"You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies", (John 8:44). This stern rebuke spoken by Jesus Christ to the unbelieving Jews of His day, still holds fast to this unbelieving world 2,000 years later. The father of this world is Satan and as Jesus stated the father of lies. When Satan got Adam and Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it opened their mind to the ability to reckon for themselves what is good and what is evil. Satan being the wisest angel to ever be created knew that once they had the ability to think for themselves, he could separate them from their creator were he could then perverse their hearts and minds.
The issue fallen man faces today is the lie that the warfare they face inside is between their body and their mind, in the 'Mind, Body, Soul" model. The true warfare is between the Body and the Spirit!!! They understand that their body wants to do things they ought not to do and so they use their minds to judge what is right and fair. When they perform what is right and fair according to their minds then some believe that they are right with God. While others may also believe that they do not need God because they can do "good" by themselves. See the body was never suppose to be battling with the mind, in the "Spirit, Body, Soul" model. The body was to be just obedient to the Spirit. When we substitute the standard God has set in the Spirit for what we conceive to be just in our minds, we settle for something all together less. When we try to judge the actions of God, we do so with an imperfect ability. Those in the seat of judgment has to be wiser than those being judged and we are not according to His Word. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts", (Isaiah 55:9). This understanding should open our eyes to a couple of things. One we gain a better understanding in the ways in which our enemy attacks us. It is through the thoughts that are exalted to our minds, from our evil hearts, which we place above the truth of God's word. We also gain a more sympathetic understanding of fallen mankind and why it is so hard for them to accept the gospel of Christ.
Satan gets us to fall in the same way that Eve fell and in the same way that he tempted Jesus. "For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world", (1 John 2:16). When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food (lust of the flesh) and pleasing to the eye (lust of the eye), and also desirable for gaining wisdom (pride of life), she took some and ate it", (Genesis 3:6). "The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread" (lust of the flesh), (Matthew 4:3). "If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down" (pride of life), (Matthew 4:6). “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me" (lust of the eye), (Matthew 4:9). Jesus escaped every temptation with the written word of God. Today, use the word of God to continue to fight off every thought that exalts itself above the truth of God's Word!!! Be Encouraged!!! Have a wonderful life of experiencing Spirit, Body, and Soul on purpose!!!!!
2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a] made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5
23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
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