John
10:7, “Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All that ever came before me are
thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the
door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in
and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal,
and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and
that they might have it more abundantly.”
Our
enemy is Satan, the ruler of darkness. He is the thief which comes to
steal, kill and destroy. We must recognize his schemes and resist the
onslaught of darkness which is enveloping this world. We must resist
him with all the strength that God gives us, resist him and he must
flee from us. James 4:7, “Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
The
conflict of good and evil has been around since man's rebellion in
the Garden of Eden. We have only to read our history to see the ebb
and flow of this war. The world climate has not come to its present
state overnight. Through a process of years of devaluing human life,
indifference to Biblical morals and disrespect for Divine virtues,
the enemy has brought us to where we are as a civilization. He has
slowly penetrated every level of human life and had his way with
little or no resistance. Consequently, he has destroyed empires,
governments, states, churches and families. His goal is to control
every facet of life on this earth.
The
enemy has slipped in unaware. It has seemed to be little things but
they have become great things. Little things like taking prayer and
Bible reading out of schools because it offended a small minority.
Little things like a failure to take a public stand for the right
under the Constitution to express our faith in the public arena. But
it is a great thing. Slowly but surely the enemy has sought to
silence the cry for truth and justice. It is a great thing to take
the life of an unborn child. Their innocent blood is crying out to
each and every generation, “where is truth and justice?” How can
the leadership of this country, those who are directly responsible
for these heinous crimes, invoke the name of God? How can they look
out over a public gathering and declare “God bless America?” They
are heartless, cold and calculating men and women with no feeling for
the loss of innocent lives. Do you think God is going to overlook
such egregious behavior? He didn't give a pass to the Israelites when
they offered their own children on the alter of sacrifice with the
Canaanites. Neither will He give this nation, any nation or any
people a pass either!
The
call is to return to God and repent of our indifference to His
leading. We must return to Biblical morals and God’s Divine
principles for living life. Only then can we escape the Enemy of Our
Souls!
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