0928 无条件认同的「去」
耶稣…对他说：「你还缺少一件，去变卖你所有的，分给穷人，就必有财宝在天上；你还要来跟从我。」《马可福音 10:21》
这位有钱的少年官有着追求完美的强烈热情，当他看到耶稣基督时，他想要像祂。当我们的主呼召门徒时，祂从来不会将任何人的个人圣洁置于一切之上。耶稣主要的考虑，是我彻底消灭我对自己的权利并与祂认同，这意味着与祂建立一种关系，在那关系中没有其它的关系。路加福音14:26 与救恩或成圣无关，只论及与耶稣无条件的认同。我们很少有人真正知道无条件认同耶稣、弃绝和降服于耶稣的绝对的「去」的含义。
「耶稣看着他，就爱他…」（马可福音 10:21）。耶稣的注视会使你的心永远脱离对任何其他人事物的忠诚。耶稣曾经这样看着你吗？耶稣的注视改变、穿透和吸引人。你对神柔软顺从的地方，就是主看过你的地方。如果你刚硬和报复心强，坚持我行我素，并总是确信对方比你更有可能犯错，那么你本性整个领域是从未被祂的注视所改变。
「你还缺少一件…」从耶稣基督的观点来看，与祂合一，之间并无他物，乃是唯一的善事。
「去变卖你所有的…」我必须谦卑自己，直到我只是一个活人。我必须基本上宣布放弃各种拥有，不是为了得救（因为只有一件事可以拯救一个人，那就是在信心中绝对信赖耶稣基督），而是为了跟随耶稣， 「…来跟从我」，这道路就是祂当日所走的路。
来自章伯斯的智慧
信心的根源是对那一位的认识，而最大陷阱之一，就是认为神一定会带领我们到成功。《竭诚为主》，3月19日。
0928 The “Go” of Unconditional Identification
Jesus…said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor…and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” —Mark 10:21
The rich young ruler had the controlling passion to be perfect. When he saw Jesus Christ, he wanted to be like Him. Our Lord never places anyone’s personal holiness above everything else when He calls a disciple. Jesus’ primary consideration is my absolute annihilation of my right to myself and my identification with Him, which means having a relationship with Him in which there are no other relationships. Luke 14:26 has nothing to do with salvation or sanctification, but deals solely with unconditional identification with Jesus Christ. Very few of us truly know what is meant by the absolute “go” of unconditional identification with, and abandonment and surrender to, Jesus.
“Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him…” (Mark 10:21). This look of Jesus will require breaking your heart away forever from allegiance to any other person or thing. Has Jesus ever looked in this way at you? This look of Jesus transforms, penetrates, and captivates. Where you are soft and pliable with God is where the Lord has looked at you. If you are hard and vindictive, insistent on having your own way, and always certain that the other person is more likely to be in the wrong than you are, then there are whole areas of your nature that have never been transformed by His gaze.
“One thing you lack….” From Jesus Christ’s perspective, oneness with Him, with nothing between, is the only good thing.
“…sell whatever you have….” I must humble myself until I am merely a living person. I must essentially renounce possessions of all kinds, not for salvation (for only one thing saves a person and that is absolute reliance in faith upon Jesus Christ), but to follow Jesus. “…come…and follow Me.” And the road is the way He went.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The root of faith is the knowledge of a Person, and one of the biggest snares is the idea that God is sure to lead us to success. –My Utmost for His Highest, March 19, 761 L