10使徒行传是没有结束的,在二十八章以后,还有许多神的器皿在作神的工作。神的工作正在继续下去,没有停在那里。不是保罗在罗马作了两年工,以后就没有事了。就以保罗一生来说,他住在罗马,后来被杀殉道,这些事都没有记在使徒行传里面。彼得、保罗、约翰是三个要紧的人,他们的结局都没有写进去,这样,我们哪里能说使徒行传已经完了呢?可是神的见证是写不完的,二十九章还是那样,三十章还不能完,一直到一百章还是写不了,如果要写的话,一直有新的事情要加进去,所以写到二十八章就不再写了。二十八章以后虽然没有再写,但是神的工作还是在那里继续。第一世纪的工作并不是到了绝顶。神四千年之久,有一个工作,如果到行传二十八章已经到了绝顶,那么我们是到山底下了,我们是退下来了。但是没有这件事,因为主说,“我父作工直到如今,我也作工。”我们不要以为神的工作在保罗的时候已经到了绝顶了,我们也不要以为在路德马丁的时候,神的工作就是到了绝顶了。不。第一世纪不是神工作的结局,第十六世纪不是神工作的结局,直到前一个世纪都不是神工作的结局,神的工作还要一直往前去。一直到国度,一直到新天新地,神都是一直往前进,绝不停止。我们如果知道这一个,同时也相信这一个,我们就要赞美神。
10The book of Acts does not have an ending. After chapter 28, many of God’s vessels are still carrying on with His work. His work is continuing and has not stopped. Everything was not over after Paul worked in Rome for two years. Paul lived in Rome and was later martyred. None of these things are recorded in the book of Acts. Peter, Paul, and John are three important persons, yet none of their endings were recorded. How can we say that the book of Acts has ended? God’s testimony can never be finished. We could say the same thing even if there was a twenty-ninth chapter, or a thirtieth chapter, or even a hundredth chapter. If one wanted to write more, new things could always be added. This is why Acts stops at chapter 28. Although the written record no longer continued after chapter 28, God’s work has been going on. The work in the first century was not the peak. For four thousand years, God has been working. If we say that Acts 28 was the peak, we must be at the bottom of the hill; we must have come down from the peak. This is not true, because the Lord said, “My Father is working until now, and I also am working.” We should not assume that God’s work reached its peak at the time of Paul, and we should not consider that God’s work reached its peak at the time of Martin Luther either. No, the first century was not the end of God’s work, nor was the sixteenth century the end of His work. Even last century was not the end of God’s work. His work will go on until the kingdom and even until the new heaven and the new earth. God is always advancing; He never stops. If we know this and believe in this, we will praise our Lord.