0702 作門徒的條件
人到我這裡來，若不愛我勝過愛自己的父母、妻子、兒女、弟兄、姐妹和自己的性命，就不能做我的門徒。凡不背着自己的十字架跟從我的，也不能作我的門徒。…這樣，你們無論什麼人，若不撇下一切所有的，就不能作為我的門徒。《路加福音 14:26-27, 33》
如果門徒生命中最親密的關係與耶穌基督的主張發生衝突，那麼我們的主就要求他立即順服祂自己。門徒職分意味着對某一位——我們的主耶穌基督——個人的、熱情的奉獻。對一個人的奉獻與對原則或事業的奉獻之間存在巨大的區別。我們的主從未宣揚一項事業——祂宣揚對祂自己的個別奉獻。成為門徒就是被主耶穌的愛所激發而成為忠誠的愛奴。我們中許多自稱為基督徒的人並沒有真正獻身忠於耶穌基督。世上無人對主耶穌有如此的熱愛，除非聖靈賜給他那份愛。我們可以欽佩、尊敬和敬畏祂，但我們不能憑自己來愛祂。唯一真正愛主耶穌的就是聖靈，正是祂「將神的愛澆灌在我們心裡」（羅馬書5:5）。每當聖靈看到通過你榮耀耶穌的機會，祂就會接管你整個人，並使你燃起對耶穌基督的熱情奉獻。
基督徒的生命是以真實和自發的創造力為特徵的生活。因此，門徒受到與耶穌基督同樣的指控，即我們是不一致的指控。但耶穌基督在與神的關係中始終是一致的，基督徒也必須與在他裡面神兒子的生命的關係中一致，而不是與嚴格、不屈服的教義相一致。人們傾全力於他們自己的教義，而神必須將他們從先入為主的觀念中炸出來，然後他們才能變得忠於耶穌基督。
來自章伯斯的智慧
神創造人類，讓他成為地上、海里和空中生命之主，而他之所以不是，是因為他擅自掌握律法，成為自己的主，但卻不是其他之主。 《痛苦的陰影》
0702 The Conditions of Discipleship
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also…. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me….So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple. —Luke 14:26-27, 33
If the closest relationships of a disciple’s life conflict with the claims of Jesus Christ, then our Lord requires instant obedience to Himself. Discipleship means personal, passionate devotion to a Person— our Lord Jesus Christ. There is a vast difference between devotion to a person and devotion to principles or to a cause. Our Lord never proclaimed a cause— He proclaimed personal devotion to Himself. To be a disciple is to be a devoted bondservant motivated by love for the Lord Jesus. Many of us who call ourselves Christians are not truly devoted to Jesus Christ. No one on earth has this passionate love for the Lord Jesus unless the Holy Spirit has given it to him. We may admire, respect, and revere Him, but we cannot love Him on our own. The only One who truly loves the Lord Jesus is the Holy Spirit, and it is He who has “poured out in our hearts” the very “love of God” (Romans 5:5). Whenever the Holy Spirit sees an opportunity to glorify Jesus through you, He will take your entire being and set you ablaze with glowing devotion to Jesus Christ.
The Christian life is a life characterized by true and spontaneous creativity. Consequently, a disciple is subject to the same charge that was leveled against Jesus Christ, namely, the charge of inconsistency. But Jesus Christ was always consistent in His relationship to God, and a Christian must be consistent in his relationship to the life of the Son of God in him, not consistent to strict, unyielding doctrines. People pour themselves into their own doctrines, and God has to blast them out of their preconceived ideas before they can become devoted to Jesus Christ.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
God created man to be master of the life in the earth and sea and sky, and the reason he is not is because he took the law into his own hands, and became master of himself, but of nothing else. The Shadow of an Agony, 1163 L