三个奥秘

巴卓尔的心中一直有三个疑问。

自小他就很好奇是谁为动物取的名字。狗为何叫做狗，狼为何叫做狼。没有人能为他解疑答惑。

有一次在蒙古首都的街道上，他看见了一个警示吸烟有害健康的宣传告示。他问父亲为什么人们知道吸烟有害健康，却还是去吸呢？父亲只能对他微微一笑，却没有办法解释这一切。

他的疑问后来转移到了对死亡的困惑，他父亲因肾衰竭而过世。他好奇人死后会发生什么事，但依然没有人可以为其解答这个问题。

他的生命在父亲离世后有了很大的转变。十六岁的巴卓尔为了养活家里的母亲和三位弟弟妹妹便开始外出打工。他在工作的期间也渐渐养成了抽烟的习惯。

有一天，巴卓尔接到了一通电话，来自一位住在韩国的姐姐。她最近在参加教堂礼拜，因此就来鼓励他也去上教堂。

 “到UB教会去吧！”姐姐说。

蒙古人会将首都乌兰巴托简称为UB。

巴卓尔并不是一名基督徒，也从来没有想过要去教堂。但是他选择听姐姐的话，就打电话联络了一间教会。

 “请给我在首都的教会地址，”他询问道。

拿到教会的地址后，他就开始到那里参加聚会。

几个月后那位姐姐来电关心他，问他是否每周参加聚会。她听到他每周固定上教堂后感到很欣慰。便问：“你是如何抽空每个星期天参加聚会？”

他回答说：“星期天？我是在星期六聚会。”

姐姐很惊讶地问：“你是去了哪一间教会？”

巴卓尔便说自己去了复临教会。

在某个安息日，一位教友送了他一本关于如何改掉坏习惯的书籍。他在阅读后就明白了抽烟是一种罪，透过哥林多前书3章16节他也明白自己的身体是上帝的殿，但他戒不了。

有一天，他在家里把自己锁在一个储藏室里面。他把一包烟拿出来，诚恳地祷告：“如果真有上帝，那求祢帮助我戒烟。”说完，他把烟往旁边一丢，深吸了一口气，顿时感到喜乐和平安充满他的心。

第二天，巴卓尔在口袋里找东西的时候不小心拿出了打火机。他突然意识到昨天祷告后就没有了想要抽烟的想法，他已成功地戒烟了。

到教堂的时候，他兴奋地把打火机拿出来告诉他的查经老师说：“我已经四天没用打火机了！”

查经的老师回答说：“你已经找到了耶稣！”

巴卓尔开始认真地研究《圣经》。〈创世记〉让他明白了世界上各种动物是由亚当取名的。他慢慢也了解耶稣基督和撒但之间的善恶之争，而撒但诱惑人抽烟来破坏上帝的工作。最后，他终于明白了人在死后就会安眠，而信上帝的人在基督复临时就会醒来。他的三个疑惑终于得到了解答，因为一切的答案都在《圣经》里。他后来也将自己的生命献给了耶稣。

如今，30岁的巴卓尔与他的妻子是蒙古的全球布道先锋（Global Mission Pioneers）。他常常告诉本族人《圣经》可以解答生命一切的疑惑。

他最喜欢的经文是耶利米书29章13节：“你们寻求我，若专心寻求我，就必寻见。”

来源: 本文译自《圣工消息》（社会青年季刊）2021年第四季

Three Mysteries

Three questions puzzled Batzul.

As a young boy, he wondered why horses are called horses, why dogs are called dogs, and why wolves are called wolves. But no one could tell him who had named the animals.

On a street in Mongolia’s capital, he saw billboards warning against smoking. He asked his father why people lit up cigarettes if they knew they were dangerous. Father just smiled. He could not explain why people smoked.

The boy’s thoughts turned to death when his father died of kidney failure. He wondered what happens next. But no one could tell him what happens after death.

Life changed drastically after Father’s death. Sixteen-year-old Batzul found a job at an outdoor market to help feed his mother and three younger siblings. He started smoking.

One day, an elder sister called from South Korea, where she had moved, and suggested that Batzul go to church. She had started attending a church.

“Go to the U-B church,” she said.

Mongolians refer to Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, as “U-B.”

Batzul was not a Christian, and he had never considered becoming a Christian. But he called the phone operator for help.

“Please give me the address of the U-B church,” he said.

She gave him an address, and he began to attend church services.

Several months later, his sister asked whether he was going to church. She was pleased to hear that he was attending regularly. “How do you find the time to go every Sunday?” she asked.

“Sundays?” he said. “I go on Saturdays.”

His sister was shocked. “Which church are you attending?” she said.

Batzul explained that he was going to a Seventh-day Adventist church.

At church one Sabbath, someone gave him a book about giving up bad habits. As he read, he grew convinced that smoking was a sin. He read in 1 Corinthians 3:16 that his body was the temple of the Holy Spirit. But he couldn’t stop smoking.

One day, at his family’s home, he locked himself in a storage shed, pulled out a pack of cigarettes, and prayed desperately, “If there is a God, please help me to quit smoking.” He flung the pack of cigarettes at the locked door. Taking a deep breath, he felt joy and peace flood over him.

The next day, Batzul reached into his pocket for something and pulled out a cigarette lighter. He suddenly realized that he hadn’t even thought about smoking for an entire day. He lost the desire to smoke.

At the church, he pulled out the lighter and excitedly told the Bible study leader, “I haven’t used this lighter in four days.”

“You have found Jesus,” she said.

Batzul began to study the Bible earnestly. In Genesis, he read that Adam had named the animals. He read about the great controversy between Christ and Satan and realized that Satan tempts people to smoke because he wants to destroy Christ’s handiwork. He learned that death is like a dreamless sleep and, when he died, he would lose consciousness until Jesus’ second coming. It was all so logical. He found all the answers in the Bible. He gave his heart to Jesus.

Today, Batzul, 30, and his wife are Global Mission pioneers in Mongolia. He tells fellow Mongolians that the answer to all of life’s mysteries can be found in the Bible.

His favorite verse is Jeremiah 29:13, where God says, “And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”

Please fine the original article at: https://am.adventistmission.org/mqa21q4-10