The devil tempted mankind with the lie, that if man would eat from the fruit of the forbidden tree, man would not surely die, as God said, but that the eyes of man would be opened and man would be as God, coneixent el bé i el mal (Gènesi 3:1-5). With this lie, the devil deceived man and caused man to doubt God and His words and eventually ensured that man became separated from God. Instead of believing God and staying faithful to God by obeying His words, man considered the words of the devil as the truth. By acting upon the words of the devil and by eating from the forbidden fruit, man had not only rejected the words of God, but man also rejected God as Father and made the devil his father. And so the devil had taken the place of God in the life of man and (illegally) received dominion over the earth and all there is within. The devil has not changed and still deceives today. The devil deceives Christians and makes them believe his words instead of God’s words and so the devil has succeeded and God is rejected from many churches.
The temptations of the devil in the life of Jesus Christ, el Fill de Déu
When Jesus Christ, el Fill de Déu, va venir a la terra, the devil tried everything in his power to tempt Jesus during His life on earth and to enter His life and take the place of God in His life, but his plan failed (Llegiu també: ‘Et donaré les riqueses del món’).
The temptations of the devil in the lives of the sons of God
Des del moment, les noves creacions; Els fills de Déu (mascle i femella) were born on earth and the era of the Church; the Body of Christ began, the devil has done everything in his power to tempt the Church, make the Church passive, and to silence the Church.
Poc a poc, the devil has managed to find his way into many churches, mainly through false teachers, ciència (knowledge of this world), (eastern) Filosofies, medis de comunicació, diversió, etc., ensuring that the believers would doubt the words of God and would believe his words above the words of God.
Amb les seves mentides, the devil has persuaded many Christians and made them believe that his lies are the truth, just like the devil did in the Jardí de l'Edèn.
Very slowly the devil has transformed the mind of people with his words, que representen la seva voluntat, so that they would think like him, and speak and act according to his will.
The worldliness of the church
Que el teu cor no envegis els pecadors: però estigues en la por del Senyor tot el dia. Perquè segur que hi ha un final; i la teva esperança no serà tallada (Proverbis 23:17-18)
Perquè aquesta és la voluntat de Déu, fins i tot la teva santificació, que us absteniu de la fornicació: Que cadascú de vosaltres sàpiga posseir el seu vaixell en santificació i honor; No en la luxúria de la concupiscència, com els gentils que no coneixen Déu: Que ningú vagi més enllà i defraudé el seu germà en cap assumpte: perquè el Senyor és el venjador de tot això, com també us hem advertit i testimoniat. Perquè Déu no ens ha cridat a la impuresa, sinó a la santedat. Per tant, el que menysprea, no menysprea l'home, però Déu, Who hath also given unto us His holy Spirit (1 Tessalonicencs 4:3-8)
Many churches don’t separate themselves from the world unto God, by doing the will of God, instead many churches have harmonized Christianity with the world and have become world-like. Therefore they think, parlar i actuar com el món (segons el sistema mundial).
The same worldly spirits, who reign in the lives of carnal people, who belong to the world also reign in the lives of people, que es diuen cristians, però en realitat, belong to the world. Com ho saps? Because they bear the same fruit as those, who are carnal and belong to the world.
And so the devil has found a way into the lives of people, by twisting the words of God with his lies and by preaching half-truths, and led them astray on paths that lead to eternal death, instead of eternal life.
The fear of the Lord has left many churches
El meu fill, if thou wilt receive My words, and hide My commandments with thee; De manera que inclines l'orella a la saviesa, i aplica el teu cor a la comprensió; Sí, si crides després del coneixement, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; Si la cerques com plata, i busca-la com si fossin tresors amagats; Llavors entendràs el temor del Senyor, i trobar el coneixement de Déu (Proverbis 2:1-5)
The devil attacked the church and succeeded in removing the fear of the Lord, that was present in the lives of previous generations.
Many modern believers call the fear of the Lord legalism, in contrast to the Word, Who calls the fear of the Lord the beginning of wisdom.
El temor del Senyor és el principi del coneixement: però els ximples menyspreen la saviesa i la instrucció (Proverbis 1:7)
El temor del Senyor és el principi de la saviesa: i el coneixement del sant és intel·ligència (Proverbis 9:10)
El temor del Senyor és l'ensenyament de la saviesa; i davant l'honor hi ha la humilitat (Proverbis 15:33)
Everything begins with a fear of God. Without a fear of the Lord, you shall not submit to God, La seva paraula, i la seva voluntat (Els seus manaments), but you shall rebel. Sense por del Senyor, you shall exalt yourself above His knowledge and wisdom and walk in pride. Without a fear of the Lord the flesh shall reign, sin shall abound and be accepted and the devil and his demons shall (temporalment) triumph. And without the fear of the Lord the spiritual man shall die.
La por del Senyor és odiar el mal: orgull, i arrogància, i el mal camí, i la boca capriciosa, odio? (Proverbis 8:13)
Amb misericòrdia i veritat la iniquitat es purga: i pel temor del Senyor els homes s'allunyen del mal (Proverbis 16:6)
La por del Senyor tendeix a la vida: i qui la tingui quedarà satisfet; no serà visitat pel mal (Proverbis 19:23)
The warning for false teachers
Però hi havia falsos profetes també entre la gent, fins i tot perquè hi hagi falsos professors entre vosaltres, que aportarà de forma privada les males herejes, fins i tot negar el Senyor que els va comprar, i es produeixen una destrucció ràpida. I molts seguiran les seves maneres pernicioses; per la qual es parlarà el camí de la veritat. I, mitjançant la cobertura: el judici del qual ara fa temps no perdura, i la seva maleïda no es redueix (2 Peter 2:1-3)
The fear of the Lord was present in the lives of the apostles. The apostles were not prideful, però ells estimat Déu amb tot el cor, ànima, ment, and strength and they yielded to God and Jesus Christ and va seguir Jesús; la Paraula.
They warned the churches of Christ of false teachers, who were among them and privily tried to sneak in false doctrines, that deviated from the truth of the gospel.
Because even in those days, the devil tried to enter the churches through false teachers and tried to lead the churches astray and cause apostasy.
But the apostles were spiritual and discerned the spirits. They knew the will of God and they knew the obres del diable and recognized the false teachers, who were among them or tried to enter the church with their vain and compelling words.
Malauradament, nowadays this is hardly the case anymore and many false teachers preach behind the pulpit or those, who preach behind the pulpits, promote false teachers, who preach according to their own knowledge, opinió, experience or research and prophecy from their own insights and imaginations, el que la gent vol escoltar.
Déu va rebutjar de moltes esglésies
En el temor del Senyor hi ha una forta confiança: and His children shall have a place of refuge. The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, per allunyar-se dels paranys de la mort (Proverbis 14:26-27)
Per la humilitat i el temor del Senyor són riqueses, i honor, i la vida (Proverbis 22:4)
The Holy Spirit has been rejected from many churches through pride, la voluntat, and the flesh that reigns. El Word has been rejected from many churches through the opinions and philosophical and scientific knowledge of man; la saviesa i el coneixement del món.
The rejection of the Holy Spirit and the Word from many churches has ensured that many churches don’t discern good and evil and because of that sins and iniquities are tolerated.
Many people don’t know the will of God and therefore they approve of everything, which is evil in the eyes of God. This is mainly because they keep feeding their mind with the carnal things of this world and because of that, they have the carnal mind of the world, which represents the will of the devil.
Through their speech and actions that derive from their carnal mind, they do those things, which go against the will of God and they obey the will of the devil and because of that, they bow before the devil. And so they have given the devil a place in their lives and in the church.
Repent and make Jesus Christ the Head of the church
The fear of the Lord is gone and by the rejection of the Spirit of God and the Word of God, God is also rejected from many churches. The devil managed to find his way in and take the place of God and established his throne in the lives of people, who believe his words and obey him and therefore worship him.
Però mentre Jesús no hagi tornat, fortunately, there is a way back, namely the way of penediment.
Don’t let the devil triumph, but let the church repent and return to God, His Word and receive His Holy Spirit and walk after His will.
Let the church look at Jesus Christ and follow His example of how He resisted the devil and refuted his lies with the truth of God.
Let Jesus Christ; the Word reign again in the church and let the church obey His words and do what Jesus has commanded to do, so that the church shall represent and bring the Kingdom of God on this earth instead of the kingdom of darkness (el món).
Let the church no longer be a social institution, where the devil reigns and the people are the center and rule and the flesh is entertained and fed. But let Jesus Christ become the Head of the church again and let the Word reign and let the will of God and His Kingdom be the center of the church and the spirit be fed.
‘Sigues la sal de la terra’
