10神总是坦率的,且从正面而来;然而,撒但是狡猾的,总是躲在背后。撒但若要找你麻烦,他不会公开地、老实地作,乃是狡猾地借着你的妻子,或世界的一部分,譬如百货公司,来烦扰你。有的时候他甚至利用圣经,借着其中的字句困扰你。不要忘了犹太宗教徒,就是那些法利赛人和经学家,他们怎样用圣经把主耶稣定了死罪(约十九7)。因为撒但是狡猾的,知识树并不直接表征他,乃是表征神以外的一切事物,包括美好的事物、合乎圣经的事物以及宗教的事物。不管是好是坏,只要不是神自己,都会被撒但利用。 10God is very frank and always comes to the front. Satan, however, is subtle, always staying at the rear. If Satan wants to trouble you, he will not do it openly and frankly. He will do it subtly, acting through your wife or through a part of the world, such as a department store. Sometimes, Satan even utilizes the Bible, operating through the letters of the Scripture to harass you. Remember how the Jewish religionists, the Pharisees and the scribes, used the Bible to condemn the Lord Jesus to death (John 19:7). Because Satan is subtle, the tree of knowledge does not signify him directly. It signifies everything apart from God, including good things, scriptural things, and religious things. Regardless of whether a thing is good or evil, as long as it is not God Himself, it can be utilized by Satan.