於2022-03-24發佈


雖然這種 "黑暗籠罩大地, 幽暗遮蓋萬民",但主也應許祂的榮耀將出現在祂的子民身上,各國最終將歸向光明,甚至我們的兒女也將回歸(見以賽亞書60:1-5)。 


越來越光明 12 
雷克·喬納 

如果我們對神的認識沒有影響我們的選擇,那麼我們對神的評價肯定不夠高。這就是為什麼祂在啟示錄中對老底嘉教會說,祂寧願他們是冷的或熱的,而不是冷淡的。冷漠是關係中最高形式的蔑視。對上帝無動於衷是對祂的最高形式的蔑視之一。我們必須下決心不允許這種冷淡的精神出現在我們的生活中。

我們怎麼能在認識神的同時,不對祂比我們生活中的任何事或任何人更熱衷呢?把任何人或任何事看得高於祂,是對祂的侮辱,是一種偶像崇拜。我們最熱衷的是什麼,這將是我們如何做決定以及我們的決定如何明智的一個主要因素。在我們的生活中,我們對神的熱情是否超過對其他事物的熱情?

我們的決定是我們生活中的一個主要決定因素,所以擁有良好的選擇能力是至關重要的。正如主向亞當清楚地說明瞭吃善惡樹的後果,我們也必須選擇是否相信和服從上帝和祂的話語。當亞當選擇惡魔的建議,懷疑主的話語時,它導致了錯誤的選擇,產生了不好的後果。這也為一錯再錯的錯誤選擇打開了大門。

在生活中做出正確選擇的基礎是相信上帝並尋求順服祂。惡魔有一個巨大而持續的誘惑,讓我們懷疑神的話語。它對亞當和夏娃起了作用,此後也對許多人起了作用。如果亞當相信上帝的話語而不是惡魔的建議,祂就不會做出可怕的選擇。我們做出正確選擇的關鍵是相信上帝的話語,即聖經,而不要理會惡魔的建議,即上帝的話語是不可信的。

大多數大學和學院在對新生的灌輸中都包括對聖經真實性的攻擊,這是故意的。大多數人使用同樣攻擊,因為它非常有效地使年輕的基督徒學生開始懷疑聖經,然後懷疑自己的信仰。隨後是系統性的攻擊,如此有效,正如一項研究顯示,多達75%的進入大學的基督徒會在三十天內否認他們的信仰。

那些有意攻擊基督教信仰的人針對《聖經》提出的論點和聲明都很膚淺,很容易被駁斥。但是,當他們用來對付年輕的基督徒時,他們往往是第一次獨立,在新地方,而且必須信任教授和大學員工,他們就變得很脆弱。大多數人很快就屈服了,因為他們還沒有為這場爭戰做好預備。我們如何才能更好地預備他們?

關鍵是要裝備年輕的信徒,使他們在神話語和信仰中強大起來,並通過辯證法來強化他們的信仰,使其免受攻擊。這對所有信徒來說都是至關重要的,因為媒體、藝術和娛樂、教育以及現代世界幾乎所有其他影響中心都在不斷攻擊信仰。目前,整個世界都在惡者的掌控之中,而惡者最想讓基督徒落入祂的陷阱。

神學可以說明我們認識這些陷阱。然而,如果我們要避免它們,還需要更多的東西。保持我們的主要因素是我們對神的愛。如果我們對祂的愛沒有越來越熱,它最終會變冷。這種愛是由我們的敬拜、與祂的子民的團契、禱告、對祂的話語的虔誠以及我們在見證中的見證所養成的。這些紀律只有在我們忠於它們的情況下才會成長。我們必須更有意識地遵守這些紀律,因為敵人有意攻擊我們的信仰。

由於很少有學生在被送去學校之前得到他們需要的預備,他們不僅屈服於動搖他們對神的信心的攻擊,而且他們對神的信心也被一種可怕的邪惡所取代。這種邪惡是《聖經》預言中所說的將在這個時代結束時出現的 "深沉的黑暗 "的根源--現在在我們的學校裡盛行的欺騙和馬克思主義宣傳的衝擊力。這種最邪惡的惡魔教義不僅破壞信仰,而且還故意破壞家庭和其他關係,正如馬克思主義的策略所設計的。

"撒旦的三股繩子不容易斷"(見傳道書4:12)是達爾文、佛洛依德和馬克思為這個時代編的。這些人都試圖摧毀對上帝的信仰,佛洛依德和馬克思尤其以破壞核心家庭為目標。在他們的教義中,我們看到了社會斷層的開端,現在有可能使我們的國家四分五裂,已經成功地摧毀了許多其他國家、無數的家庭和其他對社會穩定至關重要的關係。

雖然這種 "黑暗籠罩大地, 幽暗遮蓋萬民",但主也應許祂的榮耀將出現在祂的子民身上,各國最終將歸向光明,甚至我們的兒女也將回歸(見以賽亞書60:1-5)。雖然有這樣的關係崩潰,首先是與神的關係,然後是與所有其他人的關係,但有史以來最偉大的團契和社會將出現,各國將流向它。

至少在未來一年的第一部分,我們將研究達爾文、佛洛德和馬克思的惡魔學說,他們都是同時代的人,他們的學說都交織在一起,構成了這根 "三股惡魔的繩子"。我們還將看到上帝在聖經中的真理是如何有力地反擊這三人,使我們能夠抵禦這個時代的巨大欺騙,並使我們能夠以一種有助於為上帝即將到來的國度預備道路的方式與這個黑暗相對立,而這個國度現在已經非常接近。


Increasing Light, Part 12
Rick Joyner

If our knowledge of God is not affecting our choices, then we certainly do not have a high enough opinion of Him. That is why He said to the Laodicean church in Revelation He would rather they be cold or hot than lukewarm. Indifference is the highest form of contempt in a relationship. To be indifferent about God is one of the highest forms of contempt for Him. We must resolve not to allow this lukewarm spirit in our lives.

How can we know God and not be more passionate about Him than anything or anyone else in our lives? To esteem anyone or anything above Him is an affront to Him and a form of idolatry. What we are most passionate about will be a major factor in how we make decisions and how wise our decisions will be. Are we more passionate about God than we are about anything else in our lives?

Our decisions are a major determining factor in our lives, so having the ability to choose well is crucial. Just as the Lord made the consequences of eating of the forbidden tree clear to Adam, we also must choose between believing and obeying God and His word or not. When Adam chose the devil’s suggestion to doubt the Lord’s word, it led to a bad choice with bad consequences. It also opened the door for continual bad choices.

Fundamental to making the right choices in life is to believe God and seek to obey Him. There is a great and continuous temptation of the devil to get us to doubt God’s word. It worked on Adam and Eve and has worked on multitudes of others since. If Adam had believed God’s word over the devil’s suggestion, he would not have made the terrible choice he made. The key to us making the right choices is to believe God’s Word, the Scriptures, and pay no attention to the devil’s suggestions that God’s Word is not trustworthy.

It is intentional that most universities and colleges have included in their indoctrination for new students an attack on the veracity of the Bible. Most use the same attack because it is so effective at causing young Christian students to begin to doubt the Scriptures and then their own faith. This is followed up by systematic attacks so effective that, as one study revealed, as many as 75% of all Christians who go to a college or university will deny their faith within thirty days.

The arguments and statements made against the Bible by those intent on attacking the Christian faith are shallow and easily debunked. But when used against young Christians who are often on their own for the first time, in a new place, and must trust professors and university staff, they become vulnerable. Most succumb quickly because they have not been prepared for this battle. How can we better prepare them?

It is crucial to equip young believers to be strong in the Word and in their faith in God with apologetics that can fortify them against the attacks on their faith. This is always crucial for all believers since there is a constant attack on faith from the media, arts and entertainment, education, and virtually every other center of influence in the modern world. Presently, the whole world lies in the power of the evil one, and that evil one is most intent on causing Christians to fall into his traps.

Apologetics can help us recognize these traps. However, more is required if we are to avoid them. The primary factor that will keep us is our love for God. If our love for Him is not growing hotter, it will eventually grow cold. This love is fed by our worship, fellowship with His people, prayer, devotion to His Word, and our testimony in witnessing. These disciplines will only grow if we are faithful to them. We must be more intentional about these disciplines than the enemy is intent on attacking our faith.

Since few students receive the kind of preparation they need before being sent off to school, they not only succumb to the attack that shakes their faith in God, but they also have their faith in Him replaced by a terrible evil. This evil is at the root of the “deep darkness” biblical prophecy says will come at the end of this age—the onslaught of deception and Marxist propaganda now prevalent in our schools. This most evil doctrine of demons not only destroys faith but also intentionally destroys families and other relationships as Marxist strategies are designed to do.

“Satan’s cord of three strands that is not easily broken” (see Ecclesiastes 4:12) was woven for these times by Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, and Karl Marx. These all sought to destroy faith in God, with Freud and Marx especially targeting the destruction of the nuclear family. In their teachings, we see the beginnings of the social fault line that now threatens to tear our nation apart, having already been successful in destroying many other nations, countless multitudes of families, and other relationships crucial to social stability.

While this “darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples,” the Lord also promises the appearance of His glory on His people, that nations will ultimately come to the light, and that even our sons and daughters will return (see Isaiah 60:1-5). While there is such a meltdown of relationships, with God first and then all others, the greatest fellowship and society there has ever been will emerge and the nations will stream to it.

For at least the first part of this coming year, we will examine the doctrines of demons from Darwin, Freud, and Marx, who were all contemporaries and whose doctrines were all woven together to make this “devil’s cord of three strands.” We will also see how God’s truth in the Scriptures so powerfully counters each one, fortifies us against the great deception of these times, and enables us to live opposite this darkness in a way that will help prepare the way for God’s coming kingdom, which is now very close.