双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：8 月 19 日 作主门徒

8 月 19 日

作主门徒

这样，你们无论什么人，若不撇下一切所有的，就不能作我的门徒。

路加福音 14:33

你知道做主的门徒意味着什么吗？从字面上讲，门徒就是用功的学生、学徒，尤其是相信老师的学说并追随他的人。门徒承认有个比他知道得更多的人，门徒是一个意识到自己需要学到比现在更多知识的人——他学得越多，就越意识到自己需要学习。

门徒必须花时间和他的老师在一起，才能获得智慧、知识和悟性。他知道，这一切凭借潜移默化或其他方式是无法获得的。就像没上过课就想大学毕业一样，是不可能做到的。他必须与教授互动，提问、得到解答，并学习指定的教材。

我们所有属基督的人都应该是祂的门徒。与当初的门徒不同的是，我们无法亲身与耶稣在一起。但我们可以藉着读祂在世上所说的话、祷告与祂交谈并聆听祂的教导，来向祂学习。遵从老师的命令，是一个门徒最好的见证。

耶稣说，遵守神诫命的人，才是真正爱祂的人。你是主耶稣的门徒吗？

今日祷告：

天父，我是耶稣的门徒。我愿意遵守祂一切的命令，我也愿意教导别人这样做。感谢您差遣您的儿子来引领我们；奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

August 19

BECOMING A DISCIPLE

So no one can become my disciple unless be first sits down and counts his blessings-and then renounces them all for me. Luke 14:33, TLB

Do you know what it means to be a disciple? A disciple is, literally, a scholar, a learner, especially one who believes in the doctrine of his teacher and follows him. A disciple acknowledges there is one who knows more than he does. A disciple is a person who realizes he needs to learn more than he knows now-and the more he learns the more he realizes he needs to learn.

A disciple must spend time with his teacher in order to gain wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. He knows he cannot get it by osmosis or any other way. It would be like trying to graduate from college without ever attending classes. It is impossible to do. One must interact with one’s professors, asking questions, receiving answers, and studying the assigned material.

All of us who belong to Christ are (or ought to be) His disciples. Unlike the original disciples, we cannot physically spend time with Jesus. But we can hear Him speak and learn from Him just the same by reading what He said when He was here, by speaking to Him through prayer, and by determining to be obedient to His teachings. This is the ultimate proof that one is a disciple: if he follows the commands of his teacher.

Jesus said that he who keeps God’s commandments is the one who truly loves God. Are you a disciple of the Lord Jesus?

Pray for the Day:

Father, I am a disciple of Jesus. I want to obey everything that He commanded, and I want to teach others to do the same. Thank You for sending us Your Son to lead us; in Jesus’ Name, Amen.