Fra begynnelsen av skapelsen og gjennom tidene, the devil has tempted and deceived many people with his words and appropriated them with his lies. The devil still uses the same words and still deceives many people and because many people still believe in his words and obey his words and don’t learn from the past, they keep believing in his lies. And so many people have made the lies of the devil their refuge. They are hiding in the refuge of lies and stay hidden for God until the truth of God reaches them and they repent or until the death comes to get them.
Adam believed the lie of the devil and hid himself from God
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. Og de hørte Herren Guds røst gå i hagen i kjølig tid: og Adam og hans kone gjemte seg for Herrens åsyn blant trærne i hagen. Og Herren Gud kalte til Adam, og sa til ham, Hvor er du? Og han sa, Jeg hørte din stemme i hagen, og jeg var redd, fordi jeg var naken; og jeg gjemte meg (Genesis 3:6-10)
After Adam and Eve listened to the words of the devil and believed and obeyed his words, the spirit of man died and mann falt fra sin stilling and became sense-ruled and came under the authority of the devil and death.
When God walked in the garden, He couldn’t find Adam. Adam was not in the garden, at the place where he normally would be.
Nei, Adam had become disobedient to the voice of God and had listened to the voice of the adversary of God, the fallen angel Lucifer aka the devil, and through his obedience to him, Adam had submitted himself to the devil.
Adam had become another man and was no longer spiritual but carnal.
Hans ånd, wherewith Adam was connected with God, had died and his flesh (sjel og kropp) had taken over and reigned from the fall in his life.
På grunn av hans ulydighet mot Gud, Adam was separated from God and became carnal and sense ruled and couldn’t have communion with God. Adam had become naked and therefore Adam hid himself from God. Despite the fact that Adam and Eve made aprons of fig leaves and covered themselves with the aprons, they were still naked.
“Where art thou?”
Obviously God knew what happend and God knew where Adam was and God could have gone to Adam, but God didn’t do that.
God only asked one question, “Where art thou?”
Adam hid himself from God, just like so many people these days hide from God and are hidden in the refuge of lies because they have listened and still listen to the words of the devil and obey him.
They have not believed in the truth, but have believed in the lie and therefore they have rejected the words of God, or they never have heard the truth, and are hidden and remain hidden in the refuge of lies, until the truth comes to them and they repent or until the death comes to get them.
Fallen man hides himself from God
De Fallen mann lives in the kingdom of darkness in the bondage of death and made lies his refuge and can’t have communion with God and therefore hides not only from God, but also from His sons; de, who are reconciled with God and have become spiritual through regeneration in Jesus Christ and have received the Holy Spirit and walk in the truth and reprove the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment (Les også: ‘Oppfordringen til omvendelse‘ og ‘Hva er synd?').
The task of the sons of God, who have made the truth their refuge and therefore dwell in the secret place of the Most High, er, to deliver the sons of the devil from the refuge of lies.
Fordi mange mennesker, who are hidden in the refuge of lies, think they walk in the truth, while in reality they are seated in darkness and walk according to their reprobate minds as enemies of God in the lies of the devil; the lies of the world in darkness.
Not only the world thinks to have the truth and walk in the truth, but also many people, who go to church and or lead a church but are not born again and are still carnal and have an unrenewed mind and are led by the flesh, think they have the truth and walk in the truth in the light, while in reality they walk in the lies of the devil in darkness.
Derfor, the job of the sons of God is to be bold and to not be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ and of His words and commandments and to expose the lies of the devil by preaching the truth of the Word in love, instead of leaving people in the refuge of lies, due to falsk kjærlighet, false peace and false unity (Les også: ‘Hva slags fred brakte Jesus på jorden?‘ og ‘Do you confess Jesus before men or do you deny Jesus before man?').
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind with the Word of God
Og ikke bli samsvar med denne verden: Men bli transformert av fornyelse av tankene dine, at dere kan bevise hva som er så bra, og akseptabelt, og perfekt, Guds vilje (romerne 12:2)
In order to expose the lies of the devil, you have to know the Word. Because how else can you expose the lies of the devil with the truth of God, if you don’t know the truth of the Word?
Without the truth of the Word of God, it is impossible to deliver the sons of the devil, who are prisoners of the kingdom of darkness and to deliver them from the power of the devil and sin and death and reconcile them with God the Father through Jesus Christ and by His blood.
Derfor, it is essential to read and study the Bible daily and renew your mind with the Word of God, so that your mind will line up with the Word and the will of God and you shall have the mind of Christ and be able to cast down and destroy the lies of the devil in your mind and refute the lies of the devil, which are spoken through the mouths of others, with the words and the truth of God.
Deliver people from the refuge of lies
For selv om vi vandrer i kjødet, vi kriger ikke etter kjødet: (For våpnene til vår krigføring er ikke kjødelige, men mektig gjennom Gud til å rive ned sterke grep;) Kaste ned forestillinger, og alle høye ting som opphøyer seg mot Guds kunnskap, og bringe i fangenskap enhver tanke på Kristi lydighet; Og ha i beredskap til å hevne all ulydighet, når din lydighet er oppfylt (2 Korinterne 10:3-6)
La oss derfor arbeide for å gå inn i den hvilen, at ingen skal falle etter det samme eksempelet på vantro. For Guds ord er raskt, og kraftig, og skarpere enn noe tveegget sverd, gjennomtrengende selv til splittelse av sjel og ånd, og av ledd og marg, og er en skjønner av hjertets tanker og hensikter. Det er heller ingen skapning som ikke er åpenbar i hans øyne: men alle ting er nakne og åpnet for øynene til ham som vi har å gjøre med (Hebraisk 4:11-13)
Don’t speak your own words, meninger, og funn, but speak the words of God, akkurat som Jesus, who is the Living Word of God and spoke and still speaks the words of His Father.
Because only the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, gjennomborer til og med splittelse av sjel og ånd og av ledd og marg og er en skjelner av hjertets tanker og hensikter.
Don’t walk after the flesh and don’t be a pleaser of people, whereby many people will remain in the refuge of lies and be lost, but walk after the Spirit in the authority of Christ and be a pleaser of God, so that many people will be delivered from the refuge of lies and from the power of darkness and eternal death and be saved and gå inn i Guds hvile, and God will be pleased with you.
‘Vær jordens salt’
