4月6日 邪灵的本性（一）
邪灵的本性（一）
魔鬼本身也常常被称为“灵”，如“污鬼”、“邪灵”、“说谎的灵”。
圣经对“属灵气的恶魔”的描述，不仅涵盖了魔鬼的本性，也揭示了它们作为的性质。若按字面直译，这句经文意为“对抗那些属灵的邪恶”。有人将其理解为“邪恶的灵”，这虽正确但并不全面；因为这里不仅是指魔鬼作为灵体的存在，更主要指向它们所犯之罪的性质。正是这些罪，成为它们最常用来毒害圣徒的“试探之果”。这些罪就是“属灵的邪恶”。它们不是那些无知罪人如猪在泥中打滚般的粗鄙肉体的罪，而是属灵的罪，而这类罪更加隐秘、往往也更加可憎。
“属灵气的恶魔”这一短语若结合上下文，可以得出三个教义性的结论：第一，魔鬼是灵；第二，魔鬼是极度邪恶的灵；第三，这些恶灵利用“属灵的邪恶”来逼迫圣徒，并煽动他们犯罪。
魔鬼是灵。在圣经中，“灵”这个词有多种含义，常用来指代天使，无论是善是恶（来1:14；王上22:21）。魔鬼本身也常常被称为“灵”，如“污鬼”、“邪灵”、“说谎的灵”。
那么，灵究竟是什么？更具体地说，恶灵有哪些特征？
首先，灵是非物质的，不像人由物质构成。基督曾对那些以为看见了灵的门徒说：“你们看我的手，我的脚，就知道实在是我了。摸我看看！魂无骨无肉，你们看，我是有的。”（路24:39）。没有证据表明堕落改变了撒但的本质属性。它曾是明亮之星（Lucifer），本性是非物质的；如今它是黑暗之君，本性依然如故。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：利9章，诗10章，
个人灵修：箴24章，帖前3章
APRIL 6, MONDAY
THE NATURE OF EVIL SPIRITS
Frequently the devil himself is called a spirit: the “unclean spirit,” “foul spirit,” “lying spirit.”
The inherent nature of the devils themselves, as well as the character of their works, is included in the description, “spiritual wickedness.” A literal rendering of the passage reads, “against the spirituals of wickedness.” Some interpret this to mean “against wicked spirits.” That is true, as far as it goes. But it overlooks an additional truth, in that the passage refers not only to the spiritual nature of devils but also—in fact, chiefly—to the nature and kind of sins they perpetrate. These sins are the apples of temptation which they most often use to poison the saints. Such sins are the “spirituals of wickedness.” Not gross, fleshly sins which ignorant sinners, like swine, wallow in—but spiritual sins, which are much more subtle and perhaps even more despicable.
This brief phrase, “against spiritual wickedness,” when taken in context, presents us with three doctrinal conclusions: (1) The devils are spirits; (2) The devils are consummately wicked spirits; and (3) These wicked spirits use spiritual wickedness both to persecute the saints and to provoke them to sin.
The devils are spirits. The word spirit has several meanings in Scripture. It is often used to describe angels, both good and evil ones (Hebrews 1:14; 1 Kings 22:21). Frequent the devil himself is called a spirit: the “unclean spirit,” “foul spirit,” “lying spirit.”
What, then, are spirits? And, more particularly, what are the special characteristics of evil spirits?
First of all, they are immaterial—not made of matter like humans. “Handle me, and see,” Christ said to His disciples, who thought they had seen a spirit, “for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have” (Luke 24:39). We have no evidence to indicate that sin altered Satan’s basic substance. As Lucifer, son of the morning, his essence was immaterial; as Satan, prince of darkness, he is immaterial still.