READ:
GENESIS 3:1-7
Your
Christian life rises or falls on your attitude to the word of God. Our subject
of discussion today is satanic manipulation. Let me state this at the outset of
today’s devotional study: satanic manipulation cannot thrive in your life if
you will always hold on to “what thus says the Lord ” The word of God is
forever settled, according to Psalm 119:89, “Forever, O LORD, Your word is
settled in heaven.” By the stripes of Jesus Christ you have been
healed. The comfort of Satan to the barren is that she should accept her
situation. He would say she will have children in heaven if she does not have
on earth. That is a lie from the pit of hell. Do people get married in heaven?
The word of God tells us to multiply and replenish the earth. This is forever
settled. This is the truth. The state of barrenness is not from God but from
Satan. The word of God tells me that Jesus Christ has come to destroy the works
of Satan. Do not believe Satan’s lies. He is the prince of manipulators. He
would try to steal the truth from the altar of your heart. Our text reveals how
he cornered Eve. She made a great mistake by answering Satan’s question, in Genesis
3:2-3, “And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit of the trees of
the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden,
God has said, You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.”
God did not say they should not touch the tree. When Satan knows that you do
not know the word of God thoroughly, he would trick you. When he twists God’s
words you are likely to add more confusion to it yourself. Why should you even
touch what you are not supposed to eat? Eve said they were told to neither eat
nor touch the fruit so that the might not die. We have to be very careful. If
Satan can bring doubts into our minds, he would get us. We should be able to
stand on every word that comes from God. He said we should be holy as He is
holy do not let Satan ask you whether a man can be as holy as God is. If it
were not possible to be as holy as God is, God would not ask us to be as holy
as He is. He who has commanded us to be holy will grant us the needed grace.
This is why He has given us Jesus Christ. This is why we can say that we can do
all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens us.
MEMORIZE:
JAMES 4:7 –Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
