4月13日 属灵的罪
4月13日 属灵的罪
保罗称这些为“灵里的污秽”，并将其与肉体的污秽分别出来（林后7:1）。
有些罪比其他的罪更明显地属于“属灵的罪”。其中有两类尤为突出：第一，是深锁在内心的罪；第二，是直接涉及属灵范畴的罪，如拜偶像、属灵的骄傲、不信神、异端等等。保罗称这些为“灵里的污秽”，并将其与肉体的污秽分别出来（林后7:1）。
当罪演出的舞台位于灵性或内心时，这就是属灵的罪。凡是那些污秽的思想、卑劣的情感和欲望，即便尚未发作为外在的行为，仍然是内在之人真实的行动。正如所有的罪一样，撒但始终是人心各样恶念背后那位巨大且隐秘的煽动者。
当你被那些明知不讨神喜悦的思想和情绪袭击时，该怎么办？你不想论断，却身不由己；你不想贪恋，却心生贪欲。当撒但将这些绊脚石掷入你的思绪时，你如何能反过来利用这些石头，建立一座归荣耀给天父的纪念碑呢？具体有两条途径：第一，严密保守你的心；第二，坚定抵挡内心的罪。
首先，要严密保守你的心。当撒但带着这些“天空属灵气的恶魔”前来，求你在心里为牠们预留空间时，你给了牠怎样的接待？我指的不是这些“访客”是否会敲你的门。若我们拥有神察看人心的眼目，就会发现即便是最虔诚的基督徒，内心也曾翻腾过最恶劣的罪。这些罪已被撒在我们的心田里，这一点我们心知肚明，也深知那阴沉的撒种者是谁——正是撒但。关键不在于这些种子是否被撒下，而在于牠是否发现我们的心是一块适宜生长的沃土；抑或，我们是否正借着圣洁的思想与迫切的祷告，将油浇在这些种子上并点燃火，使牠们在圣洁的火焰中焚烧殆尽。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：利17章，诗20-21章，
个人灵修：箴31章，提前2章
APRIL 13, MONDAY
SPIRITUAL SINS
Paul calls them “filthiness of the spirit” and sets them apart from filthiness of the flesh (2 Corinthians 7:1).
Some sins are more specifically “spiritual sins” than others. Two kinds stand out especially: (1) sins kept within the confines of the heart; and (2) sins directly related to spiritual topics—idolatry, spiritual pride, atheism, heresy, and the like. Paul calls them “filthiness of the spirit” and sets them apart from filthiness of the flesh (2 Corinthians 7:1).
When the spirit or the heart is the stage whereon sin is enacted, it is a spiritual sin; such are all impure thoughts, vile affections, and desires which do not break forth into overt action but are nonetheless real acts of the inner man. As with all sin, Satan is the great, unseen instigator of every sin of the heart.
When thoughts and feelings overtake you that you know are not pleasing to God, what can you do? You do not want to be critical—but you are; you do not want to covet—but you do. How can you take these stones of offense and rocks of stumbling Satan hurls into the path of your thoughts, and use them to build a monument of glory to the Father? In two ways in particular: by keeping a close watch on your heart and by steadfastly resisting its sins.
First, keep a close watch on your heart. What welcome does Satan find when he comes with these “spirituals of wickedness” and asks you to dwell on them? I do not ask whether such guests step inside your door. If we had God’s ability to look into man’s heart, we would see the worst of sins stirring in every Christian. That they have been scattered on the field of our hearts, we already know, and by whom—the grim sower, Satan. What is important is whether he finds our hearts a fertile field or whether, with holy thoughts and earnest prayer, we pour oil upon them and light a match to them, so that they are consumed in a holy fire.