Bible Verse of the Day Sunday April 18th 2021

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

There are many people in the world today, as there have been for centuries, that reject Christ Jesus. Sometimes unbeknownst to them, they are in rebellion to God, and consequently, they do not want God’s moral standards applied to their lives. They are living this rebellion towards God because of the influences of a fallen and sinful world. Through their wants and desires, they seek to obtain righteousness on their own, which is known as self-righteousness, which is no righteousness at all. There are only two stances in this world a person can hold. We are either surrendered to Christ Jesus, accepting Him as our Lord and Savior, believing He is the true Messiah as well as the only way to heaven, because of His substitutionary work on the Cross of Calvary, or in rebellion to God.  

There is no in between, one cannot be a fence rider, you are either on Christ Jesus’ side or on Satan’s side, Satan owns the fence riders. In this world we live in, there are only two religions, irrespective of the many names they go by. One is the religion of self, which is self-righteousness, where one sees no need for surrendering to Christ Jesus, and tries to work their own way into heaven. The other is Christianity, which teaches that we cannot save ourselves. In true Christianity, salvation is by the Grace of God and our faith in the true promised Messiah, surrendering ourselves to Christ and turning our backs on the ways of the world.

Satan will try his best to convince all that there is a choice in the way we approach God, which is a complete and total lie, from the father of lies (John 8:44). Regardless of whatever name a false religion might go by, there is no way that one will ever be able to earn their way into God’s heaven, despite how intense or forceful the acts of faith perpetrated by the followers of these false religions.

To counter these attacks from Satan, that are designed to harass the children of God, we must always be about our Fathers work, which is bringing the truth of the Gospel of Christ Jesus to a lost, dark, and dyeing world. No matter how intense the attack from Satan becomes, he cannot blind us from the truth, that Jesus is the way the truth and the life (John 14:6). These assaults from our enemy, Satan, also can never alter our eternal destination.

They can, however, hamper and obstruct our witness for Our Lord and Savior and bring about disorder and turmoil into our lives. This is the reason why it is so overly critical that we trust and depend on the guidance of the Holy Spirit that indwells in our hearts and souls, and not on our own power. 

There are three enemies of every follower and believer in Christ Jesus that we have to contend with. The first is our own sin nature, that is always in conflict with our spirit (Galatians 5:17). The second enemy we must face daily is a fallen world at enmity against God, and the third is Satan himself and his evil followers. This evil force is why it is imperative that we rely on God’s power and not try to go it alone.

Satan and his followers can easily blind those in rebellion to God, whether those followers are the evil spiritual followers of Satan or the humans whom Satan is controlling. Satan's object is to blind the eyes of these to the truth of the Gospel and the opportunity of salvation possible only through Christ Jesus. Satan, many times will carry this out, by bringing wealth, prosperity, comfort, and ease to their lives, so that they might not even realize they are at enmity with God, thus causing these people to turn their backs on God.

There are absolutely no limits to which Satan will carry out his objectives, which is one more soul spending eternity with him in Hell. Consequently, the only way we can move forward in preaching and teaching the truth of the Gospel of Christ is through the Holy Spirit's power, the Armor of God, and God’s Holy Word. A daily diet of God's Word, prayer and surrendering to the Holy Spirit will allow us to stand up and fight against spiritual warfare waged around us daily.