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Wednesday, June
30, 2010
A Lost Cause
John 8:42-44 Jesus said unto them, If God
were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from
God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. (43) Why do ye not
understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. (44) Ye are of
your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a
murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is
no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is
a liar, and the father of it. (KJV)
Our Lord came to seek and save those that
were lost, like sheep in the wilderness, we were all gone astray until we
were found. The enemy of our Lord is a lost cause, even though at one time
he actually held a position that was pleasing to God, but is now cast out
and abiding in the realm of what we call the world, a fallen one. Who and
what you give ear to and then choose to follow will determine whether you
are going to be pleasing to our Father in heaven, or whether you will
become like the many who have been called, but in the end are a lost cause
because they chose to believe more in a lie than the truth.
Luke 4:5-8 And the devil, taking him up
into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a
moment of time. (6) And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give
thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to
whomsoever I will I give it. (7) If thou therefore wilt worship me, all
shall be thine. (8) And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind
me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him
only shalt thou serve. (KJV)
How many moments have you encountered
when the enemy paints a rosy picture to good to be true, which in reality it
is just that, not true? These moments can be described as imaginations, and
for many they are living in an imaginary world because many are more apt to
chase after these things rather than cast them down like our Lord did. The
enemy had been having a field day with this creation that is called mankind,
because if they were not standing for truth then he was pretty much getting
them to fall for anything. Today when looking around, as well as in reading
the Word, many are truly called of God to go out in His field, but only a
few actually go there, while all the others are chasing imaginary events
which can be easily identified by one word, denominations.
2 Corinthians 8:9 For ye know the grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he
became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. (KJV)
Some people think that our Lord was rich,
you know like comparing it to the world and its riches? Actually our Lord
was rich in faith, and chose not to entangle Himself in the affairs or
heartaches of this life so that we could be rich also, that being, rich in
faith. Our Lord had everything He needed when He walked this earth because
He knew who His source was. He also knew who the source of deception was,
thus the reason why so much opposition. So when you are having a moment of
truth, will your reality check bounce because of NSF, non sufficient faith,
or will you be like our Lord and respond like someone who is more than a
conqueror, as well as an over comer in their walk?
Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh
will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the
paradise of God. (KJV)
Thayer’s definition for ‘overcometh’:
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nikao- to conquer; to carry off the victory, to come off victorious
1) used of
Christ, victorious who was over all His foes
2) used of
Christians who hold fast their faith even unto death against the power of their foes, and temptations, and
persecutions
3) when one is
arraigned or goes to law, to win the case, maintain one's cause
You will notice in Chapters 2 and 3 of
the book of Revelation that the term ‘overcometh’ is mentioned seven times.
With all the power and strength that our Lord has provided for His church,
which you just happen to be, there is no excuse for you to be a loser
anymore, but rather let the enemy be the lost cause and you the victor.
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