(TEXT : Revelation 12:12)
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
FOCUS :
The devil has been cast out from Heaven and he has been making war and chaos with every single souls that have the chance of getting SAVED. The devil has not been cast out for just show off, romancing the earth, cracking jokes with humanity, or to give us our daily bread: NO! Part of the devil’s plan here on earth is to turn our back against each other, pollute our Faith with wrong doctrines, pollute our spirits with evil songs and thinking we are enjoying life, hating each other for no reason, slumbering each other, sabotaging one another, backbiting, backstabbing, pushing and watching other believers to fall from Grace and still behaved as if all is well, pretending to be nice and clothed with hypocrisy etc. your brothers and sisters in FAITH are not your enemies, we both have the same enemy, and that is the “cast out devil.”
1 Peter 5:8-9 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.
In addition, the devil is not resting and he does not plan to rest because of his very “short time allocated to him from Heaven to manipulate the lives of the saints.” The devil is busy carrying out his assignment, should we also be watching him destroying our lives? I don’t think so. There is always war coming from the devil to the saints of this end time on a daily basis. Today war of poverty, tomorrow war of marriage delay settlement, next tomorrow war of trusting for the fruits of the womb, next tomorrow war of jobless, next tomorrow war of contract proposal failure, next tomorrow war of struggling with spiritual growth, next tomorrow war of being full of evil doing towards one another in the body of FAITH, next tomorrow war of addiction in sexual immorality; and of course, the devil is busy making war with the “Saints in the household of Faith” in living our lives in completely abominations in our relationship and fellowship with God.
Matthew 4:1-5, 7, 9-11 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Finally, it is high time we the children of God stay focused on the mandate of going into war against the devil, and not ourselves anymore. Another thing we the believers of this end time should take note about the devil is that, the devil is very tricky and sneaky. Meaning, he won’t want you to believe that he do exist or that he is the one tempting the believers. But the truth is, you can literally see the devil in almost all activities in the world today. Go to social media, he is the kleptomaniac of precious souls there, when you go into fashion he is the beast of all latest styles; when you consider going into to politics, he is the commander in chief of all the parties and receive his tithes of souls (in cold blood); go into music, he is the king of composers even in some gospel ministers, you will see them ministering with worldly slangs and dancing some evil invoking spirits and with all kinds of provocative dancing steps during their gospel ministrations on the altar of God. The devil is no longer far, he is as close as the clothes we put on daily. Some of us are seeing the devil daily, some are hugging the devil daily, some are grinning with the devil daily, some are shaking hands with the devil daily, some are singing to the devil daily, some are praising/worshipping the devil daily and (not Jesus); some are giving their money to the devil daily (gambling, prostitution, abortion money, smoking, drinking etc.); and why some of us are work for the devil daily (gossiping, mediocrity, variance unforgivness, grudges, malice, envy, bitterness of heart against your fellow brother and sister in the Faith).
1 Corinthians 10:20-23 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
BE SAFE AND GET SAVED!
God bless you richly!
Jesus Christ loves you
Thank you Holy Spirit
ARE YOU SAVED?
T.O AKINSANYA
PRINCE ORATORTEE