試驗
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate 2022.5.18
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我們需要瞭解一個關鍵問題，如果我們要進入並居住在天國，這個問題是必不可少的。這可以用 "嗎哪試驗 "來說明，這是以色列人離開埃及後得到的第一個試驗。它是如此的關鍵，以至於主說這個試驗是為了看人民是否會走祂的路。同樣，對我們來說，這也是決定我們是否會走主的道路的主要試驗之一。我們在《出埃及記》16:4和《申命記》8:16中看到了這一點。

"耶和華對摩西說：我要將糧食從天降給你們。百姓可以出去，每天收每天的分，我好試驗他們遵不遵我的法度。"
"又在曠野將你列祖所不認識的嗎哪賜給你吃，是要苦煉你，試驗你，叫你終久享福；"

正如我們在詩篇78:23-25中所讀到的。

祂卻吩咐天空，又敞開天上的門，
降嗎哪，像雨給他們吃，將天上的糧食賜給他們。
各人（或譯：人）吃大能者的食物；祂賜下糧食，使他們飽足。

嗎哪就是天上的食物。以色列人被命令吃這種餅，既是一種試驗，也是為了使他們謙卑。這仍然是對主的子民的一個主要試驗，以確定我們是否要走祂的路。這也是我們謙卑自己的一種方式。這個試驗是看我們是否會每天早上第一件事就是起床後尋求天上的新鮮麵包。這也是一種謙卑，我們承認，如果沒有祂為我們提供的天上的嗎哪，我們根本無法在一天之內，在主的道路上正直地行走。

當然，正如我們在約翰福音6:31-35中所讀到的，耶穌就是天上的嗎哪。我們必須每天都與祂有新的相遇，我們必須每天都吃祂。我們應該對神的兒子上癮，就像癮君子對下一次吸毒一樣。我們實際上就是這樣。如果一個癮君子沒有得到他的滿足，他很快就會開始動搖。我們在生活中經歷的大多數震動都是我們沒有每天吃基督的結果。我們也會失去我們的屬靈力量、視力，當我們沒有吃祂時，很快就會陷入屬靈的痙孿。

"我們就是我們所吃的"也是事實。就像我們的身體會受到我們投入的東西的極大影響一樣，我們的精神構成也會受到影響。如果我們吃的是基督，我們就會被改變成祂的本性。同樣，如果我們吃邪惡的屬靈果子，如流言蜚語、誹謗、自私的野心、苦毒、怨恨、貪婪或不寬恕，我們將開始表現出魔鬼的本性。如果我們要住在天國裡，我們需要注意我們的飲食，並確定我們要尋求天上的嗎哪，每天的第一件事。

我們決不能忘記，祂的主要目的不僅僅是讓我們相信祂的話語，而是讓祂的話語改變我們。祂希望我們像祂一樣，不僅僅是做正確的事情，而是為了正確的理由--因為我們熱愛公義而做這些事情。這就是為什麼祂命令以西結在去傳道之前要 "吃這卷書"（見以西結書3:1-4）。

主已經提供了天上的糧食，我們可以每天收集。就像祂在曠野賜給以色列人的嗎哪一樣，它不能被儲存，而必須每天收集和食用新鮮的。當我們分享它並成為我們所吃的東西時，我們的生活也將像其他人的新鮮麵包一樣。這將使所有人被吸引到那位真正的嗎哪。

The Test
Rick Joyner

We need to understand a crucial matter which is essential if we are to enter into and dwell in the heavenly realm. This is typified by the "manna test," the first test given to Israel after their departure from Egypt. It was so crucial that the Lord said this test was given to see if the people would walk in His ways or not. Likewise for us, this is one of the primary tests that determine if we will walk in the ways of the Lord or not. We see this in Exodus 16:4, and Deuteronomy 8:16:

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you;
and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day,
that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction."
"In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know,
that He might humble you and that He might test you,
to do good for you in the end."

As we read in Psalm 78:23-25:

Yet He commanded the clouds above, and opened the doors of heaven;
And He rained down manna upon them to eat, and gave them food from heaven.
Man did eat the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.

Manna was bread from heaven. The children of Israel were commanded to eat this bread as both a test and to humble them. This remains a primary test for the Lord's people to determine if we are going to walk in His ways. It is also a way that we humble ourselves. The test is to see if we will get up first thing each morning and seek fresh bread from heaven. This is also the humility by which we acknowledge that we simply cannot make it a single day, walking uprightly in the way of the Lord, without the heavenly manna that He provides for us.

Of course, as we read in John 6:31-35, Jesus is the Manna from heaven. We must have a fresh encounter with Him every day, and we must partake of Him every day. We should be more addicted to the Son of God than a junky is to his next fix. We actually are. If a junky does not get his fix he will soon begin to shake. Most of the shaking we go through in life is the result of our not having partaken of Christ, every day. We, too, lose our spiritual strength, our vision, and soon go into spiritual convulsions when we do not partake of Him.

It is also true that "we are what we eat." Just as our physical body can be greatly impacted by what we put into it, so can our spiritual make up. If we are partaking of Christ, we will be changed into His nature. Likewise, if we are partaking of evil spiritual fruit such as gossip, slander, selfish ambition, bitterness, resentment, greed, or unforgiveness, we will begin to manifest the nature of the devil. If we are going to dwell in the heavenly realm, we need to watch what we eat and determine that we are going to seek Manna from heaven, the first thing every day.

We must never forget that His primary purpose is not just having us believe His Word, but having His Word change us. He wants us to be like Him, not merely doing the right things, but doing them for the right reasons—because we love righteousness. That is why He commanded Ezekiel to "eat the scroll" before he was to go and preach (see Ezekiel 3:1-4).

The Lord has provided heavenly bread that we can gather every day. Like the manna He gave to Israel in the wilderness, it cannot be stored, but must be gathered and partaken of fresh each day. As we partake of it and become what we're eating, our lives will also be like fresh bread to others. This will cause all to be drawn to the One who is the true Manna.