ARE YOU SURE? Part 1
ARE YOU SURE OF WHAT GOD AS CALLED YOU TO DO.
Gen 3:1
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "DID GOD REALLY SAY, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
Luke 4:9, 13
The devil led him [Jesus] to Jerusalem and had him [Jesus] stand on the highest point of the temple. "IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD," he [devil]said, "throw yourself down from here.
And after Jesus has defeated the devil, through himself (Jesus using the WORD, which is Christ himself). The Bible made us know this;
13. And when the devil had ended every [the complete cycle of] temptation, he [temporarily] LEFT HIM [that is, stood off from Him] UNTIL ANOTHER MORE OPPORTUNE AND FAVORABLE TIME.
That favorable time came, when Jesus was in Gethsemane. And that question of IDENTITY showed up again, when Jesus said “Not my will but yours be done”. Prior to this statement, the devil has come to say unto Jesus, “Are you really sure, “If you can carry the cup of sins of the whole lifetime of humanity, from Adam to when the last trumpet shall sound on earth?”, Are you really sure, “If their sins really worth suffering and dying for?” These questions made Jesus ask God the Father, “If this cup can pass over, but yet! …Not my will, but yours be done.
One would think after 3 plus years of Jesus ministrations, filled with Holy Ghost, performing miracles and wonders, that the devil would have left him alone for good about questioning his identity and purpose on earth. But no, he never stops. Same with us ministers and people God. It doesn't matter how long you have been born again or how high in ministry office are you. devil will always come to check if you are sure of who you are.
Still, even when Christ was hung on the cross. Same question came again.
Mark 15:
Those who passed by derided him…‘IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS.’ So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, ‘HE SAVED OTHERS; HE CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF…HE TRUSTS IN GOD; LET GOD DELIVER HIM NOW….
This last scripture actually goes to preachers and intercessors. You prayed healing for others but look at you, toiling! The same prayer you prayed for Michael, can not even save you and your situations.
There will be a time when you are in the “are you sure moment”, because devil only goes for a while and always looking to come back at a favorable time. He always looking for times when you get carried away, filled with so much stress or weary and you begin to count the cost of your willing sacrifice to God.
Gen 3:1
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "DID GOD REALLY SAY, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
Luke 4:9, 13
The devil led him [Jesus] to Jerusalem and had him [Jesus] stand on the highest point of the temple. "IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD," he [devil]said, "throw yourself down from here.
And after Jesus has defeated the devil, through himself (Jesus using the WORD, which is Christ himself). The Bible made us know this;
13. And when the devil had ended every [the complete cycle of] temptation, he [temporarily] LEFT HIM [that is, stood off from Him] UNTIL ANOTHER MORE OPPORTUNE AND FAVORABLE TIME.
That favorable time came, when Jesus was in Gethsemane. And that question of IDENTITY showed up again, when Jesus said “Not my will but yours be done”. Prior to this statement, the devil has come to say unto Jesus, “Are you really sure, “If you can carry the cup of sins of the whole lifetime of humanity, from Adam to when the last trumpet shall sound on earth?”, Are you really sure, “If their sins really worth suffering and dying for?” These questions made Jesus ask God the Father, “If this cup can pass over, but yet! …Not my will, but yours be done.
One would think after 3 plus years of Jesus ministrations, filled with Holy Ghost, performing miracles and wonders, that the devil would have left him alone for good about questioning his identity and purpose on earth. But no, he never stops. Same with us ministers and people God. It doesn't matter how long you have been born again or how high in ministry office are you. devil will always come to check if you are sure of who you are.
Still, even when Christ was hung on the cross. Same question came again.
Mark 15:
Those who passed by derided him…‘IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS.’ So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, ‘HE SAVED OTHERS; HE CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF…HE TRUSTS IN GOD; LET GOD DELIVER HIM NOW….
This last scripture actually goes to preachers and intercessors. You prayed healing for others but look at you, toiling! The same prayer you prayed for Michael, can not even save you and your situations.
There will be a time when you are in the “are you sure moment”, because devil only goes for a while and always looking to come back at a favorable time. He always looking for times when you get carried away, filled with so much stress or weary and you begin to count the cost of your willing sacrifice to God.
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