Memorise: My
son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Proverbs 1:10
Read :
Genesis 3:1-5: 1NOW the serpent was more subtle than any beast of
the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath
God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2And the
woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the
garden. 3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the
garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest
ye die.
4And the serpent said unto the woman,
Ye shall not surely die. 5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof,
then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
One of the
earliest weapons of the devil against both spiritual and physical well-being of
a man is enticement. He has, from time immemorial, been successfully using this
weapon against humanity. The first time he used it was in the Garden of Eden. 'And
the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that
in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as
gods, knowing good and evil' (Genesis 3:4-6a). As a matter of fact, the fruit
was not better looking than other fruits of the garden, but the mental picture
that the devil painted about it suggested to the woman that the fruits was
better than the ones God has generously given them to eat.
Today,
there are many good things of life that God has provided for humanity and His
children in particular, but the enticement of the enemy has robbed many people
of the joy and contentment in God's benevolence. For example; if am man goes
about chasing a woman who is not his wife, he is deluded and enticed to think
that the strange woman possesses something that his wife does not have. It is
the lie of the devil when you think that a second marriage will give you the
joy that you did not have in the first. Read this confession of the first
polygamist in history: And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one
was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah... And Lamech said unto his wives,
Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:
for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to hurt (Genesis 4:19,23).
Though we
may not have the full details of Lamech's lamentation in this passage, the fact
remains than an increase in the number of his wives did not spare him from the
agony that instigated this lament. Beloved, in what areas have you been
deceived through the enticement of the devil? I pray that the enticement will
loosen its grip over you from today in Jesus name.
Prayer
Point: Father, when sinners come around to entice me, may I not consent in
Jesus name.
Bible In
One Year : 1 Kings 4-6, Proverbs 15:25-16:5
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