3月1日 战争中的训练
战争中的训练
与罪及撒但的交锋，绝非一场周末的休闲运动，而是一场生死攸关的终局之战；因此，你绝不可给仇敌留下任何可乘之机。
摔跤手总想牢牢抓住对方身体的某个部位，好更轻易地将对手摔倒。为了防备这一点，古代摔跤手在比赛前会往身上涂油。你也应当如此：要竭力脱去那败坏的“旧人”；大卫称这种败坏为“我的罪孽”（诗 18:23）。你要辨明这罪孽的具体表现，并天天治死它，因为它是撒但最喜欢抓的把柄。当撒但在你身上找不到可以抓牢的罪孽时，他就会羞愧地退去——他绝不敢碰触你里面属乎圣洁的部分。
你的肉体被治死了吗？那么你还要以常常默想基督的爱来在你的灵魂上“抹油”：这会帮助你鄙弃罪的引诱；，使你的心灵像涂了油一样柔润，意志灵敏，从而巧妙地躲避仇敌。基督的爱住在哪里，在那里撒但便不受欢迎；爱会点燃爱，这会形成一道火墙，把撒但挡在外面。
要善用你的优势。聪明的摔跤手一旦把对手摔倒在地，就会用尽全身重量压住他；在多数运动里，如果对手已经倒地你还继续攻击，这会被判“犯规”，但摔跤不是这样，因为你的目标就是把对手摔翻，并让他一直躺在那里。你不要对罪客气，以至于让它有喘息之机，或容它重新爬起。不要重犯亚哈的罪：当神定意要灭绝亚兰王便哈达时，亚哈却把他放走了（王上20:32-34）；神既已定意要毁灭仇敌，你就不可心软纵容。
你也要从撒但的党羽那里学一点“谨慎”。当初即便他们已经把基督钉死，却仍旧小心翼翼，并不以为已经稳操胜券——甚至在眼见祂死后仍觉不足。于是为确保万无一失，他们封了坟墓，并派人看守。你也要这样对待罪，拦阻你的罪孽“复活”：要用更坚定的心志与庄重的圣约将它封死，并以警醒谨慎的生活来守望你的属灵生命。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：出12章，路15章，
个人灵修：伯30章，林前16章
MARCH 1, SUNDAY
TRAINING IN WARFARE
The object is to put your opponent on his back and keep him there. Do not so compliment sin as to let it breathe or rise.
Your bout with sin and Satan is not a weekend sport; it is the final conflict. So you dare not give your enemy a handhold. Wrestlers strive to fasten upon some part of the body which will let them more easily throw their adversary. To prevent this, ancient wrestlers used to anoint their bodies before a match. You should do likewise. Strive to put off the old man— that corruption. David called his own iniquity (Psalm 18:23). Observe what it is and mortify it daily; it is a favorite handhold of Satan’s. He will beat a shameful retreat when he finds no iniquity in you to catch hold of—and he dare not touch that in you which is holy.
Is your flesh mortified? Now anoint your soul with the frequent meditation of Christ’s love. It will help you disdain the offer of sin and, like oil, will make your spirit supple and your will agile to evade the enemy. Satan will find little welcome where Christ’s love dwells. Love will kindle love, and flame as a wall of fire to keep him away.
Use your advantage wisely. If you are a smart wrestler, you will fall with all your weight upon your enemy when you have him on the ground. Though in most sports the referee would call “Foul!” if you were to strike when your opponent is down, this is not the case with wrestling. The object is to put your opponent on his back and keep him there. Do not so compliment sin as to let it breathe or rise. Do not repeat Ahab’s sin and let the enemy loose when God has decreed his destruction.
Learn a little wisdom from Satan’s brood. Though they had Christ on His back, they still took precautions. They never thought they had Him sure enough—not even when dead. So they sealed and watched His grave. You should do the same to hinder the resurrection of your sin: seal it down with stronger purposes and solemn covenants, and watch it by a wakeful, circumspect walk.