TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: ” Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” 2 Corinthians 11:14
TODAY’S MESSAGE: It is so easy to be fooled, dissuaded or even convinced to do something we know is wrong. It is so easy that we can convince even ourselves to do things that we know are not in line with our Lord. The world makes it even harder to stay committed to our Lord God in heaven. The devil is a very smooth operator. He is slick in what he does and very discreet when he does it. 2 Corinthians 11:14 tells us clearly that Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. The devil will never come to you as himself. If he did, we would know instantly who he was, and we would turn away. Instead, he comes to us in ways that we can be deceived. He comes to us looking like the good guy next door. He comes to us looking like the greatest minister that ever lived. He comes to us looking like the greatest performer we have ever seen. He comes in ways to make us think that he is of the Lord God in heaven. He comes to deceive! He can get us to make decisions that we would otherwise not make. He can get us to go places that we would never go without his deception. To battle Satan and his ways we must know the Word of God better than he does (and the bible says he knows it well). We must study and meditate on God’s Word constantly. We must have a communication line with the Lord that is constant and never failing. We must be able to recite God’s promises in the face of Satan without hesitation, and we must be forever learning in our bible knowledge. We must build a foundation that does not allow the devil and his demons to slip into our lives. We must have Jesus in our thoughts and the Holy Spirit to guide our lives every day. We must know the bible frontwards and backwards. The sly old devil will try every trick he can to get us to go his way. But we must be able to beat him at his own game. We must praise our Lord daily, pray to him continually and lean on the Holy Spirit who resides within us. The closer we become to Jesus the farther away be move from the temptations and deceptions of the devil! PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS AND IN ALL SITUATIONS!
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