“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7
A child of God must not be inordinately curious. There are
byways he need not explore, where Satan stands ready to entice the inquisitive
with false information.
At first the Christian may be attracted to such knowledge
as beneficial, but unless these dangerous thoughts are cut off at the outset
they will get out of hand afterwards. We must resist all vain speculations.
When such a thought has once been resisted in Jesus’ name,
the matter is completely closed. Should the thought return a second time, it
may be ignored. Resist the devil once, and the promise is that he will flee.
You should believe what God says, that Satan has fled away. You need not resist
him again, for to do so is to discredit the first resistance.
Each new resistance means deeper distrust of God’s word,
until you become occupied with “resisting Satan” from dawn to dusk. The more
you think about it, the more confused will you become. No! Simply turn away to
Jesus and forget all else.
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