SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/23/2017
9:46 PM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-3 Be
Watchful
Bible Reading & Meditation
Reference: John 8:44; 2 Cor. 11:13-15
Message of the
verses: “44 “You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the
desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not
stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie,
he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” “13 For such men are false apostles,
deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 No wonder,
for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is not
surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of
righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.”
Dr. Wiersbe entitles this short sub-section “Recognize
him—he is a great pretender.”
We have been talking about Satan in these last couple of
Spiritual Diaries and continue on that subject this evening. Dr. Wiersbe writes “Because he is a subtle
foe, we must ‘be vigilant’ and always on our guard. His strategy is to counterfeit whatever God
does. According to the Parable of the
Tares, wherever God plants a true Christian, Satan seeks to plant a counterfeit
(Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43). He would
deceive us were it not for the Word of God and the Spirit of God (1 John
2:18-27). The better we know God’s Word,
the keener our spiritual senses will be to detect Satan at work. We must be able to ‘try the spirits’ and know
the true from the false (1 John 4:1-6).”
I have mentioned in earlier SD’s that Dr. Wiersbe has
written a book that talks about the wiles of Satan. I believe that Christians are first and
foremost know about their God, and the best place to understand God is looking
at the life of Jesus Christ. I believe
that Christians should also know their enemy.
Another thing is to know the Word of God so that when things come along
like what happened to Jesus in Matthew chapter four that we can know how to use
the Word of God as an offense weapon against Satan. Putting on you spiritual armor is another thing
believers should be doing.
7/23/2017 10:00 PM
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