双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：7月3日 丰盛生命

7月3日

丰盛生命

“盗贼来，无非要偷窃，杀害，毁坏；我来了，是要叫羊得生命，并且得的更丰盛。”

约翰福音10:10

只有那些真正归信耶稣基督的人才会明白丰盛生命的意义。圣经教导我们，属世是一种势力，一种心态，一种宇宙氛围，是与一切属神和基督教相对立和冲突的。他们的目的是自私的快乐、物质的成功、人生的骄傲。这是一种野心勃勃、以自我中心。他们不一定否定神，而是忽视、忘记神。

基督三次指明，撒旦是这个世界的王。祂说：“这世界的王将到。他在我里面是毫无所有；”（约翰福音14:30）在约翰福音16:11祂再次说：“为审判，是因这世界的王受了审判。”在约翰福音12:31中祂说：“这世界的王要被赶出去。”

因此圣经清楚地告诉我们，世人要么被这个世界影响，充满诡诈、欺骗、蛊惑，要么在基督里，接受圣灵的引导。没有中间地带。圣经为我们划出了界线。

保罗写信给以弗所的人说：“那时，你们在其中行事为人，随从今世的风俗，顺服空中掌权者的首领，就是现今在悖逆之子心中运行的邪灵。”“当我们死在过犯中的时候，便叫我们与基督一同活过来。”（以弗所书2:2,5）。

“今世的风俗”一词，带有潮流、水流的意思。一股暗流，潜在的潮流，与神的旨意和方向背道而驰。它的漩涡深不可测、阴险狡诈。撒旦在里面煽动、搅扰，刻意诱捕、陷害那些在基督里敬虔行事的人。

撒旦无所不用其极，骚扰、诱惑、挫败和伤害神的子民，对他们进行无情的攻击。保罗写道：“我们并不是与属血气的争战，乃是与那些执政的、掌权的、管辖这幽暗世界的，以及天空属灵气的恶魔争战。”（以弗所书6:12）

然而，基督徒在这场争战中并非毫无防御能力。神赋予我们能力战胜撒旦。保罗说：“靠着爱我们的主，在这一切的事上已经得胜有余了。”（罗马书8:37）约翰写道：“小子们哪，你们是属神的，并且胜了他们；因为那在你们里面的，比那在世界上的更大。”（约翰一书4:4）

今日祷告：

天父，我们面对的是一个强大的敌人，但我们知道因着耶稣的宝血您已经得胜了。所以，主啊，我们有盼望。我们感谢你；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

July 3

ABUNDANT LIVING

I come that they might have life,and that they might have it more abundantly.John 10:10

Only those who have been truly converted to Jesus Christ know the meaning of abundant living.

The Bible teaches that worldliness is a force,a spirit,and atmosphere of the cosmos,that is in opposition and in contradiction to all that is godly and Christian.Its goal is selfish pleasure,material success,and the pride of life.It is ambitious,self-centered.God is not necessarily denied;He is just ignored and forgotten.

Three times Christ designated Satan as the prince of this world.He said,“The prince of this world cometh,and hath nothing in me”(John 14:30).In John 16:11,He again said,“Of judgment,because the prince of this world is judged.”In John 12:31,He said,“The prince of this world(shall)be cast out.”

Thus the Bible is clear that the world’s inhabitants are either under the influence of this world with its cunning,deception,and spell;or they are in Christ and under the direction of the Spirit of God.There is no neutral ground.The lines are drawn by the Bible.

Paul wrote to the Ephesians,“Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,according to the prince of the power of the air,the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience…Even when we were dead in sins[God]hath quickened us together with Christ”(Ephesians 2:2,5).

Now the words“course of this world”carry the meaning of current or flow.There is an undertow,a subtle current,which runs against and in contradiction to the will and the way of God.Its eddies are deep and treacherous.They are stirred and troubled by Satan and intended to trap and ensnare those who would walk godly in Christ Jesus.

Satan employs every device at his command to harass,tempt,thwart,and hurt the people of God.His attack is relentless.Paul wrote,“We wrestle not against flesh and blood,but against principalities,against powers,against the rulers of the darkness of this world,against spiritual wickedness in high places”(Ephesians 6:12).

However,the Christian is not left defenseless in this conflict.God provides the power to give us victory over Satan.Paul said,“We are more than conquerors through him that loved us”(Romans 8:37).And John wrote,“Ye are of God,little children and have overcome them:because greater is he that is in you,than he that is in the world”(1 John 4:4).

Pray for the Day:

Father,we face a very powerful foe,but we know that You have won the victory through the blood of Jesus.Therefore,Lord,we have hope,and we give You thanks;in Jesus’Name,Amen.