弗一20~22　　就是祂在基督身上所运行的，使祂从死人中复活，叫祂在诸天界里，坐在自己的右边，远超过一切执政的、掌权的、有能的、主治的、以及一切受称之名，不但是今世的，连来世的也都在内，将万有服在祂的脚下，并使祂向着召会作万有的头。

　　第四，我们要〔抵挡撒但，就要〕相信主的升天远超过撒但的能力〔弗一20~22〕。…主耶稣已经坐在诸天界里，远超过撒但一切的能力。…以弗所二章六节：“祂又叫我们在基督耶稣里一同复活，一同坐在诸天界里。”这是我们基督徒的地位。主耶稣是复活了，坐在诸天界里，远超过撒但一切的能力；我们与祂一同复活，一同坐在诸天界里，也与祂一同远超过撒但一切的能力（初信造就下册，二二六页）。

　　Eph. 1:20-22 Which He caused to operate in Christ in raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavenlies, far above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name that is named not only in this age but also in that which is to come; and He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church.

　　Fourth, [in order to withstand Satan], we must believe that the ascension of the Lord has put Him far above the power of Satan [Eph. 1:20-22]… The Lord Jesus is already seated in the heavenlies and is far above all the power of Satan. Ephesians 2:6 says, “And raised us up together with Him and seated us together with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.” This is our position, the position of a Christian. The Lord Jesus is resurrected; He is seated in the heavenlies far above all the power of Satan. We are raised up together with Christ and are seated together with Him in the heavenlies, far above all the power of Satan. (CWWN, vol. 50, “Messages for Building Up New Believers (3),” p. 740)

　　以弗所二章给我们看见，我们是与主一同坐在诸天界里；六章给我们看见，我们要站立得住〔11、13〕。…坐的意思是休息，休息的意思是主已经得胜了，我们可以安息在主的得胜上。…〔站的〕意思就是说，这一个属灵的争战不是进攻，乃是抵挡。…因为主耶稣已经完全得胜了，用不着我们再进攻了。十字架的得胜是完全的，没有什么再需要我们去进攻的了。所以，我们在这里可以看见两个态度：一个是坐，一个是站。坐是靠着主的得胜，站是抵挡撒但，不让撒但夺去我们的得胜。

　　基督徒的争战，乃是为着免去失败，不是为着争取得胜。我们是已经得胜了，我们是从得胜出去争战，为要保守已有的得胜。…我们是从得胜打出去，得胜是已经在我们手里的东西。以弗所书所说的争战，乃是得胜者的打仗，不是借着争战来作得胜者。我们必须分别这一个。

　　撒但怎样试探你？撒但是要叫你忘记你自己的地位，叫你忘记你自己的得胜，或者看不见你自己的得胜。你如果接受他这样的试探，你就越过越觉得得胜离你很远，越过越摸不着得胜。我们要记得，主耶稣的得胜是完全〔的〕，…你一信就得胜。撒但乃是已经失败的，我们乃是已经在基督里面得胜的。撒但想要来偷去我们…所已经得着的得胜。撒但所有的工作都不过是偷偷地来试探我们，看看我们有信心没有信心。如果我们不知道我们所已经得着的得胜，那我们就要失败；如果我们晓得我们是得胜的，他就不能作什么。

　　所以，我们是借着主耶稣的工作来对付撒但的工作，我们是借着祂的显现，借着祂的死，借着祂的复活，借着祂的升天来抵挡撒但。我们今天是站在主所成功的一切工作上。如果撒但来攻击你，你千万不要有一点意念想要得胜；你只要有一点“我要得胜”的感觉，你就已经失败了，因为这一个地位是错的。一个人想要得胜，与一个人知道自己已经得胜而去抵挡，这里面的分别不知道有多大。抵挡魔鬼的意思，就是靠着主的得胜来抵挡。

　　这一件事的的确确需要启示。我们必须看见主的显现，我们必须看见主的死、…复活、…升天，这一切我们都必须知道。…我们基督徒要学习如何抵挡魔鬼。…但愿神施恩给我们，使我们都能有这样的信心，相信主替我们成功的四件事，用坚固的信心抵挡撒但，不让撒但在我们身上作什么（初信造就下册，二二六至二二八页）。

　　参读：倪柝声文集第二辑第二十三册，第七十四篇；正常的基督徒信仰，基督与基督徒，第一至二篇。

　　Ephesians 2 shows us that we are seated together with the Lord in the heavenlies. Chapter 6 shows us that we need to stand firm [vv. 11, 13]… To sit means to rest. It means that the Lord has overcome and that we can now rest in His victory… To stand means that spiritual warfare is not a matter of assault but of defense… Because the Lord has overcome completely, we have no need to attack again. The victory of the cross is complete, and there is no further need to attack. Here we see two attitudes: One is to sit, and the other is to stand. To sit is to rest in the Lord’s victory, while to stand is to withstand Satan and to stop him from taking away our victory.

　　Christian warfare is a matter of warding off defeat; it is not a matter of fighting for victory. We have already overcome. We fight from the position of victory, and we fight to maintain our victory… We fight from victory; victory is something that is in our hands. The warfare spoken of in Ephesians is the warfare of the overcomers. We do not become overcomers through fighting. We need to distinguish between these two things.

　　How does Satan tempt us? He causes us to forget our own position and our victory. He blinds our eyes to our own victory. If we give in to his tactics, we will feel that victory is far away and beyond our reach. We must remember that the victory of the Lord is complete… Once we believe, we overcome. Satan is defeated, and we have overcome in Christ. Satan wants to steal away the victory which we have gained. His work is to taunt us to secretly find out if we still have the faith. If we do not know that victory is already ours, we will fail. But if we know our victory, his work will fail.

　　Therefore, we counter the work of Satan with the work of the Lord Jesus. We withstand Satan through the Lord’s manifestation, death, resurrection, and ascension. We are standing today upon the accomplished work of the Lord. We do not need to try to overcome in any way when Satan attacks us. Once we have the slightest thought of trying to overcome, we have failed, because our position is wrong. How great is the difference between a person who tries to overcome and one who withstands by knowing that he has already overcome. To withstand the devil means that we withstand him by the victory of Christ.

　　This matter indeed needs revelation. We need to see the manifestation of the Lord. We need to see His death, resurrection, and ascension. We need to know all these things. As Christians, we must learn to withstand the devil… May God be gracious to us so that we may all have such a faith. May we have faith toward the four things the Lord has accomplished for us, and may we exercise strong faith to withstand Satan and reject his work upon us. (CWWN, vol. 50, “Messages for Building Up New Believers (3),” pp. 740-742)

　　Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 43, ch. 74; CWWN, vol. 27, “The Normal Christian Faith,” chs. 13-14