When The Enemy Attacks, We Say What God Says!

"Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father."(I John 2:22-24 NIV) 

Just as John wrote to the churches, reminding them of who they are in Christ and His promise of eternal life because the enemy was trying to lead them astray (v.26), so too, do I write. My daily writings are reminders to those who Believe and Know God for themselves and understand that our relationship with Him, is supposed to be an intimate, individual relationship that is binds us together by love.

We cannot claim to know and love one--Jesus or The Father--without loving the other since they are One--in purpose and intent--to provide us eternal life with them.

There is only one reason that I can think of that confuses people about the relationship between Jesus and The Father. Very simply put, misunderstanding or no comprehension of John's relationship with Jesus to know that what He tells us is God's Truth and not his own. God is a Spirit--and we who worship must worship Him in spirit and truth. He loves us so much He came down from in the likeness of flesh--called Himself Jesus (He told Mary what to name the baby), lived among men and understood temptation as we know it, yet did not sin. He didn't cave or give into sin and whenever the devil tried to tempt Him, He stood on The Word of The Father by reminding the devil, "It is written..." Now, I want people to note that when Jesus told the devil that it was written (He said what God said), He wasn't concerned with chapter and verse, but the content of the chapter and verse.

Sometimes people get so caught up with "quoting" chapter and verse they forget the intent of the content for which they're quoting. If a person has no understanding of the intent of the content, knowing the chapter and verse where it's found is pointless. The Word--purpose and intent of the content--should be so engrained in Believers that we can say what God says every time the enemy attempts to say anything to us. We are to be living letters--by our conduct and behavior and treatment of others--as to the intent and purpose of who God called us to be. We are His children--children of the Light, not the darkness, and it's time we acted like it by saying what Our Father says.

If we say what He says, people will be offended and convicted of sin for that is the purpose of The Word, along with encouraging us to live a life that pleases God. We do not have to trade barbs with either the unbelieving or those who claim to believe, but don't know The Word.

If they want to belittle us or demean us when we say what God says--tell them thanks and move on--shaking the dust from our feet. Some will hear us and some won't. We are not responsible for whether people receive what we say when we say what God says. They are. We are responsible for telling people what God says. And when we love others as we are told, we want others to know the truth and not be deceived by the enemy's lies.