GOD IS IN CHARGE?
Dont Worry! God is in charge! Or "God is in control!"
I have heard these statements from hundreds of well
meaning Christians as they try to comfort others in their suffering
condition. I have even heard them from the pulpit!
I want to stand up and holler "If God is in control
He sure has things messed up!"
Have you read the news lately? Watched the news programs
on television?
Wars and rumors of wars! Famine! 45 million abortions.
Murder! Rape! Economy going down the tubes! Unemployment reaching
record levels! Bank and car company, and health system take
overs by the Government. (Socialism creeping in!)
And some have the audacity to think "God is in charge?"
Psalm 115:16 "16The heaven, even the heavens, are the
LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
You see God, in Genesis 1:26 put man in charge. But
in Genesis 3 Adam sold out his authority to satan.
2 Cor. 4:3-4
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are
lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded
the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the
glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should
shine unto them.
As you can plainly see by this scripture satan became "the
god of this world" at that point! Sin entered the world by
satans deceiving Adam and Eve. Sickness, disease, death,depression,
poverty,fear,and every other diabolical thing you can think
of entered with satan snd sin!
But....Jesus said in Luke 10:19 "Behold,
I give unto you(my followers) power to tread on serpents and
scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing
shall by any means hurt you."
Jesus has given to the church power and authority over
all the power`s of the devil!
We are instructed in:
Ephesians 4:27 Neither give place to
the devil.
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore
to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
We are told to:
#1. Submit to God! (Believe and walk in the light of
His word)
#2. Resist the devil! (Dont allow him to have his way
in your life!)Every thing that is destructive that comes your
way is from the devil!
Don't make the mistake of thinking that everything that
comes to you is from God! Dont put up with him! Resist him
by speaking "It is written" then quoting what God says about
your situation! Thats what Jesus did in Matthew 4! Now you
do it!
#3. satan will run from you (the believer)in stark terror! You are
in charge of what goes on in your life!
Praise God! He has given us a way to escape satans lies,
and gimmicks!
Article by,
Rick McKnight
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