. Moody that has helped me preach the gospel. Once he was speaking with a woman concerning salvation. As he began to reach a crucial point in his preaching of the gospel, it began to rain. Shortly thereafter, a sister walked into the room where he was and loudly closed her umbrella. This noise distracted the woman, and she did not receive the gospel. Mr. Moody said, “From that time until now, I have not been able to lead her to salvation.”

　This can also be compared to preparing a Chinese breakfast pastry. The best pastry is crisp, puffy, full of air, and very thin. A person who is preparing these pastries must not be interrupted; otherwise, the pastry will be ruined. Preaching the gospel does not require that we shout. It is a matter of touching people’s spirit. The Spirit is gentle and cannot be rushed. When we invite a friend to hear the gospel, we should be gentle with him. Whether we usher or sit with the gospel friends, we have to be sensitive to their future.

　Some saints are too zealous and anxious during the singing and prayer time. They ask the gospel friends to close their eyes or bow their head when it is time to pray. We should not force our gospel friends to do anything. If we want to bow our head and pray, it should not matter whether others bow their head or close their eyes. We should be general and not force our friends to do anything. They will be influenced by our behavior. We should give them the freedom to follow their own feeling. I once saw a brother repeatedly pat the shoulder of a gospel friend and say that he should bow his head, but it will not do any good for him to bow his head if his spirit is closed. Our behavior may even annoy him and cause him to not come to another meeting. We should be careful when we sit next to a gospel friend. We must learn to be sensitive.

　We also need to consider how we listen to the message in a gospel meeting. Our behavior can distract and disturb the ones sitting next to us. Sometimes even a cough can distract them. It can cause people to lose their concentration, and they will be unable to follow the message at a crucial point. Some saints suddenly yawn or sneeze at a key moment in the message. When a gospel friend is listening attentively and the Holy Spirit is moving and operating within him, the person next to the gospel friend can suddenly stretch his legs or move his chair. This can frustrate the gospel friend from believing. Such seemingly small things can make a difference. Hence, we must be alert when we sit next to a gospel friend. While we listen to the message, we should be praying for our gospel friends.

　Human beings have a social nature. If one person laughs, others are affected by the laughter, and if a person cries, others are affected. If we listen attentively in a gospel meeting, the one next to us will be affected, and if we are touched by the message, he will also be touched. This is a marvelous phenomenon.

　One time in a meeting the brother sitting in front of me began to shake violently. Consequently, everyone sitting around him was affected and could not concentrate; I also could not concentrate or write down the words that were being spoken. Even if some in the meeting were touched by the message, the violent shaking caused them to lose their concentration. Hence, we should learn how to conduct ourselves in a meeting. The brothers who speak from the podium know that those who are listening can affect their speaking. A brother or sister who is consistently looking around can disrupt the speaker and cause him to lose his train of thought. This is inexplicable, but it happens. We need to learn from this.

　When we listen to a gospel message, we need to be keen to sense the feeling of the gospel friends in order to see if they are touched by the message or if they may have a question that causes them to reject the message. We need to learn to observe. Our observation will help us to speak with them in order to know their situation. Suppose a gospel friend is subdued by God, and it is clear that he has no problem with the existence of God or the matter of sin. If this is his situation, we should not waste time on these matters; rather, we should lead him to the Lord. This is the reason that we need to accompany our gospel friends and sit next to them in the meeting. We need to learn this practical lesson.

　At the end of a gospel meeting, sometimes the speaker asks the gospel friends to respond by standing up, raising their hand, or bowing their head to pray. Some saints think that it does not matter whether the gospel friends respond. They consider that this should depend on the Holy Spirit only. They assume that if the Holy Spirit operates, the gospel friends will respond, but if the Holy Spirit is not working, they will not respond. They think that they cannot influence their gospel friends’ response. This is not a proper attitude. However, there are also brothers and sisters who are too zealous. If a gospel friend is unwilling to stand, they push him to stand up. It may be that he was willing to stand up with a little encouragement. However, if he is pushed too much, he will become offended and not stand up. We need to be sensitive to the situation. The willingness of a gospel friend to stand up and respond has much to do with the saint sitting next to him. If we are proper, the gospel friend often will listen to us.

　Toward the end of 1941 I preached the gospel in a meeting, and a middle-aged woman was in the audience. Her husband was saved and had even begun a meeting in that town. Many of his colleagues and their wives were also saved, but his wife loved the pleasures of the world and enjoyed going to movies, playing mah-jongg, and having parties. She was not happy that her husband was saved and no longer lived according to his old manner of life. Consequently, she was unwilling to believe in the Lord. When the brother invited some brothers to his home for a meal, she even served cold leftovers.

　This brother and his wife lived in a dormitory provided by the Chinese Customs Office. His colleagues, who also lived in the same dormitory, invited and urged the wife to attend a gospel meeting. In the meeting all the saints were praying for her and saw the working of the Holy Spirit. She listened to the message, and when it was time to respond, she could not sit still in her seat. Her youngest daughter, who accompanied her to the meeting, helped her respond. She said to her mother, “Mom, I will stand up for you.” Eventually, the mother stood up. This example demonstrates the usefulness of sitting with gospel friends.

　Not long after the wife was saved, she invited some saints to her home for a hot meal. Their household received much grace. This shows that in a gospel meeting we must learn to observe the reactions of the people whom we sit next to and respond appropriately. Everything we do should be spontaneous. If, at the appropriate time, we need to nod our head and help someone to stand up, we need to do it with grace.
　　等到福音朋友都作过表示，诗歌也结束后，就到末了一段，最重要的福音谈话。简要的说，福音谈话里有几个技术的点，是值得我们注意的。首先，谈话的题目应该是那天福音聚会的讲台。其次，谈话的时候要顺着谈话的人。比方这位福音朋友是要谈神的，你们就不要提起罪。我们曾经看见，福音朋友一直在问到底神是怎么回事，在旁的弟兄姊妹却一直要讲伯利恒在什么地方。这是不宜的，因为福音谈话不是照着我们的喜欢，乃是照着谈话的对象在那个时候谈了什么，我们就要顺着他。譬如，他说没有神，我们不要太和他辩论，乃要稍微转他的弯。有的问题我们可以顺着他，但有的不能顺着他，比方他若亵渎神，我们就不能顺着他，否则福音就不要传了。

　　这几点请弟兄姊妹要注意。特别要避免与人争辩，辩论是没有用处的，也是无法解决问题的。所以，对那些会引起辩论的问题，我们不要答复，也无需答复，因为无法解决。我们只需要在积极一面，与人多说一点；这是我们应该注意的。
 
　The most important part of the meeting is after the gospel friends respond and the singing is concluded. This part is related to our gospel conversation. There are a few points that require our attention. First, the topic of our conversation should be focused on the message of the gospel meeting. Second, we should be sensitive to the feeling of the gospel friend. For example, if the gospel friend wants to speak about God, we should not bring up the matter of sin. I once observed a gospel friend who wanted to know about God, but the saints kept speaking about Bethlehem. This was inappropriate to that person’s need. The topic of a gospel conversation should meet the need of the gospel friend, not our interest. If he says that there is no God, we should not argue with him but help him see the truth. Furthermore, we should not be silent if he blasphemes God.

　For the most part, we should avoid arguing with the gospel friends. Arguments are useless and cannot solve any problem. We should not reply to issues that stir up debate. There is no solution to these issues. Instead, we should focus on positive things and engage our friends in positive issues. We should pay attention to this.
　　福音谈话确实是有其步骤，这个步骤不外乎几点：第一，要带人认识神，承认有神。第二，要带人承认耶稣基督就是这位神。有的人不信有神，但有的人信有神，却不信耶稣基督就是这位神。第三，要带人承认自己是个罪人。不仅是笼统的说他有罪，更要带他感觉自己有罪，自己是个罪人。第四，要带人承认十字架的救赎，给他看见主如何钉在十字架上，如何流血洗净人的罪。第五，要带人相信，也就是要带他承认自己的罪，并接受主耶稣作他的救主。到了这时，已经是到了信的步骤；若是可能，就要带他有一点祷告，但是不要勉强人。这个祷告是要承认罪，要接受主的。若是人不会祷告，最好的方法，就是你对他说，“我祷告一句，你跟着我祷告一句。”你祷告，让他跟着你，但这也不要勉强。此外，更不要勉强人一定要跪下祷告，这是需要顺乎自然的。有的人愿意跪就随着他跪，有的人不愿意，就坐在那里也是可以的。这完全要自自然然的，完全要看人里头信的感觉到了什么地步。

　　末了，要带人知道得救的把握；这得救的把握就是得救的证实，得救的凭据，也就是神的话。我们总要带人抓住一句神的话，或是让一句神的话抓住他；这样，他就能凭神的话，得知他的罪得着了赦免，或是凭神的话知道他是得救的人，是得着重生的人。所以，福音谈话的六个要点，就是相信有神、相信耶稣基督就是神、看见人有罪、承认十字架的救赎、并带人相信、接受主。这包括了悔改、认罪、祷告，末了就是得救的证实。然而，不是我们陪每个人，或碰到每个人，都一定用这六点，那会太呆板。我们无论作什么，总要活。

　　当你碰到一个人，要先摸他里头的感觉。好比有位福音朋友在这里，你一摸他，就知道他这个人对神没有问题，对耶稣是真神也没有问题。不过，他对自己的罪还不太有感觉。在这个点上，你就要摸他罪的感觉。然而，要摸人罪的感觉，技术上是很有讲究的。你不能质问人说，“难道你没有罪么？”人即使有天大的罪，也会硬着头皮说，“我没有罪，我是凭着良心的。”结果，这种谈话自然谈不下去。

　　我们需要温和的，以智慧的方法对人说到罪。我们可以用人对父母的态度，说到关于罪的事，让人安静下来，摸自己的良心。好比无论我们怎样完全，都可想想，我们是如何对待父母的。我们对父母总有亏欠，即使是最孝顺的儿女，对父母还是有亏欠。这不是要定人的罪，乃是要摸人的良心，让人没有话说。在这样的谈话中，你没有触犯到人的感觉，也没有触犯人的怒气，然而你的话确实能摸着人的感觉。有时，你也可以谈到人的思想，说，“好比有时我们会有贪心，有不洁净的思想；一个人无论如何正派，都不能说他的思想都是干净的。”然而，这不是要你用辩论的口吻和他辩论；乃是要你摸他的感觉，说一点现实的事，来摸他的感觉。有时圣灵作工，就给你们摸到了；他不仅觉得自己有罪，也肯承认自己的罪。

　　如此，头三点都有了；这个人承认有神，承认耶稣基督是神，也承认自己有罪。然而，他对于主耶稣的救赎，认识得不够。这时，你们就要说到十字架，带他认识十字架。或者前四点他都有了，十字架也没有问题，并且告诉你，福音他早就听懂了，但是他这个人，听是听过，好像也赞成，却还没有具体的信。说到相信，他还是差了一步。他没有伏在神面前，承认自己的罪，用祷告接受他自己所赞成的。这时你就需要叮嘱他两句，好像一个人吃饭，很赞扬这个饭，很欣赏那个汤，但仍需要把饭吃下去，把汤喝下去才行。我们要怎样吃法，怎样喝法呢？这就需要祷告。我们就可以带这位朋友一同祷告，对他说这个就是相信，就是接受。

　　现在，这个人有了前面四点，也有了信，但你问他得救的把握，他说不出来，也不知道自己到底得救没有。他实在认过罪，接受耶稣作救主，但对于罪得着赦免没有，他不知道，对自己得救了没有，他也不清楚。这时，你就要带他读几节圣经，证明给他看，人一相信，罪就得着赦免；人一相信就得救，信入了就有永远的生命，一有永远的生命就永不灭亡。比方约翰十章二十八节说，“我又赐给他们永远的生命，他们必永不灭亡。”这类圣经节，平常我们要多预备一点，到了有需要时，就可以打开圣经，读一点给他们听。往往只要这样几节圣经，就很够用。

　　再比方，有人一直觉得自己的罪没有得着赦免，这时，你们可以选读约壹一章九节：“我们若认自己的罪，神是信实的，是公义的，必要赦免我们的罪，洗净我们一切的不义。”你就可以问这位朋友：“你有没有认你的罪？”他说，“认过了。”再问：“那这里神怎么说？”他说，“这里说神是信实的，是公义的，我们若认自己的罪，神必定赦免，必定洗净我们。”再问他：“你认了没有？”若是他说认了，继续追问：“那神赦免了没有？洗净了没有？”你用这个话引导他接受神的话。神的话是说，神是信实的，是公义的，只要你一认自己的罪，祂就赦免，就洗净；这是很清楚地。神的话既是如此清楚，我们都应该相信这话。如同人接受一张支票，支票上明示，见票即付某某人多少钱，你就应该相信这事。你不能把这张支票拿在手里，却说自己没有钱；若是你说自己没有钱，就是不信支票上的话。

　　我们都要相信神在圣经里的说话，要带人接受一句话。若是你能这样作，你就会得开启并且积极的带人。关于这样的谈话，不仅是在福音聚会结束时，即使在福音聚会之外，平常我们去看望的时候，都是同样的原则，都要注意这些点。我们要学习顺着人，避免和人辩驳，也不要提起很多问题，更不要太重在回答人的问题，总要摸着人在福音的程度上是如何；是在第一层、第二层、第三层、第四层、第五层、还是第六层？要学习摸人的感觉，一步一步，一层一层的带领他。
 
　There are several steps in a gospel conversation. We should lead people to know God and acknowledge that God exists. We should lead people to confess that Jesus Christ is God. Some people do not believe that God exists, and others believe that God exists but do not believe that Jesus Christ is God. We should also lead people to confess that they are sinners in more than a general way. We should help them feel that they have sinned and admit that they are sinners. We should also lead people to acknowledge the redemption of the cross by showing them how the Lord died on the cross and shed His blood to wash them of their sins. Furthermore, we should lead people to believe into the Lord, confess their sins, and receive the Lord Jesus as their Savior. When we follow these five steps, the gospel friend is ready to believe, and we can lead him to have a short prayer. However, we should not force him to pray. The prayer is for the gospel friend to confess his sins and receive the Lord. If he does not know how to pray, we can lead him to repeat after us. However, we should not force him to pray. We should never insist that he kneel down to pray. If the gospel friend wants to kneel down, we can kneel down with him, but if he has no such sense, he can pray while sitting. Whatever we do depends on the gospel friend’s sense.

　Finally, we should lead our gospel friend to know that he is saved. This assurance of salvation, or proof of salvation, is in the Word of God. We must help him with at least one verse in the Bible so that he knows that his sins are forgiven and that he has eternal life. Hence, in our gospel conversation we need to lead people to believe in the existence of God, to believe that Jesus Christ is God, to see that man has sins, to acknowledge the redemption of the cross, and to believe and receive the Lord, which includes repentance and the confession of sins through prayer, and to have the assurance of salvation. We do not need to be legal and include all six points in every conversation. We need to be living in the application of these points.

　When we speak with someone, we must first sense his feeling. For example, a gospel friend may have no problem with the existence of God and even know that Jesus is the true God. But he may not have much feeling in regard to his sins. We should help him touch his feeling concerning sins. It requires much skill to help a person touch his feeling concerning sins. We should not interrogate him and ask whether he thinks that he has no sins. Even a person who has committed a gross sin will deny it. When a person is put in a position of denying his sin out of a guilty conscience, there is no way to continue the conversation. Consequently, we need to speak wisely with others concerning sin. We can use our own experience of our attitude toward our parents as an example when we speak of sins. This will help our gospel friends touch their conscience. No matter how perfect a person is, if he considers how he has treated his parents, he will realize that he is not without blame. Even the best child in the world is short with regard to his parents. We should not condemn our gospel friends, but we should touch their conscience and leave them with no excuse. We should touch their feeling and not offend them or provoke them to anger. We can also use our thoughts as another illustration. We may say that sometimes we are covetous, and our thoughts are unclean. No matter how decent and upright a person is, he cannot claim that his thoughts are always clean. We should not begin a debate in an argumentative tone, but we should touch his feeling. We should also give him an example in our practical daily life in order to touch his feeling. Sometimes the Holy Spirit will work in him to touch his feeling. As a result, he will not only feel that he has sins but also confess his sins.

　Suppose a person admits that there is God, that Jesus Christ is God, and that he has sins, but he does not sufficiently know the redemption of the Lord Jesus. We should begin to speak of the cross and lead him to know the cross. Perhaps he has no problems with the cross, and he also understands the gospel. He may agree with the gospel but not have believed in the Lord. He lacks the step of believing. He has not prostrated himself before God to confess his sins and receive God. At this time we may use an illustration and say that it is not enough to prepare a meal and admire it; we still need to eat it. In order to eat the Lord Jesus, we need to pray. We can then lead him in prayer and say to him that this is to believe in and receive the Lord Jesus.

　This person now has received the Lord Jesus and also has faith. However, he does not have the assurance of his salvation. He does not know for sure that he is saved. He has confessed his sins and received the Lord Jesus as his Savior, but he does not have the assurance that his sins are forgiven or that he is saved. Hence, we should lead him to read a few verses in the Bible to show him that when a person believes in the Lord Jesus, his sins are forgiven. Once a person believes, he is saved and has eternal life. To have eternal life means that we will never perish. We can use John 10:28, which says, “I give to them eternal life, and they shall by no means perish forever.” We should be prepared with verses like this so that when the time is right, we can open the Bible and read the verses. Usually it is sufficient to use only a few verses.

　Here is another example. Suppose a gospel friend feels that his sins are not forgiven. We can read 1 John 1:9, which says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Then we can ask him whether he confessed his sins. If he says that he did, we can ask him what God says about that and then have him read the verse. We can ask him again in order to help him receive the Word of God. We can also explain that since God is faithful and righteous, as soon as we confess our sins, God will forgive and cleanse us. This word in the Bible is very clear. We should believe the clear word in the Bible. This can be compared to receiving a check. An amount of money is clearly written on the check. We should believe what is written on the check. We should not hold the check in our hand and say that we do not have money. To do this means that we do not believe what is written on the check.

　We should all believe the words of God in the Bible, and we must learn to lead people to receive the word in the Bible. If we exercise to do so, we will receive light and will also lead others in a positive way. We should practice conversing in this way and not wait until the end of a gospel meeting. When we visit others, we can also apply these points. We must learn not to debate with others. We should also avoid answering too many questions. We should also learn to sense where people are in the gospel. Then we can lead them step by step and level by level.
　　福音聚会结束后，有的朋友需要记名；能记名是很好的。等到福音聚会过后，就要有探望；这也是弟兄姊妹该作的。在探望上，最好的作法是，我们自己所带的福音对象，我们要再请另外一位弟兄或姊妹陪着，一同去看望他；那是最有益处的。在探望时，让陪同一起去的弟兄姊妹说话，而我们作一个从旁协助的人，从中作一个引介；这样是最有效的。不仅如此，探望时，还要有探望记录。这记录要载明这位福音朋友对福音的反应，是否已经相信，已经得救，可以受浸了。若是如此，就要把他的名字报到召会的执事室，准备带领他受浸；或是听召会的报告，看有什么时候可以为他预备受浸。到了受浸的时候，还要帮助他，对他讲受浸的真理，带他有一点受浸谈话，帮助他受浸。如此，他就是一个完全得救的人，归入三一神，并归到召会中。这样，我们的福音才算告一个段落，他们就成为召会中的弟兄姊妹；然后将他们交给圣徒，使他们得着更多的造就与成全。
 
　At the end of the gospel meeting we should take down the information of our gospel friends. The saints should visit the gospel friends in the following days. When we visit a gospel friend, it is best to ask another brother or sister to go with us. When we are with our gospel friend, we should let the brother or sister who accompanies us speak, and we can assist. We should also keep a record of our visitation. The record can include the response of the gospel friend and whether he is saved and baptized. If he is ready to be baptized, we can give his name to the deacons, and the church will prepare him for baptism. When he is ready to be baptized, we should speak to him the truth concerning baptism, lead him to have an interview for baptism, and help him to be baptized. He will then be a believer who is in the Triune God and in the church, and our gospel labor on him will be concluded. This person is now a brother or sister in the church and can be handed over to other saints for more edification and perfecting.
　　这是我们在传福音上，服事的大致顺序。有许多弟兄姊妹对这些事都有经验，但即便如此，我仍盼望你们应该再多有研究、多有操练。我们不是仅仅一点热心，请人招待、陪坐、或是福音谈话，然后再去探望。这些事都是很细嫩的，都有其讲究。

　　所以，我们应该从祷告开始，对付我们自己，而后无论请客、招待、陪坐、谈话，或将来的探望、带人受浸，都是我们需要学习的。每一位弟兄姊妹，为着主的福音都该有一点学习。在这里自然需要我们花力量，有时也需要我们花一点金钱。新约里的使徒保罗，为着人的灵魂花费，不仅是费财费力，更是完全花上他自己（林后十二15）。我们这样作，也是建造召会一大部分的工作。这就是旧约所说，上山去取木料，来建造神的殿，叫神能够喜乐，也叫神能得着荣耀（该一8）。

　　故此，我们传福音乃是为召会的建造取木料；我们取得越多，材料就越多，当然神就越喜乐，也越得着荣耀。盼望我们实在能从祷告开始，一路作下去，并一路有学习、研究和操练。

　　讲于主后一九五八年十一月二十四日
 
　This is the general procedure of our preaching the gospel. Even though many saints have experience in this work, we can still have more study and practice. We should not depend on our zeal to invite people, to usher, to sit with others, to have a gospel conversation, or to visit the gospel friends. These matters involve much practice.

　We should begin with prayer and deal with our sins. Then we need to learn every step. We need to learn to invite the gospel friends to a meal, to usher, to sit with the gospel friends in the meeting, to have a gospel conversation, to visit the gospel friends, and to lead them to baptism. For the sake of the gospel every brother and sister should learn these steps. We should devote our energy and money to this. The apostle Paul in the New Testament not only spent money and energy for the sake of others’ souls; he also spent himself (2 Cor. 12:15). This is part of the work of the building up of the church. This is also what the Old Testament says in Haggai 1:8, which says that when we go up to the mountain and bring wood and build God’s house, we please God and glorify God.

　We preach the gospel so that we can gather more building material. The more we endeavor, the more material there will be. This pleases and glorifies God. May we begin with prayer and continue to learn, study, and practice.

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