话语的实际(2018年，十一月） 预览

  

7  Pastor Chris克雷斯牧师

INCREASING YOUR CAPACITY

提高你的能力

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit (John 15:1-2).

我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人。凡在我里面不结果子的枝子，他就剪去；凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。（约翰福音15:1-2）

Proverbs 11:30 says, “…he that winneth souls is wise.” A soul winner is wise because he’s aligned to God’s number one passion, the passion to turn men from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God. Therefore, if you’ve been a soul winner, God has a plan to give you a greater capacity to win more souls.

箴言11:30说：“……有智慧的，必能赢得魂。”一个赢得魂的人是有智慧的，因为他热心于神最最关注的事，就是使人从黑暗转向光明，从撒但的权下归到神面前。因此，如果你是一个赢得灵魂的人，神会给你更大的能力使你可以赢得更多的灵魂。

That’s the point the Master highlights in our opening verse, when He says, “…every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.” What this means is that for every branch that produces fruits, the Father has a plan for your capacity building, to make you even more productive. He increases the grace on your life to achieve more. 

这是主在我们的开篇经文中所强调的内容，祂说：“……凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。”意思就是说所有结果子的枝子，父有对你能力的建立有个计划，要让你更加的有生产力。祂将更多恩典加在你的生命中，要成就更大的事。

For example, if you have grace to win and retain thirty souls in your fellowship, cell group, or church, it doesn’t matter what you do to increase, you may not exceed that number. Your effectiveness and productivity in certain assignments is to the extent of the grace granted you to function or carry out that assignment. For you to do more, the Lord will have to give you more grace; the Bible says, “He giveth more grace”; that additional grace takes you to a higher level. 

比如，如果你有恩典可以在你的团契、小组或教会中赢得、保守三十个灵魂，那么无论你做出什么样的努力想要增加这个数目，都可能无法超过这个人数。你在某个任务上的效率和生产力取决于所赐予你使你完成这个任务的恩典的大小。若你想要做更多的事，必须要从主获得更多的恩典，圣经说：“他赐下更多恩典”，这追加的恩典要带领你到达一个更高的水平。

Suddenly, you discover that you’re able to do more than you hitherto could; you’re more efficient; you put in the same efforts as you used to, but your results are greater. This is why it’s so important that we remain in constant fellowship with the Lord, as we serve Him. Grace is increased as we know the Lord more, through the ministry of the Spirit and the Word.

突然之间，你发现你能做的超过以往，你更有效率，可以取得事半功倍的结果。这就是为什么我们在服侍祂的时候，要持续与主团契重要的原因。我们越是借着圣灵与道认识主，恩典就越发显多。

2 Peter 1:2 says, “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.” This is your sure guarantee to a fruitful and productive life.

彼得后书1:2说：“愿恩典、平安因神我们主耶稣的知识，多多地加给你们。”这就是你能够拥有一个硕果累累、富有成效的生命的保障。

Prayer

祷告

Thank you, blessed Father, for giving me an abundance of grace for increased fruitfulness. I produce excellent results in my work and ministry by the power that’s at work in me, and everything I do prospers to the glory of God, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

配得称颂的父，感谢你，因此赐给我丰富的恩典，使我结果子更多。借着那在我里面运行的大能大力，我在工作和事工中都取得卓越的结果，凡我所做的尽都亨通，为要将荣耀归于神。在耶稣的名里，阿们。

Further Study

参考经文

Mark 16:15

马可福音16:15 

2 Peter 3:18

彼得后书3:18