基督胜过黑暗的权势
马可福音一章14至27节
14约翰下监以后，耶稣来到加利利，宣传神的福音，
15说：日期满了，神的国近了。你们当悔改，信福音！
16耶稣顺着加利利的海边走，看见西门和西门的兄弟安得烈在海里撒网；他们本是打鱼的。
17耶稣对他们说：来跟从我，我要叫你们得人如得鱼一样。
18他们就立刻舍了网，跟从了他。
19耶稣稍往前走，又见西庇太的儿子雅各和雅各的兄弟约翰在船上补网。
20耶稣随即招呼他们，他们就把父亲西庇太和雇工人留在船上，跟从耶稣去了。
21到了迦百农，耶稣就在安息日进了会堂教训人。
22众人很希奇他的教训；因为他教训他们，正像有权柄的人，不像文士。
23在会堂里，有一个人被污鬼附着。他喊叫说：
24拿撒勒人耶稣，我们与你有甚么相干？你来灭我们么？我知道你是谁，乃是神的圣者。
25耶稣责备他说：不要作声！从这人身上出来罢。
26污鬼叫那人抽了一阵疯，大声喊叫，就出来了。
27众人都惊讶，以致彼此对问说：这是甚么事？是个新道理阿！他用权柄吩咐污鬼，连污鬼也听从了他。
信息分享
上述事件发生的场合，大概类似我们今天的主日崇拜里。一个被污鬼附着的人，终于要面对基督了。今天的人同样有被撒但控制的可能。例如，不少人非常惧怕邪灵、黑暗和许多其他东西；而归根究底，他们其实是恐惧撒但。撒但用尽各种害怕的心理来牵制着人，使人回避基督，以致他们不能被基督所释放。
留意那人或附在他体内的邪灵说些甚么。他说：「我们与你有甚么相干？」(24节)。这岂不是今天的人经常挂在口边的话？他们喜欢别人听他们诉苦，可是，当你想帮助他们的时候，他们却会说：「与你无干，不要搅扰我」。因为他们根本不想改变自己的某些坏习惯，又或者他们只想利用本身的问题来叫人关注自己，而他却无意作出任何改变。
基督怎样做呢？祂命令那污鬼立刻从那人身上出来。那人必定经历了非常奇妙的一刻。他脱离了撒但的控制──不再被种种坏习惯、恶毒思想和恐惧所缠绕，不再惧怕黑暗。
周围的人都目睹这一切。他们看见基督的权柄如何释放和改变一个人，他们必然满心惊讶。
别人能否在我和你的生命中看见基督的大能呢？基督渴望在们身上展示祂的权柄，我们愿意让祂释放和改变我们吗？我们希望别人看见神迹在我们身上发生吗？愿我们都能够肯定地回答说：「我愿意。」
反思：
别人能够在我的身上看见基督吗？
CHRIST FACES THE POWERS OF DARKNESS
Mark 1: 14 - 27
14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
16 And as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
17 Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
18 They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
19 When He had gone a little farther from there, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.
20 And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.
21 Then they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught.
22 And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
23 Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,
24 saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”
26 And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him.
27 Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”
Message
This story happened in what we would call a Sunday morning church service. Here was a demon-controlled man in the very presence of Christ. It is possible today to be controlled by Satan. For example there are many people who are desperately afraid of evil spirits, of darkness and many other things. Behind that fear is Satan. He tries to keep such people from ever coming to know Christ and so be set free from Satan's power.
Notice what the man said, or what the evil spirit in him said (v.24). 'Let us alone.' Isn't this what so many people say today? They want attention. They want to talk about their problem, but when you try to help them, they say 'Leave me alone'. For many reasons, they don't really want to give up the very things that are binding them and making them helpless.
What did Christ do? He ordered the spirit to come out of the man. What a wonderful moment that must have been. A soul was released from the grip of Satan, from the things he used to do, from all his fear and darkness.
The people around saw what Christ was able to do. They saw his authority exercised in a life and could only wonder at what had been done.
Has the world around seen anything of this in your life and mine? Christ is waiting to use us as examples of what he can do. Are we allowing him to do it?
A QUESTION:
Can others see Jesus in me?