带着基督的权柄出去
在马太福音末了，主在复活里，作为经过过程之三一神的具体化身来告诉我们，天上地上一切的权柄，都已经赐给祂了。美国总统差遣大使到许多国家，全权代表他。我们为什么需要这样的权柄，就是天上地上一切的权柄？我们需要这权柄，好使万民作主的门徒。我们大家都需要问自己，我们使多少人作了主的门徒？你相信祂了么？你接受祂了么？你有祂活在你里面么？你与祂是一灵么？你住在祂里面么？祂现在住在你里面么？你与祂是一么？如果你对这些问题说是，你就有天上地上的权柄出去！“去”这辞的价值和重要性是无法度量的。去，去，去！先去耶路撒冷，然后去犹太全地，然后去撒玛利亚，直到地极。去所有国家的所有家里，去你表兄妹的家，去你姻亲的家。去到人的家，使万民作主的门徒。
不结果子的严重性
多年留在不生育的情形里，你高兴么？彼得后书指出，我们可能闲懒不结果子，不生育。假如主明天早晨回来，那么照着祂在马太二十五章的话，你必须向祂交账说，你作了什么。你要告诉祂什么？你会告诉祂，你在当地有好的教会生活，祂赐给你的一切都还在这里么？你会告诉祂，祂是一个忍心的人，没有撒种的地方要收割，没有簸散的地方要收聚么？主会说什么？主会说，“好，良善又忠信的奴仆，…进来享受你主人的快乐”么？或者祂会说，你是又恶又懒的奴仆？按照马太二十五章，祂会把你摆在哪里？不要忘记，被扔在外面黑暗里的，乃是接受了真实的恩赐，一他连得的人；这人不仅是得救的，也是有恩赐的。主是真的，祂真的要回来，并且祂在马太二十五章所说的话将要应验。这是严肃且郑重的事。
主立了我们前去结果子，并使我们的果子常存
约翰十五章十六节说，“不是你们拣选了我，乃是我拣选了你们，并且立了你们，要你们前去，并要你们结果子，且要你们的果子常存。”在这一节里有些辞相当重要。第一个辞是“立”；不是我们拣选自己，乃是祂拣选了我们。在作基督这葡萄树的枝子这事上，我们没有选择，因为祂抓住了我们。祂拣选我们，并立我们去结果子。结果子是主立的，是祂指定的。祂没有指定我们作别的事，祂指定我们结果子。主吩咐我们前去结果子。枝子能去么？自然界中树上的枝子不能去。但我们不仅是活的枝子，也是能移动的枝子；我们必须去，这指明我们必须去到人那里。保罗说，无论对什么人，他都是欠债的（罗一14）。盼望我们也都有同样的灵，看自己是欠福音债的人。保罗也说，他不传福音就有祸了，若甘心传福音就有赏赐（林前九16-17）。愿我们都起来，作主的见证人，好得福音的赏赐。
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Living Uniquely For The Gospel – 1 Tim. 2:4
Going With The Authority Of Christ
At the end of the Gospel of Matthew, the Lord came as the very embodiment of the processed Triune God in resurrection and told us that all authority had been given to Him in heaven and on earth (28:18). The President of the United States sends ambassadors to many countries representing him with full authority, but why do we need this kind of authority, all authority in heaven and on earth? We need this authority to disciple the nations. All of us have to ask ourselves how many we have discipled. Have you believed in Him? Have you received Him? Do you have Him living in you? Are you one spirit with Him? Are you abiding in Him? Is He now abiding in you? Are you and He one? If you say yes to these questions, you have the authority in heaven and on earth to go! The worth and importance of the word “go” cannot be measured. Go, go, go! Go to Jerusalem first, then Judea, then Samaria, then to the remotest part of the earth (Acts 1:8). Go to all the homes in all the countries. Go to your cousins’ homes, go to your in-laws’ homes. Go to the homes to disciple the nations.
The Seriousness Of Not Bearing Fruit
Are you happy to remain in a barren situation for years? Second Peter indicates that it is possible for us to be idle and unfruitful, barren (1:8). Suppose tomorrow morning the Lord comes back. Then according to His word in Matthew 25, you will have to give Him an account of what you have been doing. What will you tell Him? Will you tell Him that you have had a good church life in your locality, that whatever He has given you is still here? Will you tell Him that He is a hard man, reaping where He did not sow and gathering where He did not scatter? What would the Lord say? Would the Lord say, “Well done, good and faithful slave…enter into the joy of your lord” (25:23)? Or would He call you an evil and slothful slave (25:26)? According to Matthew 25, where will He put you? Do not forget that the one who is put into outer darkness is the one who has received the real gift, one talent. This one is not only saved but also gifted. The Lord is real, He will really come back, and His word spoken in Matthew 25 will be fulfilled. This is a serious and solemn matter.
The Lord Appointing Us To Go Forth And Bear Fruit And That Our Fruit Should Remain
John 15:16 says, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and I appointed you that you should go forth and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain.” In this verse there are some words which are quite crucial. The first word is “appointed.” We did not choose ourselves, but He chose us. We have no choice in the matter of being a branch of Christ, the vine, because He caught us. He chose us and appointed us to bear fruit. To bear fruit is the Lord’s appointment, His assignment. He did not assign us to do anything else. He appointed us to bear fruit. The Lord charged us to go forth and bear fruit. Can a branch go? The branches of a physical tree do not go. But we are not only living branches, but also movable branches. We have to go. This indicates that we have to reach people.
Paul said that he was a debtor to all men (Rom. 1:14). I hope that we will have the same spirit to see that we are those who owe the debt of the gospel. Paul also said that it would be woe to him if he did not preach the gospel, but if he preached the gospel, he would be rewarded (1 Cor. 9:16-17). I hope that we will all rise up to be the Lord’s witnesses that we may be rewarded for the gospel.