耶穌不需要多一位粉絲 (卓爾君牧師)
在你信主之前是否計算過跟隨主所要付的代價？有些人信耶穌就像是買火災險，受洗之後就將保單收到文件箱的底層，然後徹底忘了這件事情，日子過得和過去沒有兩樣，直到將要見主那日才將保險單找出來，用來保護自己免於地獄之火。但是信耶穌真的是這樣嗎? 今天的信息是耶穌所有信息中最難接受的信息，但也是耶穌所有宣講的信息中最重要、最需要我們接受的信息。
信耶穌是神的恩典，你可以自由地相信耶穌，因為這是主耶穌給你的禮物，但是你一旦信耶穌，就表示在你的餘生，你要把你的一切都交給耶穌，這是跟隨主的代價。你或許會覺得這個代價太大了，因為你無法放棄你的人生，但是我們的人生經常外表很漂亮，生命的本質卻不一樣，如以賽亞書64:6所說的，「我們都像不潔淨的人所有的義都像汙穢的衣服。」這就是我們所驕傲緊抓住的自我生命的真相。
路加福音 14:25-35 (和合本)
- 有極多的人和耶穌同行。他轉過來對他們說：
- 「人到我這裡來，若不愛我勝過愛自己的父母、妻子、兒女、弟兄、姐妹和自己的性命，就不能做我的門徒。
- 凡不背著自己十字架跟從我的，也不能做我的門徒。
- 你們哪一個要蓋一座樓，不先坐下算計花費，能蓋成不能呢？
- 恐怕安了地基，不能成功，看見的人都笑話他，
- 說：『這個人開了工，卻不能完工！』
- 或是一個王出去和別的王打仗，豈不先坐下酌量，能用一萬兵去敵那領二萬兵來攻打他的嗎？
- 若是不能，就趁敵人還遠的時候，派使者去求和息的條款。
- 這樣，你們無論什麼人，若不撇下一切所有的，就不能做我的門徒。
- 鹽本是好的，鹽若失了味，可用什麼叫它再鹹呢？
- 或用在田裡，或堆在糞裡，都不合適，只好丟在外面。有耳可聽的，就應當聽！」
Luke 14:25-35 (NIV)
- Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:
- “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.
- And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
- “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?
- For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you,
- saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
- “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
- If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.
- In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.
- “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?
- It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.