Myths have a powerful effect on people. Some of us live our entire lives believing things that are nothing more than myths, misinformation that has been filtered down from person to person and sometimes from generation to generation.
Myths about the devil abound throughout secular and religious society and in many instances have shaped or influenced the very lives and institutions of mankind.
Some folk think that the devil is as powerful or equal to the Lord Jesus Christ.
The myth is that the devil is omnipresent, or everywhere at once and can at any moment impact the lives of the population of the world. This is a myth.
What is true is, the devil (Satan) has been cast from the heavenly realm.
Jesus said in the book of Luke 10:18, "I saw Satan fall like lighting from heaven....."
Jesus said to the seventy-two men that he had appointed, "I have given you authority..... to overcome all the power of the enemy (the devil)...."
What is true is, the devil influences by craft. Paul tell us in 2nd Chronicles 11:14, ....for Satan (the devil) himself masquerades as an angel of light."
Why does the devil masquerade as an angel of light?
Isaiah explains it this way, Isa. 14:3,5,& 12;
3.... How the oppressor has come to an end!
5. The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked..."
12. How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth...."
So you see, the devil who used to be an angel of light is now simply
a pretender who masquerades as what he was and is no more and will
never be again.
Praise the Lord.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Are You A Believer?
The Offer Of Life Or Death
Deuteronomy 30:11-16:
Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
{12} It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it ?"
{13} Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it.
{14} No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
{15} See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.
{16} For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you....
Believe In Your Heart
Romans 10:8-13:
{8}But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:
{9} That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
{10} For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
{11} As the scripture says, "Everyone who trusts in Him will never be put to shame."
{12} For there is no difference between Jews and Gentile ---the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on Him,
{13} for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Deuteronomy 30:11-16:
Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
{12} It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it ?"
{13} Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it.
{14} No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
{15} See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.
{16} For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you....
Believe In Your Heart
Romans 10:8-13:
{8}But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:
{9} That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
{10} For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
{11} As the scripture says, "Everyone who trusts in Him will never be put to shame."
{12} For there is no difference between Jews and Gentile ---the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on Him,
{13} for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Why Do Bad People Have It So Good? Jeremiah's Question
Jeremiah has been labeled "the weeping prophet".
Called at a very young age as a divine prophet of the Lord,
Jeremiah would suffer being placed in stocks, be threatened
for prophesying, be oppressed by Hananiah, imprisoned, thrown
into a cistern and forced to Egypt in flight from Babylon among
other things.
Is it any wonder Jeremiah wept? Jeremiah had something,
a lot of something to weep about.
However, in Jeremiah 12:1,2, we find him asking God a question.
Jeremiah wants to know, why does it appear that the bad guys are winning?
Read...
You are always righteous, O GOD, when I bring a case before You.
Yet I would speak to You about Your justice:
But I do have some questions:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the faithless live at ease?
You have planted them and they have taken roots.
They grow and bear fruit.
You are always on their lips but far from their hearts.
Yet, You know me, O Lord;
You see me and test my thoughts about You.
Drag them off like sheep to be butchered!
Set them apart for the day of slaughter!
How long will the land lie parched and the grass
in every field be withered?
Because those who live in it are wicked, the
animals and birds have perished.
Moreover, the people are saying, "He will
not see what happens to us."
Jeremiah 12:1,2
Called at a very young age as a divine prophet of the Lord,
Jeremiah would suffer being placed in stocks, be threatened
for prophesying, be oppressed by Hananiah, imprisoned, thrown
into a cistern and forced to Egypt in flight from Babylon among
other things.
Is it any wonder Jeremiah wept? Jeremiah had something,
a lot of something to weep about.
However, in Jeremiah 12:1,2, we find him asking God a question.
Jeremiah wants to know, why does it appear that the bad guys are winning?
Read...
You are always righteous, O GOD, when I bring a case before You.
Yet I would speak to You about Your justice:
But I do have some questions:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the faithless live at ease?
You have planted them and they have taken roots.
They grow and bear fruit.
You are always on their lips but far from their hearts.
Yet, You know me, O Lord;
You see me and test my thoughts about You.
Drag them off like sheep to be butchered!
Set them apart for the day of slaughter!
How long will the land lie parched and the grass
in every field be withered?
Because those who live in it are wicked, the
animals and birds have perished.
Moreover, the people are saying, "He will
not see what happens to us."
Jeremiah 12:1,2
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