WANTED DEAD

By Rick Mathes

Acts 5:11 (NASB77) ¹¹  And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these things.

What is sin? The simple answer is, “It is everything that offends God.” And that is very true but I would like to make this weed blossom and how you a few of its deadly pedals.

Sin remains an outlaw, a breaker of the law if you prefer; outside of the law. It is continuing to plot to intercede at any entry level you will allow him to pollute your joy and remain your enemy until sin has vanquished forever in the lake of fire. This tyrant has been beaten down so may times only to regroup and raise his ugly head again and again.

Its field of battle is the body, that is, the Body of Christ. It will enter in any form of spiritual disease that suits its purposes and is most deadly to all that keep the faith alive and active. The war is waged by Satan and his fallen angels against all that is good and holy lead by Michael the Archangel. We will win in Christ every time w choose to and don’t you think Satan has any authority over you.

The Evil One will attack you with hunger, thirst and pain. He who controls the food, water and army has the control. Remember though that the devil only has the power the Holy Ghost permits him to have. The A.A. acronym HALT makes a lot of sense. It means that if you are hungry, angry, and lonely or tired you are tenderized raw meat for the roving lion to devour with sin.

The other side of deprivation is over indulgence. Satan can arrange for everything you touch to turn to gold. He will give you are too much of what you want the most and it will suck all the oxygen out of you and you will go over the edge and die maybe a living death of sickness or prison.

It’s his extreme pleasure to kill your soul, to destroy you and to separate you from the love of the Lord. He will drag you down so low you will have to jump up to touch bottom. I know I have been there one time to many. Every demon knows that you are wanted dead and they all want to be hell’s hero and be the one that murders the Christ within you!