Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world —John 18:36
The great enemy of the Lord Jesus Christ today is the idea of practical work that has no basis in the New Testament but comes from the systems of the world. This work insists upon endless energy and activities, but no private life with God. The emphasis is put on the wrong thing. Jesus said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation . . . . For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:20-21). It is a hidden, obscure thing. An active Christian worker too often lives to be seen by others, while it is the innermost, personal area that reveals the power of a person’s life.
We must get rid of the plague of the spirit of this religious age in which we live. In our Lord’s life there was none of the pressure and the rushing of tremendous activity that we regard so highly today, and a disciple is to be like His Master. The central point of the kingdom of Jesus Christ is a personal relationship with Him, not public usefulness to others.
It is not the practical activities that are the strength of this Bible Training College— its entire strength lies in the fact that here you are immersed in the truths of God to soak in them before Him. You have no idea of where or how God is going to engineer your future circumstances, and no knowledge of what stress and strain is going to be placed on you either at home or abroad. And if you waste your time in overactivity, instead of being immersed in the great fundamental truths of God’s redemption, then you will snap when the stress and strain do come. But if this time of soaking before God is being spent in getting rooted and grounded in Him, which may appear to be impractical, then you will remain true to Him whatever happens.
被忽視的秘密
"我的國不屬這世界。"約18:36
如今主耶穌基督最大的敵人,是我們對實際事工的觀念,它不從新約聖經而來,而是從這世界的系統而來,在支持各種活動上付出了無窮的精力,幾乎沒有了與神同在的個人關係,把重點放在了錯誤的事情上。耶穌說:" 神的國來到不是眼所能見的。因為神的國就在你們心裡,"(路17:20-21)它是一個隱藏的,不明顯的事物。一個活躍的基督徒工人經常活在商店的櫥窗裡。其實,只有內心的最深處才展現出生命的力量。
我們必須除去現在所處的宗教時代的精神災禍,在主的生命裡,並沒有那種我們熱崇的事工活動所出現的擁擠和匆促,作主門徒的要像他的主一樣。耶穌基督的國度裡最中心的事,是與他的個人關係,而不是對人的外在貢獻。這所聖經訓練學院的力量,不在於實際的活動。它全部的力量在於這個事實??你是否完全浸透在神的里面。你根本不知道神要如何安排你的環境,也不知道你要在國內或者國外遭遇怎樣的壓力,如果你浪費你的時間、精力在過於活躍的活動上,而不是沉浸在關於神的救贖的偉大基要真理上,當壓力來時你就會被折斷。但是,如果花時間沉浸在神的里面,實質地在神裡面紮根,
那麼無論發生什麼,你都將保持對他的忠誠。
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