Daily Devotional, Year 4 – JANUARY 12 (How a Joke Killed! Part 2-b: “An Antichrist Spirit”)
By admin On September 23rd, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – JANUARY 12
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How a Joke Killed!
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Part 2-b:
“An Antichrist Spirit”
To go to Part 1, click here… ” JANUARY 10th (How a Joke Killed!)”
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On the morning of that fearful day, Lot, tried to warn his sons-in-law to flee from the wrath to come!
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But his sons-in-law didn’t believe him!
They thought he was just joking!
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Listen… “And Lot went out,
and spake unto his sons in law,
which married his daughters,
and said, Up, get you out of this place;
for the LORD will destroy this city.
But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.”
Genesis 19:14
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Yes, maybe Lot was the type who enjoyed a good gag, previous to this solemn moment!
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After all, why else would his sons-in-law conclude his was merely joking?
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Well, we’ll just have to ask Lot, when we meet up with him someday, what exactly did happen on that frightful morning.
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Picture – Lot Escapes Sodom – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.
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FOOLISH TALK & JESTING
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Now, the Bible does not promote being a joker or a jester!
Quite the opposite!
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Listen… “Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting,
which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks…
Let no man deceive you with vain words:
for because of these things cometh the wrath of God
upon the children of disobedience.”
Ephesians 5:3, 4, 6
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Combine this above passage with the following passage from the same epistle…
“Wherein in time past ye walked
according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”
Ephesians 2:2
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Can you see the common thread between these two above passages?
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Now that bit of information should make us think twice about imitating this joking and jesting world!
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PS Krøyer – Hip hip hurra! – Kunstnerfest på Skagen – 1888 – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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NOT IGNORANT OF SATAN’S DEVICES!
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Now, the Bible says… “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” 2nd Corinthians 2:11.
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No, as this above verse reveals, we are not ignorant of Satan’s devices!
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Satan is not just sitting on the sidelines, as some suppose: merely observing the goings-on of Mankind.
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Nor does Satan take time off, so he can go on vacations!
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Rather, Satan is a 24/7/365 warrior, seeking to deceive and destroy both Christians and their children, too!
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USEFUL PAWNS IN SATAN’S GAME OF CHESS
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Satan is the true “mover and shaker” of this world!
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Whether it be a king, or a pauper, a “professional”, or a common laborer, a business tycoon, or a teacher, a pastor or a parishioner, a doctor, or a patient, a poet or a musician, a classical composer, or a pop singer, a political figure or a comedian:
No unconverted human being is beyond Satan’s reach!
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And just as he used unconverted Peter, he too will use you or me, if he possibly can!
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And just as he received permission to sift Peter as wheat, so will he do to any yet unconverted Follower of Jesus!
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checkmate – by Friedriech Moritz August Retzsch – Wikigallery.org – Public domain
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“I AM MUSIC, AND I WRITE THE SONGS!”
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A line from the song, “I Write The Songs”, by Bruce Johnston
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Lucifer was the gifted musician back in Heaven, prior to being thrust down to earth!
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So don’t imagine for a moment that he doesn’t employ his “talents” down here!
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Yes, there are many “gifted” humans who seem to pour out their artistic creations like an overflowing river! Literary artists, musicians, business “geniuses”, scientists, scholars, actors, and yes, even comedians!
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But what both the people of the world, and Christians alike are so hesitant to admit or recognize, is that this evil genius, Satan, who is that “spirit THAT NOW WORKETH in the children of disobedience:”!
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Stuck Lucifer ca-1890 – Wikimedia – public-domain
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LET US NOT BE DECEIVED!
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And we must not allow ourselves to be ignorant of Satan’s devices, as he glorifies his own selfish kingdom, by such creations!
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The comedians who instantly improvise some funny joke, and makes us howl with laughter at sin and make light of this world of sin.
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We hear all that beautiful music, and our hearts are further entwined to this world!
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The storytellers weave their intriguing tales, making this selfish world appear so inviting, and even magical, at times!
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The inventors “discover” some new invention, and we and our children become willing slaves to these electronic devices!
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No, they are merely being used by “the god of this world”, the Devil, as he weaves his world-wide spider web of deception and seductive entrapments, casting us into his prison-house of sin and selfishness!
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Spider Web – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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SOME VERY GOOD NEWS!
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Now there is some very Good News in the midst of all this bad news!
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Yes, if we have been used by Satan in the past, there is much hope for the future!
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The Lord can turn our failure into victory and transform our life of sin into our testimony of God’s love and mercy!
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And God can deliver us from such overpowering habits, such as this pleasure of the mind called “joking”, “jesting”, or a “sense of humor”.
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Oh yes, it may take much resistance to finally get Satan to cease from whispering these jests in our ears!
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But we have a commission to warn the world of the coming Day of God!
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And only a loving, Christlike character will allow Christ to work in us and through us, to sound the trumpet, that the great Day of God has finally arrived!
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TO READ PART 3, CLICK HERE…
JANUARY 13 (How a Joke Killed! Part 3: A Deadened Conscience)
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Give me a heart which desires to become Christlike in every way! Take away my foolish pride which the Devil has deceived me with, by giving me these satanic abilities…
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… ““Vanity Fair” & The False Prophet”…
…or you can also read… “February 15th (The Two Images!)”
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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FINALLY WALKING UPWARD INTO THE HIGHWAYS OF ETERNITY
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Day by day, you will find yourself walking, like the Disciples, spreading the precious Gospel seed wherever the Spirit leads.
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Taking the lovely name of Jesus, with every word spoken.
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Walking through this sin-darkened world, witnessing to those who take notice that of a truth, Jesus is present within you.
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Even like faithful Enoch, walking through the highways and byways of life in this world, spreading the Gospel-seed of unpretentious love.
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Day by day, you will become more and more closed in with God. Moment by moment, your heart will become intertwined with God’s heart, eventually two hearts beating as one heart.
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And just like Enoch, when the appointed time of sojourning on earth is finally done…you will walk onward…and upward…and into the highways and byways of eternity. (“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Genesis 5:24).
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ThomasCole-Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – wikimedia – US public domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”
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TOMORROW…
January 13 (A 3-Fingered Judgment-Day, Part 7: “Snowflakes”)
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THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BY ELLEN G. 
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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) are invited to listen to this 44-chapter audio book, a brief history of the Church, from the Cross of Christ forward to the Return of Christ.
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Chapter 10 – Progress Of Reform In Germany
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Martin Luther – 95 Theses – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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EXCERPTS FROM THE OPEN FORUM 
QUESTION/ANSWER RADIO TALK-SHOW…
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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) are invited to listen to this small 30-minute sampling of the late Harold Camping’s nearly 50-year-long series of 90-minute nightly talk shows…This is Open Forum Show #61
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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy bible – Wikimedia – Creative Commons lic.
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