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第七十三天：2011年12月9日(Kislev 13, 5772)

請讀： 路加福音第四章 哥林多後書11:14 以弗所書6:11 提摩太前書3:7提摩太後書2:26

「敵人四處覓食，並且埋伏以待！」

在我們的屬靈生命中，我們會發現「時機決定一切」。神並不像我們是在時間的裡面，祂超乎時間，因祂是至高的神。然而祂希望我們能跳脫出時間來回應祂。例如耶穌來到世上救贖人類，這是在人類墮落後被救贖、與神和好的最佳時機，而在耶穌受洗後，祂被聖靈引到曠野去，我們之前已經討論過有關試探的力量。而耶穌是神與人，祂來到這世界是要來擊敗仇敵的作為，而靠著聖靈的大能，祂抵擋了撒旦、以及人類所知道的每一個試探，你可以在路加福音第四章中看到這個描述。然而我們看到另一個值得來談的問題，在路加福音4:13說，「魔鬼用完了各樣的試探，就暫時離開耶穌。」〔現在魔鬼用盡了所有的試探，牠就離開耶穌，等待下一個機會。〕換句話說，撒旦是在說，「我在你一路上用盡了誘惑你的戰術，但是我沒有辦法在這裡打敗你，所以我會等待，直到我找到另一種方法和一個完美的時機來阻止你。」

「因為連撒但也裝作光明的天使。」（哥林多後書11:14）這就是為什麼我們必須要穿戴上「神所賜的全副軍裝」（以弗所書6:11）這使我們能夠抵擋魔鬼的詭計。牠在計畫與密謀著，是為了要在我們的道路上能讓牠設計出「魔鬼的網羅」（提摩太前書3:7；提摩太後書2:26）這就告訴我們，我們必須要保持警戒，使神話語的亮光能照亮我們的路徑。如果你保持「堅固的信心」（彼得前書5:9）、採取攻勢、堅決反抗，你總是會揭發敵人的詭計。雅各說，「務要抵擋魔鬼，魔鬼就必離開你們逃跑了。」（雅各書4:7）我很喜歡的經文之一是，「也不可給魔鬼留地步。」（以弗所書4:27）〔不可讓魔鬼有機可乘。（現代中文譯本）〕，即使牠正在尋找一個更好的時機來擊敗我們，但是我們大可不必給牠機會，反而我們要讓聖靈在我們的內心深處動工，來揭露出那些會使我們被誘入圈套的「隱藏」事情，我們所具有的盲點是非常危險的，因為這些盲點會使我們無法看見在我們道路上的網羅。

Day 73 of 100 Days: “The Enemy Prowls and Lies in Wait!” Read: Luke 4; 2 Cor. 11:14; Eph. 6:11; 1 Tim. 3:7; 2 Tim. 2:26

Chuck Pierce 寫於 2011年12月8日 23:46

In our spiritual life we find that timing is everything. God is not in time like we are in time. He is Sovereign. However, He wants us to respond to Him out of time. For instance Jesus came to redeem mankind. This was at the perfect time for the fall of man to be redeemed and reconciled. After Jesus was baptized, He was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit. We have talked about the power of temptation. Jesus, who was God and Man, had come to earth to defeat the works of the enemy.  By the power of the Spirit He was called to resist Satan and every temptation that would be known to man. You can read this account in Luke 4. However, we see another issue worth mentioning.Luke 4:13 says, “Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed form Him until and opportune time.”   In other words, Satan was saying: “I could not overcome you here by the tactics I have tempted you with on your path, so I will wait until I find another way and a perfect time to stop you”.

“Satan disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:14). That is why we must  put on “the whole armor of God” (Eph. 6:11). This makes us able to stand against the wiles of the devil.   He plans and plots so that on our path he devises “the snare of the devil”(1 Tim. 3:7; 2 Tim. 2:26). This tells us that we must stay on alert so the Light of Word illuminates our path.  If you remain “firm in your faith” (1 Pet. 5:9) with offensive, persevering opposition, you will always uncover the enemy’s plan.   James says, “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (Jas. 4:7).  One of my favorite scriptures is “give no opportunity to the devil” (Eph. 4:27).  Even though he is looking for a more opportune time to overthrow us, we do not have to give him that opportunity.  Rather, we must allow the Holy Spirit to go deep within us to uncover the “hidden’ things that could us to be ensnared. The blind spots we have are very dangerous. They can cause us not to see the snares on our path.