獻祭的能力
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate 2022.5.9
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我們之前總結了以色列的第一個逾越節是如何預表著耶穌在十字架上的獻祭。我們研究了罪的本質，以及為我們贖罪而獻上的完美羔羊。我們想多花一點時間來研究和理解獻祭的能力，這樣我們就能知道祂透過獻祭為我們所成就的能力。
不幸的是，邪教和撒旦崇拜者似乎比大多數基督徒更瞭解獻祭的屬靈能力這基本原則。列王記下3:26-27中有一個顯著的例子。
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。
獻祭有能力。邪惡的祭物可以釋放邪惡的能力，正如這位國王所知道的。獻祭越大，所釋放的能力就越大。如果這位國王獻羊或山羊，甚至僕人，也不會有這種戲劇性的結果。如果這位異教徒國王獻上自己的兒子就能釋放能力，那麼神自己的兒子的獻祭不就更能釋放能力？
正如聖經所宣稱的那樣，所有的創造都是為聖子所造，並通過祂來成就的，在祂裡面，萬物都保持對齊。在這個宇宙中，沒有什麼比神的兒子更珍貴。沒有什麼能比這更大的獻祭了。這就是為什麼十字架是神的大能（見哥林多前書1:18）。在這個宇宙中，沒有什麼能力比藉由耶穌的十字架提供給我們的更大。如果逾越節獻上的羊羔只是耶穌即將到來的十字架的預表，可以使以色列人從當時地上最強大的帝國中得自由，那麼耶穌的實際十字架能使我們從綑綁中獲得自由的能力是何等大呢？
地上所有軍隊能力的加總都無法與耶穌的一滴血相比。我們能在十字架支取這種能力。這就是為什麼只需要一粒芥菜籽大小的信心就能移動一座山。我們的 "信心"之所以遠遠達不到成就，是因為它幾乎總是淪為對我們信心的信心，而不是對耶穌十字架的信心。
正如神通過摩西所展示的能力的目的是首先使以色列人得自由一樣，我們常常想在我們從罪中得自由前，用我們的信心做偉大的事。作為基督徒，我們可能仍然被目前這個邪惡時代的邪惡的激情、欲望和方式所綑綁。然而，如果我們被這些綑綁，我們永遠不能說我們沒有獲得從這些東西中得自由的能力。如果一個基督徒說他們沒有能力戰勝他們心中的罪和邪惡，就是說邪惡比十字架更有能力，這顯然是侮辱十字架。能力已經賜給我們，讓我們得自由。我們可以拒絕它，但我們永遠不能說它沒有被賜給我們。如果我們仍然在罪的能力之下，那是我們的選擇，因為我們選擇了罪而不是自由。這就證明了我們真愛的是誰，我們真正服事的是誰。
有許多錯誤的教義，試圖使信徒遠離十字架的能力，宣稱不可能從這個世界的罪和邪惡的激情中得自由。有些人試圖用人的悔改來代替耶穌的十字架。魔鬼很清楚，這些為我們自己的罪付出代價的輕率嘗試是大大冒犯耶穌的十字架。這種愚蠢的做法實際上是通過餵養人類的自私來增強人類的罪。耶穌的十字架已經足夠了，只有它能使我們自由。
正如那首偉大的讚美詩所有力地宣稱的那樣，"除了耶穌的寶血，別無他物。"我們決不允許把我們的信心放在其他東西上，因為只有耶穌的十字架能使我們自由，使我們走上通往應許之地的道路。
在我們已經或將要進行的所有研究中，沒有比這更關鍵的了。如果我們願意把我們的信心放在十字架上，神的能力就會在我們的生活中釋放出來。直到今天，我們靈魂的敵人仍然在所有的創造物面前誇口--神可以原諒我們的罪，但祂確實沒有能力把我們從罪中解救出來。在末日來臨之前，將有一位沒有瑕疵和皺紋的新婦，她將向所有受造物證明，祂不僅有能力饒恕人類，而且有能力改變我們。祂的獻祭是如此強大，以至於我們不僅會恢復到人類墮落前的狀態，而且十字架實際上將我們轉變為 "新造"，大大超越了人類最初的創造狀態。因此，我們的目標不是回到第一個亞當的狀態，而是住在 "末後的亞當"，也就是基督裡面。
俗話說："人生道路的兩邊都有一條溝"。人類完美的教義會使我們跌倒，就像那些宣稱在十字架上沒有足夠能力來真正改變我們一樣。這不是關於人類的完美。人類完美的學說只不過是復活和醫治我們舊有本性的微弱嘗試。我們的人性必須被算作是死的。
我們將更深入地研究這個問題，但現在讓我們在心裡確定，通過耶穌的十字架為我們提供的神的能力是沒有限制的。讓我們也在心裡安定下來，祂的獻祭是足夠的，任何我們試圖透過我們的嘗試來為自己的罪付出而增加的東西，都是對十字架的侮辱（正如希伯來書9:26-10:14中所說的）。如果異教徒摩押王的獻祭有這樣的能力，那麼神自己的兒子的獻祭有多大的能力？十字架是神的大能，如果我們想讓神的大能體現在我們的日常生活，我們就必須每天拿起十字架。在十字架上就可以得到神的能力。我們的信心必須是在耶穌的十字架上，只有它才能使我們自由，並在我們的生活中釋放出神的大能，使我們活出神呼召我們的樣式。
The Power of Sacrifice
Rick Joyner
On Day Five we drew a parallel of how Israel's first Passover was a foreshadowing of the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. We began to examine the nature of our sin, and the perfect Lamb that was offered for our atonement. Here we want to take a little more time to examine and understand the power of sacrifice so that we can know the power of what He accomplished for us by His sacrifice.
Unfortunately, cults and satanic worshipers seem to understand this basic principle of the spiritual power of sacrifice better than most Christians. A remarkable biblical example of this is found in II Kings 3:26-27:
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.
Sacrifice has power. Evil sacrifices can release evil power just as this king understood. The greater the sacrifice the greater the power that is released. Had this king sacrificed a sheep or goat, or even a servant, it would not have had this kind of dramatic result. If this heathen king, who offered his son, released power, how much more did the sacrifice of God's own Son release power?
As the Scriptures declare, all of creation was made for the Son and through Him, and in Him all things hold together. There is nothing in this universe as precious as the Son of God. Nothing greater could be sacrificed. That is why the cross is the very power of God (see I Corinthians 1:18). There is no power greater in this universe than what is available to us through the cross of Jesus. If the Passover sacrifice of these lambs that were just a type or a prophecy of the coming cross of Jesus could set Israel free from the most powerful empire on earth at the time, how much more can the actual cross of Jesus set us free from our bondage?
All the combined power of all of the armies on earth could not compare with a single drop of the blood of Jesus. That power is available to us at the cross. That is why it only takes faith the size of a single mustard seed to move a mountain. The reason our "faith" falls so far short of accomplishing much is because it is almost always reduced to faith in our faith, instead of faith in the cross of Jesus.
Just as the purpose of the power of God as demonstrated through Moses was to first set Israel free, we often want to do great exploits with our faith before we have been delivered from our sin. As Christians we may remain in bondage to evil passions, evil desires, and the evil ways of this present evil age. However, if we do, we can never say that we have not been offered the power to be set free from them. For a Christian to say they do not have the power to overcome the sin and evil of their heart is to say that the evil is more powerful than the cross, which is an obvious insult to the cross. The power has been offered to us to be free. We can reject it, but we can never say that it has not been given to us. If we remain under the power of sin, it is our choice, because we choose sin over freedom. That is proof of who we really love and who we really serve.
There are a host of false doctrines that seek to turn believers away from the power of the cross, proclaiming that it is not possible to be free from the sin and evil passions of this world. Some seek to replace the cross of Jesus with human penitence. The devil knows well that these frivolous attempts to pay the price for our own sins are a profound affront to the cross of Jesus. Such foolishness actually empowers human sin by feeding human selfishness. The cross of Jesus is enough, and it alone can set us free.
As the great hymn so powerfully declares, it is "nothing but the blood of Jesus."We must never allow our trust to be put in anything else, because only the cross of Jesus can set us free and set us on the course to our Promised Land.
Of all of the studies that we have made, or will make, there are none more crucial than this one. If we will put our trust in the cross, the power of God will be released in our lives. To this day the enemy of our souls still has a boast before all of creation—that God can forgive us of our sins, but He really does not have the power to deliver us from our sins. Before the end comes there will be a bride without spot or wrinkle that will prove to all of creation for all time that He not only has the power to forgive mankind, but He also has the power to change us. His sacrifice is so powerful that we will not only be restored to the condition of man before the Fall, but the cross actually transforms us into a "new creation" that greatly transcends the original creation state of man. Therefore our goal is not to return to the state of the first Adam, but to abide in the "last Adam," who is Christ.
As the saying goes, "There is a ditch on either side of the path of life." The doctrines of human perfection can cause us to stumble just as much as those that declare there is not enough power in the cross to really change us. This is not about human perfection. The doctrines of human perfection are little more than feeble attempts to resurrect and heal our old nature. Our humanity must be reckoned as dead.
We will look at this in more depth, but for now let us settle in our hearts that there is no limit on the power of God that is available to us through the cross of Jesus. Let us also settle in our hearts that His sacrifice was enough, and anything we try to add to it by our attempts to pay for our own sins, by any means, is an insult to the cross (as established in Hebrews 9:26-10:14). If the sacrifice of the heathen king of Moab had such power, how much more power does the sacrifice of God's own Son have? The cross is the power of God, and if we want to have the power of God manifested in our daily lives, we must take up the cross daily. The power of God is available at the cross. Our trust must be in the cross of Jesus, alone, to set us free and release God's power in our lives to live as He has called us to live.