NO ROOM FOR THE DEVIL – Thursday September 1st
2016
Memorise: Abstain from all appearance of evil. 1st
Thessalonians 5:22
Read: Bible in one year: Psalms 15:1-5, (KJV)
1 Lord, who shall abide
in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
2 He
that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in
his heart.
3 He
that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor
taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
4 In
whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord.
He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
5 He
that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the
innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Bible in one year: Jeremiah
10-12, Psalms 46
‘Looking unto Jesus’ are there very important words of
salvation, encouragement and direction for daily Christian living. Nicodemus,
in his search for the true God and eternal life, approached Jesus for possible
understanding. The Lord Jesus made the new birth very plain by using an Old
Testament illustration of the fiery serpents of brass put on a pole for the
Israelite's to look upon as recorded in the book of Numbers 21:8-9. Open
Heavens 1 September 2016:- No Room For The Devil
The fall of Adam and Eve, and the temptation of Jesus Christ,
exposes humanity to two important realities among many others. First of all,
the devil is out to destroy all human beings without exception. Secondly, the
devil cannot do a perfect Job at destroying a person without the consensual
agreement of that individual. Consequently, the devil seeks the permission of
an individual to have the access required to destroy his life. That is why the
Bible in Ephesians 4:27, admonishes us not to give way to the devil.
Moreover, the devil does not make this request directly;
neither does he require a clear answer from anyone. The language of the devil
is always implied and shrouded in ambiguity, such that no one is ever fully
aware of the implications of any transaction with the devil until reality dawns
on them. For these reasons, children of God should be mindful of their
responses to any proposal by the devil because ordinary interest is usually
taken as consent or approval by the devil. Men and women who showed interest in
various proposals of the devil in the past were soon captured and enslaved to
the point of being addicted to such harmful practices like alcoholism,
gambling, illicit sex, hard drugs, prostitution, etc. For these reasons, the
Bible outlines several ways in which believers should respond to the devil.
Evil is to be avoided at all cost as indicated in Psalms 1:1:
“Blessed is the man that
walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful”
And in Proverbs 4:14:
1 September 2016 open heavens
“Enter not into the path of
the wicked, and go not in the way of evil me.”
And 1st Thessalonians 5:22 says:
“Abstain from all appearance
of evil.”
Evil is to be hated with passion and resisted with everything
we have in line with proverbs 1:10:
“My son, if sinners entice
thee, consent thou not.”
And James 4:7,
“Submit yourselves therefore
to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Above all, children of God should pray every day in response
to evil, Matthew 6:13 says,
“And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil”
I pray that you will not be a victim of evil in Jesus’
name.
Prayer Point
Father, please keep evil far
away from me and my entire family in Jesus name.
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