U mnogim crkvama, đavo i njegova djela se više ne spominju. Većina kršćana zabija glavu u pijesak i pretvara se kao đavo (koji je neprijatelj Božiji i njihov neprijatelj) no longer exist. They don’t want to speak about the devil and use many arguments to substantiate their decision. But what does the Bible say, smiješ li govoriti o đavolu?.
Arguments why you should not speak about the devil
Many Christians don’t want to speak about the devil and use the following arguments. Some say, when you speak about the devil and his works you give the devil attention and power and by doing that you honor and exalt the devil.
Some say that you shouldn’t frighten people, posebno djeca, by speaking about the devil, Demoni, i pakao. You shouldn’t sow fear in their lives, because that’s not good.
Some consider the power of the devil more powerful than the power of God and don’t speak about the devil because they are afraid of retribution.
Others say, the devil is defeated and is no longer present and therefore you shouldn’t talk about the devil. There are many more arguments about why Christians don’t want to speak about the devil, Demoni, i pakao.
How can you win a war if you don’t know your enemy?
But how can you win a war if you don’t know anything about your enemy? Tačno, ne možeš! Do you think that a country would send an untrained army to a war zone? Ne, naravno da ne!
Every army is trained and well-equipped with the right tools to defeat the enemy. Every army, except… yes, you guess it, the army of the Lord.
The enemy doesn’t have to do anything anymore. Because the majority of the soldiers of the army of the Lord have become passive and given themselves to the enemy, bez ikakvog otpora.
They allow the devil to take them captive and become prisoners of war.
Naravno, there are soldiers in the army of the Lord, who know ko su oni u Hristu and are aware that they are in spiritual warfare.
They know their enemy and know how to use the spiritual weapons and discern the spirits and have knowledge of good and evil.
They’re seated in Christ and from their position in Christ they attack the devil and his kingdom. They do what Jesus commanded them to do and keep standing and are victors of the battle(s).
But here we go again, the majority of Christians don’t do that. Zašto? Because they are not rođen ponovo i ostani tjelesan. The walk after the flesh and don’t study the Bible (Riječ Božja) sebe. As a result they don’t know the Word and have a lack of knowledge.
They are unspiritual and are not aware that they entered a spiritual warfare. They don’t know their enemy and don’t know how to handle the spiritual weapons.
The Church and spiritual warfare
Pored toga, many churches don’t talk about the will of God and spiritual warfare either. Many pastors don’t teach Christians who they have become when they accepted Christ as their Savior and Lord. They don’t teach them, who they are in Christ and about their position in Him.
Zašto je to? Because the majority of church leaders are not born again or remain carnal. They don’t know who they are in Christ and/or do the đavola djela sebe.
They don’t have the mind of Christ, but they are carnally minded and think like the world. Therefore they preach the same message as the world preaches, that focus on the soul and body (Meso) and the natural life, rather than the spirit and the spiritual life.
Although they know the Bible and the scriptures, they don’t do them and don’t live according to the will of God. They don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and lack spiritual insights and wisdom and knowledge of the Kingdom of God.
They are not familiar with spiritual warfare. Sada, how can you pass on something if you don’t know, possess or see it yourself?
Jesus spoke about the devil and his works
From the Book of Genesis until the Book of Revelations, the devil and his works are mentioned. Many people in the Bible spoke about the devil and his works. But there was one Person in particular, who spoke the most about the devil, his works and hell. That Person is Jesus Christ.
Jesus not only spoke about the Kingdom of God and not only revealed the Kingdom of God to God’s people, but Jesus also spoke openly about the devil, his works, and hell and revealed his kingdom to God’s people.
Why do you not understand My speech? Even because you cannot hear My word. Ti si oca đavo, i požude vašeg oca koji ćete učiniti. Bio je ubojica od početka, i prebivalište ne u istinu, Jer u njemu nema istine. Kad govori laž, Govori o sebi: Jer on je lažov, i otac toga (John 8:43-44).
Even after Jesus His Smrt i vaskrsenje and His uspon, Jesus spoke through the Holy Spirit to the Church about the devil and his works.
When Jesus appeared to John on the isle of Patmos (95/96 ad), He still spoke about the devil, His works, i pakao.
Although Jesus defeated the devil and took ključeve smrti i pakla, the devil and his kingdom were still present. The devil was still going around like a roaring lion, traženje, whom he could devour.
Is the devil defeated?
The argument that the devil is defeated and therefore we don’t have to fight against the devil and his army (Demoni), is not the whole truth, but is partially true. Stoga, it is a lie.
Because if the devil and demons wouldn’t be present and active anymore, then Jesus wouldn’t have spoken about the devil. But as long as the devil and demons are not thrown into the eternal lake of fire, they still go around like roaring lions, seeking whom they can attack and destroy
The sons and daughters of God speak the whole truth
The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then comes the devil, and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved (Luke 8:12)
The devil still uses the same arts of temptation as he used in the Bible. He still sows doubt, zabrinuti, strah, anxiety etc. He still tries to seduce Christians through carnal doctrines of man and Doktrine đavola that cause them to doubt the words of God and lead them astray from His will, Njegov način, and His truth. Tako da, the people don’t stay on the Božiji put, but enter the way of the serpent.
The sons and daughters of God, who are representatives of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God, should walk in His will, Njegova istina, and His way and not enter sideways. No matter how wonderful and promising these sideways may look.
They should stay in the Word and preach the words and truth of Jesus Christ.
Instead of becoming partakers of the works of darkness, they shall uncover the works of darkness. They shall not stay silent about the truth, but they shall speak boldly about the devil and the works of darkness and bring them into the light, baš kao što je to učinio Isus.
But as long as the Church keeps silent about the devil and his works, the people will stay ignorant and the devil can continue his destructive work on the earth.
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