第236期沙崙玫瑰


得救見證(劉志進)


由我信主至今,轉眼已接近九年了。從未信主至今,上帝一直保守引領著我。我當年是沙崙學校的學生,當時見到校內有福音營的宣傳,在好奇心驅使下,便參加了當時在宣道園舉行的福音營,亦在那裡接受了主耶穌成為我的個人救主。

雖然我當時已是一個基督徒,但我未真正明白上帝的真理。我初信主的一年,也是自己人生路上最頑劣的一年,因為自己做了很多令家人傷心,也令自己歉疚的事:我試過多次偷家人錢(數目不少,合起來也有一千多元),四處吃喝玩樂,買閃咭(這是當年最時興的玩意)等;我又經常說謊,我一向都很喜歡玩遊戲機,而當時我發現住所附近有一所電子遊戲機中心,但我又知道家不准我到那些所謂"雜"的地方去玩,於是便說了許多謊話,欺騙家人,亦得罪上帝。感謝神,因為祂叫我家人發現了我這些行為,又叫我在祂裡面得著赦免。當我信主越久,明白祂的道越多時,我許多的罪都已不再犯了,同時亦更清楚上帝的心意。

在這多年信主的日子裡,另一個最大的得著,就是令我更懂得和別人相處。我以前是一個很難相處的人,氣量少,又不懂遷就人,更常發脾氣,但神改變了我,祂讓我在與弟兄姊妹相處的過程學習包容和接納,在學習到如何去改變自己性格上的不足.我以前經常和家人吵架的,但當我信主的日子長了,學效基督的愛時,我漸漸學會如何去溫柔的功課。感謝神,因為祂的愛,把我吸引到教會;因為祂的愛,讓我看見自己的軟弱;因為祂的愛,讓我去改變自己的陋習和惡行。

如果沒有上帝進入我的生命裡,可能我只是一個在電子遊戲機中心吸煙、說粗話或在投注站賭錢買馬的年青人。今天的我,是因為上帝的恩典臨在我身上。有一首詩歌是我很喜歡的,盼與大家一同分享。每次我唱的時候,都會令我十分感動,也會令我感到神的愛在我的心:

I was sinking in the night
like a weary ship at sea.
Never knowing of the light
that was searching for me.
Till brilliant as a beacon,
Relentless love was reaching from Calvary into my soul.

My one hope is in the cross of Christ,
For with Him my sins were crucified,
And I live because He lives in me,I know!

So forever Christ will be my King,
For in Him I find my everything.
I will glory in the cross,
For it is my one hope

May there never come a time
when I deny His faithfulness,
For His scars bore all my shame
and He loved me unto death.
In suffering he saves [saved] me,
By grace His heart forgives [forgave] me,
So gratefully my soul now sings.

My one hope is in the cross of Christ,
For with Him my sins were crucified,
And I live because He lives in me,
I know!

So forever Christ will be my King,
For in him I find my everything.
I will glory in the cross,
For it is my one hope of peace,
In a troubled world, of joy
in the midst of pain of eternal life,
For to live is Christ,
To die is gain!

願上帝我恩典時刻與我和所有弟兄姊妹同在。