2月25日 人人都必须与撒但争战
人人都必须与撒但争战
“因我们并不是与属血气的争战，乃是与那些执政的、掌权的、管辖这幽暗世界的，以及天空属灵气的恶魔争战（两“争战”原文都作“摔跤”）。”（弗6:12）
无论你是否愿意，你都必须踏入与撒但较量的角斗场。牠不仅对整支圣徒大军怀有普遍的恶意，更对神的每一个儿女怀有特定的仇恨。正如我们的主喜爱与圣徒有私下的相交，魔鬼也同样喜爱在基督徒落单时发起挑战。你属灵结局的成败，是极具个人性且具体的。若你只是把撒但的忿怒看作是指向一个抽象的“圣徒群体”，而非特意指向“你”个人，你就给了牠致命的可乘之机。你应当察觉：撒但恨我，撒但控告的是我，撒但试探的是我。反之，若你没能看到神的应许与护理正是为了你个人的特定需要而预备的，你就会失去许多安慰。你应当确信：神爱我，神看顾我。城市的供水系统若没有管道接入你家，对你个人便毫无益处。因此，要将这场属灵争战的“个人性”视作警戒，也视作安慰。
其次，摔跤是一种贴身的肉搏。两军对垒尚有距离，摔跤手却是贴身的扭打缠斗在一起。远处的暗箭或许还能躲开，可是一旦仇敌扎扎实实地擒住了你，这时你若不勇敢抵抗，就必在牠面前可耻地倒下。撒但追逼你时，牠会贴身近攻，抓住你的肉体和败坏的本性，借此猛烈地摇撼你。
“我们争战” 这话把每一个人都包括在内。你可能已经注意到，使徒在前一节用“你们”，在这一节却换成了“我们”，为的是把自己也包括在内。他要让你知道，这场仗于每一个圣徒都有份。撒但既不畏惧攻击牧者，也不会耻于与会众中最卑微的信徒角力。无论尊卑，不管是牧者还是平信徒，都必须奋战——在基督的军队里，绝非一部分人在浴血激战，而另一部分人却在营房里安逸享乐。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：出8章，路11章，
个人灵修：伯25-26章，林前12章
FEBRUARY 25, WENDESDAY
EVERYONE MUST BATTLE SATAN
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Ephesians 6:12).
Whether you like it or not, you must go into the ring with Satan. He has not only a general malice against the army of saints, but a particular spite against every single child of God. As our Lord delights to have private communion with His saint, so the devil delights to challenge the Christian when he gets him alone. The whole issue of your spiritual destiny is personal and particular. You give Satan a dangerous advantage if you see his wrath and fury bent in general against the saints, and not against you specifically: Satan hates me; Satan accuses me; Satan tempts me. Conversely, you lose much comfort when you fail to see the promises and providences of God as available for your own specific needs: God loves me; God takes care of me. The water supply for the town will do you no personal good unless you have a pipe that carries it to your own house. Let it serve as both a caution and a comfort to know your spiritual combat is singular.
Second, wrestling is a close combat. Armies fight at some distance; wrestlers grapple hand-to-hand. You may be able to dodge an arrow shot from a distance, but when the enemy actually has hold of you, you must either resist manfully or fall shamefully at his feet. When Satan comes after you, he moves in close, takes hold of your very flesh and corrupt nature, and by this shakes you.
“We wrestle” encompasses everyone. You may have noticed that the apostle changes the pronoun “ye” in the former verse, into “we” in this, that he may include himself. He wants you to know the quarrel is with every saint. Satan neither fears to assault the minister nor disdains to wrestle with the lowliest saint in the congregation. Great and small, minister and people, all must wrestle—not one part of Christ’s army in the heat of battle and the other at ease in their quarters.