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. तथापि, 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. शैतान अभी भी दहाड़ते हुए शेर के रूप में घूमता है, वह इस बात की खोज में है कि वह किसे निगल सके. 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. अब, let’s look at whether the mission of the devil is successful or not.
What is the mission of the devil?
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). क्यों? ताकि, the devil can continue his destructive works on earth without interference and resistance of the Church.
संयमित रहो, सावधान रहिए; क्योंकि तुम्हारा विरोधी शैतान है, एक दहाड़ते हुए शेर के रूप में, घूमता रहता है, इस खोज में है कि वह किसे निगल जाए: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world (1 पीटर 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.
इस तरह, Christians enlarge the kingdom of darkness instead of the Kingdom of God, जहां यीशु मसीह राजा हैं.
The devil is always looking for openings in the lives of believers, चर्च कौन हैं.
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, टेम्पटेशन, and power causing supernatural revelations and manifestations.
अपने भ्रामक झूठ के माध्यम से, which derive from his kingdom (दुनिया), 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, जो हैं शैतानों के सिद्धांत, 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. उसके झूठ के माध्यम से, the devil has spiritually disarmed, destroyed, and appropriated many churches.
His carnal ministers, who have a carnal and निन्दित मन 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. (ये भी पढ़ें: क्या यीशु पाप को बढ़ावा देने वाला है?).
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, न ही आभारी थे; परन्तु उनकी कल्पनाएं व्यर्थ हो गईं, और उनका मूर्ख मन अंधकारमय हो गया. अपने आप को बुद्धिमान होने का दावा करना, वे मूर्ख बन गये, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, और पक्षियों को, and fourfooted beasts, और रेंगने वाली चीज़ें.
इसलिये परमेश्वर ने भी उन्हें उनके मन की अभिलाषाओं के कारण अशुद्धता के लिये छोड़ दिया, आपस में अपने अपने शरीरों का अनादर करना: जिसने परमेश्वर की सच्चाई को झूठ में बदल दिया, और सृष्टिकर्ता से अधिक प्राणी की पूजा और सेवा की, जो सदैव धन्य है. आमीन.
इसी कारण परमेश्वर ने उन्हें घिनौने प्रेम के लिये छोड़ दिया: यहाँ तक कि उनकी स्त्रियों ने भी प्राकृतिक उपयोग को प्रकृति के विरुद्ध उपयोग में बदल दिया: और वैसे ही पुरुष भी, स्त्री का स्वाभाविक उपयोग छोड़ना, एक दूसरे के प्रति अपनी वासना में जले; पुरुषों के साथ पुरुष वह काम कर रहे हैं जो अनुचित है, और अपने आप को अपनी ग़लती का प्रतिफल प्राप्त कर रहे थे जो मिलना था.
और यहाँ तक कि वे ईश्वर को अपने ज्ञान में बनाए रखना भी पसन्द नहीं करते थे, परमेश्वर ने उन्हें एक घृणित मन को सौंप दिया, उन कार्यों को करना जो सुविधाजनक नहीं हैं; समस्त अधर्म से युक्त होना, व्यभिचार, दुष्टता, लोभ, बैरभाव; ईर्ष्या से भरा हुआ, हत्या, बहस, छल, द्रोह; कानाफूसी करने वाले, चुगलखोर, भगवान से नफरत करने वाले, द्वेषपूर्ण, गर्व, शेखी बघारने वाले, बुरी चीजों के आविष्कारक, माता-पिता की आज्ञा न मानने वाला, बिना समझे, अनुबंध तोड़ने वाले, प्राकृतिक स्नेह के बिना, संगदिल, बेदर्द: जो परमेश्वर का निर्णय जानता है, कि जो ऐसे काम करते हैं वे मृत्यु के योग्य हैं, न केवल वही करें, परन्तु जो ऐसा करते हैं, उन से आनन्दित हो (रोमनों 1:21-32)
चर्च; मसीह का शरीर
चर्च, 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, और बूढ़े आदमी को हटा दो और नए आदमी को पहनो and walk in the authority of Jesus Christ, शब्द, 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 (यीशु मसीह का अधिकार) 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.
तब, 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. बजाय, the churches would rely on God and walk in His power and be able to provide for the needs of people, बिल्कुल यीशु की तरह.
Do churches walk by faith or by sight?
दुर्भाग्य से, most churches don’t walk by faith in Jesus Christ; the Word in the power of God, due to carnality (दैहिक मन, carnal will, वासना और शरीर की इच्छाएँ, and carnal works. (ये भी पढ़ें: ‘क्या मुझे धरती पर विश्वास मिलेगा??’)).
Most Christians are not willing to lay down the flesh and put off the old man, और नया आदमी पहनो. इसलिए, 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.
यदि आप मांस में बोते हैं, you shall not reap the fruit of the Spirit
धोखा मत खाओ; 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 (गलाटियन्स 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, जो पाप है, और आखिरकार, भ्रष्टाचार.
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, ज्ञान, and words of the world and everything that derives from it. Instead of putting their trust in Jesus Christ, the Living Word of God.
And so the local churches with carnal believers, कहाँ the devil is seated and in charge, are built upon carnal wisdom, ज्ञान, राय, और लोगों के अनुभव.
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, राय, और अनुभव. इस तरह, they’ve created a sensual humanistic gospel, where people are the center instead of Christ.
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. नतीजतन, 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, और अविश्वासी, who are sinners and belong to the world.
Many churches are no longer a ईश्वर की शक्ति, 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 (यह पुरुषों और महिलाओं दोनों पर लागू होता है). 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.
बजाय, 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. (ये भी पढ़ें: ‘गुप्त चर्च‘ और ‘चर्च में नया युग?').
How did the devil accomplish his mission?
बहुत धीरे से, 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.
ये कुड़कुड़ाने वाले हैं, शिकायत करने वाले, अपनी-अपनी अभिलाषाओं के पीछे चलना; और उनके मुंह से बड़ी भड़कानेवाली बातें निकलती हैं, लाभ के कारण पुरुषों के व्यक्तियों की प्रशंसा करना. लेकिन, प्यारा, आप उन शब्दों को याद रखें जो हमारे प्रभु यीशु मसीह के प्रेरितों से पहले बोले गए थे; कैसे उन्होंने आपको बताया कि पिछली बार में नकली होना चाहिए, जो अपनी खुद की अनियंत्रित वासना के बाद चलना चाहिए. ये वे हैं जो खुद को अलग करते हैं, कामुक, आत्मा नहीं होना (जूदास 1:19)
Many Christians are spiritually blind and don’t see the mission and शैतान के कार्य. 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 झूठा प्यार (the love of the world), which ensures that they keep walking in darkness and bear the fruit of death, जो पाप है.
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, को पछताना and return to Jesus Christ.
Let the church arise and submit to Christ; वचन और उसकी आज्ञाओं का पालन करो. 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.
'पृथ्वी का नमक बनो’
