路加福音11:14-28

 

11:14 耶穌趕出一個叫人啞巴的鬼；鬼出去了，啞巴就說出話來；眾人都希奇。
11:15 內中卻有人說：「他是靠著鬼王別西卜趕鬼。」
11:16 又有人試探耶穌，向他求從天上來的神蹟。
11:17 他曉得他們的意念，便對他們說：「凡一國自相紛爭，就成為荒場；凡一家自相紛爭，就必敗落。
11:18 若撒但自相紛爭，他的國怎能站得住呢？因為你們說我是靠著別西卜趕鬼。
11:19 我若靠著別西卜趕鬼，你們的子弟趕鬼又靠著誰呢？這樣，他們就要斷定你們的是非。
11:20 我若靠著上帝的能力趕鬼，這就是上帝的國臨到你們了。
11:21 壯士披掛整齊，看守自己的住宅，他所有的都平安無事；
11:22 但有一個比他更壯的來，勝過他，就奪去他所倚靠的盔甲兵器，又分了他的贓。
11:23 不與我相合的，就是敵我的；不同我收聚的，就是分散的。」
11:24 「污鬼離了人身，就在無水之地過來過去，尋求安歇之處；既尋不著，便說：『我要回到我所出來的屋裡去。』
11:25 到了，就看見裡面打掃乾淨，修飾好了，
11:26 便去另帶了七個比自己更惡的鬼來，都進去住在那裡。那人末後的景況比先前更不好了。」
11:27 耶穌正說這話的時候，眾人中間有一個女人大聲說：「懷你胎的和乳養你的有福了！」
11:28 耶穌說：「是，卻還不如聽上帝之道而遵守的人有福。」

 

¹⁴ Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed. ¹⁵ But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.” ¹⁶ Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.

¹⁷ Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. ¹⁸ If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. ¹⁹ Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. ²⁰ But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

²¹ “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. ²² But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

²³ “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

²⁴ “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ ²⁵ When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. ²⁶ Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”

²⁷ As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”

²⁸ He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

 

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    主耶穌對於那些自以為是，就是認為祂趕鬼是靠著鬼王別西卜趕鬼的人，宣告：「凡一國自相紛爭，就成為荒場；凡一家自相紛爭，就必敗落。若撒但自相紛爭，他的國怎能站得住呢？因為你們說我是靠著別西卜趕鬼。我若靠著別西卜趕鬼，你們的子弟趕鬼又靠著誰呢？這樣，他們就要斷定你們的是非。我若靠著上帝的能力趕鬼，這就是上帝的國臨到你們了。壯士披掛整齊，看守自己的住宅，他所有的都平安無事；但有一個比他更壯的來，勝過他，就奪去他所倚靠的盔甲兵器，又分了他的贓。不與我相合的，就是敵我的；不同我收聚的，就是分散的。」

 

    這也是說主耶穌自己就是擁有上帝的權柄，可以勝過一切的污鬼！更何況鬼是互相合作的，不是互相攻擊的！而上帝的國度中的子民，更是要互相合作，而不是互相攻擊！並且要認識出，主耶穌是真正有權柄的主，上帝的國已經臨到了！

 

    很可惜的是，主耶穌已經明顯他是有權柄的主，然而許多人卻要自立權柄，要人來跟隨他，而沒有將人引到主的面前跟隨主，反倒與主的權柄衝突，結果自己成了撒但害不知！

 

    因此，人必須放下自己的自以為是，讓主的旨意成全！正如主耶穌所說：「…聽上帝之道而遵守的人有福。」

 

路加福音11:1-13

 

11:1 耶穌在一個地方禱告；禱告完了，有個門徒對他說：「求主教導我們禱告，像約翰教導他的門徒。」
11:2 耶穌說：「你們禱告的時候，要說：我們在天上的父（有古卷：父啊）：願人都尊你的名為聖。願你的國降臨；願你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上（有古卷沒有願你的旨意....）。
11:3 我們日用的飲食，天天賜給我們。
11:4 赦免我們的罪，因為我們也赦免凡虧欠我們的人。不叫我們遇見試探；救我們脫離凶惡（有古卷沒有末句）。」
11:5 耶穌又說：「你們中間誰有一個朋友半夜到他那裡去，說：『朋友！請借給我三個餅；
11:6 因為我有一個朋友行路，來到我這裡，我沒有甚麼給他擺上。』
11:7 那人在裡面回答說：『不要攪擾我，門已經關閉，孩子們也同我在床上了，我不能起來給你。』
11:8 我告訴你們，雖不因他是朋友起來給他，但因他情詞迫切地直求，就必起來照他所需用的給他。
11:9 我又告訴你們，你們祈求，就給你們；尋找，就尋見；叩門，就給你們開門。
11:10 因為，凡祈求的，就得著；尋找的，就尋見；叩門的，就給他開門。
11:11 你們中間作父親的，誰有兒子求餅，反給他石頭呢？求魚，反拿蛇當魚給他呢？
11:12 求雞蛋，反給他蠍子呢？
11:13 你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女；何況天父，豈不更將聖靈給求他的人嗎？」

 

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

² He said to them, “When you pray, say:

“‘Father,^[a]
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.^[b]
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
⁴ Forgive us our sins,
    for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.^[c]
And lead us not into temptation.^[d]’”

⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; ⁶ a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ ⁷ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ ⁸ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity^[e] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

⁹ “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

¹¹ “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for^[f] a fish, will give him a snake instead? ¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

 

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    主耶穌教導門徒禱告，是禱告的態度，不是禱告的方法！

 

    態度對禱告者很重要，你如何看待禱告和禱告的對象？首先要思想我們禱告的對象，是創造天地掌管萬有的上帝，也因此我們禱告是要照祂的旨意成就，而不是我們的心意和想法。所以，明知不合乎祂的旨意的禱告項目，也不用求了，不用禱告了！正如我們禱告要人受災害，被上帝懲罰的，就不要禱告了！

 

    接著我們認定了上帝的心意之後，就要堅持不斷的禱告直到事情成就！就像主耶穌的比喻，即使環境和時間不對，我們仍然要禱告，不要放棄，不要停止，不要灰心，仍要堅持的禱告！

 

    在禱告時心中要確信上帝必聽禱告，正如主耶穌所說：「我又告訴你們，你們祈求，就給你們；尋找，就尋見；叩門，就給你們開門。因為，凡祈求的，就得著；尋找的，就尋見；叩門的，就給他開門。你們中間作父親的，誰有兒子求餅，反給他石頭呢？求魚，反拿蛇當魚給他呢？求雞蛋，反給他蠍子呢？你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女；何況天父，豈不更將聖靈給求他的人嗎？」

 

    因為，禱告不在我們盼望的事情成就，而是在我們是否和上帝有美好的交通！

 

 

 

歷代志上18章

     歷代志上18:1-17  ,

歷代志上18:1-17

 

18:1 此後，大衛攻打非利士人，把他們治服，從他們手下奪取了迦特和屬迦特的村莊；
18:2 又攻打摩押，摩押人就歸服大衛，給他進貢。
18:3 瑣巴王哈大利謝（在撒母耳下八章三節是哈大底謝）往幼發拉底河去，要堅定自己的國權，大衛就攻打他，直到哈馬，
18:4 奪了他的戰車一千，馬兵七千，步兵二萬，將拉戰車的馬砍斷蹄筋，但留下一百輛車的馬。
18:5 大馬士革的亞蘭人來幫助瑣巴王哈大利謝，大衛就殺了亞蘭人二萬二千。
18:6 於是大衛在大馬士革的亞蘭地設立防營，亞蘭人就歸服他，給他進貢。大衛無論往哪裡去，耶和華都使他得勝。
18:7 他奪了哈大利謝臣僕所拿的金盾牌帶到耶路撒冷。
18:8 大衛又從屬哈大利謝的提巴（或譯：比他）和均二城中奪取了許多的銅。後來所羅門用此製造銅海、銅柱，和一切的銅器。
18:9 哈馬王陀烏聽見大衛殺敗瑣巴王哈大利謝的全軍，
18:10 就打發他兒子哈多蘭去見大衛王，問他的安，為他祝福，因為他殺敗了哈大利謝〈原來陀烏與哈大利謝常常爭戰〉。哈多蘭帶了金銀銅的各樣器皿來。
18:11 大衛王將這些器皿，並從各國奪來的金銀，就是從以東、摩押、亞捫、非利士、亞瑪力人所奪來的，都分別為聖獻給耶和華。
18:12 洗魯雅的兒子亞比篩在鹽谷擊殺了以東一萬八千人。
18:13 大衛在以東地設立防營，以東人就都歸服他。大衛無論往哪裡去，耶和華都使他得勝。
18:14 大衛作以色列眾人的王，又向眾民秉公行義。
18:15 洗魯雅的兒子約押作元帥；亞希律的兒子約沙法作史官；
18:16 亞希突的兒子撒督和亞比亞他的兒子亞希米勒作祭司長；沙威沙作書記；
18:17 耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅統轄基利提人和比利提人。大衛的眾子都在王的左右作領袖。

 In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its surrounding villages from the control of the Philistines.

² David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to him and brought him tribute.

³ Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, in the vicinity of Hamath, when he went to set up his monument at^[a] the Euphrates River. ⁴ David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses.

⁵ When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them. ⁶ He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought him tribute. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.

⁷ David took the gold shields carried by the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸ From Tebah^[b] and Kun, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, David took a great quantity of bronze, which Solomon used to make the bronze Sea, the pillars and various bronze articles.

⁹ When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah, ¹⁰ he sent his son Hadoram to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold, of silver and of bronze.

¹¹ King David dedicated these articles to the Lord, as he had done with the silver and gold he had taken from all these nations: Edom and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek.

¹² Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. ¹³ He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.

¹⁴ David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people. ¹⁵ Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder; ¹⁶ Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelek^[c] son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was secretary; ¹⁷ Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.

 

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    在這裡我們看見「大衛無論往哪裡去，耶和華都使他得勝。」出現兩次！就想到《基督精兵》這首詩歌。

 

1.基督精兵前進 為耶穌力戰
高舉聖架寶旗 勝仇敵萬萬
元帥就是耶穌 領祂兵攻敵
務要奮力前趨 看大旗而立
「基督精兵前進 為耶穌力戰
高舉聖架寶旗 勝仇敵萬萬」
2.軍兵齊聲大呼 眾鬼魔逃遁
直前忠勇門徒 將群敵圍困
戰勝魔鬼權力 令地獄震動
弟兄極力呼之 陰曹中驚恐
3.世界諸國終傾 大權勢失落
惟有天國恆興 到萬年振作
惡魔盡其權能 終不勝教會
皆因大帥忠誠 施恩力兼備

 

   是的，我們有主的同在也要成為常勝軍，因為基督已經得勝了！