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魔鬼的故事

魔鬼和他的同党正合伙计谋怎能使人拒绝福音。一个首先提议说“让我们去对他们说世上没有上帝。”在一轮沉默中，每一个魔鬼心里都知道其实大多数人会认同有一位全能的主宰存在。跟着上来的便说“让我们欺骗他们没有地狱，所以日后没有惩罚恶人的事会发生。”但这建议遭到了拒绝，因为人的良知令他们肯定知道罪必须受到惩罚。当众鬼无计可施之下，有一声音从后面传来：“告诉他们，有一位神，有一个地狱，而圣经真是神的话语。但告诉他们会有足够的时间来考虑信的问题。使他们将福音掉以轻心，直到为时已晚。”随即整个地狱爆发着欢腾的鬼喊叫声，因为他们知道，如果一个人在基督信仰上迟疑不决，通常最终他们都不会接受他。

The devil and his cohorts were devising plans to get people to reject the Gospel. “Let’s go to them and say there is no God,” proposed one. Silence prevailed. Every devil knew that most people believe in a supreme being. “Let’s tell them there is no hell, no future punishment for the wicked,” offered another. That was turned down, because men obviously have consciences which tell them that sin must be punished. The concave was going to end in failure when there came a voice from the rear: “Tell them there is a God, there is a hell and that the Bible is the Word of God. But tell them there is plenty of time to decide the question. Let them ‘neglect’ the Gospel, until it is too late.” All hell erupted with ghoulish glee, for they knew that if a person procrastinated on Christ, they usually never accept Him.