We've been learning how to demolish strongholds and take every thought captive using God's divine power. Now we'll look at how God further illustrates these truths in His Word.

In the book of Joshua, we read of the many battles the Israelites fought to conquer the land the Lord had given to them. 

Today, let's notice one battle in particular between Israel and the northern kings, described in Joshua 11. These northern kings banded together to fight the Israelites; the Bible states that they fielded "a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore." 

They were a formidable foe—but God told Joshua: "Do not be afraid... I will hand them over to you." So Joshua and the Israelites went out in battle against the huge army of the northern kings. 

And Joshua 11:12 states that "Joshua took all these royal cities (where those kings had lived) and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them as he had been commanded." Joshua and his people totally annihilated that huge army. They were victorious because the Lord fought for them!

我们学习了如何使用上帝的神性大能，来摧毁营垒并把一切心意夺回。现在我们要看看神如何在祂的圣言中进一步阐释这些真理。在约书亚记中，我们读过很多以色列人征服神应许给他们领地的争战。

今天，让我们来特别关注一场以色列人和北方诸王之间的战斗，记载在约书亚记十一章。 这些北方的王聚集起来与以色列人争战，圣经说他们聚集了“众军，人数多如海边的沙。” 他们是强大的敌人 －  但是神告诉约书亚：“不要惧怕…. 我必将他们交付你们”。所以约书亚和以色列人出去与这北方诸王的大军争战。

约书亚记11:12说“约书亚夺了这些王的一切城邑，擒获其中的诸王，用刀击杀他们，将他们尽行杀灭。”约书亚和他的百姓完全歼灭了大军。他们得胜了，因为神为他们争战！

Please answer the following questions.

请回答以下的问题

Question 1

问题 1

The army of the northern kings was:

北方诸王的军队是：

微小

众多

Question 2

问题 2

Joshua and the Israelites were to do what to the army of the northern kings?

约书亚和以色列人对北方诸王的军队做了什么？

讲和

置之不理

摧毁他们

Question 3

问题3

Please describe how this story applies to our struggle with sexual sin. Find as many parallels as you can.

请描述这个故事如何应用于我们与性罪行的争斗，请找出尽可能多的相似之处。

Fellow soldiers, pornographic images, as I'm sure you know by now, are a formidable foe. They can be like a huge army that is much stronger than we are. 

And yet, Scripture tells us that we are to demolish them, destroy them, annihilate them. Can you see why this requires divine power?

战友们，我确定你现在明白了，淫秽影像是个强敌。它们可以就像一支庞大的军队，比我们厉害得多。但是，圣经说我们将要攻破、摧毁和歼灭它们。你明白为什么这需要神性的大能吗？

And we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5

又将人所有的心意夺回，使他都顺服基督。 哥林多后书 10:5

Let's look at another illustration.

让我们来看看另一个例子。

In the Old Testament, the nation of Israel was commanded to dislodge every nation that existed in the Promised Land. They had success pulling down the strongholds of those nations, and dislodged most of them. 

However, a few nations were very powerful and very stubborn, and the Israelites were unable to demolish them. Notice what the Israelite nation did with those nations:

在旧约里，神命令以色列民族驱赶住在应许之地上的一切民族。他们成功地推倒了那些民族的堡垒，把大部分赶逐了出去。但是，少数几个民族非常强悍和顽抗，以色列人不能灭尽他们。注意以色列人是怎样对这些民族的：

All the people left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites...all whom the Israelites could not exterminate - these Solomon conscripted for his slave labor force.1 Kings 9:20-21

至于国中所剩下不属以色列人的亚摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人，就是以色列人不能灭尽的，所罗门挑取他们的后裔，作服苦的奴仆，直到今日。 列王纪上9:20-21

Question 4

问题4

According to the above verses, what did King Solomon do with the nations the Israelites were unable to exterminate?

根据上节，所罗门王对那些不能灭尽的民族做了什么?

Friend, there might be some thoughts so powerful that we aren't able to keep them from infiltrating our minds, especially in the first couple of months after we have stopped viewing porn. 

But if we do not view any more porn, and we seek the Lord, eventually we will have no thoughts that overtake us as they previously did. The Israelites were told to completely demolish the enemy. They wiped out enough of the enemy to inhabit the land, but got tired of fighting and simply got used to the remaining enemy strongholds. 

They reasoned that "Hey, we don't need to wipe these guys out; we'll use them as our slaves." They justified their disobedience by keeping the enemy as slaves. However, it was still disobedience, because God had told them to wipe outall of their enemies.

朋友，可能有些思想意念非常强烈，以至我们无法阻止它们渗入我们的头脑，特别是我们刚开始停止浏览色情的那几个月。

但是如果我们不再看任何的色情作品，并寻求主，最终我们不会如从前一样被任何念头所左右。神命令以色列人彻底歼灭敌人。他们赶出了相当多的敌人以承受那地，但是却厌倦了争战，以致轻易地习惯了残余敌人的堡垒。

他们的理由是：“嗨，我们不用把他们赶出去，我们利用他们做我们的奴隶吧。”他们将敌人留作为奴隶，来为自己的悖逆推脱。但是，这终究是悖逆，因为神告诉他们要赶出所有的敌人。

In the same way, the thoughts we don't demolish are still there. Consider this: in the Israelites' case, did those slaves stay enslaved, or did they eventually rise up and cause problems? 

Wouldn't it have been better for the Israelites to completely wipe out the enemy? Total annihilation is the only answer!

同样，我们没有攻破的念头依然在我们的头脑中。想想这一点：在以色列人的例子中，那些奴隶一直做奴隶吗？还是他们最后起来制造了麻烦？如果以色列人把他们完全赶出去不是更好吗？彻底歼灭是唯一的答案！

Next, consider this powerful verse:

接下来，思想这节强有力的经文：

If you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides and they shall trouble you in the land where you live. Numbers 33:55

倘若你们不赶出那地的居民，所容留的居民，就必作你们眼中的刺，肋下的荆棘。也必在你们所住的地上扰害你们。 民数记33:55

Those images we think aren't too bad? Those things we justify and say, "Hey, in comparison to where I was, this is nothing?" 

These are the very areas that hold great potential for trouble in our lives. "...they shall trouble you in the land where you live." Annihilate!

那些图像我们觉得还不错？那些事情我们会为之辩护并说,“嗨，和我的从前相比，这算不了什么”？这些正是在我们生命中留下巨大隐患的地方。“…必在你们所住的地上扰害你们。” 歼灭它们！

Friend, before we move on, we should remind ourselves that we are in a very serious battle. This can't be taken lightly. If we truly want to win the battle, we must regularly cry out to God for victory, depend on Him for power, and thank Him each time we win. 

If you have been winning battles for the past 34 days, then rejoice with Paul, who said, "I thankChrist Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength..." (1 Timothy 1:12). 

Jesus Christ gave the strength to Paul, and Jesus must give us strength as well, if we are to win the battle over sin. Will you pray right now and ask God to give you strength?

朋友，在我们行动以前，我们需要提醒自己正身处一场严峻的战斗中，这不容忽视。如果我们真想赢得这场战斗，就必须为了得胜定期呼求神，依靠祂的大能大力，而且每次得胜的时候向祂献上感谢。

如果你在过去的34天里持续得胜，就与保罗一同喜乐吧，他说：“我感谢那给我力量的，我们主基督耶稣…” (提摩太前书1:12)。耶稣基督给了保罗力量，耶稣也必然给我们力量，如果我们要去赢得胜过罪的战斗。你愿意现在就祷告，求神给你力量吗？

Craig wrote, "Pornography is a lot bigger than I am, and alone, there is no way that I could do battle against it. Without God, I am a traitor. 

I would and have made peace with the kings, only God's grace has brought me back to where I am ready to do battle against sin." 

Craig 写到，“色情比我要大得多，而我独自无法与它开战抵挡它。没有了神，我是一个叛徒，我可能会与那些王讲和，只有神的恩典把我带回了可以与罪争战的地步。”

Dennis wrote, "I have been guilty of being soft on my enemy, and allowing him to gain a stronghold inside my defense perimeter. 

I have also sought to make peace with the enemy of my soul, rather than seek to totally destroy him. 

In addition, when the enemy promised to make peace, I found that he really had an innumerable army arrayed against me, ready to destroy me."

Dennis 写到，“我对敌人软弱，允许它在我的防区内赢得一个堡垒，为此感到愧疚。我还试图与我灵魂的仇敌讲和，却不想办法彻底毁灭它。还有，当仇敌答应讲和时，我发现它其实有数不清的军队与我对阵，随时准备消灭我。”

Steve wrote, "The army of the northern kings was huge. God told Joshua to destroy them. In order to move into the Promised Land (a porn-free life), the tenants (porn) have to move out, so I can get in. 

They do not want to leave (strongholds). They must be defeated (torn down). They have a huge army, and they will do anything to hold on to what they have. 

Steve 写到，“北方诸王的军队众多。神告诉约书亚去消灭他们。为了进入应许之地（没有色情的生活），那些住民（色情）必须离开，这样我才能进去。

他们不想离开（堡垒），他们必须被打败（推倒）。他们有众多的军队，他们为了保全现有的东西，会干出任何事情来。

But, God has promised that He will hand them over to me. In order to defeat them, I need to go into battle. Through God's power, I will be victorious, and the current tenants will be totally annihilated! 

No more porn! Solomon made the remaining tenants slaves. Although I cannot undo the fact that I have looked at porn, I can now use it to God's service." This

story is teaching me to not be afraid of the battle because God will hand the enemy (porn) over to me. So I can go and fight, and not be afraid, because sin will be annihilated."

但是神已经应许要把它们交给我。为了打败它们，我要投身这场战斗。藉着神的力量，我将成为胜利者，现在的这些住民将被彻底消灭。

再没有色情！所罗门让那些残留的住民成为奴隶。尽管我不能撤销我曾经观看淫秽内容这一事实，现在我可以用它来服侍神。”这个故事教导我不要惧怕战斗，因为神将要把仇敌（色情）交在我的手中。所以我可以投入战斗，毫无惧色，因为罪最终将被消灭。

Next, please read the following quote by Oswald Chambers and provide your thoughts on it below:

接下来，请阅读以下引用的Oswald Chambers的文章，并提供你的感想。

"Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things. Isaiah 40:26. The people of God in Isaiah's day had starved their imagination by looking on the face of idols, and Isaiah made them look up at the heavens; that is, he made them begin to use their imagination aright.

“你们向上举目，看谁创造这万象。以赛亚书40:26 在以赛亚时代中，神的百姓朝拜偶像的脸，因而匮乏了想象力，以赛亚让他们举目看天，也就是，正确地使用他们的想象力。

"The test of spiritual concentration is bringing the imagination into captivity. Is your imagination looking on the face of an idol? Is the idol yourself? Your work? 

Your conception of what a worker should be? Your experience of salvation and sanctification? Then your imagination of God is starved, and when you are up against difficulties you have no power, you can only endure in darkness. 

If your imagination is starved, do not look back to your own experience; it is God Whom you need. Go right out of yourself, away from the face of your idols, away from everything that has been starving your imagination. 

Rouse yourself, take the gibe that Isaiah gave the people, and deliberately turn your imagination to God." Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

检验属灵的专注度就是把想象力囚禁起来。你的想象力是专注在偶像的脸上吗？你的偶像是自己？你的工作？

是一个工人该是怎样的观念？还是你得救或成圣的经历？于是，你关于神的想象力就枯竭了，当你要起来面对困难时，你就缺乏能力了，你只能忍受黑暗。

如果你的想象力枯竭了，不要回头看你自己的经验；你需要的是神。走出你自己，离开偶像的面，离开任何使你想象力枯竭的事物。振作你自己，接受以赛亚对百姓的嘲讽，并慎重地把你的想象力转向神。 Oswald Chambers, 竭诚为主

Question 5

问题5

What's your reaction to this quote by Oswald Chambers

你对Oswald Chambers这段文摘的反应是什么？

Next, read the following quote from Thomas a Kempis and comment on it below:

接下来，请阅读以下来自Thomas a Kempis的文摘，并评论。

"Above all, we must be especially alert against the beginnings of temptation, for the enemy is more easily conquered if he is refused admittance to the mind and is met beyond the threshold when he knocks.

“首先，我们必须特别警醒试探的开始，因为如果仇敌被拒绝进入头脑，而且在它敲门的时候就碰到高高的门槛，它就很容易被征服。

"Someone has said very aptly: Resist the beginnings; remedies come too late, when by long delay the evil has gained strength. First, a mere thought comes to mind, then strong imagination, followed by pleasure, evil delight, and consent. 

Thus, because he is not resisted in the beginning, Satan gains full entry. And the longer a man delays in resisting, so much the weaker does he become each day, while the strength of the enemy grows against him." Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

“有人说得很恰当：一开始就抵挡，要补救就太迟了。拖得太久，魔鬼就赢得了力量。首先，只是念头闪入，然后是强烈的想象，接下来就是愉悦、邪恶的快乐和认同。

因此，因为他没有在一开始就抵挡，撒旦得以完全进入。而且一个人越是拖延不抵抗，他每天就会变得越软弱，同时仇敌的力量得以增长来对付他。” Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

Question 6

问题6

Provide your comments about the quote from Thomas a Kempis here.

请在这里提供你对于来自Thomas a Kempis的文摘评论。

John wrote, "Joshua's battle was just like my own. He faced insurmountable odds. There was no physical way that Israel could defeat the northern kings' armies. There is no way that I can defeat the sin of pornography in my life. But wait. Great words, aren't they? 

But wait. There is One, that One who holds the universe in the palm of His hand. He fights for me. His actions are the words of His mouth. He has said in His love, mercy, and grace that He would never forsake me. He, this One, fights for me. Just as He, this One, fought for Israel."

John写到，“约书亚的争战就像我的一样。他面对着难以克服的困难。按常规看以色列人无法抵抗北方诸王的联军；我也没有办法抵挡我生命中色情的罪。可是等一等，不是有圣言吗？

等等，有一位、将宇宙握于股掌之间那位神。祂为我争战。祂口中的话语就是祂的行动。祂说祂就是爱，怜悯，和恩典，祂永远不丢弃我。祂，这一位，为我而战，就像是这位为以色列而战的。”

Question 7

问题 7

Please tell us what you have learned today. How will you apply this teaching? And Friend, please tell us how your life is going right now so we may pray for you.

请告诉我们你今天学到了什么。你将如何应用这些教导？而且朋友，请告诉我们你的生活现在如何，这样我们可以为你祷告。

Thoughts to consider:

今日思想

When you go to war against your enemies, the Lord will help you defeat them so that you will take them captive. Deuteronomy 21:10

你出去与仇敌争战的时候，耶和华你的神将他们交在你手中，你就掳了他们去。申命记21:10

6 Now the men of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you and me. 

7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions, 

8 but my brothers who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear. I, however, followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly. 

9 So on that day Moses swore to me, "The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly."

6那时，犹大人来到吉甲见约书亚，有基尼洗族耶孚尼的儿子迦勒对约书亚说：“耶和华在加低斯巴尼亚指着我与你对神人摩西所说的话，你都知道了。

7耶和华的仆人摩西，从加低斯巴尼亚打发我窥探这地，那时我正四十岁，我按着心意回报他。 

8然而，同我上去的众弟兄，使百姓的心消化，但我专心跟从耶和华我的神。 

9当日摩西起誓说：‘你脚所踏之地定要归你和你的子孙永远为业，因为你专心跟从耶和华我的神。’

10 "Now then, just as the LORD promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! 

11 I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I'm just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. Joshua 14:6-11

10自从耶和华对摩西说这话的时候，耶和华照他所应许的，使我存活这四十五年。其间以色列人在旷野行走。看哪，现今我八十五岁了，

11我还是强壮，像摩西打发我去的那天一样。无论是争战、是出入，我的力量那时如何，现在还是如何。约书亚记 14:6-11

45 David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 

46 This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 

47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give all of you into our hands. 1 Samuel 17:45-47

45大卫对非利士人说：“你来攻击我，是靠着刀枪和铜戟；我来攻击你，是靠着万军之耶和华的名，就是你所怒骂带领以色列军队的神。

46 今日耶和华必将你交在我手里。我必杀你，斩你的头，又将非利士军兵的尸首给空中的飞鸟、地上的野兽吃，使普天下的人都知道以色列中有神；

47 又使这众人知道耶和华使人得胜，不是用刀用枪，因为争战的胜败全在乎耶和华。他必将你们交在我们手里。 撒母耳记上17:45-47

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。