6月9日
标 题：像我们一样受试探
经节：祂自己既然被试探而受苦，就能搭救被试探的人。（希伯来书二章18节）
你永远不会遇见一个试探，是超过神所能帮助你克服的试探。即使在面临试探的时候，神因着祂自己的爱，已经为你作了必要的准备，好叫你能够得胜。祂在圣经中清晰地向你启示祂的旨意，好叫你不会困惑前面所当行的路。祂将圣灵安置在你的心中，指引你作决定，并且当你作有害的决定时，会让你知罪。在你受试探的时候，神必为你开一条出路，叫你能够忍受得住，不致犯罪（哥林多前书十：13）。每件事早已安排妥当，让你在每个试探中能够经验胜利。
然而，因着神自己无限的大爱，祂甚至付出更多代价，好叫你能够安全地胜过试探。祂曾忍受各样尖刻的试探。神的儿子谦卑自己，受所有人类软弱肉体的限制，忍受每样我们会遇见的试探。耶稣知道什么是疲惫不堪、什么是饥饿，祂也经历人类所有的限制，但祂并没有犯罪。当我们面对试探时，要转向神。我们的神并不是一位没有怜悯心、不在乎我们努力要过公义生活的神，我们跟随的是一位了解我们抵御罪及忍受试探种种困难的神。我们可以放心来到基督的面前，因为祂了解我们的苦境。当我们受试探时，祂知道如何帮助我们。
Tempted As We Are
For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted. (Hebrews 2:18)
You will never face a temptation so strong that God has not made complete provision for you to overcome it. God, out of His love, has done everything necessary for you to be victorious whenever you face temptation. He has clearly revealed His will to you in Scripture so that you will not be confused about the right thing to do. He has placed the Holy Spirit within you to guide you in your decisions and to convict you when you make harmful choices. With every temptation God also provides a way of escape so that you never have to yield to it (1 Cor. 10:13). Everything is in place for you to experience victory over every temptation.
God in His infinite love, however, has done even more to safeguard you from temptation. He has allowed Himself to suffer the full brunt of temptation. The very Son of God humbled Himself, taking on all the limitations of frail human flesh, and was tempted in every way that we are. Jesus knew what it was like to grow tired, to be hungry, to experience the same limitations we have; yet He was without sin. It is to this One that we turn when we are facing temptation. Ours is not an unsympathetic God who is unconcerned with our struggle to live righteously, but we follow a God who knows how difficult it is to resist sin and withstand temptation. We can approach Christ with confidence, knowing that He understands our plight. He knows how to aid us when we are tempted.
