【双语灵修】不叫我们陷入试探LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION

彼得前书5:6-10

所以，你们要自卑，服在神大能的手下，到了时候他必叫你们升高。

你们要将一切的忧虑卸给神，因为他顾念你们。 务要谨守、警醒，因为你们的仇敌魔鬼如同吼叫的狮子，遍地游行，寻找可吞吃的人。 你们要用坚固的信心抵挡它，因为知道你们在世上的众弟兄也是经历这样的苦难。 那赐诸般恩典的神，曾在基督里召你们得享他永远的荣耀，等你们暂受苦难之后，必要亲自成全你们，坚固你们，赐力量给你们。

10月31日

不叫我们陷入试探

你们所遇见的试探，无非是人所能受的。 神是信实的，必不叫你们受试探过于所能受的；在受试探的时候，总要给你们开一条出路，叫你们能忍受得住。(哥林多前书10:13)

最近有位学生向我讲述她的哲学课经历。课堂上同学们探讨了生命的终极命题：我们为何存在？以及生命的意义与目的何在？

这些问题自古以来就被提出并讨论，而圣经给出了清晰明确的答案。我们存在于此，是因为我们被全能的神所创造；我们存在的意义就是荣耀主，并永远享受与祂同在。

然而，还有另一个强大的存在，他根本不愿看到神得荣耀。而且他完全不希望我们享受与神同在。魔鬼来是要偷窃、杀害、毁坏。他通过试图说服我们神的道路并非最佳途径来实现这一目的。当耶稣与门徒同工时，他看到每个人都会受到试探走向灭亡之路。他教导跟随者要这样祷告：“不叫我们遇见试探，救我们脱离凶恶。”（马太福音 6:13）

在这个世界里，魔鬼和我们罪恶的人性不断作祟，甚至攻击我们，使我们偏离神呼召我们活出的样式。但正如圣经向我们保证的，当我们受试探时，神总会“开一条出路，叫我们能忍受得住”。行走在神的道路上，必将得着安慰与喜乐！

祷告

神啊，求你以圣灵“扶持我们，使我们刚强”，好叫我们能抵挡仇敌。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

1 Peter 5:6-10

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31

LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. —1 Corinthians 10:13

A student recently told me about her philosophy class. The students in the class were asking about some of the hard questions of life: How did we get here? And what is the purpose and meaning of life?

These questions have been asked and discussed throughout the ages, and the Bible gives a clear, definitive answer. We are here because we have been created by the almighty God, and we exist to glorify the Lord and enjoy him forever.

There is, however, another powerful being who has no desire to see God glorified. And he does not want us to enjoy God at all. The devil has come to rob, kill, and destroy. He does that by trying to convince us that God’s way is not the best way. As Jesus worked with his disciples, he saw that each one would be tempted to walk the path that leads to destruction. He taught his followers to pray, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13).

In this world the devil and our sinful human nature are constantly at work—even attacking us—to distract us from living as God calls us to live. But, as the Bible assures us, when we are tempted, God will “provide a way out so that [we] can endure it.” Comfort and joy come in walking God’s way!

Lord God, “uphold us and make us strong” by your Holy Spirit so that we can resist our enemies. In Jesus, Amen.