Lately, there has been an inordinate amount of media coverage regarding the ways persons identify themselves. Some men and women are choosing to become their opposites, or somewhere in between. While ungodly behavior has existed since mankind was created on this earth, modern medical practices are transforming people in perverse ways.
We have a purpose as given to Adam and Eve, to “Be fruitful and multiply…” (Genesis 1:22). We were created to fulfill God’s Will and increase His Family. But mankind has rejected most aspects of God’s Laws. Instead, mankind’s focus is driven inward, towards fulfilling one’s own will and pleasures.
God has always known who His people are and whom He will work with and call. “For surely I will command, And will sift the house of Israel among all nations, As grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground” (Amos 9:9). We can live by, and begin to believe in, whatever lie our carnal minds can devise. But we can’t fool God. There is only one way. Only one truth will lead us to God.
It may be hard for those of us with God’s Spirit to perceive why someone would reject the love and ultimate purpose that God gives to His followers. Yet we know because of Satan’s pervasive influence, when mankind is given a final chance, some will choose to reject God: “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death” (Revelation 21:8).
Satan cannot be trifled with! His corruption is complete. His wisdom in deceit is beyond the ability of carnal minds to combat. So many in the world think they serve God when they don’t. Satan didn’t think he was tempting some facet of God when he proceeded to tempt Christ. Satan knew he was tempting The Logos as a man – a glorious being who emptied Himself of His glory and became fully man, “but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross” (Philippians 2:7-8). Satan thought he could overcome Christ by temptation. Satan assumed like all men, Christ would be subject to, and in fact drawn to his deceitfulness.
But Christ overcame Satan’s temptations, because He was filled with the same Spirit that lives within us. There is no question who each of us are today! “For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building” (1 Corinthians 3:9). Focus on pleasing God and it will be His pleasure to give us the Kingdom.
