11- 07- 10 MI DAILY DEVOTION (I Peter 5:8- 9)
“O” OPPOSE SIN AND EVIL ON CHRISTIAN’s ABC’s
8- “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9-Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”
RESIST-the work of the ungodly. Resist the advice and the offer of the evil men. Resist your fleshly desires and the lust of the flesh. This sinful world will offer us temporary pleasures and satisfaction. Be careful of the deceitful works of Satan. Resist Satan’s destructive and deceitful offer. God has a better plan for you.
Evil will always be evil. The devil will make evil looks good and will make good evil; but no matter how you would cover it up, it will not make any difference at all, because evil is evil. It may look different from the outside, because it’s covered with deceit; but it would be the same in the inside.
Sin is sin even if you will cover it up with good things and religious rituals or religious ceremonies and practices. (Romans 8:9- 10) 9- “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10- And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.”
“I”, yes the big “I” is in the middle of sIn and prIde. Oppose sin, evil, pride and arrogance. The Big “I” was the reason for Satan’s downfall, (Isaiah 14:12- 24).
Satan is a liar and the father of it. (John 8:44) ”Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” The world and its courses have not changed, so is the Word of God and the devices and deception of Satan.
Temptation will always be there waiting for you, pursuing you if that’s the right word or haunting you but God’s promised is in (I Corinthians 15:58).
