於2016-03-20發佈


再自然不過的超自然基督徒─啟示錄

這週我們持續來研讀啟示錄一章10節: 

當主日,我被聖靈感動,聽見在我後面有大聲音如吹號

被聖靈感動』常被用來描述經由聖靈而來的超自然經歷。在這些經歷中,屬靈領域變得比自然領域更真實。此發生在列王記下六章以利沙的僕人身上,當先知禱告求主『開他僕人的眼目,使他能看見』(參考列王記下6:17),他僕人就看見滿山有火車火馬圍繞他們。 

這些經歷對所有基督徒而言應該是很平常的;當我們在聖靈裡重生得救時,我們便是『新造的人』,或按字面意思是新的物種。正如有一位古人寫道:『我們不是被呼召成為自然人,偶爾有超自然的經歷,乃是被呼召成為超自然的人,偶爾有自然的經歷。』新造的人其本質是在屬靈領域比自然領域更自在,那才是正常的新約基督教。 

啟示錄便是以如此的經歷臨到約翰,有這類經歷的人會比較容易瞭解啟示錄,這對所有基督徒都是隨手可得的經歷。使徒行傳二章17-18節說,我們正接近這世代末了,我們將需要來自異夢、異象和預言這種直接、明確的指引。我們從經文得知這些經歷將臨到男女老少,顯然包括每一個神的子民。

我們要如何擁有這些經歷呢?向主求。一種錯誤的教導說你若追求這些屬靈經歷,魔鬼會用錯誤的經歷來欺騙你。主否定如此的說法,祂應許說我們若求魚,祂不會反給我們蛇(參考馬太福音7:10)。有些人對魔鬼欺騙他們的信心大過靠主引領進入一切的真理。這樣的人已經活在蒙蔽中,因著害怕而被剝奪許多在基督裡的產業。

有些人害怕祈求這些經歷,因為他們認為自己會被嚇到,是有可能如此。約翰的確被在啟示錄所看到的一些事物嚇到;然而,有好的懼怕與壞的懼怕。敬畏主是好的懼怕;在屬靈領域充滿敬畏的經歷,可能同時感覺強烈卻又美好。更重要的是,它可以幫助我們更真實活在我們所事奉的主裡面。

我們必須靠信心而不是靠懼怕而活,更不是被嚇到的那種懼怕。未來將臨到那些沒預備好之人的懼怕才是更糟的懼怕。倘若我們無法領受先知性的啟示,我們會處在更危險的地方。在聖靈裡與主同行將使這些時候成為最美好和興奮的時光,那是曾住在地上之人所能擁有的蒙福經歷。 

 (摘自喬納 word for the week,Week10, 2016)


 
The Naturally Supernatural Christian—The Book of Revelation
Week 10, 2016
Rick Joyner

   This week we continue our study with Revelation 1:10:

      “I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet.”

    The phrase “in the Spirit” is often used to describe being in a supernatural experience through the Holy Spirit. In these experiences, the spiritual realm becomes more real than the natural realm. This happened to Elisha’s servant in II Kings 6 when the prophet prayed that his “eyes would be opened so that he can see” (see II Kings 6:17). His servant then saw the angelic forces of heaven that were with them.

    These experiences should be common to all Christians. When we are born again of the Spirit, we are a “new creation”—or literally, a new species. As one of the ancients wrote, “We are not called to be natural beings who have occasional supernatural experiences, but we are called to be spiritual beings who have occasional natural experiences.” The nature of the new creation is to be more at home in the spiritual realm than in the natural. That is normal new covenant Christianity.

    This Book of Revelation came to John in such an experience. Having this kind of experience makes it easier to understand, and this is available to all Christians. Acts 2:17-18 says that as we get closer to the end of this age, these experiences will increase. At the end of this age, we will need this kind of direct, specific guidance that comes with these dreams, visions, and prophecies. We are told these will come to the young and old, male and female, which obviously includes every one of God’s people.

    How do we have these experiences? Ask the Lord for them. A false teaching says that if you pursue spiritual experiences, the devil will deceive you with false experiences. The Lord contradicted such a notion when He promised that if we ask Him for a fish, He will not give us a serpent (see Matthew 7:10). Some people have more faith in the devil to deceive them than they do in the Lord to lead them into all truth. Such are already living in deception, being deprived of much of their inheritance in Christ by their fears.

    Some are afraid to ask for these experiences because they think they will be frightening, and they can be. John was terrified by some of the things that he saw in Revelation. However, there is both good fear and bad fear. The fear of the Lord is good fear. The fear experienced in the spiritual realm can be intense but wonderful at the same time. More importantly, it can help us live more in the reality of the One we serve.

    We must live by faith, not fear, and certainly not the fear of being frightened. The fear that will come upon those unprepared for the times will be much worse. If we are unable to receive prophetic revelation, we will be in an increasingly dangerous place. Walking with the Lord in the Spirit will make these times some of the most wonderful and exciting that any who walked the earth have been blessed to experience.