1015 傳道者信息的關鍵
…為我們的罪作了挽回祭，不是單為我們的罪，也是為普天下人的罪。《約翰一書 2:2》
傳道者信息的關鍵是基督耶穌的挽回祭——祂為我們的獻祭完全平息了神對罪的震怒。看看基督工作的其他方面，無論是醫治、拯救還是成聖，你會發現這些工作都不是無限的。但「神的羔羊，除去世人罪孽的！」——那才是無限的（約翰福音1:29）。傳道者的信息是耶穌基督為我們罪作了挽回祭的無限重要性，而傳道者就是沉浸在這啟示的真理中的人。
傳道者信息的真正關鍵是基督生命「赦罪」方面，而不是祂的仁慈、祂的良善，甚至不是祂向我們彰顯了父神。 「…傳悔改、赦罪的道，…直傳到萬邦。」（路加福音 24:47）。無比重要的最偉大信息是「祂親自為我們的罪作了挽回祭」。傳道者的信息不是民族主義，偏袒國家或個人的；它是為「普天下人」的。當聖靈進到我裡面，祂不考慮我的偏袒或喜好，祂只是帶我與主耶穌合一。
傳道者是與他的主和主人聲明的使命和目的聯合的人。他不是要宣揚自己的觀點，而是只宣揚「神的羔羊」。屬於一個只講述耶穌基督為我做了什麼的集團，是比較容易的，成為神聖醫治的熱衷者，或特殊類型的成聖，或聖靈洗禮的熱心者，也比較容易。但保羅並沒有說：「如果我不傳基督為我所做的，我便有禍了。」而是說：「…若不傳福音，我便有禍了。」（哥林多前書 9:16）。這就是福音——「神的羔羊，除去世人罪孽的！」
來自章伯斯的智慧
許多國家和個人都曾嘗試過基督教卻都放棄了，因為發現它太難了。但無人經歷過有意使耶穌為主卻發現他是個失敗者的危機。《神的愛—一個基督徒的形成》
1015 The Key to the Missionary’s Message
He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. —1 John 2:2
The key to the missionary’s message is the propitiation of Christ Jesus— His sacrifice for us that completely satisfied the wrath of God. Look at any other aspect of Christ’s work, whether it is healing, saving, or sanctifying, and you will see that there is nothing limitless about those. But— “The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”— that is limitless (John 1:29). The missionary’s message is the limitless importance of Jesus Christ as the propitiation for our sins, and a missionary is someone who is immersed in the truth of that revelation.
The real key to the missionary’s message is the “remissionary” aspect of Christ’s life, not His kindness, His goodness, or even His revealing of the fatherhood of God to us. “…repentance and remission of sins should be preached…to all nations…” (Luke 24:47). The greatest message of limitless importance is that “He Himself is the propitiation for our sins….” The missionary’s message is not nationalistic, favoring nations or individuals; it is “for the whole world.” When the Holy Spirit comes into me, He does not consider my partialities or preferences; He simply brings me into oneness with the Lord Jesus.
A missionary is someone who is bound by marriage to the stated mission and purpose of his Lord and Master. He is not to proclaim his own point of view, but is only to proclaim “the Lamb of God.” It is easier to belong to a faction that simply tells what Jesus Christ has done for me, and easier to become a devotee of divine healing, or of a special type of sanctification, or of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. But Paul did not say, “Woe is me if I do not preach what Christ has done for me,” but, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!” (1 Corinthians 9:16). And this is the gospel— “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Both nations and individuals have tried Christianity and abandoned it, because it has been found too difficult; but no man has ever gone through the crisis of deliberately making Jesus Lord and found Him to be a failure.— The Love of God—The Making of a Christian, 680 R