Romans 16:19-20 New Living Translation
“ … everyone knows that you are obedient to the Lord. This
makes me very happy. I want you to be wise in doing right and to stay innocent
of any wrong. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the
grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.”
How
can we be obedient to the Lord without knowing His word? We can’t. The Bible lays out God’s plan for
salvation amid the rich history of Israel as chronicled in the Old Testament. We
watch it come to fruition in the New Testament with the birth, life and death
of God’s Son. It is the Christian that
is attuned to scripture and seeks to please the Lord that will make right,
godly decisions. Superficial Christians who say all the right things on Sunday,
yet live like the devil the rest of the week would have no idea how to live
right according to God’s word. It is in searching the deep recesses of
scripture that we find some of God’s greatest blessings.
Satan is a defeated foe and that makes him very dangerous. He needs to do all he can now for he knows
his time is short. Once time is no more
the devil knows the One who created him as Lucifer will crush him.* His power, while limited, is stronger than
ours, so he can be a danger to
us. We mustn’t let our faith give way to
our senses, for the physical can lead us astray, while the spiritual leads us
to heaven. God has control over our
soul’s enemy. We have nothing to
fear. Stay focus on the Lord and all
will turn out of it should according to the will of God.
Do
what is right in the sight of God and steer clear of all wrongdoing and you
will feel the grace of God upon you.
Obey and do right so that you will be in right standing before your
Maker on the final day. Until next time,
walk with the King and be a blessing!
Resource: The Life Application Study
Bible – New Living Translation – Tyndale Publishing.
* Luke 10:18 "Yes," he told them, "I saw Satan fall from
heaven like lightning!”
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