Open Heavens 26 August 2016: Friday daily devotional Book
Open Heavens 26 August
2016: Friday daily
devotional by Pastor E. A.
Adeboye – Three- Dimensional Wickedness
Topic: Three-Dimensional Wickedness
Memorise: And when the woman saw
that the tree was good for food, and that
it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to
be desired to make one wise, she took of
the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave
also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. – Genesis 3:6
Read: 1 John 2:15 (KJV)
Bible passage below
15 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.
Bible in One Year: Isaiah 60:1-63:14, Psalms 42
MESSAGE:
The title of today’s devotion invites us to
have a three dimensional view of
wickedness as we consider today’s Bible
reading and memory verse. If we only
glance at this passage superficially, we
will not see what God is showing us or
get a good enough grasp of the
message it contains. According to our
memory verse, you will notice that
Adam and Eve based their decision
squarely on feelings to the exclusion of
the Spirit of God that was resident in
them. They found the forbidden fruit to
be good for food and therefore for the
nourishment of the body. Since it was
pleasant to the eyes they thought it will
satisfy the longing of the soul, and make
one wise, hereby satisfying a human’s
egoistic ambition to be like God. These
are indeed the three dimensions of
wickedness that led to the fall. The first
human beings abused their God-given
freedom by those rebellions acts against
God. The word of God in 2 Corinthians
11:3 says;
“But I fear, lest by any means, as the
serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so your minds should be
corrupted from the simplicity that is in
Christ.”
The above passage shows that the fall of
Adam and Eve was not out of ignorance,
but due to carelessness and a carefree
attitude towards the devil. First, they
were familiar with the devil to the point
of having a rapport with him. Secondly,
they were reasoning with the devil on his
terms without any recourse for God or
His commandments. Thirdly, they were
so relaxed; they didn’t realize they were
being setup for destruction by the devil.
Unfortunately, the Church of the 21st
century seems not to have learnt any
lesson from this example, as we
currently exhibit worse simplicity and
complacency than that which got Adam
and Eve into trouble. Christians now
accommodate and even defend those
sins that were specifically condemned in
the Bible. Will you dance with the devil or
STAND FOR JESUS?
Prayer Point: Father, I refuse to fall for
any form of three dimensional
wickedness, please help me to stand
firm in You.
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