The devil tries to get us but God draws us back!
- Author
- Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries
- Published
- Fri 19 Feb 2021
- Episode Link
- https://jesusministries.podbean.com/e/the-devil-tries-to-get-us-but-god-draws-us-back/
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney ...
Some days I find I'm not interested in reading anything spiritual.
But I decide to read some of our blog or the writing on the Podcast. And I start to be interested and by the time I finish reading those scriptures that are presented, I am restored again.
I Corinthians 1:21 ... it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Recently the thought came to me that I'm not really called by Jesus to be HIS minister, that I got it all wrong, and then I was reminded of the times after I was born again when I was taken into heaven. It was in the night while I was sleeping. I was "transported" into heaven. I was with God, and Christ, and the Holy Spirit. (I saw no images it was spiritual.) At that time I was merged into the body of Jesus, made one with the Word of God, God and Holy Spirit witnessing. A few nights later, the exact same thing happened again.
As I thought on those experiences, I was restored and knew it had been a devil trying to cause me to doubt, for I believe I was ordained into the ministry offices when I was merged into the body of Jesus in heaven those two times.
The devil will try to convince us the way we are going is not the right way. But then God will restore us by the Holy Spirit who reminds us of the way of God.
Often we are restored by an exhortation.
Hebrews 3:13-14 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Hebrews 10:25-26 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
I present to you daily exhortations because these two verses tell me to do this. And notice Heb. 10:25 tells us to exhort one another even more as we see the day of the Lord approaching.
For God uses these exhortations to keep us in HIS way in the midst of the wickedness that surrounds us in this present world.
