Living and indulging into secret sin as a christian is very dangerous and so pathetic because it open door for great adversaries to dwell. Perhaps you have just surrendered
your life to Jesus an now experiencing genuine
salvation, you ought to understand these two important secrets devices of Satan, which he uses while persuading us to lure into sin and to pull us back from
serving God. 2 Corinthians 2:11 "lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices"
- The Secret Of Sin: Devices Of Pushing Into Sin
The
secret of sin: Is that behind every Sin, is an assigned demon. No sin
without a demon. The pressure and persuasion to commit sin that seems
like you can’t resist it is the influence of demonic spirit. When you
determined not to do something again and you found yourself right in the
middle of that sin, when you made strong resolutions and decisions not
to commit sin again and not long again you found yourself doing exactly
what you detested, and when surrendered your life to Jesus to start a
new life and rejected sin, and sooner you found yourself going back into
those sins you have confessed.
It is not ordinary, it is a force beyond
human power, pressurizing you. Paul said, “For what I am doing, I do
not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I
hate, that I do…..But I see another law in my members, warring against
the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin
which is in my members.” Romans 7:15, 23.
Another
secret is that those demons persuading you to commit the sins, if you
yield and commit the sins, they are the same demons who will torment you
when those sins take you to hell. Do you know that people are being
tormented in hell? It is not Angels of God who torment people in hell;
they are the same demons working under Satan. Knowing the secret of a problem will amount to nothing if there is no solution.
What Is The Way Out
First
you need to repent from ALL sins by realizing they are
wrong and ready to forsake them. Being ready is not just in words but
indeed. You detach yourself from any link or trace to sins. You can’t
focus on a sin, you need to repent from all and then confess all. Ask
Jesus to forgive you that sin and cleanse you, no matter how small. Then
you start reading your Bible everyday, early in the morning and
evening, at least two chapters a day, and praying for God’s grace and
strength everyday to overcome.
And when the
pressure, the temptation, to commit the sin comes again, when the
feeling is overwhelming on you, maybe to get angry, drink, have sex,
masturbate or tell lie, whatever it may be; you know what you are going
to do? Resist the feeling. How? Just hold the feeling, don’t yield to
it. The demon is around again, you must behave as if you are looking at
him. The good news is that the demon can’t force you and he can’t stay
long.
He will not stay more than few minutes and the feeling will
disappear. But during those few minutes it will be as if you will die if
you don’t yield or you can’t survive resisting it. It is a lie, just
recall God’s Word during those minutes. Keep praying for God’s grace and
strength to overcome everyday, it is a day at a time!
- The Secret Of Serving God: Devices Of Pulling Down From Serving
After
you rededicated or re-devoted your life to Jesus, you want to serve
God, you want to please God, you want to pray more, you want to read
God’s Word more; you want to preach God’s Word. But then you feel empty.
When you want to pray, before you pray for 5 minutes you are empty,
before you read few verses of Bible you feel empty.
Your heart is
wondering about. It is like your prayer can’t be answered, as if you are
not meant to be strong spiritually, as if you can’t be strong in
prayer, as if God hates you or you are not a child of God. Has it
happened to you before? What next came to your mind? STOP! That you
should, “stop the prayer, the reading Bible, the new life in Jesus. You
will always fumble, you are not meant for such life. You are naturally
weak and God is not really looking for such people like you.” The secret
is that thought is not just ordinary; it is from the devil to
discourage you from moving forward.
SO WHAT IS THE
SOLUTION?
Don’t stop. You are praying and you feel empty and wondering
about? Don’t stop, continue the prayer, God understand your weakness.
The secret is that before you know, you will feel filled before you
finish the prayer. The secret is that the first few minutes of prayer,
praising God in Spirit or reading Bible are likely to be distracted and
discouraged; but if you don’t stop you will be filled, full and
stronger.
The same thing is applicable in your
new life in Jesus, in your re-devotion, re-dedication and consecration
to God. It will first be un-natural, boring, discouraging, and
cumbersome as if you can’t stay long, as if you can’t survive or sustain
to the end, as if you can’t understand everything or be holy. Did you
remember when you got your first phone and going through the manual? It
was as if you would not get the functioning right, but how you are
almost expert, why because you didn’t stop using and practicing the
phone.
So also if you don’t stop in your new devotion to Jesus, you will
get better and stronger. It is applicable to everyone, both the people
in the past and present; all who have ever come to Jesus went through
such struggles only they didn’t give up and many are passing though
similar things. But Satan will want to personalize it to you as if you
are the worst. The devil is a LIAR!
CO N C L U S I O N
When
the people, pressure, persuasion or feeling to commit sin comes again,
DON’T YIELD! It is then you will discover the strength and grace of God
as your weakness is turned to strength. When the feeling of being empty,
of wondering of thoughts, of weakness, of discouragement and despair
come to stop you from your decision and move to serve God, DON’T STOP!
If you don’t stop you will be strong. 1 Peter 5:8.
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about
like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast
in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your
brotherhood in the world.”
