Open heavens devotional Review for 25th July 2020

DANGERS OF BACKSLIDING II.

MEMORISE:
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God…
Luke 9:62

Bible Reading: Luke 9:59-62.

Luke.9.59 – And He said to another, Become My disciple, side with My party, and accompany Me! But he replied, Lord, permit me first to go and bury (await the death of) my father.

Luke.9.60 – But Jesus said to him, Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and publish abroad throughout all regions the kingdom of God.

Luke.9.61 – Another also said, I will follow You, Lord, and become Your disciple and side with Your party; but let me first say good-bye to those at my home.

Luke.9.62 – Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.

1 Peter 5:8 says:
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

“Just as God is looking for people to set aflame for His kingdom, Satan is looking for people to devour (John 10:10). The fact that he is seeking, however shows that HE CANNOT DEVOUR EVERYTHING.”
He shows you all the glitters of the world and uses them as bait. Don’t ever let those things entice you.

The moment you get to the stage where the pleasures of this world do not matter to you anymore, he knows he has lost you.
This is as a result of knowing (continuously) the revelation of God’s Love and promises

The Passion Translation 1 John 2:15-17 A Warning Not to Love the World Don’t set the affections of your heart on this world or in loving the things of the world. The love of the Father and the love of the world are incompatible. For all that the world can offer us—the gratification of our flesh, the allurement of the things of the world, and the obsession with status and importance—none of these things come from the Father but from the world. This world and its desires are in the process of passing away, but those who love to do the will of God live forever.(1 John 2:15-17)

According to Peter, God had given us in Christ Jesus, all things that we need to live well despite the “promises/bait” of the Devil.

2Pet.1.3-4 – For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and virtue(excellence).

• By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature. “I pray for you just as Jesus prayed for Peter: the devil will not get you in the mighty name of Jesus.”