1月15日 基督徒必须穿戴军装
基督徒必须穿戴军装
“要穿戴神所赐的全副军装，就能抵挡魔鬼的诡计。”（弗6:11）
你若因疏忽或出于己意，不穿戴神的军装就赤身冲进战场，这无异于亲手签署了自己的“死亡证明”。历史记载，在明斯特（Munster）曾有个狂热之徒，他妄图仅靠喊叫来击退敌军，他大喊：“奉万军之耶和华的名，退去吧！”他虽这样大喊，可是他未重生的灵魂，并未从他假装效忠的那位元帅那里领受过任何授权；不久，他就灭亡了。这人的例子应当教导我们：这种属灵的虚妄要付出何等惨痛的代价。你常听见一些最亵渎、最无知的人口出狂言：他们宣称自己仰望神、信靠神的怜悯，甚至藐视魔鬼和它的作为。然而，他们却是贫穷赤身的可怜人，灵魂里连一小件神的军装都没有。这种狂妄在主的军营中绝无立足之地。
保罗关于“穿戴军装”的劝勉，大体分为两部分：第一，指示我们该做什么——“要穿戴神所赐的全副军装……”；第二，阐明我们为什么要这样做——“……就能抵挡魔鬼的诡计。”
所以首先，凡加入基督军队的精兵，都应当穿戴全副军装。紧接着的问题是：这军装到底是什么？
圣经教导我们：“总要披戴主耶稣基督，不要为肉体安排，去放纵私欲。”（罗13:14）此处将基督呈现为我们的“军装”。使徒并非仅仅是在劝勉圣徒用节制取代醉酒，或是用贞洁取代邪荡；而是在吩咐我们要“披戴主耶稣基督”。这意味着，在披戴基督之前，受造之人始终是毫无武装的。那能抵挡撒但炮火般的猛烈试探的，不是靠道德修饰或哲学德行装饰的人，而是穿上军装的人——即披戴基督的人。
我所说的军装，就是“真理的带子、公义的护心镜”等等。圣经也吩咐我们要“穿上新人；这新人是照着神的形像造的，有真理的仁义和圣洁。”（弗4:24）核心在于：没有基督和祂所赐的恩典，就等于没有任何军装。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：创16章，太15章，
个人灵修：尼5章，徒15章
JANUARY 15, THURSDAY
THE CHRISTIAN MUST BE ARMED
“Put on the whole armor of God,that ye may be able to stand againstthe wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11).
If by negligence or choice you fail to put on God’s armor and rush naked into battle, you sign your own death certificate. The story is told of a fanatic in Munster who valiantly tried to repulse an invading army by shouting, “In the name of the Lord of hosts, depart!” But his unregenerate soul had no such commission from the General for whom he pretended to fight, and he soon perished. His example should teach us the high price to be paid for such folly. What brave but foolish language you hear drop from the lips of the most profane and ignorant among us! They say they hope in God and trust in His mercy; they defy the devil and his works. But all the while they are poor, naked creatures without the least piece of God’s armor upon their souls. Such presumption has no place in the Lord’s camp.
Paul’s admonition to put on armor falls into two general parts. First, a direction telling us what to do: “Put on the whole armor of God …” And second, why we should do it: “… that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”
So to begin, every recruit in Christ’s army should be properly fitted with armor. The first question that comes to mind is, What is this armor?
We are told, “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 13:14), where Christ is presented as armor. The apostle does not exhort the saints simply to put on temperance in place of drunkenness, or for adultery to put on chastity. Instead, he tells them to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ,” implying that until Christ is put on, the creature is unarmed. It is not the man decked out in morality or philosophical virtues who will repel a full charge of temptation sent from Satan’s cannon; it is the man suited up in armor—that is, in Christ.
I speak now of the “girdle of truth, the breastplate of righteousness,” and so forth. We are instructed to “put on the new man” (Ephesians 4:24), who is made up of all the graces. The point is this: To be without Christ and His graces is to be without armor.