SWelcome back, Friend!

欢迎你回来，朋友！

In His Word, God tells us how to defeat the devil and overcome sin. Today we'll study God's strategy and learn how to eradicate sexual sin from our lives.

在神的道里，祂告诉我们如何击败魔鬼和胜过罪恶。今天我们将要研究神的策略并学习如何从我们的生活中根除性罪行。

Throughout Scripture, a particular theme crops up whenever sin is mentioned: We are to deal harshly with it, to be merciless in eradicating it, to annihilate every speck of it from our lives—and to ask God for the grace to accomplish this. 

Read the following Scripture and note the very practical guidance it provides for ridding our lives of sexual impurity:

谈到罪时，圣经自始至终贯穿着一个特定的主题：我们要猛力对付它，毫不留情地根除它，从我们的生命中把它消灭殆尽 ―― 求神的恩典来做到这些。

请阅读以下的经文，并注意这里所提供的摆脱我们生命中性淫秽的实用指导：

I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed. 

I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.Psalm 18:37-38

我要追赶我的仇敌，并要追上他们；不将他们灭绝，我总不归回。我要打伤他们，使他们不能起来，他们必倒在我的脚下。诗篇18:37-38

What stands out about the psalm writer's attitude? Note that he took the offensive—he aggressively pursued and overtook his enemies. 

This was violent war; he crushed his enemies so they could not rise again.

诗篇作者明显要表达的态度是什么？注意他采用了进攻的方式――他勇往直前追击并赶上他的敌人。这是一场激烈的战斗；他击溃了他的敌人，使他们不能重新站立。

How can we apply these principles to our struggle against pornography and sexual impurity?

我们怎样能把这些原则应用到我们在色情和淫秽的挣扎中呢？

Strategy #1: We must take the offensive in our fight. Many of us walk around in a defensive state of mind, hoping against hope that we'll be able to dodge the next incoming fiery dart of the devil. 

For years I lived in fear that I would succumb to temptation; I lived in defeat week after week, year after year. 

But now I see that my battle plan was all wrong and—instead of crouching defensively from temptation, I must pursue the enemy and annihilate it.

策略一：我们必须在战斗中采取攻势。我们中的很多人采取的是防御心态，抱有一线希望可以躲避魔鬼下一次投过来的暗器。

多年来，我生活在恐惧中，生怕自己向试探屈服；一周周过去，一年年过去，我还是生活在失败中。但是现在我看到我的战斗计划完全错了――我们不应坐以抵御试探，相反要追赶并歼灭仇敌。

I've already mentioned some of the steps I took to do this—removing the TV from my hotel room, showing hotel receipts to my wife, putting a filter on my computer, getting rid of the TV in our home. 

I refused to go anywhere near the magazine rack at the grocery store or airport terminal. I got involved in ministry to other people who want out of pornography. 

This was my way of "getting even" with the enemy for the devastation he wrought in my life. What does your aggressive battle plan look like?

我已经提过采取的一些步骤――把电视机从酒店的房间中搬走，将酒店的账单给妻子看，在电脑上安装过滤软件，家里也不放电视机。

在杂货店或机场航站楼我拒绝靠近杂志架。我参与帮助他人离开色情的服事。这就是我“报复”仇敌对我生命毁坏的方法。你的战斗计划看上去是怎样的？

Some people say that the above suggestions are too "radical," and that it is not a "normal" life. My response is, "So? That’s OK. 

God is enabling me to be free from the trap of the devil in immorality, and it does not bother me to be thought a little strange. Walking in purity, enjoying fellowship with Christ, and having an effective ministry are more important."

有些人说以上的建议太“激进”了，而且不是“正常”的生活。我的回答是，“是吗？还好吧。

神使我能从魔鬼的污秽网罗中解脱出来，而且无所谓别人会不会觉得有些奇怪。行在圣洁中，享受与基督的团契，从事有效的事工是更重要的。”

Question 1

问题1

In what ways are you taking the offensive in your battle against the deception of pornography and sexual sin? Could you do more? 

Have fun thinking of new offensive moves against the enemy. My wife and I like to be creative as we plot our next offensive move against the devil.

在对抗色情和性罪行的欺骗中，你采取了哪些进攻性的争战措施？你能做得更多吗？

想一些新的进攻方式来对抗仇敌，以此为乐趣。我的妻子和我喜欢创造性地筹划下一步对魔鬼的攻势。

Strategy #2: We must pursue the enemy with a healthy dose of spiritual aggression. 

I drag every little temptation into the "light." This means that if I am tempted in some way, I tell my wife immediately or email a friend to expose it. 

Sexual sin is like a fungus; it grows best in the dark. Learn to aggressively drag each temptation into the light to sap it of its strength. 

Get used to emailing a friend (or one of us at The Way of Purity course) to say "I am tempted to view pornography on the Internet just now—can you help?" 

One of the great joys for us is when people write in to ask for help and prayer in order to prevent a fall. This is exposing the temptation to the light.

策略二：我们必须用一帖属灵进攻的良药，来追赶仇敌。我把每个小小的试探拽入“光”中。这意味着如果我遭到某种方式的试探，我就立即告诉我的妻子或是给朋友写邮件来揭露它。

性罪行就像是真菌：它在黑暗中生长的最好。学会勇敢地把每一个试探拽入光中，来耗尽它的元气。

习惯于给某个朋友（或是洁净之道课程中的某一位）写邮件说：“我现在正被上网浏览色情所诱惑――你能帮助我吗？”我们极大的喜乐之一就是当有人为了预防跌倒而写信来要求帮助和祷告。这就把试探拽入了光中。

I often run to the Word of God for help. "You, oh Lord, are a strong tower, a sure defense against my foe."

我经常跑向上帝之道来寻求帮助。“主啊，你是我的坚固台，是我战胜仇敌的保障。”

I seek to destroy the enemy when he first peeks his head around the corner. BAM! I immediately hit him hard. 

As soon as I sense an uprising temptation, I open my Bible, begin singing a hymn, or contact my wife or a friend. Be aggressive in the initial stages of temptation.

我力图在仇敌刚一露头的时候就消灭它。梆！我立即给他用力一击。我一觉到试探的苗头就打开圣经，开始唱诗，或是与我妻子或朋友联系。在试探的萌芽期就采取攻势。

Strategy #3: We must be spiritually violent with our "pet" sins.

策略三：我们必须在灵性上对我们所“宠爱”的罪采取猛力。

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.Matthew 11:12

从施洗约翰的时候到如今，天国是努力进入的，努力的人就得着了。马太福音11:12。

43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. 

45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. 

47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell..." Mark 9:43, 45,47

43倘若你一只手叫你跌倒，就把它砍下来。你缺了肢体进入永生，强如有两只手落到地狱，入那不灭的火里去。

45倘若你一只脚叫你跌倒，就把它砍下来。

46你瘸腿进入永生，强如有两只脚被丢在地狱里。

47倘若你一只眼叫你跌倒，就去掉它。你只有一只眼进入神的国，强如有两只眼被丢在地狱里。马可福音9:43-47

Treat pornography as if it were your worst enemy trying to drag your soul into hell, and "hack," "chop," and "pluck out" your way to freedom from it.

对待色情，就好像这是要将你的灵魂拽入地狱的最恐怖的仇敌，而“砍”“切”“拔出”正是你从中得自由的方式。

Look for ways to expose the deeds done in darkness. Crush pornography and grind it to powder, or it will rise again and you will be defeated in a weak moment.

寻找一些暴露你在暗中所行的方法。粉碎色情把它碾成灰烬，否则它会死灰复燃，在你软弱的时候击败你。

Strategy #4: Pray for God’s grace to accomplish this aggressive battle plan against the enemy. 

We make our plans, but the Lord directs our steps (Proverbs 16:9), so we must seek Him for grace to carry them out. 

Notice David's understanding of grace in Psalm 18:

策略四：祷告求神的恩典来完成这激进的对敌争战计划。我们做出了计划，但主指引着我们的脚步（箴言16:9），所以我们必须寻求他的恩典来成就一切。注意大卫在诗篇第18篇里对恩典的理解：

You armed me with strength for battle; you made my adversaries bow at my feet. You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.Psalm 18:39-40

因为你曾以力量束我的腰，使我能争战，你也使那起来攻击我的，都服在我以下。你又使我的仇敌在我面前转背逃跑，叫我能以剪除那恨我的人。诗篇18:39-40

Jesus said, "...apart from me you can do nothing" (John 15:5), so we must be dependant on, and united with Him.

耶稣说过“…离了我，你们就不能做什么”（约翰福音15:5），所以我们必须依靠并与他联合。

Friend, in order to overcome sexual impurity in our lives, we must have a grace-empowered battle plan. 

One man I know plans his victory strategy for the entire next day before he goes to bed at night, and then prays to accomplish his plan. 

He knows that things don't always go according to schedule, so He also asks God for grace to deal with the unexpected. He is wise, and enjoys lasting victory.

朋友，为了战胜我们生命中的淫秽，我们必须拥有一个神赐恩典的争战计划。我认识一个人每天上床以前都要制定下一天得胜的计划，然后祷告实现他的计划。

他知道事情并不总是按照日程发生，所以他也请求神的恩典来处理意外的事。他是明智的，因而也享受着长久的得胜。

Let's summarize the battle plan so far: stop treating your enemy as your friend, take the offensive in the war, and aggressively destroy all sexual sin in your life. It can be done, by the grace of God!

让我们来总结以下目前为止的争战计划：不要再对待你的仇敌如同朋友，在争战中采取攻势，坚决地消灭生命中一切的性罪行。靠着神的恩典，这做得到！

Please read through the following Scriptures and provide your comments. How do they relate to the principle of offensive, aggressive violence in this battle? We have given you a "starter thought" before each passage:

请阅读以下的经文并给出你的评论。它们与在这场争战中采取攻势，强力进攻的原则是如何相关的？我在每段之前给了你一些“启发”

Deuteronomy 7:1-6 — Be merciless against all sin

申命记7:1-6 对所有的罪要毫不留情

When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations - the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you - and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. 

Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, for they will turn your sons away from following me to serve other gods, and the LORD's anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you. 

This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire. For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. 

The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.Deuteronomy 7:1-6

“耶和华你神领你进入要得为业之地，从你面前赶出许多国民，就是赫人、革迦撒人、亚摩利人、迦南人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人，共七国的民，都比你强大。

耶和华你神将他们交给你击杀，那时你要把他们灭绝净尽，不可与他们立约，也不可怜恤他们；不可与他们结亲，不可将你的女儿嫁他们的儿子；也不可叫你的儿子娶他们的女儿，因为他必使你儿子转离不跟从主，去侍奉别神，以致耶和华的怒气向你们发作，就速速地将你们灭绝。

你们却要这样待他们：拆毁他们的祭坛，打碎他们的柱像，砍下他们的木偶，用火焚烧他们雕刻的偶像。因为你归耶和华你神为圣洁的民，耶和华你神从地上的万民中拣选你，特作自己的子民。申命记7:1-6

Question 2

问题2

Please share your thoughts about the above passage here:

请分享你对以上经文的感想：

Exodus 32:19, 20 — No matter what it may be worth, destroy it

出埃及记32:19,20 － 无论价值有多不菲，都要摧毁它

When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. 

And he took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.Exodus 32:19-20

摩西挨近营前，就看见牛犊，又看见人跳舞，便发烈怒，把两块版扔在山下摔碎了，又将他们所铸的牛犊用火焚烧，磨得粉碎，撒在水面上，叫以色列人喝。 出埃及记32:19-32

Question 3

问题3

Share your thoughts about the above passage here:

请在分享你对以上经文的感想：

Course member Jeff wrote, "These verses are awesome. Moses just went wild. That moment is what we are working toward here - an indignant fire against that which causes sin. 

By this time, Moses had just had enough and made them drink the water, which must have been bitter to the Israelites. It must have been disgusting, and there is Moses forcing it down their throats. 

I can imagine chards of it lodging in their mouths and throats, making them cry out in pain. Then, once in their stomachs, it would have made the ill, causing great pain. What a day that was. They swallowed their vulgarity."

学员Jeff写道，“这些章节令人敬畏。摩西简直发狂了。那一刻是我们在这里要做成的－ 向导致罪的点燃义火。

当时，摩西作完了又让他们喝那水，对以色列人来说一定是苦的。那一定令人厌恶，这就是摩西要逼他们下咽的。我能想象那些粉末在他们的咽喉中，使他们在痛苦中哭喊，然后，一进入他们的肚腹，就会令他们生病，带来剧痛。那是怎样的一天啊。他们自食恶果。

Deuteronomy 7:17, 21-22 — the Lord will drive them out little by little

申命记7:17，21-22－ 主将渐渐把他们赶出来。

You may say to yourselves, "These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?" Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. 

The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you".Deuteronomy 7:17, 21-22

“你若心里说：‘这些国的民比我更多，我怎能赶出他们呢？’ 你不要因他们惊恐，

因为耶和华你神在你们中间是大而可畏的神。耶和华你神必将这些国的民，从你面前渐渐赶出，你不可把他们速速灭尽，恐怕野地的兽多起来害你。 申命记7:17,21-22

Question 4

问题4

Share your thoughts on the above passage here:

请在分享你对以上经文的感想：

Judges 8:4 — Weary, yet pursuing

师士记8:4 － 疲惫，仍要追赶

Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan and crossed it.Judges 8:4

基甸和跟随他的三百人到约旦河过渡，虽然疲乏，还是追赶。 士师记8:4

Question 5

问题5

Share your thoughts on the above passage here:

请在分享你对以上经文的感想：

Ephesians 5:11-13 - Expose them

以弗所书5:11-13 －使他们曝光

Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 

But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said: 

"Wake up, O sleeper, 

rise from the dead, 

and Christ will shine on you."Ephesians 5:11-13

那暗昧无益的事，不要与人同行，倒要责备行这事的人。因为他们暗中所行的，就是提起来也是可耻的。凡事受了责备，就被光显明出来，因为一切能显明的就是光。所以主说：

“你这睡着的人当醒过来，

从死里复活，

基督就要光照你了。”  以弗所书5:11-13

Question 6

问题 6

Share your thoughts on the above passage here:

请分享你对以上经文的感想：

Jeff wrote, "Yes. We cannot live dark lives and also live in the light; it is impossible! It is physically impossible, and it is spiritually impossible! 

Part of my battle plan has been to keep the lights on. To some it sounds odd, but every time I fell to pornography and self-gratification, it was in the dark. 

I'd close all the shades and turn off the lights. How evil. It is like preparing a temple for worship. My physical temple and my spiritual temple were dark, with no light. 

Now that I have the lights on all the time, it is a physical reminder of the spiritual reality. The light is such a simple thing, but it does extreme violence to the darkness. There is no place for the darkness to hide."

Jeff写道，“是的。我们不能活在暗昧的生活中，又住在光里：这是不可能的！

身体上不可能，灵性上也不可能！我的战斗计划的一部分就是保持光明。对有些人来说很奇怪，但是每当我陷入色情和自我放纵，就在黑暗中了。

我不能关闭所有的黑暗也关闭光明。这是多么邪恶啊。就像是预备一个敬拜的殿。过去我身体和灵里的殿都是黑暗的，没有光明。

现在我总是在光明中，这是属灵现实的物质提醒。光明是如此简单，但是它实在需要对黑暗施猛力。要让黑暗毫无藏身之处。”

So, Friend, do you understand why you must have an offensive, aggressive, violent battle plan in order to eradicate the enemies of pornography, self-gratification, and immorality? 

Do you have such a battle plan? What have you learned from the Scriptures today?

所以，朋友,你明白为什么我们必须采取进攻型的、激进的、强力的战斗计划来彻底根除色情、自我放纵和淫乱的仇敌了吗？你有这样的战斗计划吗？你从今天的经文里学到了什么？

Question 7

问题 7

If you have not developed a battle plan in the past, will you do so now? Write your thoughts here:

如果过去你还没有制定一个战斗计划，你愿意现在这样做吗？请写下你的想法： 

Thought for the day:

今日思想：

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us.2 Corinthians 1:10 

他曾救我们脱离那极大的死亡，现在仍要救我们，并且我们指望他将来还要救我们。 哥林多后书1:10

To clarify what the first accountability question means, we have included the following explanation.                    

为了厘清第一个责任问题的涵义，我们给出以下的解释。 

What does "feasting" mean?"

Feasting" is more than just reading the Bible; it is a term to express the nourishing of our souls in Jesus Christ. 

It means that we are sitting at the feet of Jesus, hearing His Word and believing it, for the purpose of implementing the truths into our lives. It means we are receiving spiritual nourishment and we are delighting our souls in His grace and truth. 

This may be done in reading our Bibles, hearing God's Word preached, interacting with others in the Scriptures, and studying through this course, etc. This definition is at least a start; further explanation is included in the lessons. 

什么是“享用筵宴”？

这里的“享用筵宴”不仅仅是读圣经。                                                  

这是一个表示我们的灵魂在耶稣基督里得到喂养的词。这表示我们坐在耶稣的脚前，听祂的道，笃信之，目的是要把真理行在我们的生活中；这表示我们得到灵里的滋养，在主的恩典和真理中心灵得喜乐。

这可以是读经、听讲道、与他人就经文互动，以及通过这个课程来学习等等。这里只给出一个初步的定义，将来的课程里会有进一步的解释。

Have you been feasting on God's word?

你享用神的话了吗？

 Yes是   No 否

If so, when was the last time you feasted? And how? In other words, how did you enjoy God? Reading? Prayer? Worship? Fellowship? Witnessing?

如果是，你最近一次是什么时候？怎样做的？换句话说，你是怎样靠神喜乐的？是读经、祷告、崇拜、团契，还是做见证？

These next, tough, accountability questions apply to the entire period since you did your last lesson.

接下来那些棘手的责任问题，会在整个课程中出现，要根据你上节课以来的情况来回答。

Were you free from pornography since you did the last lesson?

上节课以来，你离开色情了吗？

 Yes是  No否

Were you free from self-gratification since you did the last lesson?

上节课以来，你戒除自我放纵了吗？

 Yes是  No 否

Were you free from sexual immorality since you did the last lesson?

上节课以来，你远离了淫乱了吗？

 Yes是  No否

If you answered "no" to any of the above questions, tell us what led to your fall. If you answered "yes" to the above questions, you may use this area for questions or additional comments.

如果任何一个问题的答案是“否”，请告诉我们是什么导致你的跌倒。如果对以上问题你回答了“是”，你可以在此提出你的问题或其他的评论。