GRACE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP | 恩道堂

The Assyrians foolishly treated the true, living God of Israel as another idol god made by human beings. They thought they could mock God, like an idol god. They did not know the God who made them. They foolishly boasted of their strength over God, and intimidated the Jews to submit to them instead of God. At the end, they were killed for their proud, foolish boasting and violence.

The world continues to fail to distinguish the true, living God from idol gods made by the imagination and hands of man. People continue to mock God as if He is another idol or a flying spaghetti monster. Sadly, they will be destroyed by God just as Assyrians were destroyed. Our job as Christians is to warn people that the true, living God of Israel and the world is not an idol made by hands. We need to get their attention by demonstrating God of the Bible is truly divine through its fulfilled prophesies, accurate scientific description of the world, preservation of Israel, the resurrection of Jesus as demonstrated by the miraculous spread of the church, and many other evidences of God’s divinity in the Bible. We also must show people need Jesus to save them from their sins through the law of God. In addition, we must pray God will open their heart to see God’s glory in Jesus and enable  them to believe in Jesus. Effective evangelism requires attention, need and enablement. Pray that God will help you to evangelize with these three elements.

愚昧的亚述人视以色列的永活真神如其他人手所造的偶像一样。他们以为自己能嘲讽神，犹如嘲讽其他偶像一样。他们并不晓得造他们的是神。他们愚昧地夸口，以为自己比神强大，并恐吓犹太人屈膝于亚述而不是神。最后，他们因着自己的狂傲、愚昧的夸口和暴力被杀。

世界仍无法辨别永活真神以及人手所造、人所想象出来的偶像。世人继续嘲讽神，以为祂仅是另一个偶像或飞行面条怪物。可悲的是，神会消灭他们，如同祂消灭亚述人一样。身为基督徒，我们的责任是要告诫世人以色列的永活真神并非人手所造的偶像。我们需要引起他们的 注意，借着圣经应验的预言、对世界精确的科学描述、以色列的保存、耶稣的复活（由教会奇迹般的扩展显现）及圣经对神之神性的许多凭据证明圣经中的神确实是神圣的。我们也必须让人知道他们需要耶稣借着神之律救他们脱离众罪。另外，我们必须祷告神会开启他们的心眼得见神在耶稣里的荣耀，并让他们得以 信靠耶稣。有效的福音传播需要上述三点。祷告神能助你以这三大要素传福音。