1027 使命方法
所以你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒…《馬太福音 28:19》
耶穌基督沒有說：「去拯救靈魂」（靈魂得救是神超自然的工作），但祂說：「…去，使萬民作我的門徒。」然而，除非你自己先是門徒，否則你無法使人作門徒。當門徒們第一次奉差遣出去，他們滿了喜樂回來，因為連污鬼都服了他們。但耶穌實際上說：「不要因服事成功而歡喜——喜樂最大的秘訣是你與我有正確的關係。」（見路加福音10:17-20）。奉差遣者最重要的本質是忠於神的呼召，並明白他唯一的目的就是使人作耶穌的門徒。請記住，有一種對靈魂的熱情並非從神而來，而是來自我們想讓人們皈依我們觀點的慾望。
奉差者的挑戰並非來自於人們難以得救，背道者難以挽回，或者存在冷漠無情的障礙。不，挑戰來自奉差者自己與耶穌基督個人關係的觀點——「你們信我能做這事嗎？」 （馬太福音 9:28）。我們的主毫不動搖地問我們這個問題，它在每一個我們遭遇的個別情況中都質面我們。對我們來說，最大的挑戰是：我認識復活的主嗎？我曉得祂內住聖靈的大能嗎？我在神眼中是否夠智慧，但根據世界的智慧卻是夠愚拙，去信靠耶穌基督所說的話？還是我拋棄了對基督耶穌無限確信的偉大超然地位，那實際上是神對使命者唯一的呼召？如果我跟從任何其他方法，我就完全背離了我們的主所規定的方法——「天上地下所有的權柄都賜給我了…所以你們要去…」（馬太福音28:18-19）。
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》
1027 The Method of Missions
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations… —Matthew 28:19
Jesus Christ did not say, “Go and save souls” (the salvation of souls is the supernatural work of God), but He said, “Go…make disciples of all the nations….” Yet you cannot make disciples unless you are a disciple yourself. When the disciples returned from their first mission, they were filled with joy because even the demons were subject to them. But Jesus said, in effect, “Don’t rejoice in successful service— the great secret of joy is that you have the right relationship with Me” (see Luke 10:17-20). The missionary’s great essential is remaining true to the call of God, and realizing that his one and only purpose is to disciple men and women to Jesus. Remember that there is a passion for souls that does not come from God, but from our desire to make converts to our point of view.
The challenge to the missionary does not come from the fact that people are difficult to bring to salvation, that backsliders are difficult to reclaim, or that there is a barrier of callous indifference. No, the challenge comes from the perspective of the missionary’s own personal relationship with Jesus Christ— “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” (Matthew 9:28). Our Lord unwaveringly asks us that question, and it confronts us in every individual situation we encounter. The one great challenge to us is— do I know my risen Lord? Do I know the power of His indwelling Spirit? Am I wise enough in God’s sight, but foolish enough according to the wisdom of the world, to trust in what Jesus Christ has said? Or am I abandoning the great supernatural position of limitless confidence in Christ Jesus, which is really God’s only call for a missionary? If I follow any other method, I depart altogether from the methods prescribed by our Lord— “All authority has been given to Me….Go therefore…” (Matthew 28:18-19).
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, 1459 R