KNOW YOUR ENEMY I
Memorise: My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs 1:10
Read: Genesis 3:1-5, 3 Now the serpent was more subtil than
any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman,
Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the
fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the
garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest
ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely
die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then
your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Bible in one year:
1st Kings 4-6, Proverbs 15:25-16:5
MESSAGE
One of the earliest weapons of the devil against both the
spiritual and physical well-being of man is enticement. He has,
from time immemorial,
been successfully using this weapon against humanity. The first time He used it
was in the Garden of Eden.
“And the serpent said
unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye
eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing
good and evil.
Genesis 3:4-6a
As a matter of fact,
the fruit was not better looking than other fruits of the garden, but the
mental picture that the devil painted about it suggested to the woman that the
fruit was better than the ones God had generously given them to eat. Today,
there are many good things of life that God has provided for humanity and His
children in particular, but the enticement of the enemy has robbed many people
of the joy and contentment in God’s benevolence. For example; if a man goes
about chasing a woman who is not his wife, he is deluded and enticed to think
that the strange woman possesses something that his wife does not have. It is
the lie of the devil when you think that a second marriage will give you the
joy that you did not have in the first. Read this confession of the first
polygamist in history:
“And Lamech took unto
him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah…
And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of
Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a
young man to my hurt.”
Genesis 4:19, 23
Through we may not have the full details of Lamech’s
lamentation in this passage, the fact remains that an increase in the number of
his wives did not spare him from the agony that instigated this lament.
Beloved, in what areas have you been deceived through the
enticement of the devil? I pray that the enticement will loosen its grip over
you from today in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point
Father, when sinners come around to entice me, may I not
consent in Jesus’ name.
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