如果上帝已经预定了，人还有自由意志吗？传福音还有意义吗？
If God has already predestined everything, do humans have free will? Is evangelism still meaningful?
简答 Short Answer
上帝的主权和人的责任在圣经中并行不悖。上帝不仅预定了目的（谁得救），也预定了方法（通过传福音和信心）。传福音正是上帝拯救选民的途径。
God's sovereignty and human responsibility run parallel in Scripture. God predestines not only the end (who is saved) but also the means (through evangelism and faith). Evangelism is precisely God's means of saving His elect.
详细解答 Detailed Answer
这是对预定论最常见的质疑，但它基于一个错误的假设：如果上帝掌管一切，人就没有真实的选择。圣经不是这样教导的。圣经既教导上帝的绝对主权（弗1:11），也教导人的真实责任（徒2:38）。
使徒保罗比任何人都更确信预定论（罗马书8-9章），但他也是历史上最热心的传道人。他在罗马书10:14问：「没有传道的，怎能听见呢？」上帝预定的不仅是哪些人得救，还包括他们如何得救——就是通过听福音而信。
实际上，预定论给传福音提供了最大的动力和信心。我们知道上帝的道不会徒然返回（赛55:11），知道我们的努力不会白费。我们传福音不是在做一件可能无效的事，而是在参与上帝必定成就的计划。
This is the most common objection to predestination, but it rests on a false assumption: if God controls everything, humans have no real choice. Scripture doesn't teach this. It teaches both God's absolute sovereignty (Eph 1:11) and genuine human responsibility (Acts 2:38).
The apostle Paul was more convinced of predestination than anyone (Romans 8-9), yet he was history's most zealous evangelist. He asks in Romans 10:14, 'How can they hear without someone preaching?' God predestines not only who will be saved but how — through hearing the gospel and believing.
In fact, predestination provides the greatest motivation and confidence for evangelism. We know God's word will not return void (Isa 55:11), and our labor is not in vain. We're not doing something that might fail but participating in God's certain plan.
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📚 推荐阅读 Related Readings
- •Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (J.I. Packer)
- •Chosen by God Ch.8 (R.C. Sproul)