0407 為什麼我們缺乏理解
下山的時候，耶穌囑咐他們說：「人子還沒有從死里復活，你們不要將所看見的告訴人。」《馬可福音 9:9》
正如門徒所受的命令一樣，你也不應該說什麼，直到人子在你裡面復活為止——直到復活的基督的生命支配着你，以至於你真正明白祂在世上所教導的。當你內在成長並發展出正確的狀態時，耶穌所說的話就會變得如此清晰，以至於你會驚訝於之前你沒有理解它們。事實上，你以前無法理解它們，因為你還尚未發展出正確的靈性狀態來處理它們。
我們的主並未向我們隱瞞這些事情，但直到我們的靈性生活處於正確狀態，我們還沒有準備好接受它們。耶穌說：「我還有好些事要告訴你們，但你們現在擔當不了。」（約翰福音 16:12）。在我們準備好從祂那裡接受任何特定的真理之前，我們必須與祂復活的生命合一。我們真的了解耶穌復活的生命的住在我們裡面嗎？我們確實了解的證據就是祂的話對我們而言變得越來越能理解了。如果我們沒有神的靈，神就無法向我們啟示任何事。而我們自己不順服和固執己見將會有效地阻止神向我們啟示任何事情。但一旦祂復活的生命在我們身上大行其道時，我們這種麻木思維將立即結束。
「不要告訴人…。」但很多人確實講述了他們在變像山上所看到的——他們的頂峰體驗。他們看到了異象並為之作證，但他們所說的和他們的生活方式，兩者之間沒有任何聯繫。他們的生活不成比例，因為人子尚未在他們裡面復活。祂復活的生命還要多久才能在你我身上成形並顯現出來呢？
來自章伯斯的智慧
真誠意味着外表和實際完全一致。《登山寶訓研究》
0407 Why We Lack Understanding
He commanded them that they should tell no one the things they had seen, till the Son of Man had risen from the dead. —Mark 9:9
As the disciples were commanded, you should also say nothing until the Son of Man has risen in you— until the life of the risen Christ so dominates you that you truly understand what He taught while here on earth. When you grow and develop the right condition inwardly, the words Jesus spoke become so clear that you are amazed you did not grasp them before. In fact, you were not able to understand them before because you had not yet developed the proper spiritual condition to deal with them.
Our Lord doesn’t hide these things from us, but we are not prepared to receive them until we are in the right condition in our spiritual life. Jesus said, “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now” (John 16:12). We must have a oneness with His risen life before we are prepared to bear any particular truth from Him. Do we really know anything about the indwelling of the risen life of Jesus? The evidence that we do is that His Word is becoming understandable to us. God cannot reveal anything to us if we don’t have His Spirit. And our own unyielding and headstrong opinions will effectively prevent God from revealing anything to us. But our insensible thinking will end immediately once His resurrection life has its way with us.
“…tell no one….” But so many people do tell what they saw on the Mount of Transfiguration— their mountaintop experience. They have seen a vision and they testify to it, but there is no connection between what they say and how they live. Their lives don’t add up because the Son of Man has not yet risen in them. How long will it be before His resurrection life is formed and evident in you and in me?
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Sincerity means that the appearance and the reality are exactly the same. Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, 1449 L