0715 我灵命的尊荣和责任
…无论是希利尼人，化外人，聪明人，愚拙人，我都欠他们的债。《罗马书 1:14》
保罗深深感到自己欠耶稣基督的债，他用一生来表达这种感觉。保罗生命中最大的灵感就是他视耶稣基督为他灵命的债主。关于每一个未得救的灵魂，我是否也有同样亏欠基督的欠债感？作为圣徒，就我与这些失丧灵魂的关系而言，我灵命的尊荣和责任就是偿还欠基督的债。我生命中每一丁点有价值的部分，都是我欠耶稣基督救赎的债。我是否在做什么来使祂能够将祂的救赎带入别人的生命中得以实际显明？只有当神的灵在我里面工作，使我有这种欠债感时，我才能做到这一点。
我在其他人中并非高人一等——我是主耶稣的奴仆。保罗说：「…你们不是自己的人，因为你们是重价买来的…」（哥林多前书 6:19-20）。保罗把自己卖给了耶稣基督，他实际上是说：「因着耶稣的福音，我是地上所有人的债务人；我唯一的自由，只在于我能绝对是祂的奴仆。」一旦这种灵命尊荣和责任的境界成为真实，这就是一个基督徒生命的特征停止为自己祷告，并像是耶稣的奴仆那样为了他人而度过一生；这就是现实生活中成为擘开的饼、浇奠的酒之真正含义。
基督教不是要对良心或坚信保持一致；基督教是要对耶稣基督真实忠诚。《圣经伦理学》
0715 My Life’s Spiritual Honor and Duty
I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians… —Romans 1:14
Paul was overwhelmed with the sense of his indebtedness to Jesus Christ, and he spent his life to express it. The greatest inspiration in Paul’s life was his view of Jesus Christ as his spiritual creditor. Do I feel that same sense of indebtedness to Christ regarding every unsaved soul? As a saint, my life’s spiritual honor and duty is to fulfill my debt to Christ in relation to these lost souls. Every tiny bit of my life that has value I owe to the redemption of Jesus Christ. Am I doing anything to enable Him to bring His redemption into evident reality in the lives of others? I will only be able to do this as the Spirit of God works into me this sense of indebtedness.
I am not a superior person among other people— I am a bondservant of the Lord Jesus. Paul said, “…you are not your own…you were bought at a price…” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Paul sold himself to Jesus Christ and he said, in effect, “I am a debtor to everyone on the face of the earth because of the gospel of Jesus; I am free only that I may be an absolute bondservant of His.” That is the characteristic of a Christian’s life once this level of spiritual honor and duty becomes real. Quit praying about yourself and spend your life for the sake of others as the bondservant of Jesus. That is the true meaning of being broken bread and poured-out wine in real life.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Christianity is not consistency to conscience or to convictions; Christianity is being true to Jesus Christ. Biblical Ethics, 111 L