4月14日 内心的思念
内心的思念
当邪恶或污秽的思想刚刚闯入你心中时，你尚未犯罪；那是魔鬼的工作！
我们大多数人或许不会实际杀人，但有多少次，我们已经在自己思想幽暗的小巷里，将邻舍拖入其中，仅仅因为一点微小的争执，就在报复的私欲中将他撕得粉碎？
基督徒啊，你务必要明白这一点：当邪恶或污秽的思想刚刚闯入你心中时，你尚未犯罪；那是魔鬼的工作！但你若为牠搬来一把椅子，请牠坐下，并开始与牠客气地交谈，你就成了牠的同谋。用不了多久，这些思想就会在你心中安营扎寨。你若一边在心里款待试探，一边还以为能靠意志不向牠屈服，这种决心在撒但和肉体私欲面前根本不堪一击。
你的把握必须建立在这样一个事实之上：污秽的思想绝不会停留在基督之爱掌权的地方。这些思想一听见你与基督交通，就会惊惶失措，如同一个逃犯发现行踪暴露了一样。牠们理应惧怕，因为你那些圣洁的思想会立刻追捕这些恶念，并当场处决。审判与执行都将是非常迅速的。
第二，要坚定抵挡内心的罪，以此表明你究竟效忠于谁。我们必须不断提醒自己：内心的罪与外在的罪同样是罪；圣经说：“愚妄人的思念乃是罪恶”（箴24:9）。地狱的任何一点本质都是地狱！情欲、嫉妒和凶杀，即便只存在于心里，也与外在行为一样是罪。此类思想若在基督徒心中横行无阻，后果必将严重。你的灵是圣灵的居所，祂要占据整个心作为祂的居所。当祂看见你竟将房间分租给魔鬼的私欲时，祂便会担忧离去。你若珍视祂的同在，就当在撒但第一次敲门时，立刻表明你对基督的忠心，拒绝一切不肯甘心服事神的思想。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：利18章，诗22章，
个人灵修：传1章，提前3章
APRIL 14, TUESDAY
INNER THOUGHTS OF THE HEART
When wicked or unclean thoughts first force their way into your mind, you have not yet sinned. This is the work of the devil!
Most of us would never commit murder, but how often have we taken a neighbor into some dark alley of our thoughts and there torn him limb from limb with a desire for revenge over some petty quarrel?
Christian, this is imperative for you to realize: When wicked or unclean thoughts first force their way into your mind, you have not yet sinned. This is the work of the devil! But if you so much as offer them a chair and begin polite conversation with them, you have become his accomplice. In only a short time you will give these thoughts sanctuary in your heart. Your resolve—not to yield to a temptation you are already entertaining—is no match for Satan and the longings of the flesh.
Your confidence must rest on this fact: Unclean thoughts will not stay where the love of Christ reigns supreme. They are as panicked by overhearing your conversations with Christ as an escaped murderer would be upon realizing he has been spotted in town. And well they should be—for your holy thoughts will track down these evil thoughts and kill them on the spot. Both the trial and the sentence will be speedy.
Secondly, steadfastly resist sins of the heart, thereby showing where your loyalties lie. We need to be constantly reminded that heart sins are sins as much as any: “The thought of foolishness is sin’ (Proverbs 24:9). Every point of hell is hell! Lust, envy, and murder are sins when committed in the heart, the same as in the outward act. Such thoughts cannot run rampant in a Christian without serious consequences. Your spirit is the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit; He takes up the whole heart for His lodging. When He sees you have leased out rooms to the lusts of the devil, it is time for Him to be gone. If you cherish His presence, declare your loyalty to Christ at Satan’s first knock by renouncing every thought that is not a willing captive of God.