It was the first sin, that which looked good to eyes and the deception that there is a knowledge of good and evil, to be like God, which made eve to eat the fruit of life & death and also gave it to Adam.
These fruits are still growing all around us, the things that we make to enrich ourselves, to live a self-centered lives, to be selfish, to attain self-righteousness. Forgetting what God did on the cross for the sins that we all have committed, rather than repentance we seek for more sins, more fruits.
The fruit of deception has three main ingredients in it:
1) Lust of the flesh
2) Lust of the eyes and
3) The Pride of Life
1 John 2:16 NIV
For everything in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--comes not from the Father but from the world.
2 Corinthians 11:14 NIV
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
Matthew 7:15-16 (NASB)
A Tree and Its Fruit
15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. [b]Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
1 Corinthians 6:19 NIV
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
John 10:10 NIV
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
What are we suppose to do when we are tempted with these kind of things around us?
Prayer is an ultimate answer, If our heart is connected with God. He will not only make us aware of what is happening around us, but also provide us a way to escape the snares of the devil.
Since our flesh is weak, we should never give an opportunity to devil to access our heart. We should guard with the power of the God's Word. We should be aware of the fact that our body is the temple of the Holy spirit who lives in us.
Matthew 26:41 NIV
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Psalm 32:9 NIV
Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.
From where did all these start from?
From trusting on the power of flesh, putting the trust on the flesh and the work alone will never give us an opportunity to accept the grace of God.
What is the reward?
These fruits are still growing all around us, the things that we make to enrich ourselves, to live a self-centered lives, to be selfish, to attain self-righteousness. Forgetting what God did on the cross for the sins that we all have committed, rather than repentance we seek for more sins, more fruits.
The fruit of deception has three main ingredients in it:
1) Lust of the flesh
2) Lust of the eyes and
3) The Pride of Life
1 John 2:16 NIV
For everything in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--comes not from the Father but from the world.
2 Corinthians 11:14 NIV
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
Matthew 7:15-16 (NASB)
A Tree and Its Fruit
15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. [b]Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
1 Corinthians 6:19 NIV
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
John 10:10 NIV
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
What are we suppose to do when we are tempted with these kind of things around us?
Prayer is an ultimate answer, If our heart is connected with God. He will not only make us aware of what is happening around us, but also provide us a way to escape the snares of the devil.
Since our flesh is weak, we should never give an opportunity to devil to access our heart. We should guard with the power of the God's Word. We should be aware of the fact that our body is the temple of the Holy spirit who lives in us.
Matthew 26:41 NIV
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Psalm 32:9 NIV
Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.
From trusting on the power of flesh, putting the trust on the flesh and the work alone will never give us an opportunity to accept the grace of God.
Psalm 20:7 NIV
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
What is the reward?
1 Timothy 4:8(KJV)
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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