44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks it out of his own possessions; for he is a liar and the father of it.
Or, father of lies. Since the devil is the father of liars, he is the source of sin. The divine element of God, working as life and light within man, sets man free from the slavery of sin. But the evil element of the devil, working as sin through death and darkness within man, enslaves man to sin. The devil's nature is a lie and brings in death and darkness. With darkness is falsehood, the opposite of the truth.
Verse and Footnote from Recovery Version http://online.recoveryversion.org/FootNotes.asp?FNtsID=2571
As the Lord is moving intensely in these last days, saving sinners through the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom of God, the enemy Satan is not silent either; he does his best to counter attack the works of God by directly or indirectly attacking the believers, either spiritually or physically or psychologically. This is my personal observation all these years of my Christian life. Every time the Lord moves, something or the other happens. If not in spirit we discern the situation, the end result will probably be, believers versus believers or the new believers closing up or fighting back for some "trivial" reason as "baits" planted by the enemy. One such very common attack is in the psychological realm.
Often the devil would whisper in the unguarded innocent ears of the saints, his famous Satanic lies, "people are not open to the gospel of Jesus Christ, they are busy with their works, they have no time for all these nuts, they are not interested, or perhaps they will fight back, and blah, blah and blah...." And he will try his best to silence the sweet voice of the gospel of Jesus Christ or forcibly stop the beautiful foot of the harbinger of the good news. At times, by inducing inward fear, outward threats or even by mental tortures. This is what he is exactly good at, in propagating his infamous Satanic lies.
Should we believe the Satanic lies? Should we dread his threats? Or should we even pay the slightest heed to it? God forbid. Lest,we be be-fooled by the Satanic lies and become his coworker of preaching the same lies. "Lord Jesus, cover us with your precious blood and save us from the Satanic lies. Instead, grace us to be effective propagator of the gospel of the kingdom of God!"
The past few weeks I have been experiencing the effectiveness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and how people are waiting for years to hear the good news of Jesus Christ and His accomplished redemption at the cross. Satan somehow managed to captivate them with his lies in the cocoon of darkness, binding them to death destined for eternal perdition of the lake of fire. When I get rid of any notion of Satanic fumes and preached the gospel, people were so open to the extent that they received the Lord by calling upon the Name of Jesus Christ, believing into Him and also by being baptised into His Name.
Two days ago I was in Delhi at the home of a very high ranking Government officer who se son was a brother in the church life and daughter too was a sister in the Lord. For over a couple of years, I have requested for a visit to their home but the answers always has been that of the Satanic lies; that their parent were not ready and that because of all the religious piety at home they would not accept the gospel, also coupled with many other excuses. Well then, to such, my reply was to pray for them, especially for their salvation and the gospel preaching at the right time. Finally that day came two days ago.
We were invited for lunch, and after lunch we were in the living room when their mother called me and my younger sister, who accompanied me to their home visit, to show us around the house. But instead, she took us to her room and opened up many matters for hour. All the pains she and what her family had been through, and how the devil, in the form of some evil spirits, attacks them, and how in spite of all the gods and goddesses she had been superstitiously and religiously devoted to, for decades, yet nothing good happen after all, in fact, the family life get worsen by the day. And how even the "pandits" could not help them all, and ran away in fear instead, on inviting them.
Finally she asked me one intriguing question, "Bhaiya, after worshipping all these gods why all these evils happens to our family?" My simple question to her question was, "Which gods?" I then preached the gospel of Jesus Christ: how the one and only true and living God became a Man in Jesus Christ, who died for our sins and resurrected on the third day and became the life-giving Spirit, and how He would enter into any one who would believe into Jesus Christ by faith. Later, she believed and received the Lord Jesus Christ, called upon the Lord Jesus' Name and read some selected Bible verse from the Hindi "Pavitra Bible" we gifted her. Quite an amazing changed indeed!
When she narrated her story, she was almost with tears, but after receiving the Lord Jesus, she was full of joy and her face was shining with the joy of God's salvation. Later when we came out of the room to meet her daughters and a sister guest from the States, the joyful news flooded the living room. It was indeed the move of the Spirit and the answer to all the prayer of her children, especially her son, and the saints in the church life.
Praise the Lord! The Satanic lies have been exposed. All men are sinners and are eagerly waiting for the gospel of Jesus Christ. Christian brothers and sisters must rise up to preach the gospel wherever God has placed them. As students in schools, colleges or universities; as working ones in offices, factories; as business men in places of business, all must preach the gospel. There is no need of so called "evangelist, pastors or priests," we all are priests of the gospel of God! 1 Peter 2:5,9.
Defy the Satanic lies and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ! Millions are waiting for the gospel! No more deception, no more delay, do it right now, right there, wherever you are, whatever you be. Preach the word in season and out of season!
2 Proclaim the word; be ready in season and out of season; convict, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and teaching.
Opportunely or inopportunely, whether the opportunity is convenient or inconvenient, whether you are welcome or unwelcome.
Verse and Footnote from Recovery Version http://online.recoveryversion.org/FootNotes.asp?FNtsID=2571
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