2月6日 识破撒但的诡计
识破撒但的诡计
这个魔鬼般的庄家会教你如何将罪恶偷偷塞到桌底，并欺骗你说没有人--甚至连神--也看不见。
要研究撒但的诡计，熟悉牠的战术。使徒保罗说每个基督徒都理应在某种程度上晓得这些：“我们并非不晓得牠的诡计”（林后 2:11）。这对你而言也是如此吗？你是否知晓你的仇敌是何等狡猾、何等精明？你是否察觉牠能伪装成何等讨喜的同伴？
撒但说：“来，坐到我的赌桌旁。这里有诱人的奖赏：你的产业、你的性命、你的自由。”你必须承认，这些东西本身是美好且合法的。但撒但的伎俩就在于：牠蓄意扩大游戏的规则，以至于你若为牠下注，就必然触犯神那不可更改、永不动摇的律法。如果你不能以正直的方式获取美好的事物，而必须靠着尔虞我诈的手段，你就该知道那奖赏是假货，最终在你手里必化为粪土。为了妥协神的真理而与神耍弄手段，是何等愚昧！你或许以为自己赢了一两把，但当牌局结束时，你会发现自己早已彻底破产。
如果撒但能用牠所承诺的“值得”的奖赏引诱你犯罪，你已身处险境；但更糟的还在后头。一旦牠把你按在赌桌旁，牠就会开始认真传授你牠那一行的伎俩。这个魔鬼般的庄家会教你如何将罪恶偷偷塞到桌底，并欺骗你说没有人--甚至连神--也看不见。自亚当起，牠就一直在传授这套把戏：亚当竟以为自己能躲在无花果叶子后面而神看不见。约瑟的哥哥们在置他于死地后做了什么？他们用一件染血的外衣遮掩自己的恶行。当约瑟转身拒绝波提乏妻子的淫乱目光时，波提乏的妻子又是如何反应的呢？她（同样借着衣服）藏起自己的罪，反倒将恶名嫁祸给约瑟。
要警惕，不可与神玩这种博弈游戏。没有任何一件外衣能大到可以遮盖你的罪，也没有任何一只手能快到可以将罪塞进桌底而避开神全知的眼目。若神在今生不追讨，你也可以确信，将来你必为此在审判台前交账。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：创39章，可9章，
个人灵修：伯5章，罗9章
FEBRUARY 6, FRIDAY
KNOW HOW SATAN PLAYS THE GAME
This diabolical dealer will show you how to slip your sins under the table, telling you no one—not even God—will see.
Study Satan’s tricks, and acquaint yourself with his tactics. Paul takes for granted that every Christian understands them in some measure: “We are not ignorant of his devices,” he says (2 Corinthians 2:11). Can this be said of you? Do you know how subtle and clever your enemy is? What pleasant company he can pretend to be?
“Sit down at my gaming table,” says Satan. “Here are some tempting prizes: your earthly estate, your life, your liberty.” Now you must agree, these things are good and lawful. But here is Satan’s gimmick: he expands the rule of his game so that if you play for him, you will certainly violate the irrevocable and unchangeable laws of God. If you cannot have good things by plain dealing but must resort to sleight of hand, you know the prize is counterfeit and will turn to dung in your hands. How utterly foolish to fast shuffle with God by compromising His truth. You may think you have won a hand or two, but when the game is over, you will find yourself bankrupt.
If Satan can entice you to sin for what he assures you is a worthy prize, you are in serious trouble, but the worst is yet to come. Once he has you sitting at his table, he will begin in earnest to teach you the tricks of his trade. This diabolical dealers will show you how to slip your sins under the table, telling you no one—not even God—will see. He has been teaching this trick since Adam, who thought he could hide behind a fig leaf. What did Joseph’s brothers do when they had left him for dead but hide their deed under the coat they had bloodied? And how did Potiphar’s wife respond when Joseph turned away from her adulterous gaze? She hid her sin (again in his coat) and accused him of her own wickedness.
Beware of playing such games of chance with God. No coat is large enough to hide your sin; no hand is quick enough to slip it under the table and miss the all-seeing eye of God. If He does not call you to account for it in this life, you can be sure you will answer for it in the next.