Submit therefore to God Resist the devil and he will flee from you. – James 4:7
As Christians we are not under law but under grace. As God's children, who are saved by grace through faith in Christ, we can walk in spirit and truth OR we can live our life in the lust of the flesh. We can yield to the work of the Holy Spirit within OR we can submit to the evil influences of Satan.
James contrasts the gracious wisdom of God with the foolish 'wisdom' of the world, and calls Christians to be spiritually-minded and not carnally-minded. He exhorts us to meekness and purity, spirituality and sincerity and warns against envy and strife, boasting and deceit.. and James gives us various steps to achieving a spiritual walk.. including submission to God; drawing near to our heavenly Father; humbling ourselves before the mighty hand of God and not giving Satan a foothold in our life.
But one very important exhortation is to resist the devil and he will flee from us. In order to overcome the temptations of the enemy we are simply instructed to resist: to resist the devil.. to resist the temptation.. to resist the sin - to resist the evil
When temptation hammers on the door of our mind we are to simply to say NO! We are to decline that sinful temptation and turn down that lustful desire. We are to refuse that fleshly fancy and resist the devil and all his devious schemes, which are designed to coax us into a multiplicity of sinful activities, that would discredit our testimony and dishonor our God. When we resist Satan - he will flee from us.
Praise God that in the power of the Holy Spirit that we have authority over our bodies to present our members to God as instruments for righteousness, holy and acceptably unto God - for we are not under law but under grace.
[Message No: 7737]
As Christians we are not under law but under grace. As God's children, who are saved by grace through faith in Christ, we can walk in spirit and truth OR we can live our life in the lust of the flesh. We can yield to the work of the Holy Spirit within OR we can submit to the evil influences of Satan.
James contrasts the gracious wisdom of God with the foolish 'wisdom' of the world, and calls Christians to be spiritually-minded and not carnally-minded. He exhorts us to meekness and purity, spirituality and sincerity and warns against envy and strife, boasting and deceit.. and James gives us various steps to achieving a spiritual walk.. including submission to God; drawing near to our heavenly Father; humbling ourselves before the mighty hand of God and not giving Satan a foothold in our life.
But one very important exhortation is to resist the devil and he will flee from us. In order to overcome the temptations of the enemy we are simply instructed to resist: to resist the devil.. to resist the temptation.. to resist the sin - to resist the evil
When temptation hammers on the door of our mind we are to simply to say NO! We are to decline that sinful temptation and turn down that lustful desire. We are to refuse that fleshly fancy and resist the devil and all his devious schemes, which are designed to coax us into a multiplicity of sinful activities, that would discredit our testimony and dishonor our God. When we resist Satan - he will flee from us.
Praise God that in the power of the Holy Spirit that we have authority over our bodies to present our members to God as instruments for righteousness, holy and acceptably unto God - for we are not under law but under grace.
[Message No: 7737]
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