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The year before I started surfing, 我还没有开始冲浪的前一年,
my friend let me carry his board for him to the beach. 朋友让我帮他提冲浪板到海滩。
Wow, I felt stoked as I thought 哇,我感到无比的兴奋
to myself everyone would think I was a surfer. 我对自己说:别人一定认为我是一名冲浪手耶。
Of course, I wasn't a surfer. I was a poser in that moment. 当然,那时我根本不是。只是做样子而已。
How do you become a surfer? 怎样才能成为一名冲浪手呢?
Some people try an interesting, but ineffective way... 有些人的尝试很有意思,但毫无果效...
They immerse themselves in surf culture... 他们试图融入冲浪的文化氛围当中…
and they surround themselves with people who surf... 与那些真正冲浪的人们处在一起…
all the pics on their wall... 把图片贴满墙壁…
and wallpaper on their phones and computers... 手机中、电脑屏幕上尽是冲浪的图片…
and they follow the WCT... 他们关注世界冠军巡回赛
they talk surf jargon... 满口冲浪术语…
They know all the spots... 对冲浪圣地了如指掌…
But no matter how much they immerse themselves in surf culture, 但是,尽管他们被冲浪文化所熏陶,
and surround themselves with surfers... 被众多的冲浪选手所环绕…
They're not surfers until, and this might come as a surprise to you... 他们仍不能算作是冲浪手,当然,这样说你可能感到吃惊…
Until they actually surf. 除非他们真正地冲浪,才算得上是喔。
Hanging out in a surf store doesn't make you a surfer... 出入冲浪专卖店不能让你成为一名冲浪手…
The way to become a surfer is to paddle out and catch a wave. 要成为冲浪手,就是要乘风破浪才行。
The way to experience salvation, 要经历神的救恩也是一样,
is not by surrounding yourself with Christian people, 不是被基督徒相伴左右就可以了,
You may have grown up in a Christian family... 或许你成长于基督教的家庭…
or you may go to church every Sunday... 或许你每周日都去教堂…
It doesn't come by learning Christian jargon and information. 然而,不是因为懂得一些教会用语和相关信息,你就得到了救恩。
You may know all about God and Jesus, 你有可能知道上帝和耶稣,
but that doesn't mean you know God personally. 但你自己不一定认识祂。
You need to actually paddle out. 事实上你需要有所行动。
Trust Christ yourself. 就是要相信祂。
You need to go straight to Christ to become a Christian. 来到基督的面前,认罪悔改,成为基督徒。
It's not enough to join yourself to a church... 出席教会不足以使你成为基督徒…
You need to join yourself to Christ himself. 你需要与基督联合。
I grew up thinking I was a Christian 在成长的过程中,我自以为是基督徒
simply because I believed some of the facts about Jesus. 因为我知道一些有关基督的信息。
But there's a big difference between knowing about Jesus, 但是知道有关耶稣的一些信息,
and knowing Jesus. 与真正地认识耶稣是非常不同的。
The truth is I didn't really understand much about Jesus at all. 实际上我根本不了解耶稣。
And He never made any impact on my life. 我也从未让耶稣来影响我的生命。
It was only when I called on Him, 当我向祂发声呼求的时候,
and put my trust in Him, 当我完全信靠祂的时候,
and started to follow Him personally, 当我自己开始认真地跟随祂的时候,
that He became real to me. 我才体会祂才是那么的真实。
I discovered that though Christ offered salvation to me, 我意识到,虽然基督将救恩赐予我,
I needed to paddle out, 但是还需要我有悔改的行动,
and paddle into salvation, 要进入到救恩之中,
by trusting in Christ with all my heart. 并全身心地信靠基督。
And no one else could do this for me. 无人可替我做这样的决定。
'Surf's Up!' ‘浪起来了!’
I love that phrase! 我喜爱这句话!
Like being on a surf trip at 'Supers' 好似冲浪时超级棒的海浪出现了
and you're sleeping in a beach front house and you wake up, 你在海滩旁的屋中,从沉睡中醒来,
and you can hear the waves. 能听到海浪的声音。
The only thing to be done is to get up and get out there. 此时你只需起身,行动起来。
Same with salvation. 救恩也是如此。
Since Christ's death and resurrection, 基督为人死后,三天后又复活了,
Salvation's up! 救恩就来了!
You may not have known that before, but now you do. 如果说以前你还未知,那么现在你明白了。
Why not get on it? 为什么还不行动呢?
But how? 怎么做呢?
Answer: 答案就是:
Trust in Christ. 信靠基督。
Call on Him and ask Him to come and save you. 向祂呼求,请祂救赎你。
Ask him to come into your life. 请求祂进入你的生命里。
Here are some important scriptures, 这里有一些重要的经文,
that tell us how to do this: 告诉我们该如何行:
One verse says: 一节经文说:
'For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith.' “你们得救是本乎恩,也因着信。”
Another verse says: 另一节经文说:
'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord Jesus will be saved.' “凡求告主名的人,就必得救。”
And another verse says: 又有一处经文说:
'And if you confess with your mouth, “你若口里承认,
Jesus Christ is Lord, 耶稣基督为救救主,
and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, 心里相信神叫祂从死里复活,
you will be saved.' 你就必得救。”
'Surf's Up' ‘浪起来了!’
Are you on it yet? 你在浪上了吗?
What are you waiting for? 你还等什么?
If you haven't yet paddled in, 若你还没有做这个决定,
why not do that now? 为什么不现在就做呢?
Here's the prayer I prayed: 下面是我曾经作祷告:
What about joining me in praying it... 请和我一起说…
'Jesus, I believe you really are the Son of God... “耶稣,我相信袮真是神的儿子…
who died for my sins and rose again from the dead... 为我的罪而死,三天后来又从死里复活,证明你是真神…
I can't save myself... 我不能拯救自己…
only You can save me... 唯有袮能救赎我…
so save me, forgive me... 请饶恕我,拯救我,洁净我…
make me a child of God... 使我成为神的孩子…
I trust in You... 我相信袮…
Help me to get to know You better... 帮助我更深的来亲近你、认识袮…
help me to follow you... 帮助我跟随袮…
Amen. 阿门。