Wicked men are the most needy men in the world, yes, they lack those two things that should render their mercies sweet, that is, the blessing of God, and contentment with their condition! Put on the gospel armor, Each piece put on with prayer; Where duty calls or danger, Be never wanting there. Of mortal ills prevailing: For still our ancient foe. We never miss our favorite shows, day after day, week after week. He is constantly on the prowl. Why did Jesus say to Peter, "Get behind me Satan"? Israel was at the point where they were more comfortable with the bondage than the price they had to pay for freedom. As stated elsewhere in the notes the spiritual struggle believers face with the devil and his demonic henchmen is not a power struggle as much as it is a truth struggle and the primary battlefield is therefore our minds. There are no men on earth so soon entangled, and so easily conquered by error—as proud souls. Satan is called 'the god of this world' (2 Cor. Ephesians 6:14 The Breastplate of Righteousness. If Satan Can’t Make You Bad, He’ll Make You Busy. And why do they kill two at once: the faithful laborer's name and their own souls, by their wicked words and actings, because they are put upon repenting, which Satan tells them is so easy a thing?
But within each of our hearts there is a line we can quickly cross if the cares of this world choke out our communion to our Heavenly Father. Error as a glass, is bright, but brittle, and cannot endure the hammer, or fire—as gold can, which, though rubbed or melted, remains firm and lustrous. Not because he was so pious or punishing himself but because he realized in the temptation to not spend that devotional time, the devil was wrestling the strength of the faith away from him, hindering his ability to do anything for his Lord. The struggle is not a power struggle but a truth struggle! The Scripture calls them lions for their fierceness, and bears for their cruelty, and dragons for their hideousness, and dogs for their filthiness, and wolves for their subtleness. SATAN'S PURPOSE—TO BRING AN INDICTMENT BY GOD'S WILL. The devil stays busy. There are no men on earth so fenced against error as those are that receive the truth in the love of it. Our adversary is personal, aggressive, intelligent, cunning and destructive, and is to be reckoned with seriously, vigilantly and intelligently.
So we must not only hate and avoid gross sins—but everything that may carry a savor or suspicion of sin; we must abhor the very signs and tokens of sin. But his own self-love replaced love for his Creator. 2:10-12): 'Because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved, God shall send them strong delusions (or, as the Greek has it, "the efficacy of error, ") that they should believe a lie; that they all might be damned who believed not the truth—but had pleasure in unrighteousness. If the church family—or any person in the family—carries an unforgiving spirit, then Satan will use that attitude as a beachhead for new assaults against the church. I hate every false 119:128. How to Study the Bible - Part 5 | Study. For they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men' (Jer.
Satan held out before Jesus the very things Jesus had come to the earth to accomplish, but Satan tempted Jesus to accomplish these things in the wrong way. 4:6); and when they were fallen, they rise by repentance, and by the actings of faith upon a crucified Christ. Murphy, E. F. Handbook for Spiritual Warfare. He who has gunpowder about him had need keep far enough off from sparks. There is no solid joy, nor lasting peace, nor pure comfort, which attends sinners in their sinful ways. The day is at hand when he will pay wicked men for the abuse of old and new mercies. Theodosius the emperor, pressing that he might receive the Lord's supper, excuses his own foul act by David's doing the like; to which Ambrose replies, You have followed David transgressing, follow David repenting, and then think you of the table of the Lord. Every time we let the enemy take back some ground, it's like 5 spaces forward, 3 steps back. As you shun a stinking carcass; as the seaman shuns sands and rocks, and shoals; as you shun those who have the plague-sores running upon them, so should you shun the society of wicked men. The devil will make you busy. It was this weapon that our Lord used when he was tempted by Satan in the wilderness. Jesus was comparing Scripture with Scripture. The Rabbis, to scare their scholars from sin, were accustomed to tell them, 'That sin made God's head ache. '
11 "But put forth Thy hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse Thee to Thy face. The second remedy against this device of Satan is, solemnly to consider of the nature of true repentance. Borrow With the Word: The Chapter-by-Chapter Bible Handbook). Quotes about the devil being busy. What, says Satan, do you think that that is easy which the whole power of grace cannot conquer while we are in this world? It is a moth in his wardrobe, disease among his cattle, mildew in the field, rot among sheep, and ofttimes makes his children, his greatest vexation and confusion. If you worship me, it will all be yours. '" Ah, that you would repent and return, that your souls might live forever! Oh cursed be the day wherein the crown of honor was set upon our heads, and the treasures of this world were cast into our laps; oh cursed be the day wherein the sun of prosperity shined so strong upon us, and this flattering world smiled so much upon us, as to occasion us to forget God, to slight Jesus Christ, to neglect our souls, and to put far from us the day of our account!
Satan's schemes are propagated through the evil world system over which he rules, and are carried out by his demon hosts. Seriously to consider, That even those very sins that Satan paints, and puts new names and colors upon, cost the best blood, the noblest blood, the life-blood, the heart-blood of the Lord Jesus. Pastor Ron Edmonson says busyness is one of the primary ways he attacks the church: "Satan loves to distract church goers with a plethora of activity that produces little results in Kingdom-building. Does Satan have to get God's permission before he can attack us? What Does the Bible Say About Busyness. A little stab at the heart kills a man. His mission: to tear apart the local body of believers using believers. Nobody is temptation-proof. We know how to set aside a place in our homes.