1203 「不是依靠勢力，不是依靠才能」
我說的話，講的道，不是用智慧委婉的言語，乃是用聖靈和大能的明證。《哥林多前書2:4》
如果你在傳福音時以救恩之道的知識取代信靠福音大能，你就阻礙了人們得到真實。當你宣揚你的救恩之道的知識時，要小心，確保你自己是藉着信神而被栽種並紮根。永遠不要依賴你表述的清晰度，但在你闡釋時，要確保你是依靠聖靈。依靠神救贖大能的確實，祂就會在人們心中創造祂自己的生命。
一旦你紮根於真實，就無可動搖。如果你的信心是建立在經歷之上，那麼任何發生的事情都可能推翻你的信心。但沒有什麼可以改變神或救贖的真實。將你的信心建基其上，你就會永遠穩固安全，像神那樣穩固安全。一旦你與耶穌基督建立了個人關係，你就永遠不再動搖了，這就是成聖的意義。神不贊成我們人類堅持認為成聖只是一種經歷，而忘記了即使我們的成聖也必須被聖化。「我為他們的緣故，自己分別為聖，叫他們也因真理成聖。」（約翰福音 17:19）。我必須有意地將我成聖的生命交給神為祂所用，這樣祂才能使用我作為祂的手和腳。
來自章伯斯的智慧
在過去的三百年里，人們一直在比較耶穌基督的教義與其他美好的教義的相似性。但我們必須記住，如果基督教不是超自然的神跡，那就是一個騙局。《至善》
1203 “Not by Might nor by Power”
My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power… —1 Corinthians 2:4
If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality. Take care to see while you proclaim your knowledge of the way of salvation, that you yourself are rooted and grounded by faith in God. Never rely on the clearness of your presentation, but as you give your explanation make sure that you are relying on the Holy Spirit. Rely on the certainty of God’s redemptive power, and He will create His own life in people.
Once you are rooted in reality, nothing can shake you. If your faith is in experiences, anything that happens is likely to upset that faith. But nothing can ever change God or the reality of redemption. Base your faith on that, and you are as eternally secure as God Himself. Once you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, you will never be moved again. That is the meaning of sanctification. God disapproves of our human efforts to cling to the concept that sanctification is merely an experience, while forgetting that even our sanctification must also be sanctified (see John 17:19). I must deliberately give my sanctified life to God for His service, so that He can use me as His hands and His feet.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
For the past three hundred years men have been pointing out how similar Jesus Christ’s teachings are to other good teachings. We have to remember that Christianity, if it is not a supernatural miracle, is a sham. The Highest Good, 548 L