4月9日 引人走迷
引人走迷
那些诱惑他人犯罪的人，是将自己的邪念种在了肥沃的田地里，为魔鬼培育新的种子。
直到世界的末了，每一个时代在犯罪的程度上，都会超过前一个时代。与末世那些傲慢的亵慢者和残酷的逼迫者相比，以实玛利和古时那些戏笑的人，看起来都不过像孩童和拙劣的学徒。
当你想发挥聪明才智去发明新的罪行时，请三思而后行！因为你很可能因此惹动神施行新的刑罚。所多玛发明了前所未有的犯罪方式，于是神也为他们预备了史无前例的审判：祂从天而降，将地狱般的刑罚倾倒在他们身上。
那些最初发明罪的魔鬼，同样是罪恶最主要的推手。这些堕落的天使不仅是罪的创始者，也是罪最大的经营者。因此，这些灵被称为“那试探人的”；无论谁犯了罪，那罪都被称为“魔鬼的作为”，正如一座房屋的设计虽由他人施工完成，但设计的功劳仍归于建筑师一样。
当你引诱他人犯罪时，你其实是在抢夺魔鬼的职分，代它行事。魔鬼若能亲自动手，就由它去；你万不可让它把你当成雇工来使唤。诱导他人犯罪，比你自己犯罪更为邪恶。那些诱惑者是将自己的邪念种在了肥沃的田地里，为魔鬼培育新的种子。若你用自己心中的恶去耕种魔鬼的庄稼，就表明罪在你里面实在大有权势。尤其是父母，更要防备这种极其可憎的行径。那些借着自己的坏榜样，教儿女学习“魔鬼教理问答”——教他们咒骂、说谎、酗酒——的人，岂不正是披着人皮的魔鬼吗？
你知道自己在试探别人时究竟做了什么吗？我告诉你：你正在做一件单凭你个人悔改也无法挽回的事。你将错误与败坏传染给家人和朋友，催逼着他们加入魔鬼的行列。或许后来你觉悟过来，转离了自己的恶道；但你如何能强求那些被你引入歧途的人，也能冲破世俗人群的阻碍，不惜代价地来到耶稣面前呢？
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：利13章，诗15-16章，
个人灵修：箴27章，帖后1章
APRIL 9, THURSDAY
LEADING OTHERS ASTRAY
Those who tempt others plant their own wickedness in fertile fields and raise up new seed to the devil.
To the end of the world, every age will exceed the previous one in its degree of sinning. Ishmael and the mockers of the old world will look like children and bunglers compared to the scoffers and cruel persecutors of the last days.
Think twice before you use your intelligence to invent new sins! You may provoke God to new punishments. Sodom devised a new way to sin, so God devised a new way to discipline them: He sent hell from above upon them.
These same demons who invented sin are likewise the chief promoters of it. The apostate angels were not only the inventors of sin, but are also its chief enterprisers. These spirits are therefore called “the tempter,” and sin is called “the work of the devil,” no matter who commits it—just as the credit for the design of a house goes to the architect, even though other men do the actual construction.
When you cause anyone to sin, you take the devil’s office out of his hands. Let him do it himself if he can, but neverallow him to use you as his hireling. Tempting someone else to sin is worse than sinning yourself. Those who tempt others plant their own wickedness in fertile fields and raise up new seed to the devil. To cultivate the devil’s crop of sin with the evil in your own heart shows sin is mighty in you indeed. Parents, especially, must guard against such a heinous act. What are they but devils incarnate who, by their own example, teach their children the devil’s catechism—to swear and lie and drink?
Do you not know what you do when you tempt? I will tell you. You do that which cannot be undone by your own repentance. You contaminate your family and friends with error, and send them rushing to join the devil’s throng. Later, you may see your mistake and turn from your wicked way. But can you force those you have led astray to fight against the press of the worldly crowd to get to Jesus at all cost?