0215 我是我兄弟的看守者嗎？
我們沒有一個人為自己活，也沒有一個人為自己死。《羅馬書 14:7》
你曾否意識到，靈性上你對他人是向神負責的？例如，如果我允許在我私人生活中離開神，我周圍的每個人都會受苦。我們「一同坐在天上」（以弗所書 2:6）。 「如果一個肢體受苦，所有的肢體也跟着受苦……」（哥林多前書 12:26）。如果你允許身體上的自私、思想上的粗心、道德上的麻木不仁，或靈性上的軟弱，與你接觸的每個人就會受苦。但你問：「誰能夠達到如此崇高的標準？」，「因我們的能力本是從神而來…」並且唯獨從神而來（哥林多後書 3:5）。
「你們作我的見證…」（使徒行傳 1:8）。我們中有多少人願意為耶穌基督付出我們每一個神經、心智、道德和靈性的能量？這就是神使用「見證」這個詞的意思。但這需要時間，所以，對自己要有耐心。為什麼神把我們留在世界上？僅僅是為了得救和成聖嗎？不，是為服事祂而工作。我願意為祂而成為擘開的餅、傾倒的酒嗎？我是否願意在這個時代或今生毫無價值，除了一個目的之外，而且只有一個目的，那就是被用來使男男女女成為主耶穌基督的門徒呢？我事奉神的生活，就是我對祂難以言喻的奇妙救恩說「謝謝」的方式。請記住，如果我們拒絕服事神，神完全有可能將我們中的任何一個人放在一邊——「…恐怕我傳福音給別人，自己反被棄絕了。」（哥林多前書 9:27）。
來自章伯斯的智慧
聖經是唯一一本給我們關於罪的真實本質及其來源任何指示的書。《罪的哲學》
0215 Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
None of us lives to himself… —Romans 14:7
Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible spiritually to God for other people? For instance, if I allow any turning away from God in my private life, everyone around me suffers. We “sit together in the heavenly places…” (Ephesians 2:6). “If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it…” (1 Corinthians 12:26). If you allow physical selfishness, mental carelessness, moral insensitivity, or spiritual weakness, everyone in contact with you will suffer. But you ask, “Who is sufficient to be able to live up to such a lofty standard?” “Our sufficiency is from God…” and God alone (2 Corinthians 3:5).
“You shall be witnesses to Me…” (Acts 1:8). How many of us are willing to spend every bit of our nervous, mental, moral, and spiritual energy for Jesus Christ? That is what God means when He uses the word witness. But it takes time, so be patient with yourself. Why has God left us on the earth? Is it simply to be saved and sanctified? No, it is to be at work in service to Him. Am I willing to be broken bread and poured-out wine for Him? Am I willing to be of no value to this age or this life except for one purpose and one alone— to be used to disciple men and women to the Lord Jesus Christ. My life of service to God is the way I say “thank you” to Him for His inexpressibly wonderful salvation. Remember, it is quite possible for God to set any of us aside if we refuse to be of service to Him— “…lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified” (1 Corinthians 9:27).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The Bible is the only Book that gives us any indication of the true nature of sin, and where it came from. —The Philosophy of Sin, 1107 R