NO ROOM FOR THE DEVIL
Memorise: Abstain from all
appearance of evil. 1st Thessalonian 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 Israelites 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.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A
Adeboye
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