“扫罗又名保罗，被圣灵充满定睛看他，说，你这充满各样诡诈奸恶，魔鬼的儿子，众善的仇敌，你混乱主的正道还不止住吗？” - 徒 13:9-10
巴拿巴、扫罗（保罗）和约翰（马可）的使命是把神在耶稣里救赎的好消息带给那些以前没有听说过的人。他们遇到了行法术的假先知以吕马的抵挡。我们的仇敌，魔鬼，正试图阻止福音在那里传开。以吕马甚至试图使他的雇主，即方伯，放弃对基督的信仰。
被圣灵充满的保罗，让圣灵的大能来对付这个邪恶的势力。这些话听起来很刺耳，但耶稣对彼得说：“撒但退我后边去”（太 16:23）时也是如此。
在神面前，只有一种方式是对的。那就是敞开自己，让神的灵充满我们，听从“真理的灵”引导我们“进入一切的真理”（约 16:13）。
听到有关主的教导，并目睹了圣灵透过保罗所施行的大能工作，方伯相信了基督。当神的灵和魔鬼的谎言之间展开争战，神的灵总是会得胜。
愿我们有智慧地选择跟随的榜样。
祷告
天父，感谢你赐下你的儿子耶稣，感谢你赐给你的教会圣灵的能力。愿你的教会谦卑、刚强并忠心服事。阿们。
使徒行传 13:4-12
4他们既被圣灵差遣，就下到西流基，从那里坐船往塞浦路斯去。
5到了撒拉米，就在犹太人各会堂里传讲神的道，也有约翰做他们的帮手。
6经过全岛，直到帕弗，在那里遇见一个有法术、假充先知的犹太人，名叫巴耶稣。
7这人常和方伯士求．保罗同在。士求．保罗是个通达人，他请了巴拿巴和扫罗来，要听神的道。8只是那行法术的以吕马（这名翻出来就是“行法术”的意思）抵挡使徒，要叫方伯不信真道。
9扫罗，又名保罗，被圣灵充满，定睛看他，
10说：“你这充满各样诡诈奸恶，魔鬼的儿子、众善的仇敌，你混乱主的正道还不止住吗？
11现在主的手加在你身上，你要瞎眼，暂且不见日光。”他的眼睛立刻昏蒙黑暗，四下里求人拉着手领他。
12方伯看见所做的事，很稀奇主的道，就信了。
Prepared For The Spirit's Work
"Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, 'You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! . . . Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?'" - Acts 13:9-1
Barnabas, Saul (Paul), and John (Mark) were on a mission to bring the good news of God's salvation in Jesus to people who had not heard it before. And they met some resistance from Elymas, a sorcerer and false prophet. Our enemy, the devil, was trying to stop the gospel from being preached there. Elymas went so far as to try turning his employer, the proconsul, away from having faith in Christ.
Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, let the power of the Spirit do his work against this demonic influence. The words sound harsh, but then so did Jesus' words to Peter when he said, "Get behind me Satan" (Matthew 16:23).
There is only one way to be right with God. And that means opening ourselves to be filled with the Spirit of God, "the Spirit of truth" who guides us "into all truth" (John 16:13).
In response to the teaching about the Lord, and having seen the powerful work of the Spirit through Paul, the proconsul believed. In a battle between God's Spirit and the devil's lies, the Spirit will always win.
Let us be wise in who we follow.
Prayer
Thank you, Father, for the gift of your Son, Jesus, and for the empowerment of your Spirit in your church. May the church be humble, strong, and faithful. Amen.
