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撮要

宋尚節是二十世紀重要的奮興佈道家，對三十年代華人教會的復興運動產生深遠的影響。他的佈道信息的主題，多數環繞著呼籲信徒認罪悔改、追求重生經驗，而這個重生教導，時至今日，仍深印在許多信徒心中。本文旨在申明宋氏的重生觀念，固然承受著衛斯理約翰的傳統，即視「重生」為一個一次性的特殊經驗，但卻又添上他個人獨創的看法，特別強調在重生經驗前必須徹底悔罪。惟有人徹底細認每一樁曾犯的罪行後，聖靈才會充滿他。以徹底認罪作為追求重生經歷的手段，宋尚節視之為信徒得著造就、教會得著復興的不二法門。

ABSTRACT

Dr. John Sung is an important revival preacher of the twentieth century. He has exerted great influence on the Revival Movement of Chinese churches in the thirties. His sermon content concentrated on repentance and experiencing rebirth. This particular concept of rebirth is still deeply ingrained in the hearts of Chinese believers today. This paper attempts to lay out Sung’s concept of rebirth which is inherited from the Wesleyan tradition, that is, rebirth as a one-time particular experience. Sung also added to it his own belief in the necessity of exhaustive confession of sin before the rebirth experience. He believed one must confess in detail every sin committed before one could be filled with the Holy Spirit. Exhaustive confession of sin becomes the gateway to rebirth. Moreover, Sung considered such confession of sin to be the only way for believers’ edification and church revival.

原載於《建道學刊》4期（1995年7月），頁1-15。