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这段讲道探讨了基督教信仰中的转变（Conversion）这一概念。Keller博士指出，转变并非简单的替换，而是彻底的改变方向，如同人在原地转身，面向全新的方向。转变是彻底的内心转变，但它并非取代你原有的性格、文化背景等，而是让你以全新的基础去生活，你的行为动机和目标都将改变。他以哥尼流百夫长的故事为例，阐述了转变的四个重要方面：1. 上帝的主动性：转变始于上帝主动寻找人，而非人主动寻求上帝。人对上帝的寻求往往是因为上帝先寻求了他们。2. 对宗教的挑战：转变是对宗教和道德的挑战，而非对它们的顺从。那些道德高尚、虔诚敬神的人同样需要转变，因为他们可能将自己置于上帝的位置，以自身的道德和宗教行为来寻求救赎。3. 圣灵的改变：转变是圣灵带来的精神上的改变，它会改变人的心理和社会层面。心理层面，转变会改变人所敬拜的对象，使人将最终的价值归于上帝；社会层面，转变会打破文化和种族隔阂，使人认识到所有文化和种族在上帝面前都是平等的。4. 福音的话语：转变是通过福音的话语实现的。福音宣讲的内容包括耶稣完美无瑕的生活、为世人承担罪孽而死的牺牲，以及他的复活。这些信息能够让人感受到上帝的审判之火降在耶稣身上，从而让人体验到上帝的爱与能力。 Keller博士进一步解释了圣灵在转变中扮演的角色。他指出，圣灵的改变既是心理层面的，也是社会层面的。心理层面，转变会改变人所敬拜的对象，使人将最终的价值归于上帝；社会层面，转变会打破文化和种族隔阂，使人认识到所有文化和种族在上帝面前都是平等的。他以哥尼流百夫长的故事为例，说明了圣灵如何打破彼得的种族偏见，使他认识到福音对所有民族都有效。他还以一个年轻大学生的例子说明，仅仅改变行为，而没有改变内心对权力的追求，并不能算作真正的转变。真正的转变需要改变人内心最根本的敬拜对象，使上帝的爱成为生命中最高的价值。

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Christian conversion involves a radical inner transformation that refaces rather than replaces one's temperament and culture, living everything on a new basis.

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Jesus, in Matthew 18, uses a word for conversion that means to turn completely around and face in a whole new direction. That’s a perfect image of what Christian conversion really is. 

Christian conversion is a radical inner transformation. But it’s not so much a replacing of what you are as a re-facing of what you are. Your temperament doesn’t go away; your culture doesn’t go away. But everything you are is now lived on a whole new basis.

The case study of Cornelius the centurion teaches us four important facts. Christian conversion comes 1) through God’s initiative, 2) through the challenge to religion, 3) through the transformation of the Holy Spirit, and 4) through the words of the gospel.

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 30, 2003. Series: The Necessity of Belief. Scripture: Acts 10:27-47.

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