DEVOTION: "And when the tempter came to him, he said, if thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread."(Matthew 4:3)

  "And when the tempter came to him, he said, if thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread."(Matthew 4:3)

"The tempter came" The evil on earth is due to a person called "Satan", the devil himself. He started a war against God years ago and will ultimately be cast into the lake of fire.   "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."(Revelation 20:10). Until then we are tempted, attacked and terrorized by our enemy.  If you are a warrior in God's army, you know how to fight because you read the word, pray and attend your church on a regular basis. If you are Christian with a spectator mentality, then you will eventually, without a doubt, fall to Satan’s temptations. If you seldom read your Bible, attend church half-heartily and pray only when you need God to fix one of your stress-messes, you will fall into one of his traps. The fallout from a "Christian" falling into one of Satan’s temptations is far reaching and confuses those that see you in this situation. It's especially confusing to children that see you at church on Sunday and see you act a completely different way at other social events. Children are very trusting but they are very smart and they ask questions-I just tell them the truth about the individual, no excuses, no sugar coating, I just lay it out in their own words so they understand that a relationship with Jesus in the most important thing they will ever have and the all the people at church are not always sincere.

If you are a person that falls into the traps that Satan sets for you very easily, then stay away from those places. I suggest that you do whatever it takes to keep your life pure and holy because not only is the general public looking but your children will do what you do. Is that what you really want? Do you really want your children to be as weak as you are? "The tempter came" and he is still here. Don't ruin your tomorrow by being weak today!!

Pastor Scott L. Boatner

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