21救恩不仅是为叫人喜乐,也是为叫人顺服。……唯有顺服的人才能经历救恩的丰满,否则就把救恩的性质改变了。我们需要像主那样的顺服,主耶稣凭着顺从便成了我们得救的根源。神拯救我们,盼望我们顺服祂的旨意。人若碰着神的权柄,顺服便很简单,明白神的旨意也很简单,因主一直顺服,也把顺服的生命赐给了我们(倪柝声文集第三辑第一册,一五九至一六○页)。
21Salvation not only brings joy; it also brings submission…Only submissive ones will experience the fullness of salvation. Otherwise, we change the nature of salvation. We need to be submissive, even as the Lord was submissive. The Lord became the source of our salvation through obedience. God saved us with the hope that we would submit to His will. When one meets God’s authority, submission is a simple matter, and knowing God’s will is also a simple matter, because the Lord, who was submissive throughout His life, has already given us His life of submission. (CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” pp. 145-146)