State of the Lost

First of all, Christ’s words reflect the desperate state of the lost; that is, the state of all men as they are apart from Christ. The teachings on this point are not so much direct as indirect. Still they underlie the positive points made in this passage.

失落的状态

首先，基督的话反映了迷失者的绝望状态；也就是说，所有人离开基督时的状态。关于这一点的教导与其说是直接的，不如说是间接的。它们仍然是这段话中所提出的积极观点的基础。

In reference to man’s desperate state apart from Christ, these verses show that he has lost spiritual life; otherwise it would not be necessary for Christ to speak of it as a gift. Originally, man had life. When the first man and woman were created by God they were created with that life that shows itself in communion with him. Consequently, we learn that they communed with God in the Garden in the cool of the day. When they sinned, this life was lost, a fact evidenced by their hiding from God. This has been the state of people ever since. Consequently, when the gospel is preached, those who hear it turn away unless God intervenes to do a supernatural work of regeneration in their hearts.

这些经文谈到人离开基督而陷入绝望的境地时，表明他已经失去了属灵的生命。否则基督就没有必要把它说成是一份恩赐。本来，人是有生命的。当神创造第一个男人和女人时，他们被创造时就带有与神相交的生命。因此，我们得知他们在凉爽的天气里在花园里与神交谈。当他们犯罪时，他们就失去了生命，这一事实从他们躲避神就可以看出。从那时起，这就是人们的状态。因此，当福音被传扬时，那些听到福音的人就会转身离去，除非神介入，在他们的心中进行超自然的重生工作。