#WordForTodayDevotional
Tuesday August 22, 2023
THREATS TO HOLINESS (A)
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive?
Ephesians 4:14 (KJV)
Satan is the architect of sin. When Yahweh made man, He communicated His Spirit to man which had all the attributes of Yahweh. So, man was a holy and perfect being at creation. Lucifer, an angel of Yahweh’s, did not get enough of Yahweh perfection and holiness. He wanted it all. He rebelled against Yahweh and lost all of what Yahweh gave him. He became Yahweh’s nemesis – renamed Satan. Ever since, Satan wishes for holiness’s ruin. He elicited the fall of Adam and Eve, depriving them of holiness. He continues on his rampage against holiness. He wants our help; he wants co-conspirators. And humanity is altogether too quick to comply, but that’s our nature because of the fall. Yahweh’s enemy employs five methods to ruin holiness: relativism, tolerance, liberty, contextualization and legalism.