11- 30- 10 MI DAILY DEVOTION (II Timothy 3:3-5)
THE SPIRITUAL DANGER IN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY “For men shall be lovers of their own selves… more than lovers of God …”
3- “Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4- Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures; 5- Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”
“False accusers”- It’s the title of some individuals that no one wants to be identified with or to be friend and work with. In (Revelation 12:9- 10) 9- “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10- And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.” Satan was called “accuser of the brethren” and indeed he is the accuser of the brethren. Satan is the one who causes divisions in the church, at home and even in Christian organizations. Others, they felt accomplished by destroying the dignity and integrity of their friends, comrades or people’s lives. Gossip and being judgmental could lead to false accusations in a deeper level. According to Matthew Henry “The times are perilous when men are false accusers one of another, diaboloi — devils one to another, having no regard to the good name of others, or to the religious obligations of an oath, but thinking themselves at liberty to say and do what they please, Ps. 12:4. 8. When men have no government of themselves and their own appetites:” (-The Bible Collection)
Once you put more importance to yourself or you become self-centered; sin such as gossip, judgmental, false accusations and love for self… becomes more visible to your life. Matthew Henry said, “…having no regard to the good name of others” Those who are self-centered will be hooked and becomes a servant of not just a single sin, but more sins; until those sins will destroy their life, their home, their relationships and future. (Romans 13:12- 14) - “The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13- Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14- But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
