Deception:
When I wanted to rant and rave, talk dirty, curse, etc. - I used the Zoey Oliver page. I said that I could be "free" but really it was just that I could allow my flesh to be free. Free to sin willfully with a few good supporters who were looking for the same kind of support in their lifestyles. There was no accountability because after all, it was just "fiction."
This is not an indication to get under the jurisdiction of law because we should know that our flesh is too weak to keep the law. However, the scriptures say that the just shall live by faith. One of my favorite scriptures declares that I am crucified with Christ but yet I still live. But I don't live after my own fleshly desires but by the Son of Man.
See He said, "Greater love have no man than one who would lay down his life for his friend." He calls us friend. Although we persecuted Him, denied Him, and ultimately crucified Him - He still called us friend. "BYme" is an insult...
noun
the action of deceiving someone."obtaining property by deception"
a thing that deceives."a range of elaborate deceptions"
The Bible says this concerning it.
Revelation 12:9King James Version (KJV)
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
That means he started out deceiving and he continues to deceive. So if this is the case, how do we overcome? See, the personal of Zoey Oliver was a deception. I created what I wanted not only in my writing but in who I chose to be at different times.
When I wanted to rant and rave, talk dirty, curse, etc. - I used the Zoey Oliver page. I said that I could be "free" but really it was just that I could allow my flesh to be free. Free to sin willfully with a few good supporters who were looking for the same kind of support in their lifestyles. There was no accountability because after all, it was just "fiction."
We have blurred the lines so much so and the enemy has been able to deceive us into thinking that we're okay. We think it's right, it's okay to be lukewarm. Our enemy is described as an "angel of light" and there is another scripture that says even the very elite will be deceived.
My world BY ME was the deception, again, that Yahweh was holding something back from me. One of the main tactics of the devil is to make us think that a little of this and a little of that is okay. He wants us to believe that we are missing out by waiting until marriage to have sex, that we're missing something by paying that lil' ol' 10%, that as long as we're getting the Word from television then it's ok. DECEPTION. DECEPTION. DECEPTION. The blurred lines are hindering our relationship with the Father. He is holy, and He requires us to be holy.
This is not an indication to get under the jurisdiction of law because we should know that our flesh is too weak to keep the law. However, the scriptures say that the just shall live by faith. One of my favorite scriptures declares that I am crucified with Christ but yet I still live. But I don't live after my own fleshly desires but by the Son of Man.
To take "my life" into my hands and deem it under my control as if I didn't have a Savior who came in human flesh, was tortured and hung but was INNOCENT, then spent days in hell and rose again in the flesh...to have the audacity to not GIVE HIM MY LIFE...
See He said, "Greater love have no man than one who would lay down his life for his friend." He calls us friend. Although we persecuted Him, denied Him, and ultimately crucified Him - He still called us friend. "BYme" is an insult...
The thought of my rebellion brings me to tears but again, it begins with a "little bit of sin"...a little of bit of "hath God said?"...a little bit of "it's ok, just a lil white lie"...
It begins with crossing the lines from hot to cold. It begins with understanding that we need to truly be hot or cold. The good news is that He can help us be hot, after all...HE is "The Consuming Fire" which will be our next topic! :) Oh how I love this Yahweh I serve.
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