Bible Verse of The Day – 6-8-21

Genesis 3:5 (NKJV) 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

When Eve ate the forbidden fruit, that’s when sin took hold and death set in. Wow, just by one person.

It’s like Eve needed someone to say, “NOOOOOO”!

She needed someone to be strong and get in her face and say, “stop, don’t do it”. Someone to say, “it’s not worth it”.

She needed a good friend. A friend that wouldn’t care if she got mad or offended, who would just tell her the truth about what she was about to do.

Spiritual death is terrible. It is a loss, no matter how we look at it. And we should take a good look at it.

As God’s children, we have a choice. And that choice we make is so important.

Spiritual death comes from one word; disobedience.

We can get involved with the wrong things and bring spiritual death to our walk with God.

What are we, the church, doing today that may be causing spiritual death?

Are we disobedient? Is our disobedience leading to sin?

Are we just going with the flow and not speaking up when we know we should?

If that’s the case, then we are just as much at fault for going along with it.

Don’t get us wrong. There are some great things that are going on today in churches.

But if we want to go further, we must stop and get a handle on some things.

Don’t be adding to or taking away from God’s word. That is just like Eve taking a bite of the forbidden fruit, once it’s bitten into, death and destruction follow.

Deuteronomy 12:32 (NKJV) 32 “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.

Don’t let pretty words and fancy entertainment pull us away from the truth. The enemy is deceitful and cunning.

We need to surround ourselves with people who will not lie to us, but speak truth when we need to hear it. They need to be willing to speak truth to us even if we might get mad or get our feelings hurt.

We need those people that are grounded in God’s word to say, “NO! It’s not worth it. No, you are about to make a bad move. No, it might look good, but deep down it’s not and if you mess with it, it will be sure to bring spiritual death to you”.

The enemy is subtle and sly, and will deceive us with words  and actions that will get to us.

Genesis 3:1 (NKJV) 1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

Right here is where she needed someone to step in and tell her, “he’s a liar!”.

It was obvious that he had her. She was drawn in by his cunning ways.

Where are those who will take a stand and not back down, no matter how hard it will get, no matter the persecution that may come for standing up? Where are those who will say, “no, don’t bite it!”?

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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