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Defy the Devil

2026-10-05 in /by

Worshippers of Baal believed they could earn the favor of their god through violence or promiscuous sex. For that reason the priests cut themselves, had prostitutes in the temple, and offered babies in the fire. What would such paganism do to a culture? We don’t have to look far to know. What two themes dominate our society? Violence and sex. On average, American youth will witness more than two hundred thousand violent acts on television before the age of eighteen. Thirty-five percent of internet downloads are for pornography.

If you want to be faithful in a faithless world, dare to defy the devil. Yes, he is powerful. But you are a child of the living God! The One who empowered Elijah will empower you.

隱哈歌利之泉

2026-10-04 in , /by

〈士師記〉 15:19 神就使利希的窪處裂開，有水從其中湧出來，參孫喝了精神復原。因此那泉名叫隱哈歌利，那泉直到今日還在利希。

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從參孫處理事情的方法，你會發現他和其他的士師不一樣。其他的士師在神呼召他們之後，就登高一呼，大家就來跟隨他，一起打戰。但是參孫不同，參孫好像都是為了自己的事情在忙，為了自己的事復仇。神就是這樣使用他，讓他一人去打擊非利士人。使非利士人不敢侵犯以色列人，因為參孫會報仇，而且殺戳絕不留情。神給參孫有超人的神力，他就像是現代美國電影中的超人，凡事一腳踢，都不需要別人幫忙。

感動參孫的靈

2026-10-02 in , /by

〈士師記 〉14:6 a耶和華的靈大大感動參孫，他雖然手無器械，卻將獅子撕裂，如同撕裂山羊羔一樣。

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以色列人的新士師誕生了，可能沒有太多人知道，他就是神所指定，要為以色列人制服非利士人的領袖。神祝福參孫，讓他成長順利。但是直到瑪哈尼坦，神的靈才感動他。這是參孫人生的一個轉折點。在這之前，他和其他小孩一樣，無憂無慮地成長，看到非利士人來，可能就躲得遠遠地。對於非利士人擁有的東西，可能也有點羨慕。就像二戰時期，華人的小孩看到洋人的一切都感到十分好奇。那時但的支派尚未找到他們要定居的地方，他們渴望像其他支派一樣也能安定下來。

Steadfast Faith Confronts Sin

2026-10-02 in /by

“This is what the Lord says: ‘You will not get down from the bed upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die’” (2 Kings 1:4 NASB).

Elijah dispatched this verdict to the king. Ahaziah reacted in fear-filled vengeance. He sent fifty soldiers to do battle with the prophet. “But Elijah responded to the captain of fifty, ‘If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty’” (2 Kings 1:10 NASB). White-hot heat fell and cremated the soldiers.

Once again, Elijah does not shy away from taking a stand against sin. Take note of this lesson: steadfast faith confronts blatant sin.

他是個拿細耳人

2026-10-01 in , /by

〈士師記〉 13:12 瑪挪亞說：「願你的話應驗！我們當怎樣待這孩子，他後來當怎樣呢？」

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在士師押頓死後，以色列人又行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，那是指什麼事情呢？為何神會看它為惡，並且興起非利士人來打擊以色列人呢？關於非利士人的來源有不少傳說，但是一般認為他們原先生活在克里特島和愛琴海的島嶼。曾經在埃及第十九王朝時一再攻擊埃及，被埃及法老打敗，把他們重新安置在迦南地的沿海城鎮，也就是目前的加沙走廊及以北一帶。因此這部份地帶被稱為非利士地，「巴勒斯坦」一詞起源於非利士人的希臘語和拉丁語形式。

Where to Take Your Hurt

2026-10-01 in /by

Ahab and Jezebel were dead. Their Son Ahaziah, a chip off the old demonic block, had assumed the throne. He took a fall. Maybe he was paralyzed and in pain. Whatever his malady, he sought relief.

Where do you go when you hurt? Some people turn to alcohol. Others to opioids. Still others to a frenzied schedule. How many turn to Jehovah? Ahaziah could have. But, no, pain drove him to consult a false god, Baal.

The most insidious work of the devil is counterfeit religion. Why? The devilish cunning of counterfeit religion is that it mixes in just enough truth to make the lie all the stronger. Satan sold a bag of lies to Ahaziah. Don’t let him do the same with you.

以法連的沒落

2026-09-30 in , /by

〈士師記〉 12:3 我見你們不來救我，我就拼命前去攻擊亞捫人，耶和華將他們交在我手中。你們今日為什麼上我這裡來攻打我呢？」

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我們每個人在生活上難免有與人不和的時候，有時也會碰到極為無理也無禮之人，在這種情況之下，你會怎麼辦？

以法蓮人因為被神立在兄弟瑪拿西之上，在神的祝福下成了大族，儼然是帶領以色列人的支派，因此氣勢上十分地覇氣。在基甸攻打亞捫人時，他們和基甸大大爭吵：「你去與米甸人爭戰，沒有招我們同去，為什麼這樣待我們呢？」基甸讚美他們抓住米甸的兩個首領，功榮最大，他們才肯罷休。現在他們又來找耶弗他爭吵，並且出語恐嚇：「我們必用火燒你和你的房屋。」

Do Not Be Troubled

2026-09-30 in /by

Psalm 23:4 (NKJV) reads, “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.” God promises to come at an unexpected hour and take us from the gray world we know to the golden world we don’t. But since we don’t, we aren’t sure we want to go.

On the night before his own death, Jesus told his friends, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled…I will come back and take you to be with me…” (John 14:1, 3 NCV). The apostle Paul announced that “Death has been swallowed up in victory…” (1 Corinthians 15:54 NIV).

The message is consistent. We do not know the hour, nor do we know the circumstances. But an exit is scheduled for each one of us. Yet we need not fear the moment. Why? Because our Father is a good Father.

God’s Message to Ahab

2026-09-29 in /by

Consider Elijah’s pronouncement of judgment on Ahab: “[God] says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants…because you have aroused my anger and have caused Israel to sin’” (1 Kings 21:21-22 NIV).

This solemn prophecy shook Ahab. “He tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted” (1 Kings 21:27). God responded to this gesture of humility by postponing the penalty of killing all Ahab’s sons.

Years later the seventy remaining descendants of Ahab died by the sword of King Jehu. God sends them message after message, prophet after prophet, yet they slay the innocent and take what is not theirs to take. They forget what sustains them, and in the end they perish at their own folly.

士師耶弗他

2026-09-29 in , /by

〈士師記〉 11:32   於是耶弗他往亞捫人那裡去，與他們爭戰。耶和華將他們交在他手中。

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正當亞捫人前來挑釁時，以色列人卻像熱鍋上的 螞蟻，著急不知要找誰來帶領他們出戰。在情急之中，他們想到了一個被他們輕視又趕走的人。

「基列人耶弗他是個大能的勇士，是妓女的兒子」，這句話道盡了耶他的悲傷。大能的勇士a mighty man of valor，是指他不只長得很威武，而且很有能力。可是雖然大家都公認他很有能力和膽識，他卻總被「妓女的兒子」這個稱號壓得死死的。不管他事情做得多好，人家都叫他是妓女的兒子，讓他一輩子抬不起頭。