JY Bible Notes 聖經小筆記

From WVBS Russell Haffner Luke 10:18 — “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven” 路加福音 10:18 —「我曾看見撒但從天上墜落，像閃電一樣」 There have been various interpretations of this phrase. 這句話有幾種常見的解釋： The Original Fall of Satan — 撒但最初的墮落 Isaiah 14:12  — "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" 以賽亞書 14:12  —「明亮之星，早晨之子啊，你何竟從天墜落！」 Jude 1:6  — "And the angels who did not keep their proper domain... He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness." 猶大書 1:6  —「不守本位、離開自己住處的天使，主用鎖鏈把他們永遠拘留在黑暗裡，等候大日的審判。」 A Prophecy of Satan’s Final Defeat — 撒但最終毀滅的預言 Revelation 20:10  — "The devil... was thrown into the lake of fire..." 啟示錄 20:10  —「那迷惑人的魔鬼被扔在硫磺的火湖裡...」 The Present Collapse of Satan’s Power — 撒但權勢正在瓦解 In the context ( Luke 10:17–20 ), Jesus saw that the disciples’ victories over demons were signs of Satan’s power breaking — as sudden and visible as lightning. 在上下文（路加福音 10:17–20）中，耶穌所看見的，是門徒趕鬼得勝的時刻，顯明撒但權勢正在迅速瓦解，如閃電般驟然而清晰可見。 Luke 10:20 — “Do not rejo...

From: 以斯拉百科網   本文選自 陳終道著，《聖經問題解答》(香港：天道出版社) 編輯：JY 創世記第3章的蛇， 是實在的蛇，但受了魔鬼的利用，去誘惑始祖 。因為本章後半記載神審判亞當夏娃前，先審判了「蛇」。 神對蛇的咒詛具雙重意義： 一方面懲罰了實在的蛇--「耶和華神對蛇說，你既作了這事，就必受咒詛，比一切的牲畜 野獸更甚，你必用肚子行走，終身吃土。」 另一方面， 創 3:15 提及對蛇的懲罰又是預言到魔鬼將被擊敗-「……女人的後裔要傷你的頭，你要傷他的脚跟。」如果那誘惑夏娃的蛇不是實在的蛇，神不至讓蛇受咒詛「比一切的牲畜更甚…」。 至於蛇被魔鬼利用而會說話並不希奇，因為以色列人出埃及時，神曾令巴蘭所騎的驢開口說話（民 22 ：28~30 ）。何況，人類未犯罪之前，動物是否不能通曉人意，仍未可知。 

  From: ERIC LYONS, M.Min.   https://apologeticspress.org/has-satan-always-existed-817/   From a very early age, children learn about the righteousness of God and the wickedness of Satan. We teach children that God is the loving, powerful, and all-knowing Creator and Sustainer of life Who wants them to live right and go to heaven. We also tell them that there is an evil being called Satan who is very influential in the world, and who is doing everything he possibly can to keep them out of heaven. Many Sunday mornings in Bible class, children either sing or study about these two beings. This time of study certainly is worthwhile because children are taught to obey God (John 14:15) and to resist the devil (1 Peter 5:8). In time, however, if young people are not offered additional teaching about the origin of Satan and the eternal nature of God, many inadvertently begin to form a picture in their minds of two opposing “gods” who are at war with each other. Like two heavyw...

Jimmy Lau How should we look at adversities? A human tendency is to look at opposition and problems as a sign that we are doing something wrong or that God does not want us to go there or do that work. If that is true, the apostles and the first century Christians would have stopped preaching the gospel then. But the field was ready for harvest through the adversaries were many: “ And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women ” (Acts 5:14).   Life never went smoothly for Paul (2 Corinthians 11:22-33). But he soldiered on, overcoming the adversities one by one: “ I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith ” (2 Timothy 4:7). Paul’s ministry wasn’t a stroll in the park but a fight in the ring.   What are some of the adversaries we may encountaer? Self  – We are our greatest enemy: “ For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do ” (Romans 7:19). Worldliness . The world is ...

Jimmy Lau 1Co 5:6  Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?  In this chapter, Paul mentions a specific moral issue happening in the church at Corinth - someone was having his father’s wife; he was sleeping with his stepmother (v.1). Paul calls it fornication.   What did the church do about it? They bragged about it! “ And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you ” (v.2).   The attitude of the Corinthians was they “ were puffed up ”. The words seem to indicate that they were encouraging the sinner in his sinful way. It’s like giving him a thumb’s up and saying: “Wow, you got class.” Instead of being humiliated and covered with a sense of shame, they were encouraging it. Paul was flabbergasted. He said such kind of incestuous relationship would be considered taboo even by the world, yet the Corinthian Christians seemed accepting of it.   W...

From   裕廊基督的教會網站 Edited by Joyce Yang 我们住在一个充满善恶的世界里。 我们是如此被创造的，就是「 我们每个人都必须选择行善或行恶来决定我们自己的命运 」。每日我们的创造主用祂浩大的能力提示我们择善，为要祝福我们。可是撒旦，邪恶的化身，使用所有的诡计使我们陷在罪里。如果我们要在这个殊死的争战中取得胜利，我们必须了解我们的敌人。 一、撒但的起源 圣经接受撒但的现实为事实。圣经没有明确的说明撒旦的起源。不过，圣经有一些經節偶然提及此事会使我们了解这个迷。 神藉着基督创造了万物 ( 歌罗西书 1 ： 16) 。这包括地上的万物和天上的受造之物，诸天使。神所造的万物都甚好的 ( 创世记 1 ： 31) 。 一些天使不满意神分配给他们的本位，于是他们背叛了神 。结果他们从他们的神圣的范围堕下。犹大说：「又有不守本位、离开自己住处的天使，主用锁链把他们永远拘留在黑暗里，等候大日的审判」 ( 犹大书第 6 节 ) 。「就是天使犯了罪，神把他们…丢在地狱」 ( 得后书 2 ： 4) 。在提摩太前书 3 ： 6 ，保罗谈论到自大就落在魔鬼所受的刑罚裡。 或许启示录 12 ： 7 － 9 对这个具有历史意义的事件有暗示，约翰在那里说：「在天上就有了争战。米迦勒同他的使者与龙争战，龙也同它的使者去争战，并没有得胜，天上再没有它们的地方。大龙就是那古蛇，名叫魔鬼，又叫撒但。它被摔在地上，它的使者也一同被摔下去。」 二、撒但的任务就是要摧毁万人，他要使他们疏远神且并将他们变成他的奴隶 第一对夫妇刚一起生活就出现了极坏的魔鬼。他用恶魔的技巧欺骗了那女人并且成功的给他们及所有跟随他们的人带来罪和死 ( 创世记 3 ： 1 － 9) 。难怪耶稣称他为撒谎者及从起初就是谋杀者 ( 约翰福音 8 ： 44) 。 撒旦是控告弟兄们的 ( 启示录 12 ： 10) 。他竟敢走进威严的神面前并且控告忠心的约伯。然后他以残酷幸灾乐祸的样子开始去折磨约伯，为要使他犯罪 ( 自约伯一章第 6 节起 ) 。 約書亞，神的大祭司，有个仇敌撒旦在他右边（撒迦利亚书 3 ： 1 ）。无耻的撒旦甚至试图引诱耶稣及败坏祂（马太福音 4 ： 11 ）。耶稣对彼得说：「西门！西门！撒旦想要得着你们，好筛你们像...