SUNDAY, 5 JANUARY 2025
TEXT:
GENESIS 3:1-7
TOPIC:
THE FALL FROM GRACE TO DUST
Satan used deceit to
make the first man Adam and his wife Eve fall from grace to dust. Incidentally,
he has not changed his trick because it is still very effective in the present
generation as it was when he first used it in the Garden of Eden.
Satan deceitfully
appealed to the pride of Adam and Eve (they would be like God), the lust of the
flesh (the fruit of the tree was good for food), and the lust of the eye (the
fruit was pleasing to the eye).
The first Adam failed
woefully and became a victim of Satan, but praise God that Christ Jesus, the
second Adam, was victorious in all three tests. Satan tempted Christ Jesus to
turn stone to bread (lust of the flesh), to throw Himself down from the temple
top (pride of life), and to bow down and worship him for the kingdom and
splendor of the world (lust of the eye) (Matthew 4:1-11).
Let us all heed the
warning in 1 John 2:15.
QUESTION:
Do
you realize that till date, Satan still uses the lust of the eye, the lust of
the flesh and the pride of life to deceive believers in Christ and unbelievers
alike into sinning?
PRAYER:
Oh
God, I pray that You grant me the grace to live in the victory that You won for
me over the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life so
that I would never be a victim of Satan's temptations, in Jesus' name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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