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经文: 祂自己……被试探而受苦。（希伯来书二：18）
耶稣被试探，思想这句简单的话，对那些疲倦的心灵有很大的鼓舞作用，就如蜜般甘甜。这句话你可能已听过多次了，但你是否能领悟其中意义呢？你可能正行过死荫幽谷，这条路主耶稣过去曾经走过。你可能正在打一场艰辛的战争，主耶稣也曾面对这相同的敌人。让我们振作起来吧。基督在我们之前已背负过重担。耶稣曾被试探，只是祂没有犯罪。因此，我也不必要犯罪。耶稣曾经降世为人，祂忍受过试探却没有犯罪。在祂的能力之内，祂的肢体也可以停止犯罪。一些开始过基督徒生活不久的人以为被试南绝不可能不犯罪，事实上他们错了。被试探本身不是罪，但是向试探让步就是罪。主耶稣虽然被试探，却光荣地得胜了。这对受试探的人是一大安慰。因为祂得胜了，跟随祂的人也必然得胜，因为耶稣是祂百姓的代表。元首得胜了，肢体也分享祂的胜利。毋需惧怕，因为基督与我们同在，祂全副武装为了保卫我们。祢救主的胸怀是我们的安全港。试探也许能驱使我们更亲近祂。风将我们吹入救主爱之港，是何等大的福气！伤口教我们寻求亲爱的医生，这是可喜的！你被试探吗？快到曾经被试探的救主跟前吧！祂能感受你的软弱，祂抚摸并安慰每一颗被试验的疲倦心灵。
Evening, October 3
Scripture: “He himself hath suffered being tempted.”(Hebrews 2:18)
It is a common-place thought, and yet it tastes like nectar to the weary heart－Jesus was tempted as I am. You have heard that truth many times: have you grasped it? He was tempted to the very same sins into which we fall. Do not dissociate Jesus from our common manhood. It is a dark room which you are going through, but Jesus went through it before. It is a sharp fight which you are waging, but Jesus has stood foot to foot with the same enemy. Let us be of good cheer, Christ has borne the load before us, and the blood-stained footsteps of the King of glory may be seen along the road which we traverse at this hour. There is something sweeter yet－Jesus was tempted, but Jesus never sinned. Then, my soul, it is not needful for thee to sin, for Jesus was a man, and if one man endured these temptations and sinned not, then in his power his members may also cease from sin. Some beginners in the divine life think that they cannot be tempted without sinning, but they mistake; there is no sin in being tempted, but there is sin in yielding to temptation. Herein is comfort for the sorely tempted ones. There is still more to encourage them if they reflect that the Lord Jesus, though tempted, gloriously triumphed, and as he overcame, so surely shall his followers also, for Jesus is the representative man for his people; the Head has triumphed, and the members share in the victory. Fears are needless, for Christ is with us, armed for our defence. Our place of safety is the bosom of the Saviour. Perhaps we are tempted just now, in order to drive us nearer to him. Blessed be any wind that blows us into the port of our Saviour’s love! Happy wounds, which make us seek the beloved Physician. Ye tempted ones, come to your tempted Saviour, for he can be touched with a feeling of your infirmities, and will succour every tried and tempted one.
