4月10日 撒但不止息的恶毒
撒但不止息的恶毒
牠若能行，就绝不会留下基督羊群中的任何一只；这正显明牠对神恶毒之深，因为牠以完全的恨恶来恨神。
你的心也许会像拉麦一样，被忧伤的重担压碎；然而可悲的是，他们的拯救并不在你的掌握之中。眼睁睁看着他们走在通往地狱的路上，且深知那“过路费”竟是你付出的，你的灵里将是何等痛苦！更令人哀伤的是，你却无法把他们召回。甚至在你离世之后，你的罪还可能在后辈身上延续，一代又一代地延续下去。
魔鬼的邪恶是恶毒且不止息的。堕落的天使并非偶然或间或作恶，而是蓄意且持续地作恶。魔鬼的名号，“那恶者”，揭示了牠那满怀恶意的本性，即牠总想搅扰、侵害他人。牠诱惑人犯罪，并非因为牠能从中尝到什么甜头或获益；牠拥有的知识（光）太多，以至于牠不可能在罪中找到真正的喜乐与平安。牠深知自己的结局，且一想到那结局就战兢；然而，牠恶毒的本性却无情地驱使牠继续。牠对灵魂的嗜血，正如疯狗之于羊群；不同的是，疯狗终会因精疲力竭而倒下，但撒但作为灵魂的刽子手，却永不疲倦。
虽然魔鬼劳碌图谋的是每一个灵魂的永恒沉沦，但牠公开的报复最常针对的，仍然是圣徒。牠若能行，就绝不会留下基督羊群中的任何一只；这正显明牠对神恶毒之深，因为牠以完全的恨恶来恨神。既然牠无法直接攻击神，就转而通过攻击圣徒，间接地敌挡祂。牠知道，在某种真实意义上，神的生命是与圣徒的生命联合在一起的。若你如今正在神青翠的草场上吃草，在祂怜悯的泉源旁饮水，就当谨慎，因为撒但必定会来攻击。牠知道，神在地上所受的荣耀，与祂流向圣徒的怜悯直接相关；因此，牠竭力用邪恶的作为筑起堤坝，企图拦阻这怜悯之流。关于这些邪灵，最可怕的一点莫过于此：牠们恶意地敌挡神，并针对神所彰显的怜悯荣耀，发泄牠们满腔的仇恨。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：利14章，诗17章，
个人灵修：箴28章，帖后2章
APRIL 10, FRIDAY
SATAN’S INCESSANT HATRED
If he could, he would not leave one of Christ’s flock alive. Such is the height of his malice against God, whom he hates with a perfect hatred.
Your heart may break, like Lamech’s, with the weight of your sorrow But unfortunately their rescue is out of your hands. What a grief to your spirit to see them on the road to hell and know you paid the toll, yet not be able to call them back! Even after you are dead and gone, your sins may be perpetuated in those who are alive, generation after generation.
Devils are maliciously and incessantly wicked. Fallen angels are not just incidentally or occasionally wicked, but willfully and constantly wicked. The devil’s name, “wicked one,” denotes his spiteful nature, his desire to vex and harass others. He draws souls to sin, not because he tastes any sweetness or finds any profit in such enterprise. He has too much light to have any real joy or peace in sin. He knows his doom, and trembles at the thought of it. Yet his spiteful nature drives him mercilessly. He is as bloodthirsty for souls as a mad dog for sheep. The difference is that the dog will finally drop in exhaustion, whereas Satan never tires of his work as a butcher of souls.
Though he toils for the eternal damnation of every soul, the devil’s open vengeance is most often directed toward the saints. If he could, he would not leave one of Christ’s flock alive. Such is the height of malice against God, whom he hates with a perfect hatred. And because he cannot reach Him with a direct blow, he strikes at Him secondhand through the saints. He knows that the life of God is in a very real sense bound up in theirs. If you are even now feeding in God’s green pastures and drinking from the well of His mercy, beware. Satan is sure to attack. He knows the honor God receives on this earth is directly related to the flow of His mercy. He therefore labors to build a dam with his wicked deeds that will stop the flow of mercy to the saints. This is the worst that can be said of these wicked demons: They maliciously spite God, and in God, the glory of His mercy.