(转贴:理念相同,代为传布,千祈海涵)
按:你知道魔鬼引诱你犯罪会有什麽结果吗?第一、你会远离神,会失去许
多祝福;第二、罪的工价乃是死,包括肉体的死和灵命的死;第三,你会被
魔鬼踏在脚底下,受魔鬼的欺凌、控制,你会失去基督徒应有的喜乐和平安
。
不过,我要告诉你:你凭著自己,绝对无法胜过魔鬼的引诱和试探,你唯一
得胜的方法,就是投靠救主耶稣基督徒,让他作你的力量,仗著他夸胜,那
你就能把魔鬼踩在脚底下,胜过罪恶的引诱!
求祢拦阻仆人不犯任意妄为的罪。□诗篇19篇13节
Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins. □Psalm 19:13
在我童年时,我喜欢骑著一辆由绳子操纵的推车。有一次,我从家门口滑向
马路时,我记起父母的警告:「一定要先左右查看街上有无车辆。」但我自以为
,就这一次不查看车辆也没有关系。忽然,我听到刺耳的紧急刹车声,车子差点
就撞到我。就这一次违反父母的规定,差点就让我付出了生命的代价。
圣经有许多对上帝的命令明知故犯的例子。当大卫还是个少年,他在牧羊时
就经常默想上帝的律法。他清楚知道十诫的第七条就是不可奸淫。然而,当他看
见乌利亚的妻子在沐浴的时候,他却利用自己的王权抢夺了这位美丽的女人。他
犯下的罪导致了严重的後果(撒母耳记下 11-12 章)。
诗人写道:「求祢拦阻仆人不犯任意妄为的罪」(诗篇 19 篇 13 节)。你
是否也面临类似的诱惑?即使你知道那是错的,你还是想要做某件「就这一次」
的事。例如:浏览色情网站,从公司帐户「借」钱,或是歪曲事实。这些事件看
起来似乎都只是「就这一次」的行为,但是却会导致严重的後果。让我们靠著上
帝的帮助,脱离罪恶,得著从上帝而来的出路(哥林多前书 10 章 13 节)。
HDF
我深知道心易放荡,
远离父家慕虚华,
今献身心求加印记,
永作主民在父家。Robinson
试探会来敲门;千万不要留它吃晚餐!
Temptations will knock at your door; don』t ask them to stay for
dinner!
Just This Once
June 5, 2012 □ by Dennis Fisher
As a boy, I used to ride a go-cart that was steered with a rope.
On one occasion, as I propelled my way down the driveway, my parents
』 warning came to mind: 「 Always look up and down the street for
cars. 」 But I rationalized: It 』 s okay not to do that just this
once. Then I heard the sound of screeching tires as a car came to an
abrupt stop to avoid hitting me. Thinking I could break my parents 』
rule nearly cost me my life.
The Bible has many examples of those who knew better but who chose
to break God 』 s rules. From boyhood, David had meditated on the law
of God while he tended his sheep. He knew that the seventh commandment
condemned adultery, yet when he saw a beautiful woman bathing he used
his royal power to take the wife of Uriah for his own. This sin
resulted in terrible consequences (2 Sam. 11 □ 12).
The psalmist wrote: 「 Keep back Your servant also from
presumptuous sins 」 (Ps. 19:13). Have you felt tempted to do
something 「 just this once 」 even though you knew it was wrong?
Glancing at Internet pornography, 「 borrowing 」 money from an
account at work, or stretching the truth may each seem like an
isolated activity but can lead to terrible consequences. With God 』 s
help, turn from sin and find His way of escape (1 Cor. 10:13).
Prone to wander□Lord, I feel it;
Prone to leave the God I love; Here』s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above. □Robinson