Monday 27 November 2023

Thought forvMobday, 27 November

1 Timothy 4

The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits a

nd things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. ...

Many Christians have ended up falling into trouble as a result of one device or the other of the enemy.                                                                     (Bode Ayodele) 

We just have to look around the world today to see how true this statement is. Surely nobody can deny the presence of Satan’s work in the ‘woke’ contingent in most countries in the western world. Even governments will not go against them.

We in Britain see traffic being held up and even stopped by so called climate change protesters who don’t seem to realise the timeline for this type of change is not days or weeks. They have found a way to break the law knowing that most times they get away with it. Even ambulances have been caught up in traffic hold ups.

The people who think they have a right to do and say what they want, have managed to take away those same rights from the rest of us. We are told what we can eat (no meat products) and what we can say, (no religion thanks). They think that they can do, eat and say what they want while stopping the rest from doing the same.

Even all the woke claims on gender is causing so much turmoil in the world. Now I know there have always been problems with this view, there are some in my own family, that I love dearly, who worry me because of this concern. However, this is not negotiable with God.

The only way for them to be right with God is to be celibate. Of course, some churches and clerics, even governments, are supporting their ideas.

                Genesis 1:27 says,

So, God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Even when Noah

was taking animals into the ark, he was told in                                                                                        Genesis 6:19 says,                                                                                         You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

I sometimes worder if this is why we are losing so many ministers, (and priests or vicars in other denominations). Perhaps those ones who are leaving are being deceived by Satan and his followers, or because they do not agree with the stance of their church.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ‘And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.’

How much worse then for so many nations losing their faith and giving up the worship of God altogether? Satan must be rubbing his hands together, thinking that his plans are going well. Let us be the ones to show him the error of that thought.

Prayer

Faithful God, thank You that all things are in Your hands. Nothing is happening now that You did not know from the beginning of time, and You will deal with it in Your own time. Father, we know that we are all still sinners and still depend on the sacrifice of Your Son when asking for Your forgiveness. We also ask that You help us to distinguish the devious whispers sent by the evil one, in order to ask for Your help in dealing with them. Help us to help those people who are even needier than ourselves. We ask these things in the name of our beloved Saviour, amen.

 

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