"信的人喝毒物必不受害",许多反基的网友用这句取笑基督徒不敢不愿以身试药,进而质疑基督徒的虚伪,进而质疑整个基督信仰.这其实是断章取义造成的误会.

这句话不是圣经的原话,但他源自圣经马可福音16章18节,附在后面.当时,主复活后向他的门徒显现,责备他们的不信,并交托他们往普下去遍传福音,并告之门徒们信的结果,其中就有在第17节和第18节说:" 17 信的人必有神迹随着他们，就是奉我的名赶鬼。说新方言。
18 手能拿蛇。若喝了什么毒物，也必不受害。手按病人，病人就必好了。" 而网友们的那句结论是在第18节中,虽没有遗漏"信的人"的这个主语,但去忘记了"奉我的名"这四个关键字所代表的条件.

看一下英文的标点,在罗列"赶鬼","说新方言","手能拿蛇",等神迹奇事的时候,都是用的分号,比如NIV版本是这样:""17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.".

又比如KING JAMES是这样: 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

可见,关键不是在神迹本身,而是在于行神迹的条件:1)是否是信的人; 2)是否是在主耶稣的名里. 首先"信的人"这个概念也是很富有空间的,因为各人信的深度,单纯度,和真实对神的经历都不同,有是否小信的讲究,甚至有真信假信的区别.这些,都会造成他们行事效果,包括传福音的遭遇的差异.

其次还有是否是在"主的名里"的问题.一个信徒做事,完全有可能是不在主耶稣的名里的.尽管他或她自己可能非常愿意,尽管他或她可能把自己也妄想欺骗了,以为自己真的是在主的名里.

实际上,现实生活中,基督徒的生活,行事为人,不完全在于世人眼中那种轰轰烈烈的神迹奇事,而更多的在于对主一点一滴的实际经历;不在于一定要行异能讲方言,而在于诗篇23章所描述的"一生一世必有恩惠慈爱随着我". 基督徒,没有与主的经历,就很难在主的名里,没有在主的名里,就没有在主名里的神迹奇事.

所以,一方面盼望反基的网友们不要拿这句话继续误解我们了.另一方面,也盼望弟兄姐妹们不要盲目追求轰轰烈烈,先老老实实感受主的恩惠慈爱吧.你若爱他,对他有所经历,需要你的时候,我猜啊,主会呼召的,到时候,你只需说:主,请你差遣.

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马可福音第十四章:

14 后来，十一个门徒坐席的时候，耶稣向他们显现，责备他们不信，心里刚硬。因为他们不信那些在他复活以后看见他的人。
Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

15 他又对他们说，你们往普天下去，传福音给万民听。（万民原文作凡受造的）
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.

16 信而受洗的必然得救。不信的必被定罪。
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

17 信的人必有神迹随着他们，就是奉我的名赶鬼。说新方言。
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

18 手能拿蛇。若喝了什么毒物，也必不受害。手按病人，病人就必好了。
they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."

19 主耶稣和他们说完了话，后来被接到天上，坐在神的右边。
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.

20 门徒出去，到处宣传福音，主和他们同工，用神迹随着，证实所传的道。阿们。
Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.