| 不要再逃避了，年輕人，前面的路還很長，等著你做決定的事可多著呢！較重大的決定：「我該不該上大學？」「什麼職業比較適合我？」，「我該跟誰結婚？」，但在所有等候決定的事情中，有一件最重要的，就是「我該不該信耶穌？」 也許你已經決定接受耶穌做你的救主，也許你還猶豫不決。我自己則是參加夏令營時，在一座阿根廷的山上，做了這個人生的重大決定。我永遠忘不了那個晚上。 ●有愛心的輔導 我好懷念那次的夏令營。大家一起玩啊、瘋啊、說故事、唱歌、探險。輔導法蘭克先生對我們也很照顧。但我發現，每晚熄燈後，法蘭克先生總會帶著手電筒和聖經，把我們當中一個男孩子叫醒，兩人到戶外的星空下，邊散步邊談論信仰的事。 雖然那時我很清楚自己的品行，需要耶穌做我的救主，但我就是不喜歡別人來跟我講這些事。每天晚上，別的學員被輔導叫去，我就感到鬆了一口氣，但我曉得，總有一天會輪到我的。夏令營的最後一個晚上，法蘭克先生又出現在我們帳篷裏，我知道他是來找我的，因為別的男孩都已經跟他談過了。 我假裝睡得很熟，希望他識相點，自動走開。但他很堅決：「嘿，保羅，起來」，我只好心不甘情不願的起來跟他談，沒想到這一晚成了我記憶中最美好的夏令營之夜。 我們照例走到戶外，坐在一棵橫臥的樹幹上。天空看起來好像馬上要下雨了。法蘭克先生問我：「你是個基督徒嗎？」他知道我來自基督教家庭，基督教的話題我很會掰，也很會唱。但他知道這一切是表面的。 ●說出真心話 我騙不過他的，只好喃喃的說：「大概不是吧！」
「這種事不能大概是或不是。你到底是不是？」
「不是啦！」這時一滴雨正好打在我鼻尖上。
「如果今晚你死了，上得了天國嗎？」
被他這麼一問，我傻住了，好一會兒才答道：
「上不去」。「為什麼，你不喜歡天國？」
「不是」「那為什麼不去？」
我聳聳肩：「不知道」。 這時法蘭克先生打開聖經翻到羅馬書，大聲唸：「你若口裏認耶穌為主，心裏信上帝叫他從死裏復活，就必得救，因為人心裏相信就可以稱義，口裏承認就可以得救」。（羅馬書十章九節十節）
他又看著我：「保羅，你心裏到底相不相信上帝使耶穌從死裏復活？」
「我信啊！」「那你接下來該怎麼做才能得救呢？」 這時雨已經越下越大，我不知道該回答什麼，輔導就把聖經給我，叫我唸剛剛那段經文，羅馬書十章九節：「你若口裏認耶穌為主……就必得救」。 我的心裏愈來愈清楚自己是要耶穌的。於是法蘭克先生把手放在肩上，領我禱告。我就在大雨中，在那橫臥在地的樹幹上，做了人生最重要的決定。當然，禱告完，我們立刻衝回帳篷，免得變成落湯雞。 ●上帝家中的新生兒 換上乾淨的衣服，我鑽回我的臥舖，披上毛毯，打開手電筒，在我的聖經上寫下一行字：「我接受耶穌基督作我的救主」，並註明日期。那時我心裏好樂，我已經得救了，從現在起耶穌是我的主，我是上帝家中的孩子了！而且我有永生，因為耶穌說：「我又賜給他們永生，他們永不滅亡，誰也不能從我手裏把他們奪去」（約翰福音十章廿八節）。 ●你最重要的決定 現在，不管你在哪裏，藉著禱告，我們都可以把耶穌接進心裏來。禱告就是和上帝說話，許多年以前，我就是在大雨中做了決志的禱告。你也可以做如下的禱告，或自己想一篇跟這個差不多的：「上帝，謝謝你，雖然我不配，你還是把永生賜給我，我在此向你認罪，也承認耶穌是我的救主。你曾使耶穌從死裏復活，現在又使我獲得了永生。謝謝你這麼關心我，不厭其煩的感動我成為基督徒。」 Face it! As a young person you’ve got a lifetime of choices ahead of you. Some of your more important decisions will include, “Should I go to college, and if so, where should I go?” “What career best suits my abilities?” “Who am I going to marry?” But of all the decisions you will ever make, one stands out as the most important: “ What will I do with Jesus Christ?” Maybe you’ve already made the decision to receive Jesus Christ as you Savior. Maybe you’re still undecided. I will never forget the night I made that crucial decision while attending summer camp high in the mountains of Argentina. ●A CARING COUNSELOR I loved camp―the games, the stories, the singing the exploring. Even my counselor, Frank, was okay. But I soon discovered that every night after lights out Frank would wake up one of the guys, get him out of bed and ―with a Bible in one hand and a flashlight in the other―take him for a walk outside. There, under the stars, he would talk to the camper about believing in Jesus. Even though I felt guilty for my sins and knew I needed to receive the Lord Jesus as my Savior, I didn’t want to face the issue with anyone. Each night I breathed a sigh of relief when my counselor picked someone else. But I knew my turn was coming. Eventually every other guy had talked to Frank, so when he came into the tent that last night of camp, I knew he was coming for me! I pretended I was asleep, thinking he would go away. “Come on, Palau,” he said, “get up.” I didn’t know it, but this was going to be the best night of camp. We went outside and sat down on afallen tree. Any minute it was going to rain. “Luis,” Frank asked, “are you a Christian or not?” He knew that I came from a Christian family and could say the right words and sing the right songs. But he wasn’t convinced. ●THE MOMENT OF TRUTH What could I say? “I don’t think so,” I hedged. “Well, it’s not a matter of whether you think so or not. Are you or aren’t you?” “No, I’m not.” A raindrop hit me on the nose. “If you died tonight, would you go to heaven or hell?” I sat quietly for a moment, somewhat taken aback, and then answered, “I’m going to hell.” “Is that where you want to go?” “No,” I replied. “Then why are you going there?” I shrugged my shoulders. “I don’t know.” Frank opened his Bible to Romans and read: “If you confess with your mouth, Luis, ‘Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you, Luis, will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved” (Romans 10: 9-10) He was looking at me again. “Luis, do you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead?” “Yes, I do,” I replied. “Then what do you have to do next to be save?” By now it was raining harder. I hesitated, so my counselor had me read Romans 10:9 once more: “If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’… you will be saved.” I knew I was ready to commit my life to Jesus. Frank put his arm around me and led me in prayer. Right there, sitting on that fallen log in the rain, I made the greatest decision of my life. Then, to avoid getting drenched, we sprinted back to the tent. ●A NEW SON IN THE FAMILY On my cot, I crawled under the blanket with my flashlight and wrote the date in my Bible, along with “I received Jesus Christ as my Savior.” I could hardly sleep, I was so excited about committing my life to Jesus. I knew I was saved. I was a member of the family of God. I had eternal life because Jesus said, “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand” (John 10:28). ●YOUR GREATEST DECISION Through prayer you can receive Jesus into your life right now, right where you are. Prayer is simply talking to God, as I did on that rainy night so many years ago. You can pray the following prayer or a similar one of your own: ” Thank you, God, for offering me eternal life even though I don’t deserve it. I confess my sin against You and acknowledge Jesus as my Lord. You raised Him from the dead and now you have made me eternally alive, too. Thank you for caring enough to make sure I became a Christian today.”
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