“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.”

In our anchor verse, we are given some insight by Jesus concerning one such characteristic of our adversary, that one thing that assures that satan is coming for you, when God has spoken a word over your life.

“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.”

In our anchor verse, we are given some insight by Jesus concerning one such characteristic of our adversary, that one thing that assures that satan is coming for you, when God has spoken a word over your life.

“I Dare You”

Matthew 4:1-3 KJV

1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

“I dare you, I double dog dare you.”

Have you ever had someone say that to you when they’re trying to bait you into doing something foolish? “Truth or Dare,” don’t forget that game where they’d say I dare you to do this or that and then like a twit you’d go ahead and do it and be sorry later, saying I know I should’ve picked truth.

Fear Not the Sticks and Stones, But the Words that Can Kill

Genesis 3:1-4 KJV

1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

“Are You A Minister?”

36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 37Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

1 Timothy Chapter 4:1-2

1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

So, as it says your behavior waxes worse, because these demons want to gouge out your soul until there is nothing left, like this man at the tombs. After having strayed so far from the Lord, you fall deeper and deeper into darkness.

21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

You know, I have some understanding of what happened to this man from the tombs because truth be told, I was once this man. If we all tell the truth some of you were too and some of you are this man right now and others are about one demon from having your own legion. But, at the time I had no understanding of what was happening to me, why I was acting the way I was or thinking the things I was thinking. I just knew something was off because as I had once confided in a loved one, saying to them that something was wrong with me. As I described it, I was full of rage and lust. I was crying out. You see, I had remembered the woman that I once was and the woman I was becoming wasn’t good.