OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-THURSDAY-01/09/2016-NO ROOM FOR THE DEVIL-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
NO ROOM FOR THE DEVIL
Memorise
Abstain from all appearance of evil. 1st Thessalonians 5:22
Read
Psalms
15:1-5,
1Lord, 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.
KJV
MESSAGE
‘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.
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:
“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.
Bible in one year
Jeremiah 10-12, Psalms 46
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