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Friday,
March 22, 2024
"People
Who Know Their
God"
Message
summary:
Fellow
believer in
Christ, today
let us pursue
a growing
knowledge of
God as we
surrender
ourselves more
fully to His
control, and
let us firmly
resist the
enemy of our
souls. Let us
determine that
we will keep
our covenant
with God and
truly be a
people who
know our God
and stand firm
and take
action.
Listen
to our message
on your audio
player.
“He
shall seduce
with flattery
those who
violate the
covenant, but
the people who
know their God
shall stand
firm and take
action”
(Daniel
11:32). “God’s
Spirit
specifically
tells us that
in later days
there will be
men who
abandon the
true faith and
allow
themselves to
be spiritually
seduced by
teachings of
the devil” (1
Timothy 4:1).
“Be
self-controlled
and alert.
Your enemy the
devil prowls
around like a
roaring lion
looking for
someone to
devour. Resist
him, standing
firm in the
faith” (1
Peter 5:8,9).
Tomorrow
we will be
going to see
"Daniel" at
the Sight and
Sound Theater
here in
Lancaster
County. Our
church just
completed a
series on
Daniel so this
will be a good
finale and we
expect to be
edified by the
dramatic
presentation
as we always
are. See below
for more
information
about the
Sight and
Sound Theater.But
something else
is happening
in our area
tomorrow that
is drawing a
lot of
attention.
Lancaster
County is
generally
conservative
but Lancaster
city, like so
many cities,
is not. The
city library
is joining the
bandwagon of
depravity and
is hosting a
"drag queen
story hour"
for children.
There will be
demonstrations
and a prayer
gathering at
the event by
a remnant of
"people who
know their God
and stand firm
and take
action”
calling out
the sheer evil
and seduction
taking place.
From
the time of
the successful
seduction of
Adam and Eve
the enemy has
sought to
continue the
seduction in
each of their
descendants.
And from the
very beginning
flattery has
been one of
the most
effective
tools in
Satan’s
diabolical
arsenal. In
the Garden of
Eden Satan
appealed to
Adam and Eve's
pride
declaring, “You
will be like
God”
(Genesis 3:5).
Today the great spiritual war rages on. Consider the cosmic struggle underlying all that we see with our eyes. So many are being seduced by the teachings of the devil.
The
latter portion
of Daniel is a
series of
prophetic
messages
dealing with
events that
stretch from
his time
(about 550 BC)
through the
various
historically
verifiable
world empires
to the present
and beyond. It
can be a tough
read requiring
much
concentration.
But in the
midst of the
prophetic
writing is
today's first
verse. “He
shall seduce
with flattery
those who
violate the
covenant, but
the people who
know their God
shall stand
firm and take
action”
(Daniel
11:32).
Today the great spiritual war rages on. Consider the cosmic struggle underlying all that we see with our eyes. So many are being seduced by the teachings of the devil.
The
latter portion
of Daniel is a
series of
prophetic
messages
dealing with
events that
stretch from
his time
(about 550 BC)
through the
various
historically
verifiable
world empires
to the present
and beyond. It
can be a tough
read requiring
much
concentration.
But in the
midst of the
prophetic
writing is
today's first
verse. “He
shall seduce
with flattery
those who
violate the
covenant, but
the people who
know their God
shall stand
firm and take
action”
(Daniel
11:32).The
flattering “he”
in the first
daily text is
an evil being
whose modus
operandi is to
“seduce
with flattery
those who
violate the
covenant”.
Although the
specific “he”
in the text
may not be
Satan, surely
it represents
his ongoing,
persistent
attempts to
seduce God’s
people through
the likes of
such people as
this king. Any
violation of a
covenant
results in
further
seduction if
there is no
repentance
offered. As
the apostle
Paul stated, “a
man reaps what
he sows”
(Galatians
6:7).
But the focus of this daily encouragement is the latter part of the text, which has such an application for all times.
"But the people who know their God". In every generation God has called out a people who know Him. Not in the sense of merely knowing about Him nor through the experiences of others, but in one's own experience and through a deepening of understanding due to a more fully surrendered heart.
The apostle Paul wrote many years after his conversion experience when he initially came to know Christ, “I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death” (Philippians 3:10). This surely speaks of an ongoing aspiration to know God in a greater and deeper way. When we walk in the resurrection power that comes from Christ we will experience and overcome the sufferings that also come to the believer as we share in His sufferings. Too often we want the resurrection power, but resist the suffering that comes to those who identify with Christ in His death.
"Shall stand firm and take action". This growing knowledge of God will equip us as His people to unyieldingly resist the ploys of Satan. It is so easy to be seduced and led astray if we are not aware of Satan’s tactics. We can learn about them since they are revealed all throughout the Scriptures.
But the focus of this daily encouragement is the latter part of the text, which has such an application for all times.
"But the people who know their God". In every generation God has called out a people who know Him. Not in the sense of merely knowing about Him nor through the experiences of others, but in one's own experience and through a deepening of understanding due to a more fully surrendered heart.
The apostle Paul wrote many years after his conversion experience when he initially came to know Christ, “I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death” (Philippians 3:10). This surely speaks of an ongoing aspiration to know God in a greater and deeper way. When we walk in the resurrection power that comes from Christ we will experience and overcome the sufferings that also come to the believer as we share in His sufferings. Too often we want the resurrection power, but resist the suffering that comes to those who identify with Christ in His death.
"Shall stand firm and take action". This growing knowledge of God will equip us as His people to unyieldingly resist the ploys of Satan. It is so easy to be seduced and led astray if we are not aware of Satan’s tactics. We can learn about them since they are revealed all throughout the Scriptures.
In
my heart I
have such a
deep sense of
the urgency of
this warning
and remind our
readers to “be
self-controlled
and alert.
Your enemy the
devil prowls
around like a
roaring lion
looking for
someone to
devour.
Resist him,
standing firm
in the faith,
because you
know that your
brothers
throughout the
world are
undergoing the
same kind of
sufferings”.
Fellow believer in Christ, today let us pursue a growing knowledge of God as we surrender ourselves more fully to His control, and let us firmly resist the enemy of our souls. Let us determine that we will keep our covenant with God and truly be a people who know our God and stand firm and take action.
Fellow believer in Christ, today let us pursue a growing knowledge of God as we surrender ourselves more fully to His control, and let us firmly resist the enemy of our souls. Let us determine that we will keep our covenant with God and truly be a people who know our God and stand firm and take action.
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily prayer:
Father, deep
within our
soul there is
a yearning to
know You more,
to identify
with You in
Your power,
and even in
Your
suffering, and
also in Your
victory over
Satan. What a
powerful
example You
give us Jesus
was tempted in
the desert for
40 days and 40
nights. Satan
had a plot,
but Jesus had
a plan to
refute every
scheme he laid
out by
responding
with
Scripture:
Scripture that
was spoken and
recorded long
before the
wilderness
battle ensued.
Help us to be
like-minded,
to learn and
embrace the
Scriptures, so
that we will
do battle with
the enemy not
by our might
or strength
that might
actually be
weakened in
the midst of
it, but in the
powerful
strength that
comes through
the
inspiration of
Your Holy Word
meant for all
time. In
Jesus’ name we
pray. Amen.Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"Knowing
You"
Watch
on YouTube
This is a
great song of
aspiration.
*
I am not sure
what the
farmer in the
photo is doing
but I know
what they were
doing in our
neighborhood
last night. We
were both
upstairs in
our living
room visiting.
Brooksyne came
down to our
office and new
bedroom area
and told me
there was a
bad odor. I
walked down
and wow it was
strong. I
wondered if an
animal had
died and was
decaying or if
we had a
septic
problem. When
I went outside
to pick up
Ester at work
I immediately
recognized the
source. A
farmer
neighbor up
the road is
spreading
organic
fertilizer,
that is the
animal waste
from his large
pork
operation. In
our humble
olfactory
opinion swine
is the most
foul smelling
fertilizer. We
dealt with it
all night long
so you might
say it wasn't
one of the
more pleasant
times to live
out in the
country! But
it too will
pass.
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