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Job 2 – The Attack of the Nearby 貼身的攻擊

Wednesday, 13th December 2023

Rev Daniel Xi An Poon

V1-6 The Attack of the Spiritual Realm 靈界的攻擊

V1-2 “Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. And the Lord said to Satan, from where do you come?” We may face troubles and difficulties in our lives. The environment will come against us and attack us. The Book of Job helps us to learn how to face difficult situations, when we follow God, even during difficult times, God will be with us always. We are easy to get lost in this world, we must hold onto God tightly. Even though we don’t face many ups and downs in life, the devil’s attack will never stop, we must be alert, do not stay in a comfortable place.

V1-2「又有一天，神的眾子來侍立在耶和華面前，撒旦也來在其中。 耶和華問撒旦說：你從哪裡來？撒旦回答說：我從地上走來走去，往返而來。」我們在生活中可能會遇到麻煩和困難。環境會反對我們並攻擊我們。約伯記幫助我們學習如何面對困難，當我們跟隨神時，即使在困難的時候，神也會永遠與我們同在。我們在這個世界上很容易迷失，我們必須緊緊抓住神。儘管我們的人生沒有遇到太多的坎坷，但魔鬼的攻擊永遠不會停止，我們一定要提高警惕，不要停留在安逸的地方。

V4-5 “So Satan answered the Lord and said, skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!” The attack of the spiritual realm is something we cannot see, when we quiet down ourselves, when we pray and read the Bible, then God will reveal His way for us. Job lost everything he had, but Satan’s attack did not stop. We tend to follow the problems but we don’t see that before the problems and difficulties happen in our lives, the battle in the spiritual realm has already started.

V4-5「撒旦回答耶和華說：人以皮代皮，情願捨去一切所有的，保全性命。你且伸手傷他的骨頭和他的肉，他必當面棄掉你。」靈界的攻擊是我們看不見的，當我們安靜下來，當我們禱告、讀聖經時，神就會為我們啟示祂的道路。約伯失去了一切，但撒但的攻擊沒有停止。我們傾向於追隨問題，卻沒有看到在生活中的問題和困難發生之前，靈界的攻擊就已經開始了。

V7-14 The Attack of the Feelings 情感的攻擊

V8-10 “And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes. Then his wife said to him, do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die! But he said to her, you speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.” When we face challenges, we want our husband or wife to understand us and to comfort us. But when we don’t get the support from the other half, we will feel depressed. Job didn’t have the support of his wife, after they lost everything, Job’s wife was unable to stand on Job’s side. God doesn’t want us to sin in our month. When we complain, we allow Satan to come to our lives and attack us more.

V8-10「約伯就坐在爐灰中，拿瓦片刮身體。他的妻子對他說：你仍然持守你的純正嗎？你棄掉神，死了吧！約伯卻對她說：你說話像愚頑的婦人一樣。哎！難道我們從神手裡得福，不也受禍嗎？」在這一切的事上，約伯並不以口犯罪。當我們面臨挑戰時，我們希望丈夫或妻子能夠理解我們並安慰我們。但當我們得不到另一半的支持時，我們就會感到沮喪。約伯沒有妻子的支持，在他們失去一切後，約伯的妻子無法站在約伯這邊。神不希望我們在這個月犯罪。當我們抱怨時，我們就讓撒旦來到我們的生活中並進一步攻擊我們。

V11-13 “Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come and mourn with him, and to comfort him. And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven. So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.” We should not expect people to heal our hearts, people who are closest to us are those who can hurt us the most. In the same way, we can easily hurt those who are close to us. Do not take the people around us for granted, but to be careful of our words and actions. Do not become the stumbling blocks of others.

V11-13「約伯的三個朋友提幔人以利法、書亞人比勒達、拿瑪人瑣法，聽說有這一切的災禍臨到他身上，各人就從本處約會同來，為他悲傷，安慰他。 他們遠遠地舉目觀看，認不出他來，就放聲大哭。各人撕裂外袍，把塵土向天揚起來，落在自己的頭上。 他們就同他七天七夜坐在地上，一個人也不向他說句話，因為他極其痛苦。」我們不該指望別人能治癒我們的心靈，最親近的人往往是最能傷害我們的人。同樣的，我們也很容易傷害那些親近我們的人。不要把周圍的人視為理所當然，而要小心自己的言行。不要成為別人的絆腳石。