Daily Devotional, Year 3 – December 30 (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 19: “Lulled by Lucifer’s Lullabies!”)

By admin On February 17th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – December 30

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The Devil Made Me Do It!

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Part 19:

“Lulled by Lucifer’s Lullabies!”

To read the first part of this little series, click here…October 13th (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 1)

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Back in the 1970’s, a certain saying was popularized…“The Devil made me do it! The Devil made me do it!”https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flip_Wilson_-_1970.jpg

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And this was merely mocking Christians, who were seemingly obsessed with pointing the finger at the Devil.

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Then they could all laugh and mock “the silly and absurd notionthat Satan is a very active and powerful force controlling the peoples of this world, by merely chortling…“The Devil made me do it! The Devil made me do it!

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Flip Wilson – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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SATAN, “THE GOD OF THIS WORLD”

2nd Corinthians 4:4

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But the horrifying fact is, the Devil does indeed cause the vast percentage of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Martin,_John_-_Satan_presiding_at_the_Infernal_Council_-_1824.JPGworld’s inhabitants to do a great number of things!

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After all, Ephesians 2:2 presents a truth which practically nobody realizes or accepts! It is perhaps the most egregious truth in all of the Bible!

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And this verse from Ephesians reveals that Satan is indeed… “the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”

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And let’s face it! The idea that the entire world’s inhabitants are filled with this antichrist spirit is more than anybody is willing to accept, much less even admit!

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_La_Roche_Guyon_-_Theodore_Robinson_-_overall.jpg“SPEAK UNTO US SMOOTH THINGS, PROPHESY DECEITS!”

Isaiah 30:10

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Oh yes, it would be much more pleasant to only read nice, innocuous, and euphemistic devotionals, like so many other devotionals out there today.

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Unfortunately, with all the many devotionals being published today, the great apostasy in the church-world has not been the least bit abated, but only continues to worsen!

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Woman with Book – Brooklyn Museum – La Roche Guyon by Theodore Robinson – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“ANOINT YOUR EYES WITH EYE-SALVE, THAT YOU MAY SEE!”

Revelation 3:18

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christ_and_the_pauper.jpgThe fact is, it is only by applying the unvarnished and often unpleasant truth about this very dangerously deceptive world, that Christians might become adequately alarmed!

Alarmed enough to cause us (yes, including the editor of this website) to fall to our knees (spiritually, maybe not literally) in deep repentance and contrition over our sleepy-eyed and apathetic Laodicean condition.

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Oh, that we lukewarm Christians would only apply the Bible’s spiritual eye-salve, that we might begin to see the terrible reality, that we are surrounded by evil angels on every hand!

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Christ and the blind Pauper – Mironov – cropped image – Wikipedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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“…SAYING PEACE, PEACE, WHEN THERE IS NO PEACE!”

Jeremiah 6:14 & 8:11 

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Avvakum_by_Myasoyedov.jpegDuring the Dark Ages, Christians knew that they were surrounded by evil angels, working in and through the people of the world.

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Yes, the animosity and even the persecution of God’s people was so great and http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dutch_family_bbq.jpgso prevalent, it was hard to deny that they were surrounded by Satan’s visible and invisible armies!

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But in these last moments of time, this society has traded in their pitchforks for meat-forks, and their spears for spatulas.

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And nowadays, instead of burning Christians at the stake, they merely invite them over for burning steaks hot off the barbecue-grill!

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Burned at the stake – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

Barbecue – Dutch family – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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“TAKE HEED…LEST AT ANY TIME YOUR HEARTS BE OVERCHARGED WITH…THE CARES OF THIS LIFE, AND SO THAT DAY COME UPON YOU UNAWARES!”

Luke 21:34

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People_on_Times_Square.jpgAnd as a result of this new-found “friendship” with the world, Christians have pretty much laid aside our spiritual armor!

And we have joined in with the world in their seeking after the seemingly endless earthly pleasures and ambitious worldly pursuits currently possible!

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Now for the world, to pursue all the things that this decadent, cornucopian super-society has to offer is perhaps just fine!

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After all, this life is very short, and this earth will be their final resting place…unless, of course, they turn and become converted to Christ.

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People on Times Square – cropped image – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License

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ENTANGLED ‘WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE’

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-081218-M-4507D-001.jpgBut those who have been called out of this world, have been specially chosen to become soldiers in the Lord’s Army!

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And as Paul so aptly puts it…

“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life…”

2nd Timothy 2:3, 4

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Here is revealed just what is the high and holy calling of every Christian: to be a precisely disciplined soldier in the Lord’s Army.

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Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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“WRITE THE VISION…THAT HE MAY RUN, THAT READETH IT!”

Proverbs 25:25

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Yes, this is the very day of which Habakkuk prophesied, that we must “RUN!”: we must flee to the spiritual mountains of refuge!http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genesis19-17.jpg

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But O Follower of Jesus, fear not! For of those mountainous strongholds it is written…

“And there shall be upon every high mountain,

and upon every high hill,

rivers and streams of waters

in the day of the great slaughter,

when the towers fall.”

Isaiah 30:25

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Yes, the Bible assures every fleeing Christian, that…

“bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty:

they shall behold the land that is very far off.”

Isaiah 33:16, 17 

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With such great and precious promises as these, how can we possibly fail!?  

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Picture – Lot Escapes Sodom – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Martin,_John_-_Satan_presiding_at_the_Infernal_Council_-_1824.JPGTO READ PART 20, CLICK HERE…

January 31 (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 20: “O Lucifer, Son of the Morning!”)

Satan presiding at the Infernal Council- Wikpedia – US Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to prepare for the crisis which is now coming upon this world. Graciously allow me to hide Thy great and precious promises in my heart, that I might stand in this evil day which is already beginning… 

Prayer – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Question_book_magnify2.svg

READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…January 26th (Buying & Selling The Gospel)…

…or you can also read this shorter article… August 19 (Image of the Beast, Part 6: “Framing Mischief By A Law!”)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

 

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

 

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7 HEADS, 10 HORNS, & 7 CROWNS OF THE DRAGON

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“And there appeared another wonder in heaven;

and behold a great red dragon,

having seven heads and ten horns,

and seven crowns upon his heads.”

Revelation 12:3 

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In Revelation, the Dragon of Revelation 12 is described as having seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns.

However, the Dragon Constellation up in the night sky does not.

Dragon of Revelation 12 Constellation

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But God has faithfully created the wave of water, in such a way, as to illustrate this same concept of the seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns.

Because this wave of water is basically composed of ten stars.

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The main body of the wave has seven stars (#‘s, 1 thru 7). 

And the tip of the crest of the wave has the other three stars (#’s, 8, 9 & 10).

So we have this 7 and 10 numbering.

And this gives us a great clue, as to where in the Bible we should look, to find out the riddle as to just what or who do these 7 heads, 10 crowns, and 7 horns represent.

Because, the Bible speaks very much about floods and waters as being associated with Satan (the Dragon).

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Question_book_magnify2.svg

READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Flood Waters of Satan-Introduction

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scalped_Morrison.jpgTOMORROW…

December 31 (TIME TO GET OUT OF DODGE! Part 3: “Time To Jump Ship?”)

Scalped Morrison – 1868 – Fort Dodge – Wikipedia – US Public Domain.

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_bible.jpg

90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS DEBATE REGARDING WHETHER THE CHURCH-AGE HAS ENDED.

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN…The Open Forum Harold Camping April 15, 2003

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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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