Do not put "do and do" and "rule on rule" over your own head. The devil loves lists. They help him to organize his strategies of attack; and you cannot stand against him. The only way you can be unpredictable to Satan is to abide in the Lord.
In-the-moment obedience will protect you.
The enemy of your soul can’t touch your will; he can only manipulate your desires. A commitment to obey is difficult for him to attack.
An obedience commitment differs from the kind of desperate game you play when you attempt to outfox your sinful nature. Commitment does not need to destroy the source of temptation or even to hide from it.
Commit, not to abstaining or partaking or to any set of rules; but to the Lord.
Scripture: "...he said, 'This is the resting place, let the weary rest'; and, 'This is the place of repose'—but they would not listen. So then, the word of the LORD to them will become: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little here, a little there—so that they will go and fall backward, be injured and snared and captured (Isaiah 28:12-13).
"There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God..." (Hebrews 4:9).
Thursday, October 7, 2010
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