主題：不可見的界域
日期：2015年10月20日
作者：翟辛蒂
“因我們並不是與屬血氣的爭戰（原文是摔跤；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。”（以弗所書6：12）
有時候，身為基督徒，我們允許西方思維來影響我們屬靈方面的實際操練，認為我們生活中所發生的一切均歸屬於自然界的原因和影響。西方世界觀強調，經由我們的五種感官 - 聽覺，視覺，嗅覺，味覺和觸覺 – 所得知或體驗出來的才是唯一真實的。
而在另一端，也有人將每一件壞事都歸咎於惡魔的活動，往往忽視了應該為自己的選擇或行動所擔負的個人責任。
墜入其中任何一個思維模式，都將會導致失敗和挫折。而這也是事實，有些人當他們對待屬靈爭戰時是以非常奇怪的方式來應對，但我們不應該陷入嘲諷聖經中的先例，如同在以弗所書6：12那裏所指出的。
有些時候的情況，是在自然界中所能提供的任何可能的解決方案都無法改變結果的，因為我們的爭戰不光是與物質界的界域裏的，同時也是與看不見的，屬靈的界域裏的。
出於這個原因，在聖經裏告誡我們要穿上神的全副軍裝，使我們能夠抵擋魔鬼的詭計（參以弗所書6：13）。詭計這個詞的意思是指方法或策略。雖然有些人會盡量來減低撒旦的力量，但我相信這是一個很大的錯誤。永遠不要低估了敵人的力量。當然，我們也絕不應該來對恐懼屈服，而是要用對神的話語的知識以及認識住在我們裏面的那一位更偉大的來裝備自己。我們一直都被賜與爭戰的兵器，我們必須拿來使用以對抗敵人偷竊，殺害，毀壞的戰略計劃（參約翰福音10：10）。
就是會有些時候我們試圖要用自然界的方式來完成，然而這是只有藉著超自然的方式才能成就的，但我們可以學習來辨識這些時刻並調整我們的反應。
在 ”奪得仇敵的城門“ 我的這本著作裏我記載了一個事件。有一天，我被邀請去醫院為一個朋友的女兒禱告。她動了子宮切除的手術，之後並有感染發生。醫生對她動用了藥物軍火庫裏面每一種可以到手的抗生素，但她身體的健康情況卻以驚人的速度不斷在下降，導致她被轉移到重症監護病房。當我走進她的病房，壓迫感非常地濃厚。你幾乎可以品嚐到恐懼和絕望。我辨別出問題的根源是，死亡的靈已經依附在她身上。要修補這個問題是無藥可醫的。
我悄悄地走到那女人的身邊。當我叫她名字的時候，她的反應很遲鈍。她的膚色鐵青，面色蒼白。我靠過來，對著她的耳邊說：“不要害怕。你將會活下來，不會死“。然後我命令死亡的靈，離開她的身體。
結果如何呢？她從那天開始復原，並且幾天後就能夠從醫院裏頭回家。我們需要具備理解和辨別力，以便將黑暗的權勢辨識出來並與之戰鬥對抗，不僅為自己，也為他人。對於屬靈爭戰，具備知識和合乎聖經的裝備是非常重要的。
我們已經預備了整套培訓研討會，名稱叫做“屬靈爭戰“，以在這方面裝備你！它提供每一個信徒都需要的基礎性的教學。也許有可能一個屬靈的爭戰在你周圍肆虐，但是當你發掘自己已經被賜與的權柄和力量，勇氣就會興起。我鼓勵你今天就註冊，並開始奪回那些敵人試圖從你這裏偷竊的地土。現在是你毫無所懼的時刻！
The Unseen Realm
October 20th, 2015
By Cindy Jacobs
http://www.generals.org/articles/single/the-unseen-realm/
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. - Ephesians 6:12
Sometimes, as Christians, we allow western thinking to affect our spiritual practices by attributing everything that happens in our lives to a natural cause and effect. The western worldview emphasizes that the only real things are what can be known or experienced through our five senses—hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, and touching.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, there are those who want to blame every bad thing on demonic activity, often to the neglect of taking any personal responsibility for their own choices or actions.
Giving in to either of these ways of thinking will cause failure and defeat. While it is true that some individuals can get absolutely strange in how they approach spiritual warfare, we should not fall into the trap of mocking biblical precedents, like the one given in Ephesian 6:12.
There are times when every possible solution available in the natural will not change the outcome of a situation because our wrestling is not only with the physical realm, but also the unseen, spiritual realm.
For this reason, we are admonished in scripture to take up the whole armor of God, that we may be able to withstand the wiles of the devil (Eph. 6:13). The word wiles means methods or strategies. While some will try to minimize Satan’s power, I believe this is a big mistake. Never underestimate the power of the enemy. Of course, we should also never give in to fear, but instead, we need to equip ourselves with the knowledge of God’s word and know that the greater One lives inside of us. We have been given weapons of warfare that we must use against the strategic plans the enemy has to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10).
There are simply times in our lives when we try to do in the natural what can only be accomplished through the supernatural, but we can learn to recognize these moments and adjust our response.
I write about an incident like this in my book, Possessing the Gates. One day, I was asked to go pray for a friend’s daughter in the hospital. She had a hysterectomy, and an infection set in afterward. The doctors treated her with every antibiotic they had in their arsenal, but her health was declining at an alarming rate, resulting in her being moved to ICU.
When I entered her hospital room, the oppression was thick. You could almost taste the fear and hopelessness. I discerned the root problem was that a spirit of death had attached itself to her. There is no medicine available that will mend that problem.
I went quietly to the woman’s side. She was unresponsive when I called her name. Her skin tone was ashen and pale. I leaned over and spoke in her ear, “Don’t be afraid. You are going to live and not die.” Then I commanded the spirit of death to let go of her physical body.
The results? She began to mend from that day and was able to be released from the hospital several days later.
We need the understanding and discernment to recognize and battle against powers of darkness, not only for ourselves, but also for others. It is important to be knowledgeable and biblically equipped for spiritual warfare.
We have prepared a whole training seminar, called Spiritual Warfare, to equip you in this area! It offers foundational teaching that every believer needs. There may be a spiritual war raging around you, but courage comes when you discover the authority and strength you’ve been given. I encourage you to sign up today and begin to take back ground the enemy has tried to steal from you. It’s time for you to be fearless!