2月15日


章伯斯原著 | 听见录制 | 主播：胡正军


我们没有一个人为自己活。（罗14:7）


你有没有想过别人灵性的光景，在神面前我们是有责任要承担？例如我暗地里偏离神，四周的人都必受累。我们是“一同坐在天上”、“一个肢体受苦，所有的肢体就一同受苦”。


你一旦容让肉体的私欲、思想的怠惰、德行的放松、属灵的迟钝，你的同伴就要受损。你会说：“立这样的标准，谁能当得起呢？”惟有神自己，我们所能承担的是出于神。


“你们要作我的见证”。有多少人肯把精力、智力、德性、灵性的每一分为耶稣基督摆上呢？见证这个字在神的心目中，正是这个意思。是要用时间，要耐心。


神留我们在地上是为了什么？得拯救？得成圣？决不，乃是为祂。


我愿否为祂成为擘开的饼、倒出的酒？我甘愿被剥夺一切，完全舍弃观点立场，只为主使万人作门徒？我以生命作主工人，是对神说不尽的救恩和致谢。


记住，每个人都有可能成为被废弃的银子——“……恐怕我传福音给别人，自己反被弃绝了。”

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祈祷


为着祢的话——“父亲怎样怜恤他的儿女，耶和华也怎样怜恤敬畏祂的人”——我赞美祢。我何其认清我所领受到的，绝不是祢的严苛，却全然是祢的慈爱。噢，愿祢向我所施的慈爱、温柔与忍耐，能够透过我向其他人表达。


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“Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”


None of us lives to himself… —Romans 14:7


Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible spiritually to God for other people? For instance, if I allow any turning away from God in my private life, everyone around me suffers. We “sit together in the heavenly places…” (Ephesians 2:6). “If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it…” (1 Corinthians 12:26). If you allow physical selfishness, mental carelessness, moral insensitivity, or spiritual weakness, everyone in contact with you will suffer. But you ask, “Who is sufficient to be able to live up to such a lofty standard?” “Our sufficiency is from God…” and God alone (2 Corinthians 3:5).

“You shall be witnesses to Me…” (Acts 1:8). How many of us are willing to spend every bit of our nervous, mental, moral, and spiritual energy for Jesus Christ? That is what God means when He uses the word witness. But it takes time, so be patient with yourself. Why has God left us on the earth? Is it simply to be saved and sanctified? No, it is to be at work in service to Him. Am I willing to be broken bread and poured-out wine for Him? Am I willing to be of no value to this age or this life except for one purpose and one alone— to be used to disciple men and women to the Lord Jesus Christ. My life of service to God is the way I say “thank you” to Him for His inexpressibly wonderful salvation. Remember, it is quite possible for God to set any of us aside if we refuse to be of service to Him— “…lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified” (1 Corinthians 9:27).