we give satan the power he did have on earth ,JESUS CHRIST came here to give it back to us .really the LORD ,went farther ,than before .Because HE now will be with us forever more ,where once ,HE came to visit .Also we will be like HIm and NO longer walk in the flesh .but walk in the spirit .We will no longer as we should now ?desire the things of the flesh .That is why HE will change the earth and heavens to match our new thinkings and beings .We can not see this yet .As far as satan and the fallen angels .they were made perfect they choose to sin .sin causes there minds to become evil and sick .as even man kind does when sin takes control .but since man knows not of such evil .satan puts these evil thoughts in our minds to do such evil as we do .because man would not do the evil he now does ,if not for satan and demons .we are creatures of habit .we would do the same things over and over if left to ourselves ..What ever habits we get into .we keep doing them bad or good .We are made different than the angels ,look different act different ..But when born of GOD or born again .We will desire to please our LORD jESUS CHRIST and feel bad if we fail in anyway .Not knowing that we would not fail if walking in the spirit .thinking this dum flesh is us ,in any full truth .Understand who we are is the key .Then demons will not temp us .because the inner man ,has no desire for the things of the earth .as GOD does not and we are in HIS image .We are tricked indeed.The outward man is still used and decieved .But the inward man will not be .as HE is not of this world .NOR DESIRE the things of this world . I believe this is the biggest trick of all ?Once we see this .demons can no longer cause us to sin or fail our lORD JESUS CHRIST .THE LIVING WORD OF GOD IS VERY SIMPLE ,this is why our LORD said even a child can understand and we must come to HIM as a child .We make things so hard .searching for deeper meanings ,Yet it is our inner man that needs feed ,then our walk with HIM is automatic ,without effort .THE desires are already in place .The kingdom of GOD is with in us .and it is POWER .THis POWER is automatic .But yet we think we MUST do somthing .ALL we need to is feed the hidden man .and he will yeild to the HOLY SPIRIT .Then we will be led by HIM .Then we will hear the voice of JESUS CHRIST and follow .
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Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Hi Gary,
I enjoyed your post, but I am confused about something you said, I highlighted it, are you saying we aren't temped, and won't sin if we have Christ living in us and feed only on the things of God?
I'm guess I'm not doing something right then, well, I know I'm not alot of things right. My walk has been a struggle. There were days several years ago that I could spend on my knees praying and reading. I miss those days. But still I had to stuggle in my ownself, fight the demons with in so to speak. I guess we all do that to some degree. There isn't a day that goes by that some kind of temptation does come my way.
In a perfect world, after the Lord comes the struggle will be gone. Maybe struggle isn't a good word, but for me it takes alot of work sometimes to hold on to what faith I have. Its through the trial and temtations that we are made strong, What kind of Christians would we be if we didn't have to practice what we believed one in a while.
By the time the Good Lord comes I should be the Arnold Swartzi....lol.......how ever you spell it for God.
peace and blessings,
musicllover
