十架大能─啟示錄  

我與羅賓麥米蘭（Robin McMillan）每週都會聚幾次深談，一些深度的啟示真的來自這些時光。最近當他分享我們在基督裡如何成為基督家族成員，他有一個很棒的論點─我們是地上最尊貴的家族。現在來想一想：亞當和夏娃犯罪；挪亞酒醉；亞伯拉罕和以撒寧願將自己妻子給異教徒以求自保；雅各說謊、欺騙、耍詭計並偷竊。摩西是謀殺者；喇合是妓女；大衛王是謀殺者與姦淫者，名單冗長難以一一列出。這就是萬王之王─彌賽亞的家族！

重點是我們都需要恩典與憐憫，聖經說我們種什麼收什麼，所以我們若要收割恩典，我們必須抓住每個機會來栽種恩典。我們若要收割憐憫，我們應該抓住每個機會來栽種憐憫，對神的兒女更要如此。若有任何人蠻橫對待你的孩子，想一想你的感覺如何。這即是何以我們被吩咐要用溫柔的心來重建（挽回）他人─我們所面對的都是神自己的兒女，無論他們做了什麼，祂都愛他們到底。

讓我們定意不限制十字架拯救、醫治、救贖、和好與重建的能力。當我們看任何人，覺得他們超越十字所能觸摸，我們便限制了十架大能。當我們設定時間或其他限制在十架拯救與重建的能力上，我們便在限制十字架。

當主耶穌行走在地上，祂最大的敵人是法利賽人，當時的宗教保守份子。最剛硬、激進殘忍的法利賽人應該是來自大數的掃羅。他對新生的教會感到憤怒不已，逼迫基督徒至死，先從第一位殉道者司提反開始。就連掃羅這個信仰最大的敵人，都沒有糟到超越十架大能，最終神將他轉變為可能是有史以來最偉大的使徒，成為信仰最大的護衛者。

在列王記下三章26-27節講到聖經最奇異的故事之一，這故事支持了以色列和摩押戰役期間，犧牲獻祭能力所帶來的屬靈原則。

摩押王見陣勢甚大，難以對敵，就率領七百拿刀的兵，要衝過陣去到以東王那裡，卻是不能；

便將那應當接續他作王的長子，在城上獻為燔祭。以色列人遭遇耶和華的大怒【或作招人痛恨】，於是三王離開摩押王，各回本國去了。 

很不幸地，撒旦崇拜者似乎比此時的許多基督徒更瞭解犧牲所帶來的能力。倘若一位異教之王對他兒子做了如此魔鬼般的犧牲，能夠帶出這樣的能力，神兒子的犧牲豈不帶來更大的能力嗎？ 

在所有受造物中，沒有任何能力大過羔羊的血，因此經上會如此說：『弟兄勝過他，是因羔羊的血和自己所見證的道。他們雖至於死，也不愛惜性命。』此能力透過單純相信耶穌的犧牲而被釋放出來，它遮蓋信徒並能保護那些凡事相信的人。這是我們在末世一定要行在其中的能力。 

那些與魔鬼相交的人必須為每件事做新的犧牲；耶穌一次為所有人獻上自己，不需要新的犧牲，只要單純相信耶穌在十架上所成的事。祂的犧牲足夠遮蓋一切。 

在哥林多前書一章18節告訴我們，十字架『為神的大能』。全宇宙沒有比神的大能更大的能力了；因此，沒有更大的能力勝過十字架。相信它，讓你的信心在神兒子的十字架中成長，這是我們面對末世所能做的最大準備。 

 (摘自喬納 word for the week,Week43, 2017) 

 
The Power of the Cross—The Book of Revelation
Week 43, 2017
Rick Joyner

         Robin McMillan and I get together a couple of times a week just to talk, and some really profound revelations come from these times. He made a great point recently when he shared how in Christ, we become members of the lineage of Christ—the noblest lineage on earth. Now consider this­: Adam and Eve sinned; Noah got drunk; Abraham and Isaac were willing to give their wives to heathens to protect themselves; Jacob lied, cheated, schemed, and stole. Moses was a murderer, Rahab was a harlot, King David was a murderer and adulterer, and the list goes on. This is the lineage of the King of kings—the Messiah!

         The point is that we all need grace and mercy. We are told that we will reap what we sow, so if we want to reap grace we must sow grace every chance we get. If we want to reap mercy, we should sow mercy every chance we get, and how much more so to God’s children. Think about how you would feel if anyone treated one of your kids harshly. This is why we are commanded that when we restore others we do it in gentleness—these are God’s own children we are dealing with, and He loves them regardless of what they have done.

         Let us resolve that we will not limit the power of the cross to save, heal, redeem, reconcile, and restore. We limit the power of the cross when we view anyone as beyond its reach. We limit it when we set time or other limits on its ability to save and restore.

         The  worst enemy of the Lord when He walked the earth were the Pharisees, the religious conservatives of His day. The most hardened, radical, and cruel Pharisee of the time appeared to be Saul of Tarsus. He was enraged at the young church and persecuted Christians to their death beginning with the first Christian martyr, Stephen. Even this man, likely the greatest enemy of the faith, was not beyond the power of the cross, ultimately turning him into possibly the greatest apostle and greatest defender of the faith.    

         II Kings 3:26-27 tells one of the more bizarre stories in the Scriptures, one that fortifies the spiritual principle of the power of sacrifice during a battle between Israel and Moab:

When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him 700 men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.

Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.

         Unfortunately, satanic worshipers seem to understand the power of sacrifice better than many Christians at this time. If such a demonic sacrifice of his son by a heathen king could have such power, how much more power does the sacrifice of the Son of God have?

         There is nothing more powerful in all of creation than the blood of the Lamb, which is why it is written: "They overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb,” (see Revelation 12:11). This power is released by simple faith in the sacrifice of Jesus. It covers the believers and can protect those who believe from anything. This is the power that we must walk in at the end of the age.

         Those whose fellowship is with demons must make a new sacrifice for everything. Jesus made one sacrifice for all and for all time. There does not need to be a new sacrifice for each need, but simple faith in what Jesus accomplished on the cross. His sacrifice is enough to cover all.

         In I Corinthians 1:18, we are told that the cross is “the power of God.” There is no greater power in the universe than the power of God, and therefore there is no greater power than the cross. Believe in it. Grow in your faith in the cross of the Son of God. There is no greater preparation for the unfolding times that we could make than this.