SATAN’S DIABOLICALLY CLEVER ARGUMENT!
Are we to believe that the one prayer God cannot, or WILL NOT, answer is the prayer: “Lord, keep me from ALL sin today?” Is that the one thing God does not desire to do, the one thing God never intended to do through the victory of Calvary??? Remember, Jesus Christ cautioned us “Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof” (Matthew 6:34). We are not to be concerned as to whether we can keep from all sin for the rest of our lives, or even for the coming year, or even for next week, or tomorrow. We are to concern ourselves only with TODAY. Is God powerful enough to keep us from all sin for this one lone day we now call the present??? That’s ALL we are to be concerned about in this regard. Tomorrow is not promised us. Our lives are but like a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Satan would have us dwell on keeping from all sin for the rest of our lives. We then see this as a pipe dream, a ludicrous thought. God would have us concern ourselves with keeping clear of all sin for the next few hours only as much of each day is spent in unconscious sleep!!! We then need only ask the question, “Is God powerful enough to keep me from all sin for a few hours only???!!!”
Jesus says, “Take no anxious thought about tomorrow, whether you can keep yourself submitted to me, your Lord, for another day.” You might not have a tomorrow. Satan whispers, “I would like to see you keep free from sin for a whole week, or an entire month, or for the rest of this year!” We grow discouraged and fearful when we listen to Satan’s clever arguments, but when we listen to Jesus we say, “Well, I’m sure Jesus Christ can keep me free from sin until bedtime!” And when the sun rises each morning, you will find it easier and easier to believe your Lord can and will keep you free from all sin for another day.
That preacher, or Bible teacher, who says he commits his first sin of the day within 15 minutes of getting out of bed is deceived and will deceive you if you listen to him. A word to the wise, brethren….
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley