0310 是祂信息的榜樣
務要傳道！《提摩太後書 4:2》
我們得救不僅是要成為神的器皿，也是要成為祂的兒女。祂不是把我們變成屬靈代理人，而是屬靈的使者，而這信息必須成為我們的一部分。神的兒子就是祂自己的信息——「我對你們所說的話就是靈，就是生命。」（約翰福音 6:63）。作為祂的門徒，我們的生命必須是我們信息的真實之聖潔榜樣。如果被要求這樣做，即使是未得救之人天然之心也會這樣做，但只有一顆知罪悔罪而破碎的心，受聖靈的洗禮，並被壓碎而順服神的旨意，才能使一個人的生命成為神信息的聖潔榜樣。
作見證和傳道是有區別的，傳道人是接受神的呼召，下定決心用自己全部精力宣揚神的真理的人。神帶領我們超越我們自己對生活的渴望和想法之外，並為祂的目的鑄造雕塑我們，就像祂在五旬節後在門徒的生命中工作那樣。五旬節的目的不是要教導門徒什麼，而是使他們成為他們所傳講的道成肉身，以至於他們真正成為神在肉身中的信息：「作我的見證」（使徒行傳 1:8）。
當你說話時，讓神在你的生命中擁有完全的自由；在神的信息能夠釋放他人之前，祂的釋放必須首先在你身上真實存在。要小心仔細收集你的材料，然後讓神「點燃你的言語」來榮耀祂。
來自章伯斯的智慧
我們永遠不能通過頭腦中的問題得到解答而進入神的國，只能通過獻身。《至善—你偉大的救贖》
0310 Being an Example of His Message
Preach the word! —2 Timothy 4:2
We are not saved only to be instruments for God, but to be His sons and daughters. He does not turn us into spiritual agents but into spiritual messengers, and the message must be a part of us. The Son of God was His own message— “The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63). As His disciples, our lives must be a holy example of the reality of our message. Even the natural heart of the unsaved will serve if called upon to do so, but it takes a heart broken by conviction of sin, baptized by the Holy Spirit, and crushed into submission to God’s purpose to make a person’s life a holy example of God’s message.
There is a difference between giving a testimony and preaching. A preacher is someone who has received the call of God and is determined to use all his energy to proclaim God’s truth. God takes us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and molds and shapes us for His purpose, just as He worked in the disciples’ lives after Pentecost. The purpose of Pentecost was not to teach the disciples something, but to make them the incarnation of what they preached so that they would literally become God’s message in the flesh. “…you shall be witnesses to Me…” (Acts 1:8).
Allow God to have complete liberty in your life when you speak. Before God’s message can liberate other people, His liberation must first be real in you. Gather your material carefully, and then allow God to “set your words on fire” for His glory.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We never enter into the Kingdom of God by having our head questions answered, but only by commitment. –The Highest Good—Thy Great Redemption