To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. (1 Corinthians 9:22 NIV)I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.(1 Corinthians 9:23 NIV)~~~We often feel that to save more people, we must sacrifice ourselves or compromise our principles to align with a group of "antichrists who do not believe in God"—this is a completely wrong idea! We can associate with "sinners willing to confess and repent," but we cannot align ourselves with "antichrists"! The Bible teaches us to resist the "devil." A person’s living environment or social status may be lowly, but a person who is full of lies—who steals, destroys, and kills—is of the devil! Paul offers a clear explanation regarding the devil: ------Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? (2 Corinthians 6:14 NIV)What harmony is there between Christ and Belial ? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? (2 Corinthians 6:15 NIV)~~~~Paul’s letters tell us that if a person belongs to the devil, they have essentially been rejected by God! God gives each of us sufficient time to repent; do not think God cannot see through "lies," for He is the God who "searches the heart." If God could not see through lies or deal with liars, Pharaoh’s end would not have been so wretched! Why was Pharaoh’s end so wretched? He lied time and again; whenever he suffered, he would use lies to tell God he was repenting! Yet he never truly repented, forcing God to strike with increasing severity! What does a habitual liar reap? They reap ever-increasing and ever-worsening disasters. And in the end? They suffer all the calamities and pain, yet still meet a miserable death... Christians can save people from all walks of life, but Christians cannot save the "devil"! Christians must "resist the devil," or else we will be "devoured by the devil"!
向软弱的人，我就作软弱的人，为要得软弱的人。向什么样的人，我就作什么样的人。无论如何，总要救些人。凡我所行的，都是为福音的缘故，为要与人同得这福音的好处。(哥林多前书 9:22-23 和合本)～我們常常覺得為了救多點人，我們必須犧牲自己、委屈自己認同一群「不相信上帝的敵基督」，這是完全錯誤的想法！我們可以跟一群「願意認罪悔改的罪人」一起，但我們不能認同「敵基督」！聖經教導我們要抵擋「魔鬼」，一個人生活環境和品質可以低賤，但一個人是滿嘴謊言、是偷盜、毀壞和殺害的人～就是魔鬼！對於魔鬼、保羅也有很好的詮釋。～～你们和不信的原不相配，不要同负一轭。义和不义有什么相交呢？光明和黑暗有什么相通呢？基督和彼列（彼列就是撒但的别名）有什么相和呢？信主的和不信主的有什么相干呢？(哥林多后书 6:14-15 和合本)～～從保羅的書信告訴我們：一個人既然屬鬼魔，基本上、已經被上帝棄絕！上帝給我們每個人足夠的時間悔改，不要覺得「謊言」上帝不能識破，上帝是「鑒察人心」的神。若上帝不能識破謊言，若上帝不能對付說謊者，那法老的下場就不會那麼淒慘！法老的下場為何淒慘？法老一次又一次說謊，每次法老受罪、他就用謊言來告訴上帝：他悔改！結果每次都沒有悔改，只能讓上帝出手越來越重！一個滿嘴謊言的人，換來什麼？換來的是：災難越來越多、災難一次比一次嚴重，最後呢？災難和痛苦沒有少受，但依然死得很慘⋯⋯基督徒可以救各種不同層次的人，但基督徒不能救「魔鬼」！基督徒必須「抵擋魔鬼」，不然我們會被「魔鬼吞吃」！