Saluting my sisters in the Lord!
Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Galatians 1:3-5
That's a nice scripture. And what it says about delivering us from this present evil world stood out to me. If you look up the word 'deliver', I just thought it was interesting. Indeed we are not part of this culture and world though we are living in it. And there's still His beautiful creations around us and He created us and has us labouring on this earth.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.1 Peter 2:11-12
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7
I was pondering that and how we resist the adversary. We can think of Eve and how she was tempted by him. It was by questioning God's commands, doubting He meant what He said, listening to lies, and lusting for more.
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
James 1:13-16
We can think of Jesus and how He handled the temptation by resisting with the Word as many times we may be faced with the Word being given to us out of context or not considering all the scriptures.
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Luke 4:1-13
You could think how Eve could have instead stood firmly on the Lord's word. Not to think we are any better and wouldn't have also fallen and indeed we all have being daughters of Eve but now in Christ Jesus we know better and have His help if we seek it as we surely want to!
And it also reminds me of the whole chapter of 1 Kings 13 and the disobedient prophet. It's worth a read to remind us to cleave so fast to the Word and not listen to man or the temptation of the adversary... even if they claim to be from God.
Yes let us take diligent heed...
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
1 Peter 5:8-9
So keep fighting the good fight of faith my sisters! I hope you are doing well wherever you are on this huge earth God made and placed us on wherever He has you. Love to you in His name.
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