2月1日 撒但的试探方式
撒但的试探方式
他们以为自己是在为神大发热心，直到主耶稣对他们说：“你们的心如何，你们并不知道。”（路9:54-55）
撒但不仅精心挑选试探的时机，也极擅长为试探的表现形式挑选最有效的手段。牠的策略之一就是“虚假的教义”。牠常常伪装成朋友靠近基督徒，使人在看清其真面目之前，就已为牠大开城门。保罗曾提醒我们，不要因假师傅装作是基督的使徒而惊讶，因为“连撒但也装作光明的天使”（林后11:13-14）。这或许是撒但对圣徒最危险的诡计：牠披着先知的外衣，用甜言蜜语为牠那腐蚀灵魂的舌头镀上一层银光。牠借此歪曲福音真理，使人以为神也容许一些可能存在问题的行为，从而削弱人的判断力。于是有些基督徒在“基督徒的自由” 的幌子下，渐渐落入世界的道德尺度。
并不是每个人都会吃这一套，所以撒但就换一套“更合你胃口”的诱饵，但牠仍旧披着属灵的外衣。牠有一种亵渎圣经的方式，是把“信心”讲得过头，好像只要有信心就够了，别的美德（比如悔改、圣洁、爱心）都不必再提；或者反过来，牠竭力削弱悔改的必要性，却过度吹捧善行。还有时，牠装作对教会里的败坏痛心疾首，趁机诱导那些根基不稳的人脱离基督的身体（教会）。又在“热心”的名义下，牠点燃基督徒心中的怒气，让人里面翻腾躁动；在神要求饶恕时，反而生出报复的欲望。路加就曾记载过此类事：门徒竟想“吩咐火从天上降下来”。他们以为自己是在为神大发热心，直到主耶稣对他们说：“你们的心如何，你们并不知道。”（路9:54-55）所以我们多么需要常常查考圣经、省察内心并识破撒但的诡计，免得把仇敌迎进门来，却还以为我们迎接的是基督。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：创33章，可4章，
个人灵修：斯9-10章，罗4章
FEBRUARY 1, SUNDAY
SATAN CHOOSES HOW TO TEMPT
They thought their zeal was kindled by aholy fire until Christ told them, “Ye know notwhat manner of spirit ye are of” (Luke 9:54–55).
Not only does he choose when he will tempt, Satan also chooses the best methods for displaying his temptations. One strategy is to hang out false colors. He comes up to the Christian disguised as a friend, so that the gates are opened to him before his true identity is discovered. Paul says we should not be shocked to find false teachers masquerading as apostles of Christ, “… Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:13–14). Of all his plots, this is perhaps the most dangerous to the saints; when he appears in the mantle of a prophet and silver-plates his corroded tongue with fair-sounding language. In this manner he corrupts some in their judgment by interpreting gospel truth in such a way that God appears to condone questionable behavior. These Christians get caught up in the world’s morality under the guise of Christian liberty.
Not everyone will swallow such heresy, so Satan tempts them with other wares, though still in the disguise of a saint himself. He desecrates Scripture by magnifying faith to the exclusion of every other grace. Or he labors to undermine repentance and overpraise good works. He pulls back in seeming horror at the corruption of church administrations, and thus draws unstable souls from the body of believers. Under the pretense of zeal, he kindles wrath in the Christian’s heart and makes his spirit boil over into desires for revenge in situations where God would have him forgive. Luke records such an occasion where the disciples wanted “fire to come down from heaven.” They thought their zeal was kindled by a holy fire until Christ told them, “Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of” (Luke 9:54–55). How we need to study the Scriptures, our hearts, and Satan’s wiles, that we may not bid this enemy welcome and all the while think it is Christ who is our guest!