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(This bulk of this post was a response in a post about a specific sin, but as it applies to anyone whi battles in their thought life, I hoped it might bless someome. At least that is my prayer)
We are told in God's word that we are not to be ignorant of satan's devices, amen? This truth I am about to share, I have found personally to work in my own thoguth realm, and I was bound by lustful thoughts for 36 years of my Christian walk. It works. It will do the same for you, and will set you free in your thought realm, if you battle constantly with impure thoughts or with feelings of condemnation in your Christian walk, no matter how bound, no matter how weak you may be. I have been a believer for almost 40 years, but it took a supernatural visitation in an hour of complete desperation on my part three years ago to show me how I had been giving satan the high ground, and as a result, living under the weight of guilt and condemnation that paralyzed my faith and made my walk one of misery rather than real genuine joy.
In Revelation 12, we are told that the believers overcame "by the blood of the lamb AND the word of their testimony".
The blood of the lamb, no matter how powerful, cannot deliver us until we apply it by faith to ourselves. Who are we in Christ? What does God say? Are we old men, just sinners saved by grace, doomed to a life of defeat, struggle and giving in to temptations? Is this "the glorious liberty of the children of God"? No! We are told in no uncertain terms that we are new creatures, with that old man, our rebellious flesh crucified with Him, and for far too long, we have bought the lies of our enemy and listened to his voice whispering "Hath God said...."
Here is one of the tactics of the enemy I learned in my own battles. The thoughts we hear in our heads are very often not our thoughts at all, but arrows from satan, hoping to get us to "bite" and take ownership of them. They may sound like our thoughts, feel like our thoughts but make no mistake, they come from the enemy of our soul.
We are told that we are to live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. So, what does our God testify about us?
Does He not say that "Now we are light in the Lord"? Is this changed when we slip and fall, or are weak and battered? No, it is divine truth. NOW. So it is at this point that we are to stand fast on what the word says and resist satan, not with human resolve or willpower. but with TRUTH, for it is only as we do this, believing that we truly are set free as new creatures, that we can actually be empowered to then "Walk as children of light." The order in God's kingdom is always "Be and you shall do" not "Do and you shall be."
Let us understand, this is perhaps the most successful tactic satan uses to trip us up, and is especially effective in thoughts we have about ourselves. We know that satan is called "the accuser of the brethren". But what we often do not understand is that often he accuses us in our own minds but with a nasty and very effective slant. He plants that accusatory thought in our heads, in our voice, and uses the word "I". "I am such a hopeless case" or "I can never get the victory", or "I am a crummy Christian". Sounds like us. Feels like us. Must be us, right? Wrong.
Do you see? It is then, immediately that we must hold up our shield of faith in His promises, His truths, and stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has set us free. This is how we are to take captive everry thought and bring it into the obedience of Christ.
The wall of God's promises and God's truths about us must encircle our minds.
Now we are light in the Lord.
I am no longer in the flesh but in the spirit.
I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me.
I am the rigtheousness of God in Christ.
If I walk in the spirit, I WILL NOT fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
I owe the flesh NOTHING.
These truths become the shield of faith that will protect our minds from buying into the lies our enemy continually throws at us. And the promise we are given is this: If we will, even in our frailty and weakness, cling to these amazing strong promises of God, every single arrow shot at us by the enemy of our soul will be quenched, and NO weapon formed against us shall prosper. Amen.
May God's people arise from the ashes and awake to the righteousness that is their birthright. May we "put on the Lord Jesus Christ" as faith comes alive in our hearts that we serve a God who has promised to keep us from falling.
Blessings to all.
Bruce
We are told in God's word that we are not to be ignorant of satan's devices, amen? This truth I am about to share, I have found personally to work in my own thoguth realm, and I was bound by lustful thoughts for 36 years of my Christian walk. It works. It will do the same for you, and will set you free in your thought realm, if you battle constantly with impure thoughts or with feelings of condemnation in your Christian walk, no matter how bound, no matter how weak you may be. I have been a believer for almost 40 years, but it took a supernatural visitation in an hour of complete desperation on my part three years ago to show me how I had been giving satan the high ground, and as a result, living under the weight of guilt and condemnation that paralyzed my faith and made my walk one of misery rather than real genuine joy.
In Revelation 12, we are told that the believers overcame "by the blood of the lamb AND the word of their testimony".
The blood of the lamb, no matter how powerful, cannot deliver us until we apply it by faith to ourselves. Who are we in Christ? What does God say? Are we old men, just sinners saved by grace, doomed to a life of defeat, struggle and giving in to temptations? Is this "the glorious liberty of the children of God"? No! We are told in no uncertain terms that we are new creatures, with that old man, our rebellious flesh crucified with Him, and for far too long, we have bought the lies of our enemy and listened to his voice whispering "Hath God said...."
Here is one of the tactics of the enemy I learned in my own battles. The thoughts we hear in our heads are very often not our thoughts at all, but arrows from satan, hoping to get us to "bite" and take ownership of them. They may sound like our thoughts, feel like our thoughts but make no mistake, they come from the enemy of our soul.
We are told that we are to live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. So, what does our God testify about us?
Does He not say that "Now we are light in the Lord"? Is this changed when we slip and fall, or are weak and battered? No, it is divine truth. NOW. So it is at this point that we are to stand fast on what the word says and resist satan, not with human resolve or willpower. but with TRUTH, for it is only as we do this, believing that we truly are set free as new creatures, that we can actually be empowered to then "Walk as children of light." The order in God's kingdom is always "Be and you shall do" not "Do and you shall be."
Let us understand, this is perhaps the most successful tactic satan uses to trip us up, and is especially effective in thoughts we have about ourselves. We know that satan is called "the accuser of the brethren". But what we often do not understand is that often he accuses us in our own minds but with a nasty and very effective slant. He plants that accusatory thought in our heads, in our voice, and uses the word "I". "I am such a hopeless case" or "I can never get the victory", or "I am a crummy Christian". Sounds like us. Feels like us. Must be us, right? Wrong.
Do you see? It is then, immediately that we must hold up our shield of faith in His promises, His truths, and stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has set us free. This is how we are to take captive everry thought and bring it into the obedience of Christ.
The wall of God's promises and God's truths about us must encircle our minds.
Now we are light in the Lord.
I am no longer in the flesh but in the spirit.
I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me.
I am the rigtheousness of God in Christ.
If I walk in the spirit, I WILL NOT fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
I owe the flesh NOTHING.
These truths become the shield of faith that will protect our minds from buying into the lies our enemy continually throws at us. And the promise we are given is this: If we will, even in our frailty and weakness, cling to these amazing strong promises of God, every single arrow shot at us by the enemy of our soul will be quenched, and NO weapon formed against us shall prosper. Amen.
May God's people arise from the ashes and awake to the righteousness that is their birthright. May we "put on the Lord Jesus Christ" as faith comes alive in our hearts that we serve a God who has promised to keep us from falling.
Blessings to all.
Bruce