Monday 1 December 2008

The Devil hates the gospel

I've noticed that not everybody is pro-gospel, most of all the devil.
In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God should shine unto them 2 Corinthians 4:4

Jesus outlined the devils plan for mankind in John10:10 'The thief is come to steal, kill and destroy' and then his plan 'I have come so that they can have abundant life.' Then in the next verse he says how he will accomplish his plan 'The good shepherd gives his LIFE for the sheep' so to understand the significance of this we can turn to 2 Corinthians 5:21 'For he has made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him' and Romans 5:19 'For as by one man's disobedience (Adam's) many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one (Jesus and the giving of his life at the cross) shall many be made righteous' so we see that Jesus death accomplished right standing with God for all of mankind. He gave his life for us so that we could experience his life, ABUNDANT LIFE!

So let's complete the circle by looking at Romans 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation (to save, heal, deliver, prosper) to everyone that believes; to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For therein is the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD REVEALED from faith to faith..' Jesus work at the cross of placing mankind into right standing with God is REVEALED in the gospel! And when you believe that you have right standing with God you will experience salvation, health, wholeness, prosperity, the abundant life!

But that is spoiling the devils plans of death and destruction so what does he do? He actively blinds people to the gospel which is God's abundant life plan because it's seeing the gospel that makes it effective. Seeing God's provision of right standing with him is the power of God to save you from death and destruction. I know that I have just bombarded you with a lot of information there but stay with it and I'll elaborate further.


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