弟兄姐妹们，鼓起勇气 Be Encouraged Brother/Sister - Alec Thomas

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弟兄姐妹们，鼓起勇气 Be Encouraged Brother/Sister - Alec Thomas

2023-12-25 

赞美主耶稣。祂配得一切荣耀。祂配得一切赞美。能够知道祂对祂所有的儿女说话，真是一种祝福。祂给他们命令，告诉他们需要做什么。祂让我们的良心深信不疑，祂告诉我们下一步该怎么做，我们需要做什么才能在祂面前成为正确的人，我们需要做什么才能穿上洁白的婚袍。

撒旦不喜欢这样。他痛恨有灵魂从沉睡中被唤醒，从睡梦中醒来，在今生复活，借着耶稣基督的宝血从死里复活。我们必须紧紧抓住上帝赐予我们的一切，因为耶稣说，如果我们不紧紧抓住，上帝就会夺走我们所有的，夺走我们看似拥有的一切。

但我赞美上帝，祂是如此仁慈，祂是如此爱祂的儿女。祂赐予他们与恶者斗争的能力。他考验我们， 但他不会把我们砸的粉身碎骨，因为我们是跌在石头上，而不是石头砸在我们身上。 所以，今天要鼓足勇气，我们要鼓起勇气继续为信仰打那美好的仗，我们要鼓起勇气继续与主耶稣同行，因为他爱他的儿女，爱得无以复加，甚至超越了我们任何人所能理解的程度。

不要让魔鬼打倒你，不要让魔鬼定你的罪，不要让魔鬼控制住你而无法行动，因为如果你一直被他控制住，你就把胜利交给了撒旦，你就把生命交给了撒旦。耶稣希望看到你的忍耐。因为耶稣不是来定人的罪的，祂是来施行拯救的。当然，祂不会容忍一个反复的人，一个心甘情愿做出选择、不断回去吃自己呕吐物的人。但祂确实尊重、爱那些听到祂的声音、愿意过一个正直的生活、真正想与祂和好的人。

我的见证其中一部分是，当我刚开始与主同行时，我曾多次退缩，但我知道，除了战胜，别无选择，唯一的选择就是战胜，唯一的选择就是重新站起来。因为当我屈服于（魔鬼的）定罪时，我能感觉到撒旦对我的控制越来越紧，我在跌倒后一直在灰心和定罪的泥潭中打滚。但一旦我重新站起来，继续追求公义，我就重新背起十字架，跟随主，主尊荣了这一切。我将荣耀和赞美归于祂。祂给了我战胜的力量，靠着祂的恩典，我战胜了罪。祂的儿女都能做到这一点。因为在上帝，凡事都能，甚至是真实的、完美的悔改，都完全能够成就。

一旦你尝过上帝的美善，你就决不会回头了。没有比上帝的美善更好的了，没有比祂的恩慈更好的了，没有比祂的恩典和爱更好的了，没有比救赎、永恒、平安和喜乐更好的了，没有比这更好的了。没有什么比救恩、永恒、平安和喜乐更美好的了！没有什么比这更美好的了！无论享乐，无论财物，无论是什么，没有什么能超越主的荣耀、祂救赎的恩赐和祂对我们的爱。因此，知道这一点后，我们继续与主同行，继续努力奋斗，拿起圣灵的宝剑，拿起信心的盾牌，穿上祂的全副军装，继续追求公义。

魔鬼憎恨这些，但我们不需要在意魔鬼怎么想。我们要战胜魔鬼，我们与魔鬼争战，我们不给魔鬼任何统治权，在我们生命中，不给他丝毫控制我们的机会。我们借着行走在圣洁和公义中、为取悦上帝而活，必然能做到这一点。这正是上帝想要看到的，他爱我们，也爱我们能够得胜。愿主耶稣基督的祝福你。

Praise the Lord Jesus. He's worthy of all glory. he's worthy of all praise. and it's such a blessing to know that He speaks to all of His children. He gives them commandment on what they need to do. He lays conviction in our consciences and He shows us the next step to make to take, and what we need to do to be right before Him, what we need to do to have white wedding robes.

and Satan does not like that. He hates it when there are souls who get woken up out of their slumber, who wake up out of sleep and become resurrected in this life, resurrected from the dead by the blood of Jesus Christ. and we have an important job, an important task. and what we've been given by God is so precious. and that gift is salvation, that gift is the Holy Spirit. and we have to hold fast to what we've been given. because Jesus says if we don't hold fast, it's going to be taken from us, everything that we even seem like we have.

but I praise God that he's so merciful and he's so loving to His children. and He gives them the ability to overcome. He gives them the ability to fight the evil one. He tests us. He tries us. but He is not going to grind us to powder. because we're falling on the rock, the rock isn't falling on us. so be encouraged today. be encouraged to keep fighting the good fight of faith. be encouraged to keep walking with the Lord Jesus. because He loves His children beyond measure, beyond what any of us could ever even comprehend.

and don't let the devil beat you down. don't let the devil condemn you and pin you up against a wall. because if you stay pinned, then you're giving Satan the victory you're giving Satan rule over your life. be encouraged. continue to walk with the Lord. and even if you stumble, the only right thing to do, the only thing to do, if you wish to have salvation is to get right back up, and keep following the Lord. that's what He wants to see. He wants to see your endurance. He wants to see His children able to overcome and bounce back. because Jesus didn't come to condemn, He came to save. certainly, he's not going to put up with a repetitive sin, somebody who willingly makes the choice and they keep going back to their vomit. but He does honor, and He does love those who have heard His voice and genuinely want to write their lives, who genuinely want to get right with Him.

part of my testimony was, I know that I had backslidden several times when I first started walking with the Lord, but I knew that there was no other option except but for to overcome the only option was to overcome, the only option was to get back up. because I could feel Satan's grip on me get tighter when I gave into the condemnation, and I kept living wallowing around in discouragement and condemnation after I stumbled. but once I got back up and I continued to pursue righteousness, I picked my cross back up. and followed the Lord. He honored that. and I gave the glory and the praise to Him. He gave me the strength to overcome. and by His grace, I was able to overcome sin. and this is possible with all of His children. because with God, everything is possible, even true, perfect repentance, it's absolutely possible.

so once you've tasted of the goodness of God, there's certainly no going back because there's nothing better. there's nothing greater than the goodness of God. there's nothing better than His grace and His love. there's nothing better than salvation, eternity, peace and joy forever. there's nothing greater than that. no matter what pleasure, no matter, no pleasure, no possession, no… nothing can ever surpass by any means the glory of the Lord and the gift of His salvation and His love for us. so knowing that, we continue to walk with the Lord, keep fighting hard, take up the sword of the Spirit, take up the shield of faith and be girded with His full armor and keep pursuing righteousness.

the devil hates that, but we don't care what the devil thinks. we overcome the devil, we fight against the devil, and we don't give him any reign, and any rule in our life. we do that by walking holy and righteous and pleasing to God. that's what God wants to see. and He loves that and He loves us. may the Lord Jesus Christ bless you.