1212 人格
你所赐给我的荣耀，我已赐给他们，使他们合而为一，像我们合而为一。《约翰福音17:22》
人格是我们生命中独一无二、无限的部分，它使我们与众不同；它太过广阔，我们甚至无法理解。海中的岛屿可能只是一座大山的山顶，而我们的人格就像那个岛屿；我们不知道我们存在的深度，因此我们无法衡量自己。我们开始以为我们可以，但很快意识到，实际上只有一位全然了解我们，那就是我们的造物主。
人格是内在属灵人的特征，就像个体性是外在天然人的特征一样正如个体性是天然生命的特质。我们的主永远不能以个体性和独立性来描述，而只能以祂完整的位格/人格来描述——「我与父原为一」（约翰福音 10:30）。人格融合，只有当你与另一个人融合时，你才能达到你的真实身份。当爱或神的灵降临到一个人身上时，他就会改变。然后，他将不再坚持保持他的个体性。我们的主从不提及一个人的个体性或他的隔离位份，而是从全人角度来说话——「…使他们合而为一，像我们合而为一…。」一旦你将自己的主权交给神，你真正的个人本性就会立即开始回应神。耶稣基督把自由带给你整个人，甚至你的个体性也被转化改变。这种转化改变是由爱带来的，就是个人对耶稣的忠心。爱是一个人与另一个人真正相交涌流出来的结果。
来自章伯斯的智慧
信仰的捍卫者倾向于愤愤不平，直到他们学会在主的光中行走。当你学会在主的光中行走时，愤愤不平和纷争是不可能的。《圣经心理学》
1212 Personality
…that they may be one just as We are one… —John 17:22
Personality is the unique, limitless part of our life that makes us distinct from everyone else. It is too vast for us even to comprehend. An island in the sea may be just the top of a large mountain, and our personality is like that island. We don’t know the great depths of our being, therefore we cannot measure ourselves. We start out thinking we can, but soon realize that there is really only one Being who fully understands us, and that is our Creator.
Personality is the characteristic mark of the inner, spiritual man, just as individuality is the characteristic of the outer, natural man. Our Lord can never be described in terms of individuality and independence, but only in terms of His total Person— “I and My Father are one” (John 10:30). Personality merges, and you only reach your true identity once you are merged with another person. When love or the Spirit of God come upon a person, he is transformed. He will then no longer insist on maintaining his individuality. Our Lord never referred to a person’s individuality or his isolated position, but spoke in terms of the total person— “…that they may be one just as We are one….” Once your rights to yourself are surrendered to God, your true personal nature begins responding to God immediately. Jesus Christ brings freedom to your total person, and even your individuality is transformed. The transformation is brought about by love— personal devotion to Jesus. Love is the overflowing result of one person in true fellowship with another.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Defenders of the faith are inclined to be bitter until they learn to walk in the light of the Lord. When you have learned to walk in the light of the Lord, bitterness and contention are impossible.—Biblical Psychology