Will you tell someone the good news today?

Our Savior . . . has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.2 Timothy 1:10

World War II had ended. Peace had been declared. But young Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese Imperial Army, stationed on an island in the Philippines, didn’t know the war had ended. Attempts were made to track him down. Leaflets were dropped over his location, telling him the war was over. But Onoda, whose last order in 1945 was to stay and fight, dismissed these attempts and leaflets as trickery or propaganda from the enemy. He did not surrender until March 1974—nearly 30 years after the war had ended—when his former commanding officer traveled from Japan to the Philippines, rescinded his original order, and officially relieved Onoda of duty. Onoda finally believed the war was over.

When it comes to the good news about Jesus Christ, many still haven’t heard or don’t believe that He has “destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Tim. 1:10). And some of us who have heard and believed still live defeated lives, trying to survive on our own in the jungle of life.

Someone needs to tell them the glorious news of Christ’s victory over sin and death. Initially, they may respond with skepticism or doubt, but take heart. Imagine the freedom they’ll find when Christ illumines their mind with the knowledge that the battle has been won.

Lord, help me to keep an open heart to listen to others and to share about what You have done.

救主基督耶稣??已经把死废去，藉着福音，将不能坏的生命彰显出来。-提摩太后书1章10节

第二次世界大战结束，各国签订停战协定，宣布世界和平。但是在菲律宾小岛上，有一位年轻的日本皇军中尉小野田弘男，却浑然不知战争已结束的消息。日军曾尝试寻找他，还用飞机在岛上抛下和平传单，要让他知道战争已经结束。然而，小野田弘男却不相信，以为传单是出自敌方的诡计。因此，他仍坚守在1945年所接受的最后指令：留守战斗。他在丛林里生活了30年，誓死不降。直到1974年3月，他的前任上级军官专程从日本远赴菲律宾，撤销先前的作战命令，小野田弘男才卸下军职，并接受战争已经结束的事实。

至于耶稣基督的好消息，至今仍有许多人不曾听过，也不相信耶稣“已经把死废去，藉着福音，将不能坏的生命彰显出来”(提摩太后书1章10节) 。而我们这些听过并且相信耶稣基督的人，有些仍然靠着自己，有如生活在丛林里，没有得胜的喜悦和力量。

我们需要向人传讲基督战胜罪恶和死亡的消息，人们听到时，最初的反应可能是怀疑或不信。但是我们可以确信，只要人们明白基督已经争战得胜，必得着自由与释放。

主啊，帮助我敞开心门，聆听人们的心声，
并传扬救主所行的奇事。

2 Corinthians 4:1-6NIV

4 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a] made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

整理：于姊妹