15我们尽职事遭受反对时,我们若抵抗,就没有平安。但我们若不抵抗,而降服于父的旨意,见证反对是出于父,我们魂里就会得着安息。施浸者约翰不认为他的下监是出于父,所以他没有安息。他若领悟他的下监是由于父的旨意,即使在监里,他也必得着安息。基督这位属天的君王,总是降服于父的旨意,接受神的旨意作祂的分,不抵抗任何事,所以祂一直有安息。我们必须跟祂学,也必须接受这样的观点。若是这样,我们魂里就会得着安息(马太福音生命读经,四四○至四四一页)。
15If we are opposed as we minister, and we resist, we will not have peace. But if instead of resisting we submit to the will of the Father, testifying that the opposition is of the Father, we will have rest in our souls. John the Baptist did not regard his imprisonment as of the Father; therefore, he was not at rest. If he had realized that his imprisonment was due to the Father’s will, he would have been at rest, even in prison. Christ, the heavenly King, always submitted to the Father’s will, taking God’s will as His portion and not resisting anything. Hence, He was always at rest. We must learn of Him and also take this view. If we do, we will have rest in our souls. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 372-373)