SONS OF GOD RESIST THE WORLD, THE FLESH, AND THE DEVIL - 16

Do you want to read about a man of courage, who was not afraid to take a stand against evil?

Numbers 25:7-8 tells about such a man. "And when Phinehas, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; and he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel." Phinehas would be regarded as a false prophet in many churches today, but his actions stopped a plague where 24,000 had already died.

Men, the true sons of God do not love the world, the flesh, and the devil. 1 John 2:15-17 states, "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever."

We need to constantly challenge ourselves regarding our lifestyle toward the world, the flesh, and the devil. Are we so hot for God that the world finds us offensive? Are we so spiritually sharp that the flesh finds us uncomfortable? Are we so proactive against Satan's kingdom that we stir up his opposition against us?

I am currently hearing of a certain icon in the Christian music scene who publically states that she does not have a problem with attending a gay marriage. Another states boldly that he does not find any morality taught in the Bible. I don't know what Bible he is reading! Such people need our prayers as well as our resistance to such compromise with the world, the flesh, and the devil. They are Satan's tool to spread their "milk toast" compromising spirit to multitudes of our Christian youth.

Be encouraged.

Colin Campbell