They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. 

But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!" 

Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, "We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us." 

So Moses prayed for the people. The LORD said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live." 

So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived.Numbers 21:4-10

他们从何珥山起行，往红海那条路走，要绕过以东地。百姓因这路难行，心中甚是烦躁，就怨讟神和摩西，说：“你们为什么把我们从埃及领出来，使我们死在旷野呢？这里没有粮，没有水，我们的心厌恶这淡薄的食物。”

于是耶和华使火蛇进入百姓中间，蛇就咬他们，以色列人中死了许多。百姓到摩西那里说：“我们怨讟耶和华和你，有罪了，求你祷告耶和华叫这些蛇离开我们。”

于是，摩西为百姓祷告。耶和华对摩西说：“你制造一条火蛇，挂在杆子上，凡被咬的，一望这蛇，就必得活。”摩西便制造一条铜蛇，挂在杆子上，凡被蛇咬的，一望这铜蛇，就活了。  民数记21:4-10

Truth to memorize: The cure for sin is to focus on Jesus Christ!

要牢记的真理：要治愈罪的伤害就要专注于耶稣基督！

Let's begin today's lesson by reviewing the passage above and answering the following questions:

让我们以回顾上面的经文并回答以下的问题来开始今天的课程：

Question 1

问题1

The people were complaining against God. What did He do to them to make them stop?

人们向神发怨言，神做了什么来阻止他们？

他使蛇进入

他用火

Question 2

问题 2

When the people died from snakebite, how did God tell Moses to fix the problem?

当人们被蛇咬死的时候，神告诉摩西如何解决这个问题？

吮出毒液

把伤员送到救护中心

制造一条铜蛇

Question 3

问题 3

What were the people to do with the bronze snake on the pole?

人们要对挂在杆上的铜蛇做什么？

施法术

杀掉它

观看它

Question 4

问题 4

Please write out the "Truth to memorize" from above:

请写出上面的“要牢记的真理”

Question 5

问题 5

What happened as the people looked at the snake on the pole?

当人们看挂在杆上的铜蛇时发生了什么？

他们死了

他们得了医治

This is all a bit confusing, isn't it? People get bit by snakes, Moses puts up a pole with a snake on it, people look at the snake and they're cured. What does that have to do with me, pornography, and sexual impurity?

这真有点儿令人费解，不是吗？人们被蛇咬了，摩西把一条蛇挂在杆子上，人们一看那蛇就得了医治。这与我、色情和淫秽有什么相干呢？

Let's examine this story a little closer. Think of it this way:

让我们来进一步查考这个故事。这样来想想：

The serpent of sin has bitten us, Friend! It's a deadly bite; the venom of sin is running through our veins, and we will die from the fatal wound. 

But God erected a cross-like pole, and on that pole He hung a Savior. If we look at the Savior, we will live. We'll be cganured from the snakebite of sin, and instead of perishing, we'll enjoy everlasting life!

罪的毒蛇已经咬了我们，朋友! 这咬得是致命伤；罪的毒液正在我们的静脉中流动，我们将因这致命伤而死亡。

但是神竖起了一个十字架般的杆子，在那杆子上他挂上了救赎主。如果我们看那救主，我们就活了。我们将从罪的蛇咬中被医治，不必灭亡，我们将享受永生！

Course member Jim wrote, "GOD sent snakes to the Israelites to make them stop complaining. Then He told Moses to put a bronze snake on a pole. All the people had to do was look on it. 

In much the same way, 'The cure for sin is focusing on Jesus Christ.' When the people focused on the snake, they were cured. 

I often forget that pornography is deadly, just like the snakebites. Isaiah also said to just look on Him, and you will be saved. Again in Hebrews, it says we are to look to Jesus."

学员Jim写道“神使蛇进入以色列人中，来制止他们抱怨。然后他告诉摩西把一条铜蛇挂在杆上。所有人要做的就是望这铜蛇。

同样的，‘要治愈罪的伤害就要专注于耶稣基督’。当人们定睛于铜蛇，他们就得了医治。我经常忘记色情是置人于死地的，就像是被毒蛇咬了一样。以赛亚也说只要仰望祂，你就被拯救。希伯来书再次说道，我们要仰望耶稣。”

But wait a minute! Is this the correct way to interpret and understand this story? How can a snake represent Jesus Christ?

但是别急！这是解释和理解这个故事的正确方法吗？一条蛇怎能代表耶稣基督呢？

That's a good question—the snake doesn't represent Christ, rather, it points forward to our sin, which was nailed to the cross with Christ. "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life" (John 3:14).

这是一个好问题 － 那蛇不是代表基督的，相反它指向我们的罪，已经与基督同钉十字架了。“摩西在旷野怎样举蛇，人子也必照样被举起来，叫一切信他的都得永生（或作‘叫一切信的人在他里面得永生’）。” 约翰福音3:14-15

Note that people bitten by snakes were simply to look! Looking is what cured them. Jesus Christ was lifted up on a cross, where He died for our sins. LOOK! Do you see Him there? 

He is wounded in His hands for the wrong we've done with our hands. His feet are pierced because of the wrong places our feet have taken us. 

He is wearing a crown of thorns because of the wrong thoughts we've cherished; His heart is broken because of the wrong loves we've had. LOOK! He's our cure! Look, believe and live!

注意被蛇咬的人们只要简单的看！是看治愈了他们。耶稣基督在十字架上被举起来，他为我们的罪死在那里。看！你在那里看到他了么？

他的双手被伤是因为我们的手所犯的错。他的双脚被刺透是因为我们踏上了不该站立之处。他头戴荆棘冠冕是因为我们对珍爱谬误的思想。他的心碎是因为我们错误的爱慕。看！他是我们的医治！看，信而得生！

There are many "cures" offered by society today. But if we examine most of them, we see some consistent themes. 

For instance, some tell us that the "cure" is to examine the snakebite—focus on your pain, your past and your parents. 

Dear friends, these "cures" are not of much value in helping us overcome bondage to pornography and sexual sin. 

The cure for the snake-bitten Israelites was simple, yet profound: LOOK! The cure for habitual pornography use, or impurity of any kind, is to focus our lives on Jesus Christ.

当今社会提供了很多的“医治”。但是如果我们查验其中的大多数，就会发现一些共同之处。例如，有人告诉我们“医治”是检查咬伤 － 关注你的痛苦，你的过去和你的父母。

亲爱的朋友，这些“医治”对于帮助我们战胜色情和性罪行的捆绑并没有太大的帮助。对于被蛇咬的以色列人的医治是简单，但又意义深远的：看！医治习惯性的色情或是任何形式的污秽，就是把我们的生活专注于耶稣基督。

Question 6

问题 6

Why do you think God chose a serpent to be uplifted on the pole? What did the serpent represent?

你觉得神为什么选择高举一条蛇在杆上？蛇代表了什么？

A snake is used in Scripture as a symbol of evil. Satan appeared as a serpent when he tempted Adam and Eve.

蛇在圣经中是邪恶的象征。撒旦在试探亚当和夏娃时就是以蛇出现的。

Next, consider 2 Corinthians 5:21: "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

接下来，思想哥林多后书5:21“神使那无罪的（“无罪”原文作“不知罪”），替我们成为罪，好叫我们在他里面成为神的义。”

"God made Him... to be sin for us." On the cross, Jesus Christ took our sins upon Himself. 

This passage refers back to the Mosaic law (specifically Leviticus 4-5), where the priest laid his hands on the animal that was to be the sin offering, symbolically placing the sins of the people on the animal. 

Jesus Christ bore our sins in His own body on the cross; when we look at him, our Sin-Bearer, we find that sexual sin loses its appeal, and we are cured.

“神使他…替我们成为罪”。在十字架上，耶稣基督把我们的罪都背在他身上。这节经文可以追溯到摩西律法（即利未记4-5），祭司把手按在作为赎罪祭的动物头上，象征性地把人们的罪放在了动物身上。

耶稣基督在十字架上把我们的罪担在他自己身上；当我们看他 － 我们罪的承担者 － 我们就发现性罪行失去了吸引力，我们得到了医治。

Guilt and bondage to sin go hand in hand. In the physical world, when a criminal is declared guilty by the judge, incarceration soon follows. 

But in the spiritual realm, if we look on the cross of Jesus Christ, we see the penalty for our sin being paid, and our guilt removed. Freedom from guilt and freedom from the power of sin go hand in hand. 

Guilt and sin, which have "bitten us," were crucified with Christ! Look at the cross and be healed!

罪疚和罪的捆绑形影不离。在现实世界中，当一个罪犯被法官宣判有罪的时候，很快会被监禁。

但在属灵的领域中，如果我们仰望耶稣基督的十字架，我们看到我们罪的刑罚已经被买赎了，我们的罪被除去了。从罪疚中的释放和从罪的权势中被释放是相伴而行的。

罪疚和罪，曾经“咬伤了我们”的，已经与基督同钉十字架！仰望十字架就得医治！

Question 7

问题 7

Explain how the following three verses go with the teaching in this lesson:

解释以下三节经文与今天教导的联系：

Look to Me, all the ends of the earth, and be saved! Isaiah 45:22

地极的人都当仰望我，就必得救！ 以赛亚书45:22

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, who for the joy set before Him, endured the cross...Hebrews 12:2

仰望为我们信心创始成终的耶稣（或作“仰望那将真道创始成终的耶稣”）。 他因那摆在前面的喜乐，就轻看羞辱，忍受了十字架的苦难，便坐在神宝座的右边。 希伯来书 12:2

For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.2 Chronicles 20:12

我们无力抵挡这来攻击我们的大军，我们也不知道怎样行，我们的眼目单仰望你。历代志下20:12

Friend, the last verse (2 Chronicles 20:12) contains everything we need to know to defeat the "vast army" of pornographic images that attack us. There are three specific truths listed in that verse. Note them with me:

朋友，最后一节（历代志下20:12）包括了我们需要知道的战胜侵犯我们的色情影像的“大军”的所有东西。这一节列出了三个具体的真理。请与我一同来关注他们：

They admitted their powerlessness. They said, "For we have no power."

1. 他们承认自己的无力。他们说，“我们无力抵挡”

They admitted their ignorance. They said, "We do not know what to do." In order to truly defeat our enemy, we must admit that we are without resources to fight it. We have neither the power to fight nor the knowledge of how to win.

2. 他们承认自己的无知。他们说，“我们不知道怎样行”为了真正打败我们的敌人，我们必须承认我们没有与之战斗的资源。我们既无力量战斗，也不知道如何赢得胜利。

They focused on God. Having admitted their own lack of power and ability, knowledge and resources, they did not stop there. They looked to God for help, and focused on Him. 

If you read the rest of this story in 2 Chronicles 20, you will see that God totally defeats the "vast army." Here is the key: "But our eyes are upon You." Focus!

3．他们专注于神。尽管承认他们缺乏力量、能力、知识和资源，但他们并没有停在那里。他们仰望神求帮助，并专注于他。

如果你读历代志下这个故事的余下部分，你将看到神完全战胜了那“大军”。这就是答案“我们的眼目单仰望你。”专注！

My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare.Psalm 25:15

我的眼目时常仰望耶和华，因为祂必将我的脚从网里拉出来。 诗篇25:15

Notice the connection between focusing on the Lord and escaping from the trap!

注意专注于主和逃离网罗之间的联系！

4When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin. 

5 But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty, 6...even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.Job 8:4-6

或者你的儿女得罪了他，他使他们受报应。你若殷勤地寻求神，向全能者恳求；你若清洁正直，他必定为你起来，使你公义的居所兴旺。 约伯记 8:4-6

The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.Ezra 8:22-23

我们神施恩的手，必帮助一切寻求他的；但他的能力和忿怒，必攻击一切离弃他的。以斯拉记8:22-23

During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear.

But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."

"Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."

"Come," he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"Matthew 14:25-31

夜里四更天，耶稣在海面上走，往门徒那里去。门徒看见他在海面上走，就惊慌了，说：“是个鬼怪。”便害怕，喊叫起来。耶稣连忙对他们说：“你们放心，是我，不要怕！”

彼得说：“主，如果是你，请叫我从水面上走到你那里去。”耶稣说：“你来吧！”彼得就从船上下去，在水面上走，要到耶稣那里去，只因见风甚大，就害怕，将要沉下去，便喊着说：“主啊，救我！”耶稣赶紧伸手拉住他，说：“你这小信的人哪，为什么疑惑呢？”  马太福音14:25-31

As long as he was looking at Jesus, Peter walked on water—but when he "saw the winds and the waves" he began to sink. How do you think this applies to our own struggles today?

只要彼得的眼睛看着耶稣，他就能在水上行走―― 但是当他“看风浪”的时候，他开始下沉了。你认为这一点可以怎样用到我们今天的挣扎中？

We've listed out below what "looking at Jesus" means in each of the eight passages of Scripture above. Read through these and consider how they relate to your situation:

我们在下面分别列出了解释以上的经文 “仰望耶稣”意思的八处经文。请阅读这些经文并思想如何把他们与你的处境联系起来：

In Numbers 21, looking at the serpent meant that they were in need of a cure for their snakebite. In just this way, we look to Jesus Christ to eradicate sin from our lives.

在民数记第21章里，看蛇意味着他们需要从被蛇咬伤中被医治。在这种方式中，我们仰望耶稣基督来把罪从我们的生命中根除。

In Isaiah 45:22, we are instructed to look to Jesus for salvation.

在以赛亚书45:22里，我们被指示为了救恩仰望耶稣。

In Hebrews 12:2, we are called to focus on Christ as a preventative to weariness and discouragement. He gives us strength to finish the race.

在希伯来书12:2里，我们被呼召专注于基督以防软弱和灰心。他加给我们力量来跑完这场比赛。

In 2 Chronicles 20:12, we are instructed to look to Jesus to defeat the vast army of sin.

在历代志下20:12，我们被教导要仰望耶稣来战胜罪的大军。

In Psalm 25:15, we are instructed to focus on Jesus in order to be released from the trap of sin.

在诗篇25:15里，我们被指示要专注于耶稣以从罪的网罗了得释放。

In Job 8:4-6, we are instructed to look to Jesus for restoration.

在约伯记8:4-6里，我们被指示要仰望耶稣得恢复。

In Ezra 8:22-23, we are invited to look to Jesus to receive grace.

在以斯拉记8:22-23里，我们被邀请仰望耶稣来接受恩典。

In Matthew 14:25-31, we are shown that looking to Jesus enables us to live supernaturally, walking on the water of our sin.

在马太福音14:25-31里，我们看到了仰望耶稣将使我们超自然地生活，行走在我们罪的水面之上。

In summary, all of these passages tell us to look to Jesus. If we do so, he'll save us, eradicate sin in our lives, and enable us to be victorious. Do you see why focusing on Christ is so important?

总结一下，所有这些经文告诉我们要仰望耶稣。如果我们如此行，他将要拯救我们，在我们的生命中根除罪，并使我们成为得胜者。你明白为什么仰望耶稣是如此重要了吗？

Question 8

问题8

What would it look like, practically, to have your life "focused" on Jesus Christ? Be specific. What will you do differently because of this teaching?

实际说来，要你的生活“专注”于耶稣基督会是怎样的？请具体说明。因为本课的教导，你将做出什么样的改变？

Course member Pastor Joe wrote, "Focusing on Jesus Christ means to put Him first. To look at, study, and concentrate so strongly that you see the details and characteristics of Christ and NOT to focus on something else (like porn and such). 

More practically, we can focus on Him by praise & worship, prayer and Bible study. Focus on Jesus, also, by asking Him to be Lord of our lives (EVERY area) and following Him, by being like Him in character, morality and deed."

学员Joe牧师写道，“专注于耶稣意味着把他放在首位。如此强烈地仰望，学习并专注以致你看到基督的细节和特质，而不再专注与其他任何事物（就像是色情等等）。

更切实地说，我们可以通过赞美敬拜来专注于他，祷告和查经。专注于耶稣，也要请他来作我们生活（各个方面）的主并跟随他，在德行上与他相像。”

To listen to a short message from Mike Cleveland in a separate window, click here!

请点击这里收听来自Mike Cleveland的简讯。

朋友，你好！现在你已经连续六周行在洁净释放之中了。今天我们学习了专注于耶稣来医治被罪恶之蛇咬伤的必要性。你正专注于他吗？

根据我们在这里的交通，我们能告诉学员们专注于耶稣基督的方法之一就是，在每次提交你的作业之前，试着先数一数你用了多少次“我”，再比较一下你多少次提起了“神”或是“耶稣基督”等，这是帮助你确定你专注在什么地方的方法之一。

色情和淫秽总是使我们自我封闭，变得自私自利，而逃脱这个陷阱必不可少的就是如何使我们的生命专注于基督与他人。学会在基督里舍己，这样你将在神的恩典中成长。朋友，继续努力，我们下周再会。

Scripture to consider today:

今日思想经文

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.Colossians 3:1 ESV

所以，你们若真与基督一同复活，就当求在上面的事；那里有基督坐在神的右边。歌罗西书3:1

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。