El Diablo may be cunning, but there are only so many plays in his playbook. The same tricks he pulls today were tried back in the early church. Here’s how the Aposles beat him.
When we watch what the Enemy has tried before (and how it was handled) we can take notes for our own lives and duck the disaster he tries to lure us into.
Things are rolling along nicely for the Apostles. Miracles. Riots. Prison. Powerful people put in their places. Shady shysters dropping dead for trying to deceive the Holy Spirit. Fear of God brings life to the Church and the places of worship where people gather for the Apostles’ teaching, breaking of bread and prayer is packed out.
What could possibly go wrong? Well, if he can’t trip us up with the big things like riots, threats, and prison, he’ll hit you with the small things and try to bust up the unity that makes us strong. How does he do it? And what is the solution?
When you see it, it’s gonna look awfully familiar.
Some of you might even see cases where what you convinced yourself was ‘righteous indignation’ was actually something else entirely.
Once you know what you’re looking for it’s a lot easier to spot the Enemy’s handiwork.
And if you can spot it, you can stop it before the situation gets out of hand. Most of us who have called ourselves Christian for any length of time can think of at least one example (probably more) of a church that wishes they’d heard exactly this warning years and years ago.
Be sure to share it with someone who needs it. You could be helping someone avoid disaster.
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