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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.

隐哈歌利之泉

2026-10-04 in , /by

〈士师记〉 15:19 神就使利希的洼处裂开，有水从其中涌出来，参孙喝了精神复原。因此那泉名叫隐哈歌利，那泉直到今日还在利希。

阅读经文：〈士师记〉15:1-20

从参孙处理事情的方法，你会发现他和其他的士师不一样。其他的士师在神呼召他们之后，就登高一呼，大家就来跟随他，一起打战。但是参孙不同，参孙好像都是为了自己的事情在忙，为了自己的事复仇。神就是这样使用他，让他一人去打击非利士人。使非利士人不敢侵犯以色列人，因为参孙会报仇，而且杀戳绝不留情。神给参孙有超人的神力，他就像是现代美国电影中的超人，凡事一脚踢，都不需要别人帮忙。

感动参孙的灵

2026-10-02 in , /by

〈士师记 〉14:6 a耶和华的灵大大感动参孙，他虽然手无器械，却将狮子撕裂，如同撕裂山羊羔一样。

阅读经文：〈士师记〉  14:1-20

以色列人的新士师诞生了，可能没有太多人知道，他就是神所指定，要为以色列人制服非利士人的领袖。神祝福参孙，让他成长顺利。但是直到玛哈尼坦，神的灵才感动他。这是参孙人生的一个转折点。在这之前，他和其他小孩一样，无忧无虑地成长，看到非利士人来，可能就躲得远远地。对于非利士人拥有的东西，可能也有点羡慕。就像二战时期，华人的小孩看到洋人的一切都感到十分好奇。那时但的支派尚未找到他们要定居的地方，他们渴望像其他支派一样也能安定下来。

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.

他是个拿细耳人

2026-10-01 in , /by

〈士师记〉 13:12 玛挪亚说：「愿你的话应验！我们当怎样待这孩子，他后来当怎样呢？」

阅读经文：〈士师记〉 13:1-25

在士师押顿死后，以色列人又行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，那是指什么事情呢？为何神会看它为恶，并且兴起非利士人来打击以色列人呢？关于非利士人的来源有不少传说，但是一般认为他们原先生活在克里特岛和爱琴海的岛屿。曾经在埃及第十九王朝时一再攻击埃及，被埃及法老打败，把他们重新安置在迦南地的沿海城镇，也就是目前的加沙走廊及以北一带。因此这部份地带被称为非利士地，「巴勒斯坦」一词起源于非利士人的希腊语和拉丁语形式。

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.

以法连的没落

2026-09-30 in , /by

〈士师记〉 12:3 我见你们不来救我，我就拼命前去攻击亚扪人，耶和华将他们交在我手中。你们今日为什么上我这里来攻打我呢？」

阅读经文：〈士师记〉 12:1-15

我们每个人在生活上难免有与人不和的时候，有时也会碰到极为无理也无礼之人，在这种情况之下，你会怎么办？

以法莲人因为被神立在兄弟玛拿西之上，在神的祝福下成了大族，俨然是带领以色列人的支派，因此气势上十分地覇气。在基甸攻打亚扪人时，他们和基甸大大争吵：「你去与米甸人争战，没有招我们同去，为什么这样待我们呢？」基甸赞美他们抓住米甸的两个首领，功荣最大，他们才肯罢休。现在他们又来找耶弗他争吵，并且出语恐吓：「我们必用火烧你和你的房屋。」

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.

士师耶弗他

2026-09-29 in , /by

〈士师记〉 11:32   于是耶弗他往亚扪人那里去，与他们争战。耶和华将他们交在他手中。

阅读经文：〈士师记〉士师记 11:1-40

正当亚扪人前来挑衅时，以色列人却像热锅上的 蚂蚁，着急不知要找谁来带领他们出战。在情急之中，他们想到了一个被他们轻视又赶走的人。

「基列人耶弗他是个大能的勇士，是妓女的儿子」，这句话道尽了耶他的悲伤。大能的勇士a mighty man of valor，是指他不只长得很威武，而且很有能力。可是虽然大家都公认他很有能力和胆识，他却总被「妓女的儿子」这个称号压得死死的。不管他事情做得多好，人家都叫他是妓女的儿子，让他一辈子抬不起头。