KNOW YOUR ENEMY I – Tuesday April 26th 2016
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.
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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