必須應用寶血
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate 2022.5.10
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我們一直在研究獻祭的力量，特別是神的兒子獻祭的力量，把我們從奴役中解救出來，這一點在逾越節上得到了體現。現在我們將繼續研究逾越節的另一個關鍵方面，正如我們在出埃及記12:7、13中所看到的那樣。

各家要取點血，塗在吃羊羔的房屋左右的門框上和門楣上。
這血要在你們所住的房屋上作記號；我一見這血，就越過你們去。我擊殺埃及地頭生的時候，災殃必不臨到你們身上滅你們。

正如死亡的判決降臨在每一個沒有塗抹祭物、逾越節羔羊的血的房子/家庭身上一樣，全人類也是如此，正如我們在羅馬書5:12中所讀到的："這就如罪是從一人入了世界，死又是從罪來的；於是死就臨到眾人，因為眾人都犯了罪。" 即便如此，上帝還是給了全世界逾越節的羔羊，它的血將完全保護那些將其應用於生活的人。正如我們在羅馬書5:8-10中所讀到的。

惟有基督在我們還作罪人的時候為我們死，神的愛就在此向我們顯明了。
現在我們既靠著他的血稱義，就更要藉著他免去神的忿怒。
因為我們作仇敵的時候，且藉著神兒子的死，得與神和好；既已和好，就更要因他的生得救了。

為了保護家人免遭那晚席捲埃及的死亡，以色列人所要做的就是把逾越節羔羊的血塗在門口。當滅命天使看到血時，就從他們身上越過。同樣，我們要想從籠罩在全人類身上的死亡判決中得拯救，所要做的就是把耶穌十字架上的血塗在我們的生命上。沒有其他幫助，也沒有其他拯救。

以色列人不會因為知道必須有逾越節的羔羊被獻上而得到拯救，甚至也不會因為獻上了羔羊而得到拯救，除非直到應用寶血。同樣，僅僅知道必須為我們的罪獻上祭物，對我們沒有任何益處。除非耶穌的血被應用到生活中，否則知道耶穌獻祭了，對我們也沒有任何益處。僅僅知道這些事實並不等同於相信它們能帶來救贖。甚至惡魔也知道十字架的能力。正如羅馬書10:8-10所說，救贖需要的不僅僅是對十字架的屬靈和歷史事實的理智認同。

他到底怎麼說呢？他說：這道離你不遠，正在你口裡，在你心裡。（就是我們所傳信主的道。）
你若口裡認耶穌為主，心裡信神叫他從死裡復活，就必得救。
因為人心裡相信，就可以稱義；口裡承認，就可以得救。

用理智相信和用心相信之間差異很大。得救所需的信念不僅僅是對事實的理智認同。用心相信就是用生命去相信。就像那晚經過希伯來人居住處的人都能看到血被塗在每間吃了逾越節食物的房子上一樣，如果我們吃了逾越節的羔羊，也就是基督，祂的血同樣也會在我們的生活中顯現出來。

耶穌說："耶穌說我就是道路、真理、生命；若不藉著我，沒有人能到父那裡去。"（約翰福音14:6）。這條路不是一個公式，而是一個人。認識真理不僅僅是擁有準確的教義，而是認識一位必須成為我們生命的人。如果耶穌不是我們的生命，我們也就真的不知道道路或真理。救贖不僅僅是同意耶穌為世人的罪孽死在十字架上，而是擁抱十字架，相信祂的贖罪，以饒恕我們自己的罪。就像逾越節的血必須塗抹在每一間相信它能從死亡中解救出來的房子上一樣，耶穌的血必須親自塗抹在每一個生命上。

沒有人會因為生活在一個 "基督教"國家而得救。沒有人會因為他們有一個認識主的父母而得救。甚至沒有人會因為他們去教會，甚至因為他們受洗而得救，除非他們對他有個人的信心，並且祂的血被應用於他們的生活。我們每個人都必須有自己的信心，有自己與主的關係。如果我們這樣做了，在我們心中發生的事情的證據也會在我們生活清楚地看到。

正如我們在前面的學習中所看到的，一旦以色列人吃了逾越節的食物，他們的整個世界就改變了。他們立即離開埃及，去到一個他們從未曾見過的地方。同樣，當我們分食耶穌的逾越節祭物時，一切都改變了--我們重生到一個全新的世界。

如果你一生都在教會，非常瞭解所有的救贖教義，但從未通過與上帝之子的個人相遇而真正重生，你現在就可以這樣做。你所要做的就是謙卑自己，向神悔改你的罪過。然後請求祂饒恕你，用祂兒子獻祭的血來遮蓋你，知道你沒有辦法為自己贖罪，但也知道祂的獻祭足以遮蓋你的罪過。這個簡單的信心將使你被天父接受進入祂的家庭。然後向祂請求聖靈的洗，聖靈是為了引導我們進入所有的真理，這樣我們就可以通過在我們的生活中顯示祂獻祭的能力，過榮耀神子的生活。

正如我們在之前所學習的，如果摩押王的獻祭可以釋放出強大能力，使以色列的軍隊逃離，那麼神的兒子的獻祭又有多大的能力？祂的獻祭足以遮蓋你所有的罪，釋放你從罪的綑綁，並賜你永生。當我們開始理解這一點時，我們就被這種大愛的能力所改變。

因此，我在父面前屈膝，
（天上地上的各（或作：全）家，都是從他得名。）
求他按著他豐盛的榮耀，藉著他的靈，叫你們心裡的力量剛強起來，
使基督因你們的信，住在你們心裡，叫你們的愛心有根有基，
能以和眾聖徒一同明白基督的愛是何等長闊高深，
並知道這愛是過於人所能測度的，便叫神一切所充滿的，充滿了你們。
神能照著運行在我們心裡的大力充充足足的成就一切，超過我們所求所想的。
但願他在教會中，並在基督耶穌裡，得著榮耀，直到世世代代，永永遠遠。阿們！（以弗所書3:14-21）。

The Blood Must be Applied
Rick Joyner

We have been studying the power of sacrifice, and especially the power of the sacrifice of the Son of God to deliver us from bondage, which was typified by the Passover. Now we will go on to another crucial aspect of the Passover, as we see in Exodus 12:7, 13:

Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts
and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live;
and when I see the blood I will pass over you,
and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

Just as the sentence of death was on every household that did not have the blood of the sacrificial, Passover lamb applied to their house, the same is true for all of humanity, as we read in Romans 5:12: "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned." Even so, God has given to the whole world a Passover Lamb whose blood will fully protect those who apply it to their lives. As we read in Romans 5:8-10:

But God demonstrates His own love toward us,
in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, having now been justified by His blood,
we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God
through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled,
we shall be saved by His life.

All Israel had to do to protect their families from the death that was going to sweep over Egypt that night was to apply the blood of the specified Passover lamb to their doorways. When the angel of death saw the blood, he passed over them. Likewise, all we have to do to be delivered from the sentence of death that is upon all mankind is to apply the blood of the cross of Jesus to our lives. Nothing more will help, and nothing less will save us.

Israel would not have been saved by knowing that there had to be a Passover lamb sacrificed, or even to have sacrificed it, unless and until the blood was applied. Likewise, it does not do us any good just to know that there had to be a sacrifice for our sin. It does not even do us any good to know Jesus made that sacrifice, unless His blood is applied to our lives. Just knowing the facts is not the same as trusting in them for salvation. Even the demons know the power of the cross. Salvation requires more than just an intellectual assent to the spiritual and historic facts of the cross, as Romans 10:8-10 states:

But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart"—
that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord,
and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,
you shall be saved;for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness,
and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

There can be a big difference between believing with our minds andbelieving with our hearts. The belief that is required for salvation is more than just an intellectual assent to the facts. To believe with our heart is to believe with our lives. Just as anyone passing through the Hebrew neighborhoods that night could see the blood had been applied to each house that had partaken of the Passover, if we have partaken of the Passover Lamb that is Christ, His blood will likewise be evident on our lives.

Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me" (John 14:6). The way is not a formula, but a Person. Knowing the truth is more than just having accurate doctrines—it is knowing a Person who must also be our life. If Jesus is not our life, we really do not know the way or the truth either. Salvation is much more than just agreeing that Jesus died on the cross for the sins of the world—it is embracing the cross and trusting in His atonement for the forgiveness of our own sin. Just as the Passover blood had to be applied to every house that was trusting in it for deliverance from death, the blood of Jesus must be applied personally to every life.

No one is going to be saved because they live in a "Christian" country. No one is going to be saved because they have a parent who knows the Lord. No one is even going to be saved because they go to church, or even because they were baptized, unless they have a personal faith in Him, and His blood is applied to their life. We must each have our own faith, and our own relationship to the Lord. If we do, the evidence of what has taken place in our hearts will be clearly seen on the outside of our lives as well.

Just as we saw in our previous study, once Israel partook of the Passover, their whole world changed. They left Egypt immediately to go to a place they had never seen. Likewise, when we partake of the Passover sacrifice of Jesus everything changes—we are born again into a whole new world.

If you have been in church all of your life, and know very well all of the doctrines of salvation, but have never actually been born again by having a personal encounter with the Son of God, you can do so right now. All you have to do is humble yourself and confess your sins to God. Then ask Him to forgive you and cover you in the blood of His Son's sacrifice, knowing that there is nothing you can do to make atonement for yourself, but also knowing that His sacrifice is sufficient to cover your sins. This simple faith will allow you to be accepted by the Father into His own household. Then ask Him for the baptism in the Holy Spirit, who was given to lead us into all truth, so we might live lives that glorify the Son of God, by displaying the power of His sacrifice in our lives.

As we studied on Day Six, if the sacrifice of the king of Moab could release such power to cause the armies of Israel to flee, how much more power does the sacrifice of the Son of God have? His sacrifice is enough to cover all of your sins, to redeem you from the bondage of sin, and to give you eternal life. As we begin to comprehend this, we are transformed by the power of such great love.

For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,
that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory,
to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man;
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith;
and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
may be able to comprehend with all the saints
what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled up to all the fulness of God.
Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond
all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,
to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
to all generations forever and ever. Amen (Ephesians 3:14-21).