DON'T BE THE FISH ON THE END OF SATAN'S HOOK
DON'T BE THE FISH ON THE END OF SATAN'S HOOK
Satan is fishing for you using all kinds of sinful lures.What ever your weakness are , he will try to use the right hook to lure you in and catch you. He have lust,greed of money,gossip,hatred,lies,pride and many more.
Just stay prayed up every day to fight the sinful lures he is using to snag you, because that senses alarm will come on to let you know not to go that way or don't do that, because God is in you guiding you to do the right thing, now if you get caught dont blame God he had warned you.
I remember back in the day my great grand mother would tell me "don't get caught by satan" by what she mean is don't fall into sin.
You know, often times we wind up doing the same thing in our walk with Jesus. We start out strong. We have the best of intentions. We are excited, and we want to succeed in the faith. We have a desire to be faithful followers of our Savior. Yet, so often, we become distracted by sin to turn us from the faith. We allow the wrong influences in our lives. We experience a challenge or a setback. We make a bad decision. We experience the spiritual failure of allowing sin into our lives, and our relationship with Jesus suffers.
Surviving the failure of sin. As followers of Christ, this is one of our greatest challenges in life … especially in the life of the church. Because so often our sin problems are not only between us and God … many times the sin in our lives is known by others. It has consequences that go beyond self. As believers, our failures and our sin can affect our families, our friends, and our church. Therefore, it is appropriate that we look together as a church to God’s word to find the guidance for surviving the failure of sin.
Peter was a bold, brash, straight-talking fisherman. He was as honest as he was rugged. From my study of the life of Peter, I have the picture of a man who said whatever came to his mind. I also have a picture of a man who, when he committed himself to something, committed all the way. There was no wishy-washy half-heartedness to Peter. He left his life of fishing to go with Jesus and become a fisher of men. He was a sold-out follower of Jesus … and he didn’t hesitate to tell anybody.
Even when Jesus warned him that he would someday deny him, Peter said, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.” (Matthew 26:33) When Jesus attempted to explain his coming death, and how the disciples could not go with Him, but that they would follow later, Peter said, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” (John 13:37)
Yet we know that despite his enthusiasm and claims … when the moment of truth came … Peter did just as Jesus warned he would do. Look and see how Peter responded in that moment of decision … that moment of persecution.
Peter did just as Jesus warned he would. He failed Jesus. He publicly denied him three times at that ultimate moment of decision. And as we look at that, we must think, “What a failure! He denied Jesus! How could he ever be restored? How could he ever be forgiven?” Yet he was forgiven and he was restored. The Bible tells us so. And so, today, as we look to God’s word for instruction on how we might survive the failure of our own sin, we can find no more perfect example than that of Peter.
So, what must you know so that you can survive the failure of sin?
None of us are immune to sin. None of us are immune to letting Jesus down … not even the people who were closes to Him on this earth. Peter walked and talked and laughed and ate with Jesus for three years. He was in the inner circle of the disciples. You might even say that he was one of Jesus’ best friends. Yet he let Jesus down. Three times he denied even knowing Jesus ... all within view of Jesus Himself.
So, should we be surprised by the failure of sin that enters our lives? No. Is God surprised when we fail in our sin and let Him down? No! Does He stop loving us? No!
God knows our tendency to sin all too well. He created us. He was there at the moment when man rebelled and took that step from holiness into sin. He recorded in His word in Romans 3:23 that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” All of us…every single one of us have sinned.
Despite what we may think of ourselves or what we may think of the believers who surround us, we are all just human. We are not perfect. We will fail. We will sin. So, perhaps the first important step is to stop being beating ourselves up. There is nothing to be gained in that. There is no forgiveness or restoration in hating and punishing ourselves for the sin we commit that is absolutely no surprise to Jesus. Indeed, if it is truly forgiveness and restoration that we seek, then we need to go directly to the giver of life and forgiveness … our Lord Jesus Christ.
Yes, Peter had failed miserably. He had denied his Lord. But he saw that Jesus still loved him, he understood the consequences, and he confronted his sin. So, by giving Peter this three-part affirmation, he let Peter know that he was still valuable to the cause. He was useful. He did have a purpose. In fact, he would still be a great leader
Friends, that same Peter who cowered in the darkness and denied Jesus on the night before he was crucified stood boldly in front of the entire population of Jerusalem and told them all about Jesus Christ!
Isn’t that amazing?! Isn’t that powerful?! Friends, please understand … no matter how you have failed … no matter how you have allowed sin to infect your life … Jesus has the remedy for that sin. He wants to restore that relationship with you. He wants to forgive you. He wants to be your very best friend. But there are some steps that you have to take … confronting your sin, admitting it, and confessing it. Once you resolve that, God can and will restore you and use you in mighty ways to make a difference in His kingdom.
Amen
Satan is fishing for you using all kinds of sinful lures.What ever your weakness are , he will try to use the right hook to lure you in and catch you. He have lust,greed of money,gossip,hatred,lies,pride and many more.
Just stay prayed up every day to fight the sinful lures he is using to snag you, because that senses alarm will come on to let you know not to go that way or don't do that, because God is in you guiding you to do the right thing, now if you get caught dont blame God he had warned you.
I remember back in the day my great grand mother would tell me "don't get caught by satan" by what she mean is don't fall into sin.
You know, often times we wind up doing the same thing in our walk with Jesus. We start out strong. We have the best of intentions. We are excited, and we want to succeed in the faith. We have a desire to be faithful followers of our Savior. Yet, so often, we become distracted by sin to turn us from the faith. We allow the wrong influences in our lives. We experience a challenge or a setback. We make a bad decision. We experience the spiritual failure of allowing sin into our lives, and our relationship with Jesus suffers.
Surviving the failure of sin. As followers of Christ, this is one of our greatest challenges in life … especially in the life of the church. Because so often our sin problems are not only between us and God … many times the sin in our lives is known by others. It has consequences that go beyond self. As believers, our failures and our sin can affect our families, our friends, and our church. Therefore, it is appropriate that we look together as a church to God’s word to find the guidance for surviving the failure of sin.
Peter was a bold, brash, straight-talking fisherman. He was as honest as he was rugged. From my study of the life of Peter, I have the picture of a man who said whatever came to his mind. I also have a picture of a man who, when he committed himself to something, committed all the way. There was no wishy-washy half-heartedness to Peter. He left his life of fishing to go with Jesus and become a fisher of men. He was a sold-out follower of Jesus … and he didn’t hesitate to tell anybody.
Even when Jesus warned him that he would someday deny him, Peter said, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.” (Matthew 26:33) When Jesus attempted to explain his coming death, and how the disciples could not go with Him, but that they would follow later, Peter said, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” (John 13:37)
Yet we know that despite his enthusiasm and claims … when the moment of truth came … Peter did just as Jesus warned he would do. Look and see how Peter responded in that moment of decision … that moment of persecution.
Peter did just as Jesus warned he would. He failed Jesus. He publicly denied him three times at that ultimate moment of decision. And as we look at that, we must think, “What a failure! He denied Jesus! How could he ever be restored? How could he ever be forgiven?” Yet he was forgiven and he was restored. The Bible tells us so. And so, today, as we look to God’s word for instruction on how we might survive the failure of our own sin, we can find no more perfect example than that of Peter.
So, what must you know so that you can survive the failure of sin?
None of us are immune to sin. None of us are immune to letting Jesus down … not even the people who were closes to Him on this earth. Peter walked and talked and laughed and ate with Jesus for three years. He was in the inner circle of the disciples. You might even say that he was one of Jesus’ best friends. Yet he let Jesus down. Three times he denied even knowing Jesus ... all within view of Jesus Himself.
So, should we be surprised by the failure of sin that enters our lives? No. Is God surprised when we fail in our sin and let Him down? No! Does He stop loving us? No!
God knows our tendency to sin all too well. He created us. He was there at the moment when man rebelled and took that step from holiness into sin. He recorded in His word in Romans 3:23 that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” All of us…every single one of us have sinned.
Despite what we may think of ourselves or what we may think of the believers who surround us, we are all just human. We are not perfect. We will fail. We will sin. So, perhaps the first important step is to stop being beating ourselves up. There is nothing to be gained in that. There is no forgiveness or restoration in hating and punishing ourselves for the sin we commit that is absolutely no surprise to Jesus. Indeed, if it is truly forgiveness and restoration that we seek, then we need to go directly to the giver of life and forgiveness … our Lord Jesus Christ.
Yes, Peter had failed miserably. He had denied his Lord. But he saw that Jesus still loved him, he understood the consequences, and he confronted his sin. So, by giving Peter this three-part affirmation, he let Peter know that he was still valuable to the cause. He was useful. He did have a purpose. In fact, he would still be a great leader
Friends, that same Peter who cowered in the darkness and denied Jesus on the night before he was crucified stood boldly in front of the entire population of Jerusalem and told them all about Jesus Christ!
Isn’t that amazing?! Isn’t that powerful?! Friends, please understand … no matter how you have failed … no matter how you have allowed sin to infect your life … Jesus has the remedy for that sin. He wants to restore that relationship with you. He wants to forgive you. He wants to be your very best friend. But there are some steps that you have to take … confronting your sin, admitting it, and confessing it. Once you resolve that, God can and will restore you and use you in mighty ways to make a difference in His kingdom.
Amen
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