0925 「去」的關係
有人強逼你走一里路， 你就同他走二里。《馬太福音 5:41》
我們主的教導可總結為這一點：除非祂在我們裡面做了超自然的工作，否則祂要求我們的那種關係是不可能實現的。耶穌基督要求祂的門徒在面對暴政和不公時，不允許心中有絲毫的怨恨。再多的熱情也經不起耶穌基督加在祂僕人身上的壓力；只有一件事可以承受壓力，那就是與耶穌基督本身的個人關係——這種關係已被檢查、凈化和考驗，直到只剩下一個目的，而我可以真正地說：「我在這裡是為了讓神差遣我去祂要我去的地方。」其它一切可能變得模糊，但與耶穌基督的關係絕對不能。
登山寶訓並非是無法實現的目標；它是一個陳述，就是當耶穌基督把祂自己的本性放在我裡面，祂改變我的本性時，我裡面會發生什麼改變的陳述。耶穌基督是唯一能夠實現登山寶訓的那一位。
如果我們要成為耶穌的門徒，我們就必須被超自然地變成門徒。只要我們有意識地保持作祂門徒的堅定目的，我們就可以確定我們不是門徒。耶穌說：「不是你們揀選了我，是我揀選了你們…」（約翰福音 15:16），這就是神恩典開始的方式。這是我們永遠無法逃避的催逼；我們可以違背它，但我們自己永遠無法開始或生髮催逼。我們被神超自然恩典的工作吸引到神那裡，而我們永遠無法追溯到這工作的起點。我們的主塑造門徒是超自然的，祂完全沒有建基在我們任何自然的能力。神不要求我們做那些自然容易的事——祂只要求我們做那些靠着祂的恩典我們完全適合做的事，我們必須背負的十字架就總是循此而來。
來自章伯斯的智慧
耶穌對門徒所說的偉大之語是「舍己」。當神把我們帶進門徒的關係中時，我們必須冒險相信祂的話，完全信靠祂，並注意當祂帶我們去冒險時，我們就接受之。《登山寶訓研究》
0925 The “Go” of Relationship
Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. —Matthew 5:41
Our Lord’s teaching can be summed up in this: the relationship that He demands for us is an impossible one unless He has done a supernatural work in us. Jesus Christ demands that His disciple does not allow even the slightest trace of resentment in his heart when faced with tyranny and injustice. No amount of enthusiasm will ever stand up to the strain that Jesus Christ will put upon His servant. Only one thing will bear the strain, and that is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ Himself— a relationship that has been examined, purified, and tested until only one purpose remains and I can truly say, “I am here for God to send me where He will.” Everything else may become blurred, but this relationship with Jesus Christ must never be.
The Sermon on the Mount is not some unattainable goal; it is a statement of what will happen in me when Jesus Christ has changed my nature by putting His own nature in me. Jesus Christ is the only One who can fulfill the Sermon on the Mount.
If we are to be disciples of Jesus, we must be made disciples supernaturally. And as long as we consciously maintain the determined purpose to be His disciples, we can be sure that we are not disciples. Jesus says, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you…” (John 15:16). That is the way the grace of God begins. It is a constraint we can never escape; we can disobey it, but we can never start it or produce it ourselves. We are drawn to God by a work of His supernatural grace, and we can never trace back to find where the work began. Our Lord’s making of a disciple is supernatural. He does not build on any natural capacity of ours at all. God does not ask us to do the things that are naturally easy for us— He only asks us to do the things that we are perfectly fit to do through His grace, and that is where the cross we must bear will always come.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The great word of Jesus to His disciples is Abandon. When God has brought us into the relationship of disciples, we have to venture on His word; trust entirely to Him and watch that when He brings us to the venture, we take it.–Studies in the Sermon on the Mount