Many Christians believe they’ve nothing to do with the devil anymore, because he is a defeated enemy. Due to this mindset, many Christians became passive in prayer and spiritual warfare. It’s true that Jesus defeated the devil and has the keys of death and hell. Tanmateix, Jesus Christ gave His authority and power to His Church, because the devil is not cast into the eternal lake of fire yet. He is still the god of this world and still exists. The devil still goes around as a roaring lion, Buscant a qui devorar. The devil still tries to deceive and spiritually disarm the Church, so that the Church becomes ineffective and powerless and the devil has nothing to fear. This was the mission of the devil from the Day of Pentecost and still is. Ara, let’s look at whether the mission of the devil is successful or not.
Quina és la missió del diable?
The devil is the adversary of Christians and his mission is to silence and devour the believers and destroy the Church of Jesus Christ (assembly of born-again believers). Perquè? Així que, the devil can continue his destructive works on earth without interference and resistance of the Church.
Sigues sobri, Estigueu atents; perquè el teu adversari el diable, com un lleó rugint, camina, buscant a qui devorar: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world (1 Peter 5:8-9)
The mission of the devil is to enter the Church, deceive and tempt the Church, and cause the Church to go astray and disobey God and His Word and obey to him.
The devil tries to stop Christians from doing the works of God and destroying the devil’s works and cause them to do his works and destroying the works of God.
Aquesta manera, Christians enlarge the kingdom of darkness instead of the Kingdom of God, on Jesucrist és Rei.
The devil is always looking for openings in the lives of believers, Qui són l'església.
As soon as the devil finds an opening he enters the lives of Christians and attacks. The devil comes as an angel of light with his deceptive lies, temptacions, and power causing supernatural revelations and manifestations.
A través de les seves mentides enganyoses, which derive from his kingdom (el món), and the focus on the flesh, the devil makes the people prideful towards God and passive and lukewarm for Jesus Christ, His mission, and the works of God’s Kingdom.
The devil sows doubt and lies in people’s minds
The devil sows doubt and lies in the minds of people, which causes unbelief and false doctrines.
The unbelief and false doctrines, que són doctrines dels diables, ensure that the Church doubts God and His Word and stays silent about the truth of God and the commandments and warnings of Jesus Christ.
How the devil changes the truth of God into a lie?
The devil changes the truth of God into a lie by using a partial truth of God and mixing it with his lies. A través de les seves mentides, the devil has spiritually disarmed, destroyed, and appropriated many churches.
His carnal ministers, who have a carnal and Reprobar la ment are puffed up and full op pride just like their father. They believe his words and speak his words. They use their father’s power and exalt themselves above God and His Word and walk in sin and even promote sin. (Llegiu també: Jesús és un promotor del pecat?).
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, cap dels dos va agrair; però es van tornar vanes en la seva imaginació, i el seu cor insensat es va enfosquir. Professant-se savis, es van convertir en ximples, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, i als ocells, and fourfooted beasts, i coses que s'enfilen.
Per això Déu també els va lliurar a la impuresa per les concupisències del seu propi cor, per deshonrar els seus propis cossos entre ells: Qui va canviar la veritat de Déu en mentida, i va venerar i ser servit a la criatura més que el Creador, Qui és beneït per sempre. Amen.
Per aquesta causa, Déu els va lliurar a afectacions viles: Perquè fins i tot les seves dones van canviar l’ús natural en el que està en contra de la natura: I també els homes, Deixant l’ús natural de la dona, cremat en la seva luxúria cap a l'altre; homes amb homes que treballen allò que no és simpàtic, i rebre per si mateixos aquesta recompensa del seu error que es va trobar.
I fins i tot perquè no els agradava retenir Déu en el seu coneixement, Déu els va cedir a una ment reprobada, fer aquelles coses que no siguin convenients; Estar omplert de tota injustícia, fornicació, maldat, cobertura, malícia; ple d’enveja, assassinat, debatre, engany, malignitat; xiuxiuejadors, Backbiters, Haters de Déu, malgrat, orgullosa, quilest, Inventors de les coses del mal, Desobedient als pares, Sense entendre, Covenantbreakers, sense afecte natural, implacable, poc freqüent: Qui coneix el judici de Déu, que els que cometen aquestes coses són dignes de la mort, No només fa el mateix, però tingueu plaer en ells que els facin (romans 1:21-32)
L'Església; El Cos de Crist
L'Església, the assembly of believers who are born of God, is appointed on earth as a representative of God and His Kingdom and ought to preach His Word and establish His Kingdom on earth.
The more the Church spiritually matures, knowing the will of God, i desfer el vell i posa't l'home nou and walk in the authority of Jesus Christ, la Paraula, and the power of the Holy Spirit in the will of God on earth, the greater threat the Church becomes to the devil and his kingdom.
If local churches lay down all carnality and walk after the Spirit and do what Jesus commanded to do and pray and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, the will of God and sanctification, they would be the light of the world.
As the light of the world, they would draw many souls, who live in bondage in darkness, to the light.
They would save and deliver many souls from the power of darkness and hell and plunder the kingdom of darkness.
If the churches would really believe in the Word and the Name of Jesus Christ (l'autoritat de Jesucrist) and do the will of God, then they would grow up into the image of Jesus Christ and preach, bring, and establish the Kingdom of God on earth.
Aleshores, the churches would stop relying on the wisdom and knowledge of the world. The churches would stop referring Christians to the world for help and solutions. En canvi, the churches would rely on God and walk in His power and be able to provide for the needs of people, Igual que Jesús.
Do churches walk by faith or by sight?
Malauradament, most churches don’t walk by faith in Jesus Christ; the Word in the power of God, due to carnality (ment carnal, carnal will, luxúria i desitjos de la carn, and carnal works. (Llegiu també: ‘Trobaré fe a la terra??’)).
Most Christians are not willing to lay down the flesh and put off the old man, i poseu el nou home. Per això, many Christians keep walking after the flesh and keep sinning. They want to receive the blessings of God and do signs and wonders, which belong to the life of the new man, but they refuse to lay down their will and flesh.
If you sow in the flesh, you shall not reap the fruit of the Spirit
No sigueu enganyats; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting (Gàlates 6:7-8)
They feed their flesh with the things of the world and expect to bear the fruit of the Spirit. But if you sow in the flesh, you shall never reap the fruit of the Spirit. When you sow in the flesh, you reap the fruit of the flesh, que és pecat, i finalment, corruption.
If you want to reap apples, but put kiwi seeds in the ground, you shall not reap apples, but kiwis.
If the natural man understands this simple principle, why doesn’t the spiritual man understand this principle?
Why do so many people, who say they are Christians and say they believe and claim to be spiritual, sow in the flesh, expecting to bear the fruit of the Spirit and life everlasting?
Those who walk after the flesh are led by the old sinful nature. They’ll feed the flesh and bear the fruit of the flesh and walk in rebellion towards God and His Word.
They’re carnal and think like the world. They speak the same words as the world and act the same way as the world.
They put their trust in the wisdom, coneixement, and words of the world and everything that derives from it. Instead of putting their trust in Jesus Christ, la Paraula Viva de Déu.
And so the local churches with carnal believers, on the devil is seated and in charge, are built upon carnal wisdom, coneixement, opinions, i experiències de la gent.
The words of God are replaced by the word of man
The churches have taken God’s words out of context and mixed them with their personal beliefs, opinions, i experiències. Aquesta manera, they’ve created a sensual humanistic gospel, on la gent és el centre en lloc de Crist.
The church gatherings are sensory appealing. The sermons revolve around the flesh of man and the things of this world instead of the spirit of man and the things of the Kingdom of God and cause the people to persevere in sin.
Instead of feeding the spirit of man with the truth of God, the flesh is fed with the devil’s lies. Com a resultat, the old man continues to exist and the new man goes to the wall.
There is hardly any difference between Christians, who say they believe and belong to Christ and go to church, and unbelievers, who are sinners and belong to the world.
Many churches are no longer a poder de Déu, who acts in the Name of Jesus and through the fivefold ministry and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, raise Christians in the will of God unto spiritual mature sons of God (Això s'aplica tant a homes com a dones). They no longer make them spiritual soldiers of Jesus Christ, who are active in the spiritual warfare and resist the temptations of the devil and expose and destroy the works of darkness and save souls from hell.
En canvi, many churches became social institutions, a place where everything revolves around the flesh of man. A place, where the flesh is entertained and pleased with the purpose to motivate the people and experience supernatural manifestations, whereby many churches move into the occult. (Llegiu també: ‘L'església oculta‘ i ‘Nova era a l'església?‘).
How did the devil accomplish his mission?
Molt lentament, the devil accomplished his mission and succeeded in deceiving and appropriating many churches and making them lukewarm and passive for Jesus Christ. Many churches remain carnal and sensual and don’t have the Spirit of God. They belong to the world and listen to what the devil has to say and believe his words.
Es tracta de murmuradors, queixadors, Caminant després de les seves pròpies luxúries; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, Tenir les persones dels homes en admiració a causa de l’avantatge. Però, estimada, Recordeu les paraules que van ser pronunciades abans dels apòstols de nostre Senyor Jesucrist; Com t'han dit que hi hauria d'haver burladors en l'últim temps, que han de caminar després dels seus propis desitjos impies. Aquests són els que se separen, sensual, No tenir l’Esperit (Jude 1:19)
Many Christians are spiritually blind and don’t see the mission and obres del diable. They don’t discern the devil’s lies from the truth of God. And they don’t realize that they live in the devil’s power and are bound by the devil’s lies.
Instead of being witnesses of Jesus Christ and preaching His truth and keeping His commandments, doing what He says and abiding in His love and doing righteous works and bearing the fruit of the Spirit, they have become witnesses of the devil.
They preach the devil’s truth and do what he says and abide in his amor fals (the love of the world), which ensures that they keep walking in darkness and bear the fruit of death, que és pecat.
Let the Church arise and accomplish her mission
But luckily there is still time for the churches, who have left the Word and God’s truth and gone astray and are seated in darkness, a penedir -se and return to Jesus Christ.
Let the church arise and submit to Christ; the Word and keep His commandments. Let the church make Jesus the Head of the church again and walk after the Spirit and preach, bring, and establish His Kingdom on earth.
‘Sigues la sal de la terra’
