The machinations of the devil!

in #steemchurch6 years ago

Dear Community! Dear friends!



A bit strong the title, right?
I always maintain that what is life or death must be said with good emphasis and clarity, for the simple reason that, when dealing with human beings, we must do like Jesus, the impossible to save them!

Did you know that Satan (the devil, Lucifer) was already a cherub of God? It is true. Many people do not know, but there was a time when he served the Lord, as well as the other angels.

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The Bible says that he was anointed and established on the holy mountain (Ezekiel 28.14). Then, you may ask yourself: "Why was it wrong?" It happens that, at some point of his existence, he let iniquity enter his heart, because of that, he became proud, envious, a liar and rebelled against God.

"And you said in your heart: I will go up to heaven, above the stars of God I will exalt my throne, and on the mountain of the congregation I will sit on the north side ... I will ascend to the heights of the clouds; the Most High "(Isaiah 14:13: 14)

Then, to make his domination plan work, the devil decided to convince a group of angels to follow him. As the sacred text narrates, there was a war in heaven and Satan was cast out, along with his angels - who are now demons (Revelation 12.7-9).

The same strategy of convincing



Is it not a secret that the devil seeks to impose his kingdom on any establishment be it social, political, moral or religious, or does it seem strange that many suicide attacks are perpetrated in the name of "God"?

Did not Judas kiss the teacher's holy cheek in the name of friendship? Does not the devil enter the Church because from the outside it is impossible to get better results?

I know your works, and your tribulation, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who claim to be Jews, and they are not, but synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2: 9

You may ask yourself: "Why did those angels decide to follow Lucifer?"

Angels, as well as human beings, do not know about all things and can not be everywhere at the same time - a power that only God has.

However, he who knows the word of God, keeping it in his heart, is a man or woman prepared in what the Apostle Paul said:

so that Satan does not gain any advantage over us; Well, we do not ignore his machinations.

2 Corinthians 2:11

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Probably, the devil took advantage of that fact (ignorance) and began to spread stories, to speak ill of the Most High, to "make gossip" for the other angels. And they, who before had good eyes for the Lord, now watched him with malice. They allowed their hearts to become dirty.

Despite having been expelled from the Kingdom of Heaven because of that, Satan still wants to establish his kingdom over beings. And the approach he uses to achieve it remains the same: he invents and distorts stories to deceive and corrupt people's hearts and make them stand against God, living in falsehoods.

That is why the Bible commands:

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be in darkness. So, if the light that is in you is darkness, how many will not be the same darkness?
Matthew 6:23

Therefore dear brothers, take care of your soul and keep alert so as not to fall into the deception of evil.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:12

The advice of a preacher friend in dismissing Sunday service was:

This week is not part of evil, be part of the good, do not steal, do not cheat, do not say bad words, do not shine on the chicks of the devil.

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Good day dear brother @emiliocabrera excellent this publication, as Sons of God we must be clear because the world is in recession every day and we were commissioned to be light as it says 1 tesalonicenses 5: 5-6.

I think your approach to the word is wonderful, we do not have to say things such and such because satan is not afraid to take people to hell. God bless you, brother, let's continue preaching to the savior our Lord Jesus.

Hi Brother, thank you very much for making this excellent contribution.

To serve you, brother here we are to help us grow each other and support the community. God bless you @emiliocabrera

The angels who went along with the adversary's sentiments were not victims of deception. They considered his case against the righteousness of the law of God, and agreed with him. The same applies to the inhabitants of this planet.

Very true @timothyb, for some reason the Bible says they did not keep their dignity. The angels were aware of their decision.
Thanks for the Contribution.

Thanks for the advice..

Do not shine on the chicks of the devil!

Thanks E, 😉

Lets not be ignorant of the devices of the Devil. So, we ought to flee from the devil's machination else we get trapped. The devil can come in any form and through any means, that's why we need to spiritually sensitize to recognize the tactics of the devil.

Greetings Ec!

Greetings Bro, spiritual discernment, that word is key in this battle.

so is dear friend EC the enemy traces his strategies for humanity to perish, but Jehovah is with us as a mighty giant, which gives us the wisdom of disharmony of spirits so as not to fall into the traps of the enemy.

Blessings!!!

MD

Well said Brother M, wisdom is powerful to fight the spiritual battle.

Great admonishing CEO EC
God always warns us of the trickyness of the devil. We must avoid him and his cohorts lest we be consumed in his folly. We will escape as the fowler

Thanks Sister E, we are warned and with Christ we are more than winners.

great theme, worthy of a leader. the Bible says:

John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy, I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it in abundance.

Let us stay united in prayer.
DM

Amen Leader. 👍😊

Good message brother

MACHINATION

Malicious plan prepared secretly and with cunning to achieve an especially bad or destructive purpose.

The Christian must be very alert, he should not sleep before the plans of Satan should know what are the ways in which the enemy works and we can not neglect ourselves in any of our areas because satan will take advantage and will want to destroy us.

Excellent machining concept K, thanks for adding

Now we know the mode of operation of the enemy, we also know that Jesus Christ is the victor. Thanks for sharing brother Emilio.
Gid bless you

Very good J, thanks for Reding

Waoo that strong subject but it is true we must be attentive to these situations of the enemy.

Interesting topic EC should not neglect that the two main weapons to overcome the traps of the enemy of God are: constantly monitor and never relax in the life of prayer, as Jesus recommended in Gethsemane: "Watch and pray, so as not to fall temptation, for the spirit is ready, flesh is weak "(Mt 26,41).

Thanks friend G