最棒的基督徒生命23

真正偉大的基督徒

當我們想要瞭解最棒的基督徒生命時，我們必須除去一個想法，就是最偉大的基督徒都是最有名的。那些在地上最出名的基督徒很可能是在天上最沒沒無名的，那些在天上最受尊敬的可能在地上毫無名氣。在人身上所擁有的屬靈權柄，是無法與神的權柄相比。

歷史上走在神偉大運動前線的許多男女，是因為那些沒沒無名之人在背後禱告的結果。當生命冊被打開時，我們將在那偉大的審判日學到這一切。生命冊是神的歷史書─是人類歷史與個人生命的正確記錄。這些冊子是耶穌所說我們應當為著我們的名字被記在上面歡喜快樂，將我們的紀錄寫在神的歷史書上，遠比記在人的書上好得多。

倘若我們更專注於被神認識，而不是被人認識，我們的生命會有何等不同。主說當審判那日必有許多人來到祂面前，誇耀他們奉主的名所行的偉大事工，但祂卻會對他們說：『離開我去吧』，因為祂從來不認識他們。怎麼會如此呢？

『認識』的希臘文翻譯並不是指著祂不知道他們是誰，而是夫妻之間彼此更深層的認識。偉大的基督徒生命並不是依據我們做了多少工，而是我們成了什麼人。我們是否因為更靠近祂而變得更像祂，是否被祂的榮耀改變？

最棒的基督徒生命會最像基督，此唯有當我們親近祂時才會發生，正如祂所應許的，祂必親近我們。我們是因為看見祂的榮耀而被改變，正如我們在福音書所讀到的，主的神蹟與工作通常是在祂彰顯祂榮耀時而被描述，因此親近主包括被祂使用來做成祂的工。即便如此，這些工是我們與主關係的果子，而不單是一種學習程序，或單靠勤勞就可以做成的。

水果樹會長出水果，是因為它是水果樹，它並不需要使力來結果子，結果子不是因為水果樹做了什麼，而是它是什麼。好樹被種在好土上，所以會結出好果子。當我們繼續認識主，更多親近祂，果子自然會隨之而來。正如主在約翰福音十五章所言，我們若不結果子，是因為我們沒有常在祂裡面。主的工並不是我們為祂做了什麼，乃是我們與祂做了什麼。

(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week23, 2015)\


Truly Great Christians- The Greatest Christian Life, Part 23
Week 23, 2015 
Rick Joyner 

As we pursue understanding the greatest Christian life, one thing we must dispel is that the greatest Christians were the most famous ones. Those who are most well-known on earth may be least known in heaven. Those who are the most highly esteemed in heaven may be little known on earth. Having great spiritual authority with men is not as high as having great authority with God.

Many of the great men and women of history who were at the forefront of great moves of God may have only been there because of those little-known ones behind the scenes praying. We will learn all of this on the great Judgment Day when the Books of Life are opened. The Books of Life are God’s history books—accurate records of human history and every human life. These are the books Jesus said we should rejoice that our names are written in. Making it into God’s history books is far better than making it into man’s.

How would our lives be different if we were focused more on being known by God rather than known by men? The Lord said many would come to Him on the Judgment Day boasting of how many great works they had done in His name, but He would say to them, “Depart” because He never knew them (see Matthew 7:22-23). Their problem was not that they did not know the Lord, but the Lord did not know them. How could that be?

The Greek word translated as “knew” does not mean He did not know who they were, but it is a deeper knowing such as between a husband and wife. Great Christian lives are not based on what we do as much as what we become. Are we becoming more like Him because we are getting closer to Him and are being changed by His glory?

The greatest Christian lives will be most like Christ. This happens as we draw near to Him, and as He promises, He draws near to us. We are changed by seeing His glory. As we see in the Gospels, the miracles and works of the Lord were often described as revealing His glory, so drawing near to Him includes being used by Him to do His works. Even so, the works are the fruit of our relationship, not just a matter of learning procedures, or being diligent.

A fruit tree bears fruit because it is a fruit tree. It does not strain or strive to produce fruit. Producing fruit is the result of what it is, not what it does. A good tree planted in good soil will produce good fruit. As we keep knowing the Lord and drawing closer to Him, the fruit will naturally come. As He said in John 15, if we are not bearing fruit, it is because we are not abiding in Him. The works of the Lord are not what we do for Him, but what we do with Him.