Since the Garden of Eden the devil has been using the weapon of deceit! It was not in vain that the Lord Jesus said that even the chosen ones would be deceived. The devil is very subtle in his way of action. A person starts to fall in the moment in which he or she has access to the heart. With all astuteness, satan is able to sow feelings and emotions. This causes the pure faith to give room to malice.
“But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” 2 Corinthians 11.3
The intelligent faith leads us to a daily sacrifice of our will in order for us to prioritize the will of God.
God was not ashamed to be called the God of Abraham, not because Abraham was perfect, but because God knew that whatever He told to Abraham to do it would immediately executed. Abraham lived in obedience.
When the assistant stops living by the intelligent faith, he becomes religious. He puts his uniform on and works in the meeting, but he does it mechanically and without any satisfaction. As time goes by, many allowed the genuine faith to give place to a religious faith, like Amaziah, “ And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a loyal heart”. 2 Chronicles 25.2.
Amaziah did, but not led by a pure heart because he was a religious person. Many have lost the condition of helping the people because they have become religious, proof of this is what the devil has been doing whatever he wants among evangelical people by deceiving many of them with emotions.
The Lord Jesus said, “ Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'" Matthew 7.22
Who did He said this word to? Those who were outside? No! He said this to those who do the work of God, the officials of the church, assistants, pastors, etc. There are many of them using the name of Jesus to preach, to cast out demons, even to heal the sick, but it doesn’t mean that they are really His servants.
To do the work of God means to believe in the Lord Jesus with all your heart, this belief is to sacrifice your will over the will of God. John 6.28-29
We cannot only stay away from sin like adultery, addictions, etc. We also need to watch the little fox, sins that are inside of a person and seem to be simple, they don’t appear, like malice, lies, disobedience, religiosity.
We are fighting against hell and if you give him a gap he will take advantage on that.
The same spirit that deceived Eve, he has been deceiving the servants through out the centuries. Is he not deceiving you as well, by making you to nurture a feeling for someone to the point of making this person even above God in your life? Who is more important for you? Your parents or the Lord Jesus? Your husband, your wife or the Lord Jesus? Your job, your goods, or the Lord Jesus?
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