KEY SCRIPTURE: Joh 14:30 KJV” Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.”

In our earlier study, we looked at some of the wrong things of the enemy that some children of God allow into their lives. In this study, we would consider how the presence of the seeds of the enemy functions to make the people of God victims of satanic control. In the case of the Lord Jesus, He was arrested, as a result of being betrayed by Judas; one of His important disciples. If He had been self-centered, He would have been so hurt by Judas’ action to the point of even cursing him. Jesus rather asked Judas, ‘dò you betray the Son of man with a kiss?’ When Peter cut off a man’s ear, He showed His dislike for it Luk 22:51 KJV “And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.”

After all the humiliation and the punishments, they inflicted on Him, He prayed to the Father, asking for forgiveness for them, and also requesting the Father not to count any of their actions against them, because, they did not know what they were doing. Satan never had any power or influence over Him, throughout his trial.

If Jesus had any unforgiveness in Him, He would have felt so offended, seeing the very people He fed, with five loaves of bread, those He healed, and taught for so many hours, turn against Him, calling for His crucifixion. Jesus refused to allow any such thing to be in him.

There are some pastors who have grown so bitter to the point of hurting, because a church member, they raised in the Lord, had turned his or her heel against them. Some will rain curses on such people. Such men have the devil’s seed in them, and these seeds of pride, and unforgiveness, begin to show up at such moments. A pastor who gets so low with bitterness can easily be destroyed by the devil. At such a state, that child of God, or pastor, would have given grounds to the enemy, because he had fallen into the trap Satan set for him. The devil can easily strike him with a disease or even destroy his life because he has left the secret place of the most High. (The secret place is when a child of God submits and trusts in the Lord).

There is a story of a man of God, who was living with a woman who was not His wife. This man took up a challenge against some fetish priests. In a few weeks’ time, he became sick and finally died. His sinful life gave him access to the enemy to easily slay him. Why couldn’t the Lord protect him? By the way he was living, he was already in the grips of the enemy, and so, the devil could easily destroy him.

Dear brother or sister, do not dine with the devil on any grounds. Every child of God is far superior to the devil by grace, yet living in sin would give the enemy power over you. Repent of every sinful way, and completely turn away from that way of living. Surrender to the Lord, and He would once again, be very jealous of you.

THOUGHT: YOU ARE STRONG AND SECURE, SO LONG AS SATAN HAS NOTHING IN YOU.

FURTHER STUDIES

Acts 7:60 KJV “And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep “

Gen 39:9 KJV” There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”