使徒行傳13:4-12

 

13:4 他們既被聖靈差遣，就下到西流基，從那裡坐船往塞浦路斯去。
13:5 到了撒拉米，就在猶太人各會堂裡傳講上帝的道，也有約翰作他們的幫手。
13:6 經過全島，直到帕弗，在那裡遇見一個有法術、假充先知的猶太人，名叫巴•耶穌。
13:7 這人常和方伯士求•保羅同在。士求•保羅是個通達人，他請了巴拿巴和掃羅來，要聽上帝的道。
13:8 只是那行法術的以呂馬（這名翻出來就是行法術的意思）敵擋使徒，要叫方伯不信真道。
13:9 掃羅又名保羅，被聖靈充滿，定睛看他，
13:10 說：「你這充滿各樣詭詐奸惡，魔鬼的兒子，眾善的仇敵，你混亂主的正道還不止住嗎？
13:11 現在主的手加在你身上，你要瞎眼，暫且不見日光。」他的眼睛立刻昏蒙黑暗，四下裡求人拉著手領他。
13:12 方伯看見所做的事，很希奇主的道，就信了。

 

⁴ The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. ⁵ When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper.

⁶ They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, ⁷ who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. ⁸ But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. ⁹ Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, ¹⁰ “You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? ¹¹ Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.”

Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand. ¹² When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.

 

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    傳福音不是出去遊玩，是要為主整拯救靈魂，並且與魔鬼征戰的。正如保羅為了拯救方伯士求•保羅，但是那行邪術以呂馬（這名翻出來就是行法術的意思）敵擋使徒，要叫方伯不信真道。這時保羅靠聖靈的力量說：「你這充滿各樣詭詐奸惡，魔鬼的兒子，眾善的仇敵，你混亂主的正道還不止住嗎？現在主的手加在你身上，你要瞎眼，暫且不見日光。」他的眼睛立刻昏蒙黑暗，四下裡求人拉著手領他。方伯看見所做的事，很希奇主的道，就信了。

 

    求主幫助我們也有這樣熱切的心，來帶領人信靠主耶穌！因為保羅有這樣的經歷，所以他說：「因為我們雖然在血氣中行事，卻不憑著血氣爭戰。我們爭戰的兵器本不是屬血氣的，乃是在上帝面前有能力，可以攻破堅固的營壘，將各樣的計謀，各樣攔阻人認識上帝的那些自高之事，一概攻破了，又將人所有的心意奪回，使他都順服基督。」(哥林多後書10:3-5)

 

    因此，我們不要忘記，傳福音就是一場戰爭，我們要在這場征戰中求勝利，就是要靠主剛強，做基督勇敢的精兵，並且相信勝利是屬於主和祂的子民，勇敢為主征戰吧！