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當聖經宣告說「如今是末時了」(約一2:18)，這是真的。傳福音時常是
在末時的，這個特別的經節是叫「迫切」。
很多人簡單的想，到收割的時候還有四個月。(約4:35)但如果你想知道
一些肢體如保羅做了多少事情，你可讀他在哥林多前後書的記載。他活
像萬物即將終結，也如救恩的幔子已徐徐降下。
弟兄們，我對你們說，時候減少了。從此以後，那有妻子的，要像沒有
妻子；哀哭的，要像不哀哭；快樂的，要像不快樂；置買的，要像無有
所得；用世物的，要像不用世物，因為這世界的樣子將要過去了。
(林前7:29-31)
福音是永恆的，但我們卻沒永恆的時間去傳揚。當我們看見在福音前線
的教會是緩慢運作時，就好像我們還有很多時間。今天在地球有超過60
億人口，他們不是將來才要聽福音，而是要在今天。現在已是末時了。
為了歡迎浪子回來，他的父親跑著！跑著去迎接他！我也想跑著，因為
聖靈充滿我，讓我知道「如今是末時了」。世上很多航空公司都曉得，
我是一個常客。保羅有一個喜愛的希臘字「spoude」，意思就是勤奮(認
真和盡責做每件事)。很多教會都很活躍，但活躍在做什麼呢？被世務纏
身會是一個被看來是繁忙的原因，但將福音帶進這將亡的世代卻是教會
真正的使命。
當地獄已來搶靈魂時，我們的屬靈生命就好像消防員在接報前一樣閒著。
我們可以用很多時間在派別立場，或教會與教會之間的爭論上，但這命
令是要我們傳福音，將人從地獄的永火裡救出來。
神這命令不是過時的，祂厭惡不親近神的人。拯救是神的首要事！
When Scripture proclaims, “It is the last hour,” (1 John 2,18) it truly is. For the message of the gospel, it is always the last hour. This unique, special doctrine of Scripture is called “imminence.”
Many ease back into thinking that there are still four months to the harvest (John 4:35). If you want to know how a single individual like Paul did so much, read his disclosure in Corinthians. He lived as if the end of all things was at hand, as if the final curtain were always imminent.
"But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none, those who weep, as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess, and those who use this world, as not misusing it. For the form of his world is passing away." (1 Cor 7:29-31)
The gospel is eternal, but we do not have eternity to preach it. It seems as though we have that long, when we view the leisurely operations of the Church on the gospel front. We have only as long as we live to reach those who live as long as we live. Today, over six billion souls are alive on this planet. They are not in a future age that will need to be evangelized, but present and living now on Earth. It is the last hour.
In order to make sure that the Prodigal Son was welcomed home properly, his father RAN! Ran! I too have wanted to run, since the Holy Spirit charged my soul with this realization – “It is the last hour.” The world’s airlines have found me to be a good customer. One of Paul’s favorite Greek words was “spoude” which means diligence (conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation). Many churches are very active, but active doing what? To fiddle about with secular issues is one way to look impressively busy and “relevant.” However, to bring the gospel to a dying world is the true relevance.
Giving all our thoughts to our personal spirituality, when the fires of hell have broken out, is like members of the fire brigade having a shave before answering a fire call. We can spend years “standing for our principles,” when we are only justifying our church quarrels and prejudices. The command to evangelize is all that matters, snatching men from the flames of an eternal hell.
That divine command was not given in a passing mood of the Lord. God Himself is driven by the peril in which human beings stand without Christ. Calvary was His imperative! Be blessed. REINHARD BONNKE
(Good Morning from Canada.)
