DAY 29
墮落
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate
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就摘下果子來吃了，又給他丈夫，他丈夫也吃了。（見創世記3:6）。

如果我們聽從魔鬼的話，認真考慮牠所說的話，我們幾乎肯定會落入牠的圈套而犯罪。那些落入罪中的人幾乎從來沒有因為一個瞬間的誘惑而這樣做。它通常是一個微妙的、緩慢的過程，我們看某件事情，糾纏不休，將其合理化，然後當我們的防線被剝去時，陷阱就開始了。

犯罪之後，後果開始在亞當和夏娃彼此的關係中立即顯現。儘管他們一起犯了罪，但他們之間立即出現了以前沒有的障礙。羞恥進入他們的關係，而羞恥總是帶來分裂。他們彼此之間的自由和開放已經永遠消失了。罪破壞了關係，把生命變成了死亡。它幾乎總是吸引我們的感官，甚至可能吸引我們的智力，但它的果實總是苦澀的。

聖經對罪的規定非常清楚。謀殺、通姦和偷竊是其中一些明顯的罪。新約中還告訴我們，即使是對兄弟生氣也是罪（見馬太福音5:22）。雅各書4:17還告訴我們："人若知道行善，卻不去行，這就是他的罪了。"有犯法的罪，也就是我們所做的惡事，還有不作為的罪，也就是在我們有能力做的時候不做善事。

基本上，罪是對神的不順從。罪總是某種形式的自私的結果，它總是會導致進一步的以自我為中心，使我們與上帝和彼此分離。無論它看起來多麼吸引人，罪都會破壞。

這樣，你們向罪也當看自己是死的；向神在基督耶穌裡，卻當看自己是活的。
所以，不要容罪在你們必死的身上作王，使你們順從身子的私慾。
也不要將你們的肢體獻給罪作不義的器具；倒要像從死裡復活的人，將自己獻給神，並將肢體作義的器具獻給神。（羅馬書6:11-13）。

我們通過追求公義來逃離罪惡。我們通過追求愛來逃離仇恨。我們通過追求信仰來逃避恐懼。我們通過追求更多的耐心來逃避不耐煩。正如羅馬書12:21所述："你不可為惡所勝，反要以善勝惡。"我們必須始終尋求以善取代我們心中的惡。

公義是一種禮物，是一種財富。真正的公義絕不是 "自義"，因為真正的公義不在我們身上，而在基督裡。我們公義的程度只在於我們住在祂裡面。我們的追求必須是在所有事情上都住在祂裡面。神是愛，所以如果我們住在祂裡面，我們就會愛。祂不懼怕任何事，所以如果我們住在祂裡面，我們就會免於恐懼，等等。我們的目標不只是在愛中成長，而是在更多的神的愛中行走。我們不是要減少恐懼，而是要有從主的角度看問題的信心，也就是在父的右邊。當我們看到耶穌是誰，以及祂所坐的位置，我們就會有信心。

我們應該用基督的積極方面取代我們生活中的消極事物。如果電視是我們的一個問題，而不是僅僅決定不看電視，我們應該用我們的時間追求一些積極的東西來取代看電視。我們可以從30天禁看電視開始，但在我們通常看電視的時間裡要做一些積極的事情，比如參加查經班，向他人傳福音，閱讀等。如果我們只是把罪做掉，就會留下一個空洞，如果這個空洞不被填補，仇敵就會很容易回來。我們必須用主的旨意來代替罪，從而戰勝罪。

如果我們願意積極追求主，就會大大減少落入敵人為使我們跌倒而設置的陷阱的可能性。我們必須有一個在聖靈的恩典、果實和能力中成長的願景。哥林多前書14:1勸告我們："你們要追求愛，也要切慕屬靈的恩賜，其中更要羨慕的，是作先知講道：" 愛是必須追求的。那些只是渴望屬靈恩賜的人很少會得到它們，但那些 "切慕 "的人就會得到它們。我們必須渴望神的事情，以至於認真地尋求它們。主在耶利米書29:13中應許說："你們尋求我，若專心尋求我，就必尋見。"

DAY 29
The Fall
Rick Joyner

She took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate (see Genesis 3:6).

If we listen to the devil, and give serious consideration to what he says, we will almost surely fall into his trap and sin. Those who fall into sin almost never do so because of a single, instantaneous temptation. It is usually a subtle, slow process of looking at something, dwelling on it, rationalizing it, and then when our defenses have been stripped away, the trap is sprung.

After the sin, the consequences began to immediately show in Adam and Eve's relationship to each other. Even though they had sinned together, there was an immediate barrier between them that had not been there before. Shame entered their relationship, and shame always brings division. The freedom and openness that they had known with each other were gone forever. Sin destroys relationships and turns life into death. It will almost always be appealing to our senses, and maybe even our intellect, but its fruit will always be bitter.

The Scriptures are very clear about sin. Murder, adultery, and stealing are some of the obvious ones. We are also told in the New Testament that even to be angry with a brother is sin (see Matthew 5:22). We are also told in James 4:17, "Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin." There are sins of commission, which are evil things we do, and sins of omission, which is not doing good when it is in our power to do it.

Basically, sin is disobedience to God. Sin is always the result of selfishness in some form, and it will always result in further self-centeredness that separates us from God and one another. Regardless of how appealing it looks, sin destroys.

Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey its lusts,
and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness;
but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead,
and your members as instruments of righteousness to God (Romans 6:11-13).

We flee from sin by pursuing righteousness. We flee from hatred by pursuing love. We flee from fears by pursuing faith. We flee from impatience by seeking to be more patient. As Romans 12:21 states, "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." We must always seek to displace the evil in our hearts with good.

Righteousness is a gift and a treasure. True righteousness is never "self-righteousness" because true righteousness is not in us, but in Christ. We are only righteous to the degree that we abide in Him. Our pursuit must be to abide in Him in all things. God is love, so if we abide in Him, we will love. He does not fear anything, so if we abide in Him, we will be free from fear, etc. Our goal is not to just grow in love, but walk in more of God's love. We do not want to have less fear, but rather have the faith that comes from seeing from the Lord's perspective, which is at the right hand of the Father. When we see who Jesus is, and where He sits, we will have faith.

We should replace the negative things in our lives with the positive aspects of Christ. If television is a problem for us, rather than just determining not to watch television, we should pursue something positive with our time to replace watching television. We might start with a 30-day television fast, but have something positive to do during the time that we normally watch television, such as attending a Bible study, ministering to others, reading, etc. If we just do away with the sin, it leaves a hole that the enemy will easily return to if the void is not filled. We must overcome sin by replacing it with the Lord's will.

If we will actively pursue the Lord, we will be far less likely to fall into the traps that the enemy has set to cause us to stumble. We must have a vision of growing in the grace, fruit, and power of the Spirit. I Corinthians 14:1 exhorts us to, "Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy." Love must be pursued. Those who just desire spiritual gifts seldom receive them, but those who "earnestly desire" them will. We must desire the things of God enough to seek them earnestly. The Lord promised in Jeremiah 29:13: "And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart."