DAY 137
生命的問題
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate 2022.6.14
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2001年，我們失去了我們的好朋友和同事，丹尼斯-理皮(Dennis Rippy)，死於癌症。丹尼斯與癌症的爭戰是任何人都能做到的。1999年，醫生認為丹尼斯只有5%的機會能活過那晚。我們在夏洛特的會眾有幾十人聚集在一起，許多人在醫院裡待了一整夜，只是拒絕讓丹尼斯離世。幾週後，丹尼斯離開了醫院。
然後在2001年，這個可怕的仇敵再次襲擊了丹尼斯。醫生給了他三十天的生命。丹尼斯再次戰勝了死刑判決。然後突然在他腦中出現了一個腫瘤。我們團隊中的許多人正在瑞士參加一個特會，當時我們收到消息說丹尼斯只剩下兩天的生命。兩週後，他仍在爭戰。即便如此，很明顯，他已經累了。最後他走了。
在過去，我們看到癌症透過一次禱告得到了醫治。為什麼丹尼斯在接受了比我所知道的任何人都多的禱告後不能被醫治？我意識到並不是重複的禱告能感動上帝，而且我確實感覺到，在這最後的爭戰中，幾乎每個人的"信心指數"都有點低。在他去世前兩晚，我在睡夢中聽到一個清晰的聲音，說丹尼斯很累了，他很快就會死。我打電話給團隊領袖，但我可以看出他們也知道這是結局。那麼，現在我們是否只是微笑著繼續生活，宣稱這是丹尼斯和神的子民的得勝，因為他現在的景況要好得多？
我知道丹尼斯現在更好。我相信他對我們這些還在生活中掙扎的人感到非常遺憾。主會使這件事為每個人帶來益處，其中會有一個最終的得勝。即便如此，我不相信這是神的任何子民應該被從地上帶走的方式。我不認為我們可以把這稱為得勝。我們所有的能力來自於在真理中行走。事實是，我們輸了這次。我不確定原因，但我打算詢問主，直到我們知道。我這樣做不是因為內疚或悲傷，而是為了不讓我們繼續輸掉這些爭戰。
作為基督徒，我們被呼召在主的復活能力中行走，並展示這種能力。我們被呼召在癌症、愛滋病和其他各種疾病上行使權柄。我知道這是我們必須成熟的事情，而面對真相是成熟的一種方式。正如甘保羅恩最近所說，"基督徒的成熟不是隨著時間的流逝而到來，而是透過對神處理事的方式作出正確的反應"。如果我們要從丹尼斯的爭戰中成熟起來，我們必須對它有正確的反應。
我真心為丹尼斯感到高興。我們可以為他的生命感到歡欣。即便如此，我們的事工也會感受到他的損失。他和他的妻子賈姬是我們第一個，也是最忠實的代禱者。我們會懷念丹尼斯，我們打算用他的生命作為動力，讓我們走得更遠。
首先，我們的目標是在我們的會眾中沒有人因疾病或意外而死亡。然後，我們盼望在戰勝疾病的權柄中成長，甚至沒有人生病。然後我們要在這種權柄中成長，以至於當我們進入一個地方時，魔鬼會哭喊著離開，疾病會從我們身邊逃走。我們要走遍全地，摧毀魔鬼的作為，醫病趕鬼，並揭示神國的能力和祂對人類的愛。
溫約翰曾告訴我，在他看到自己的第一次醫治之前，曾為大約一千人禱告得到醫治。由於他的堅持不懈，他可能看到了自1950年代大醫治運動以來最壯觀的一些醫治。即便如此，約翰總是有疑問，為什麼某些人沒有得到醫治。他也從不說任何人已經痊癒，直到他們真的痊癒。我覺得正是這種誠實的態度使他成為他那個時代的偉人之一。
即便如此，約翰自己也患有嚴重的心臟問題，他的一個兒子死於癌症。我覺得這部分是因為人們很難為約翰禱告，認為他們的禱告沒有約翰為自己禱告的意義大，因為他在這方面有更大的權柄。然而，即使是神最偉大的人也會發現，在許多領域，尤其是醫治方面，對別人的信心要比對自己的信心容易得多。出於這個原因，我們需要彼此，即使是最安靜、最害羞、每天都在生活中掙扎的信徒，也可以用禱告來感動上帝回應。
約翰興起了一些人，他們在醫治和釋放方面仍然看到巨大的得勝。我們也必須這樣做。雖然我們不會稱這些得勝為得勝，但我們可以保證最終的得勝。對於誰是最後的贏家，永遠不會有任何疑問。
DAY 137
The Questions of Life
Rick Joyner
In 2001, we lost our good friend and co-worker, Dennis Rippy, who died of cancer. Dennis battled cancer about as well as anyone could. In 1999, the doctors gave Dennis a 5 percent chance to make it through the night. Dozens from our congregation in Charlotte rallied, many spending all night in the hospital simply refusing to let Dennis go. A couple of weeks later, Dennis left the hospital.
Then in 2001, this terrible enemy struck Dennis again. The doctors gave him thirty days to live. Again Dennis beat the death sentence. Then suddenly a tumor showed up in his brain. Many on our team were at a conference in Switzerland when we received word that Dennis had been given two days to live. Two weeks later he was still fighting. Even so, it was obvious that he was tired. Finally he slipped away.
In the past we have seen cancer healed with a single prayer. Why couldn't Dennis be healed after receiving more prayer for one person than anyone I know? I realize it is not repetitious prayer that moves God, and I did feel that just about everyone's "faith meter" was a little lower during this last battle. Two nights before he died, I heard an audible voice in my sleep saying that Dennis was tired and he would soon die. I called our team leaders, but I could tell that they too knew this was the end. So now do we just smile and go on with life declaring this a victory for Dennis and God's people because he is much better off now?
I know that Dennis is much better off now. I am sure that he's feeling very sorry for us who are still struggling in this life. The Lord will cause this to work for good for everyone, and there will be an ultimate triumph in it. Even so, I do not believe this is the way that any of God's people are supposed to be taken from the earth. I do not think we can call this a victory. The strength of all that we are comes from walking in truth. The truth is that we lost this one. I am not sure why, but I intend to inquire of the Lord until we know. I am not doing this out of guilt or sorrow, but so we do not keep losing these battles.
As Christians we are called to walk in and demonstrate the resurrection power of the Lord. We are called to walk in authority over cancer, AIDS, and every other form of disease. I know this is something we must mature in, and facing the truth is one way to mature. As Paul Cain recently said, "Christian maturity does not come with the passage of time, but by the right responses to the dealings of God." If we are to mature from Dennis' battle, we must have the right response to it.
I am genuinely happy for Dennis. We can rejoice in his life. Even so, our ministry will feel his loss. He and his wife, Jackie, were our first, and most faithful intercessors. Dennis will be missed, and we intend to use his life as motivation to go higher.
First, our goal is that no one in any of our congregations die as a result of sickness or accident. We then want to grow in authority over disease where no one even gets sick. Then we want to grow in this authority so that when we enter a place, the devils cry out and leave, and sickness will flee from us. We want to go throughout the land destroying the works of the devil, healing the sick, casting out demons, and revealing the power of the kingdom of God and His love for mankind.
John Wimber once told me that he prayed for about a thousand people to be healed before he saw his first healing. Because of his perseverance, he probably saw some of the most spectacular healings since the great healing movement of the 1950s. Even so, John always had questions about why certain ones were not healed. He also never said that anyone was healed until they really were. I felt it was this kind of honesty that made him one of the great men of his time.
Even so, John himself suffered from serious heart problems, and one of his sons died of cancer. I felt this was partly because people had a hard time praying for John, thinking their prayers would not mean as much as John's would for himself, since he had so much more authority in this area. How-ever, even the greatest men and women of God find it much easier to have faith for others than for themselves in many areas, especially healing. For this reason we need each other, and even the most quiet, shy believer who struggles daily in life can have a prayer that moves God to respond.
John raised up some who are still seeing great victories in healing and deliverance. We must do the same. While we will not call these victories, we can be assured of the ultimate victory. There will never be any doubt as to who wins in the end.
