A Blessed Life: Becoming A True Disciple蒙福的人生：成为真门徒
Author: Rev Ng Eng Keng
Translate: Sis Charis Ong
“So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.””
A true disciple of Christ must abide in His word. In other words, the least we could say about the life of one who does not keep the word of God, is that it is problematic, and not pleasing to God. Are you one who abides in His word?
The Bible clearly stated the attitude a disciple of God should have towards His word – that is to ‘abide in’ it. In the Chinese Union Version of the Bible, ‘abide in’ was translated to ‘always observe’. Not once or twice, ten or a hundred times, but ‘always’ – at every moment.
Apart from this, to ‘abide in’ also implies ‘adhering to the prescribed actions’, that is to follow the given instructions to accomplish a task. If you have a complete understanding of the process in which a task is to be accomplished – be it the procedure, strategy, or steps to be taken, and yet you did not follow through, then it all amounts to nothing and will not yield any results.
To be blessed by God, Christians not only need to ‘know’ the ways and the channels of blessings, more importantly, they must be able to profess through their actions their faith in the one who blesses. Many Christians yearn to get an abundance of blessings from God, yet they are not ready to express their faith through their actions.
Dear brothers and sisters, let us become the beloved disciples of Christ, that not only do we know the truth, but we live by it. Verse 32 of John 8 reads, [and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”]. It is only when we know and live by the truth that we gain true freedom in Him!
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“于是耶稣对信了他的犹太人说：“你们若持守我的道，就真是我的门徒了””
一位真基督徒必须持守主的道。换句话说，一个不持守主的道的人，至少我们可以说他的生命是有问题与不讨神喜悦的。请问你是不是一位持守主道的门徒？
圣经这里很清楚的说到，一位属主的“门徒”遵守主道应有的态度，那就是要有“持守”的态度。在和合本圣经把“持守”翻译成“常常遵守”。不是一次、不是两次、十次、也不是一百次，而是要“常常”的遵守，既每时每刻的遵守。
另外“持守”也带出“依照所规定的行动”。即按照着所指示的规定去完成事情。若你对完成某一件事情的过程，不单知道，甚至“了如指掌”。虽然整个的程序、策略、步骤你都能掌握得非常好，但若你没有“遵守”，那也是没有意义，是没有果效的。
基督徒要蒙神的祝福，不单要“知道”蒙福的方法与管道，更是要以“行动”来表明你对那位赐福者的信靠。许多基督徒都期望得到从神而来满满的祝福，但却不愿意在行动上表明对神的信靠。
亲爱的弟兄姐妹们，让我们成为主所爱的门徒，不但认识真理，也行出真理。经文第32节说：「你们必认识真理，真理必定使你们自由」。当我们认识真理，并行出真理，我们就能够在祂里面得着真正的自由！