2月17日 在信徒的团契中得安慰
在信徒的团契中得安慰
向一位可信且敬虔的朋友倾诉你的挣扎，往往能带来释放。撒但对此心知肚明，为了能更肆无忌惮地洗劫你灵魂的平安与慰藉，牠会利用恐惧来恐吓你，逼你保持沉默。
如果撒但持续不断地骚扰你，你就要寻求帮助，绝不要听从魔鬼让你退缩的诡计。许多试探的力量，正是在于它们想把自己隐蔽起来；因此，向一位可信且敬虔的朋友倾诉你的挣扎，往往能带来释放。撒但对此心知肚明，为了能更肆无忌惮地洗劫你灵魂的平安与慰藉，牠会利用恐惧来恐吓你，逼你保持沉默。撒但会说：“哎呀，要是你的朋友知道你这种事，他们肯定会弃绝你；你最好指望他们永远别发现！”牠正是靠着逼人保持沉默，使许多可怜的灵魂一直困在痛苦里。你若替魔鬼保守秘密，就会失去两样福分：来自弟兄的劝勉，以及他们的代祷。这是何等惨重的损失！
只要你披挂整齐就必能得胜。我们已经看到赤身露体毫无装备的灵魂，其处境是何等凶险；现在，请将你的目光转向那装备精良之灵魂的荣耀前景：谁会拒绝在万王之王的军队里服役的尊荣呢？尤其是当胜局早已命定的时候！这就是保罗给每一位穿戴神全副军装之圣徒的确据：“就能抵挡魔鬼的诡计。”借着这句话，保罗将仇敌的能力放在了合宜的位置上。他承认仇敌的强大，并非要吓得圣徒胆怯逃跑或对得胜绝望；相反，他是用一个应许来激励圣徒们奋勇抵抗：他们必有能力站立在争战中，并且在此之后必有确凿的胜利。这两层意思都包含在“抵挡撒但的诡计”这句话里：这里的“抵挡”也作“站立”，有时它意味着争战的姿态——“所以要站稳了”（弗6:14）；有时也意味着得胜的姿态——“我知道我的救赎主活着， 末了必站立在地上”（伯19:25）。今天这地虽是圣徒与撒但血战的战场，但总有一天要成为基督的脚凳，那时再没有一个仇敌敢露头。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：创50章，路3章，
个人灵修：伯16-17章，林前4章
FEBRUARY 17, TUESDAY
COMFORT IN FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHERS
Telling a trusting, godly friend of your struggles often brings relief Satan knows this too well, so in order more freely to rifle the soul of its peace and comfort, he frightens it into silence.
If Satan continues to hound you, call in help and do not listen to the devil’s counsel to the contrary. The very strength of some temptations lies in trying to keep them hidden. Telling a trusted, godly friend of your struggles often brings relief. Satan knows this too well, so in order more freely to rifle the soul of its peace and comfort, he frightens it into silence. “Oh, my,” Satan says, “if your friends knew such a thing of you, they would cast you off. You had better hope they never find out!” He has kept many a poor soul in misery by swearing it to secrecy. You lose two blessings by keeping the devil’s secret— the counsel of your fellow brethren, and their prayers. And what a serious loss this is!
You have the assurance of victory if you are armed. We have seen the perilous straits of the unarmed soul; turn your thoughts now to the glorious prospects of a soul fitly armed. Who would decline the honor of serving in the army of the King of kings—especially when victory has already been declared! This is the assurance Paul gives every saint who puts on the whole armor of God: “That ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” With this statement he places the enemy’s potential back in proper perspective. He never intended to scare the saints into cowardly flight or woeful despair of victory when he acknowledged the enemy’s might. Rather, he hoped to rouse them to vigorous resistance by promising them strength to stand in battle, and a sure victory afterwards. These two ideas are implied in the phrase “to stand against the wiles of Satan.” Sometimes to stand implies a fighting posture (Ephesians 6:14), sometimes a conquering position—“I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth” (Job 19:25). The earth which today is the field for all the bloody battles between the saints and Satan, will one day be Christ’s footstool, when not an enemy shall dare to show his head.