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A Woman, a Slave and a Gentile

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提摩太·凯勒博士在讲道中分析了使徒行传第16章中吕底亚、女奴和狱卒三个信仰转变的案例。他认为这三个案例代表了福音对不同类型人群的影响：吕底亚代表宗教人士，女奴代表受压迫者，狱卒代表世俗人士。这三个案例的共同点是他们都经历了信仰的转变，但转变的方式和过程却大相径庭。吕底亚的转变是通过理性论证，她对保罗的信息产生了共鸣，并理解了其内在的美好。女奴的转变是通过一次力量的相遇，她经历了深层的存在性转变，不仅在个人层面，也在社会层面获得了解放。狱卒的转变则源于他目睹了保罗和西拉在苦难中的态度和行为，看到了他们生命中新的叙事模式，从而改变了自己的生命。这三个案例说明，福音是为所有人准备的，没有特定类型的宗教人士或文化背景的人才适合接受福音。福音能够超越种族、阶级、文化等差异，将人们团结在一起。同时，传播福音的方法不能千篇一律，需要根据不同人的情况和需要进行调整，既要挑战他们的现状，也要适应他们的处境。

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Christianity was born into a culture resistant to its claims, yet it managed to change people profoundly. Acts provides case studies of conversion, showing how different yet similar Christian conversions can be.

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Christianity was born into a culture that was every bit as resistant and unsympathetic to its claims as ours is. So how did its message come into the lives of people and actually change them? 

In Acts, we have more case studies of conversion than anywhere else in the Bible. And in this passage, Luke chooses three to show us both how incredibly different and yet how incredibly similar Christian conversions can be. 

What does it mean to be a Christian, and how do you become a Christian? 1) Lydia is a case of the gospel for the religious, 2) the slave girl is a case of the gospel for the oppressed, and 3) the jailer is a case of the gospel for the secular.

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 9, 2003. Series: The Necessity of Belief. Scripture: Acts 16:13-34.

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