銷滅撒但的火箭Quenching Satan’s Darts
[每日靈修] 10/17/2018, 駱鴻銘編譯
撒但是強大的。牠比我們更強大。這就是為什麼我們迫切需要上帝盔甲的原因。但牠雖然強大，卻遠不如上帝強大。這就是為什麼聖經宣稱，在你裏面的（聖靈）比那在世界的（撒但）更大的原因（約翰壹書四4）。撒但的火箭是可以銷滅的；上帝的不行。你可以在撒但面前逃跑；你不能逃離上帝的同在。
我們必須警惕撒但的左拳和右拳。他也善於搏擊。正當我們保護自己避免牠雙手的攻擊時，牠會欺敵並使用牠的雙腳。在這裏，牠的詭計是非常有效的。
撒但的一個特徵是牠的變幻莫測。牠十分狡猾，且具有不可思議的能力，能夠以美善的外表出現。牠可以將自己裝成光明的天使。你在這個世上許多的「薩達姆•海珊」們（譯按：前伊拉克暴君總統）身上，無法找到牠太多的身影。牠不是那麼粗魯。牠看起來像一個聖人，一個美德的典範，等著要引誘你。
牠最重要的手段是欺詐。牠的工作是敵基督，不僅僅是在與基督作對的意義上，而是在尋求代替基督的意義上。
關於撒但的好消息是這樣的：牠註定會滅亡，一小句話就會使牠垮臺。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
想一想撒但在過去用哪些方法打扮成「光明的天使」而欺騙了你。求神在未來讓你更敏銳地覺察到牠的謊言。
進一步研讀：
弗六10～17 我還有末了的話：你們要靠著主，倚賴祂的大能大力作剛強的人。要穿戴神所賜的全副軍裝，就能抵擋魔鬼的詭計。因我們並不是與屬血氣的爭戰（原文作摔跤；下同），乃是與那些執政的、掌權的、管轄這幽暗世界的，以及天空屬靈氣的惡魔爭戰。所以，要拿起神所賜的全副軍裝，好在磨難的日子抵擋仇敵，並且成就了一切，還能站立得住。所以要站穩了，用真理當作帶子束腰，用公義當作護心鏡遮胸， 又用平安的福音當作預備走路的鞋穿在腳上。此外，又拿著信德當作藤牌，可以滅盡那惡者一切的火箭；並戴上救恩的頭盔，拿著聖靈的寶劍，就是神的道；
Quenching
Satan’s Darts
Satan
is powerful. He is more powerful than we are. That is why we desperately need
the armor of God. But as powerful as he is, he is far less powerful than God.
That is why the Bible declares that greater is He who is in you (the Holy
Spirit) than he who is in the world (Satan) (1 John 4:4). Satan’s darts are
quenchable; God’s are not. You can flee the presence of Satan; you cannot flee
the presence of God.
We
must be wary of Satan’s right and left fists. He is a kick-boxer as well. Just
when we shield ourselves from his hands, he cheats and uses his feet. Here his
guile is most effective.
One
characteristic of Satan is his metamorphic power. He has the cunning and
uncanny ability to appear under the auspices of good. He can transform himself
into the appearance of an angel of light. You don’t find him so much in the
Saddam Husseins of this world. He is not so crass. He appears as a saint, a
paragon of virtue, waiting to seduce you.
He
is, above all, a fraud. His work is anti-Christ not merely in the sense of
working against Christ but in the sense of seeking to act as a substitute for
Christ.
The
good news about Satan is this: his doom is sure, and one little word will fell
him.
Coram Deo
Think
about ways Satan has deceived you in times past as an “angel of light.” Ask God
to make you more perceptive to his deception in the future.
Passages
for Further Study
Ephesians
6:10-17
