1. SELF.
Your INTIMATE enemy. True!
The Bible reveals thus:
Blessed is the man that ENDURES temptation: for when he is TRIED, he shall RECEIVE the CROWN of LIFE, which the Lord has promised to them that love Him. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is DRAWN away of his own LUST, and ENTICED. Then when lust has CONCEIVED, it brings forth SIN: and SIN, when it is FINISHED, bringeth forth DEATH. (James 1:12-15; 2 Timothy 4:5-8).
Do you get it?
Therefore, the Bible counsels thus:
Love NOT the world, neither the things that are IN the world. If any man LOVE the WORLD, the love of the Father is NOT in him. For ALL that is in the world, the LUST of the FLESH, and the LUST of the EYES, and the PRIDE of LIFE, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world PASSES away, and the lust thereof: but he that DOES the WILL of God abides for ever. (1 John 2:15-17; 1 John 5:16-21).
Take note, take heed!
2. SINNERS (vis-à-vis unbelievers)
Your CLOSE enemy. True!
Jesus Christ revealed thus:
Behold, I SEND you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be you therefore WISE as serpents, and HARMLESS as doves. But BEWARE of MEN: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And you shall be brought before governors and kings for MY sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they DELIVER you up, take NO thought how or what you shall speak: for it shall be GIVEN you in that same hour what you shall speak. For it is NOT you that speak, but the SPIRIT of your Father which speaks IN you. And the brother shall DELIVER up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And you shall be HATED of ALL men for MY name's sake: but he that ENDURES to the END shall be SAVED. But when they persecute you in this city, flee yyou into another: for verily I say unto you, you shall NOT have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. The disciple is NOT above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he BE as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? Fear them NOT therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak you in light: and what you hear in the ear, that preach you upon the housetops. And fear NOT them which kill the body, but are NOT able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell....(Matthew 10:16-28, 29-42).
Do you get it?
Therefore, the Bible counsels thus:
Be you NOT unequally YOKED together with UNBELIEVERS: for WHAT fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and WHAT communion has light with darkness? And WHAT concord has Christ with Belial? or WHAT part has he that believes with an infidel? And WHAT agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore COME OUT from among them, and be you SEPARATE, saith the Lord, and touch NOT the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, said the Lord Almighty. (2 Corinthians 6:14-18).
Take note, take heed!
3. SATAN.
Your arc, but CASUAL enemy. True!
The Bible reveals thus:
Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. WOE to the INHABITERS of the EARTH and of the sea! FOR the DEVIL is COME down unto you, HAVING great wrath, because he KNOWS that he has but a SHORT time. (Revelation 12:12).
Do you get it?
Therefore, the Bible counsel thus:
Be sober, be VIGILANT; because YOUR adversary the DEVIL, as a roaring lion, WALKS about, SEEKING whom he may devour: Whom RESIST stedfast in the FAITH, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that you have SUFFERED a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, SETTLE you. (1 Peter 5:7-10).
Take note, take heed!
Are you shocked and surprised that though SATAN is your archenemy, because he enticed, influenced and pressurised your SELF to SIN and SINNERS (vis-à-vis unbelievers) against you, as a child of God in Christ in this World, yet he is your CASUAL enemy?
Don't be shocked and surprised!
Why do I say so?
It is because if you supernaturally conquer your INTIMATE enemy, SELF, you will supernaturally conquer your CLOSE enemy, SINNERS (vis-à-vis unbelievers) and ultimately, supernaturally conquer your arc, but CASUAL enemy, SATAN. True!
The Bible reveals thus:
We know that whosoever is born of God SINS not; but he that is begotten of God KEEPS himself, and that wicked one TOUCHS him not. (1 John 5:18; Romans 8:1-14).
Do you get it?
If you consciously and consistently keep your SELF checked, according to the WORD of GOD under the influence of the SPIRIT of GOD, SINNERS (vis-à-vis unbelievers) and SATAN will have no power and dominion over you, rather you will have power and dominion over them. True!
Therefore, the Bible counsels thus:
And having in a READINESS to REVENGE all disobedience, when your OBEDIENCE is FULFILLED. (2 Corinthians 10:6).
Furthermore, the Bible counsels thus:
Wherefore, my beloved, as you have ALWAYS obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, WORK OUT your OWN salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which works IN you both to WILL and to DO of his good pleasure. Do ALL things without murmurings and disputings: That you may be blameless BLAMELESS and HARMLESS, the sons of God, WITHOUT rebuke, in the MIDST of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world; HOLDING forth the WORD of LIFE; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. (Philippians 2:12-16).
Take note, take heed!
Always remember as genuine Children of God in Christ in this World, the Bible reveals thus:
...WE are more than CONQUERORS through HIM (Christ) that LOVED us. Halleluyah! (Romans 8:37; Ephesians 6:10-18).
Think about it!
Let your LIFE in Christ in this World HONOUR God, even if you have to do it ALONE in Christ in this World. If you do, you will be greatly honoured by God and gloriously REWARDED by Him as well on this Earth and in Heaven some day. True! (Luke 18:28-30; 2 Timothy 4:5-8).
God bless you.
MODIBO GODWILL
Divine Destiny Messenger,
Author & Speaker
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