2月8日 撒但以自己的思想控告你
撒但以自己的思想控告你
撒但很可能会一阵妒火中烧，将牠的烈怒之火煽动至七倍炽热，直到那亵渎的情绪如火焰般将你吞没。
当你看见蛇爬行时，几乎分不清它要往哪里去；撒但的行径也是如此，牠忽左忽右，以此掩盖牠的真实意图。以下是牠用来控告你的灵魂、并遮蔽你与天父关系的几种手段。
撒但将自己邪恶的想象，像“弃婴”一样丢在信徒的门口。这种欺骗手段何等诡诈！当那些违背神旨意与法则的念头悄悄潜入时，许多亲爱的基督徒竟把这些可悲的“私生子”误认作自己的亲骨肉，从而为这些属肉体的恶念承担起全部罪责。魔鬼将自己的想法塞进圣徒怀里的动作是何等娴熟，以至于当这些思想的苗头逐渐生发长大，开始发出嗷嗷啼哭声的时候，撒但早已遁形；而基督徒只看见自己是独自一人，便以为这些邪僻的念头确实出于自己，于是独自承受羞耻。这样，撒但的目的就达到了。
神的儿女在这种时刻有什么样的出路呢？那就是要与天父保持亲密的交通；这样，你就能运用圣灵的宝剑击退魔鬼的控告。但也要同时预备迎接另一轮的攻击：撒但很可能会像尼布甲尼撒那样，一阵妒火中烧，将烈怒之火煽动至七倍炽热，直到亵渎的情绪如火焰般将你吞没。他这样做，是想恐吓阻拦你，使你的属灵分辨力混乱，好让你最终得出错误的结论——例如，以为自己不再是神的儿女。事实上，若你在此事上真有什么罪，那罪也在于你竟怀疑神保守的大能，却不怀疑这些卑劣不纯的杂念。我的劝告是：要像对待骚扰良民的流窜悍匪一样对待这些感受；你也许无法阻止他们路过你的城门，但你完全可以确保不让他们在城内安营扎寨。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：创41章，可11章，
个人灵修：伯7章，罗11章
FEBRUARY 8, SUNDAY
SATAN ACCUSES YOU OF HIS OWN THOUGHTS
Satan will probably throw a fit of jealous rage and stoke the fires of his wrath seven times hotter until the flames of his blasphemous emotions engulf you.
When you see a snake creeping along, you can hardly tell which way it is heading. Satan moves in a similar fashion, turning this way and that to conceal his true intentions. Here are some of the methods he uses to accuse your soul and cloud your relationship with the Father.
He lays his own evil imaginings like foundling children at their door. How clever he is at this deception! When thoughts or inclinations contrary to the will and ways of God creep in, many dear Christians mistake these miserable orphans for their own children, and take upon themselves the full responsibility for these carnal passions. So deftly does the devil slip his own thoughts into the saint’s bosom that by the time they begin to whimper, he is already out of sight. And the Christian, seeing no one but himself at home, supposes these misbegotten notions are his own. So he bears the shame himself, and Satan has accomplished his purpose.
What recourse does the child of God have? Stay in close fellowship with the Father. Then you will be able to repulse the devil’s accusations by the sword of the Spirit. But be prepared for another assault. Like Nebuchadnezzar, Satan will probably throw a fit of jealous rage and stoke the fires of his wrath seven times hotter until the flames of his blasphemous emotions engulf you. By this he hopes to frighten you and so muddle your spiritual senses that you may yet be persuaded to draw a wrong conclusion—that you are no longer a child of God, for instance. The truth is, if you sin at all in this situation, it is because you doubt God’s keeping power instead of doubting these mongrel emotions. My counsel in this case is to do with such feelings as you would with outlaw gangs who travel around the country harassing good citizens. While you may not be able to keep them from passing through your town, you can certainly see to it they do not settle there.