The Truth Talk

Emotions are a part of everyone’s life and we can’t remove it. Emotions are yet another tool for the devil to play in our lives. emotions by themselves are not wrong or sinful. But when these emotions are pushed to the extreme they always lead us to sin. The book of James records the same thing, but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. James 1:14-15 Here James uses the word desire . This can be interpreted as an 'extreme emotion'. Because James says that they are dragged away and enticed which is what happens when emotions reach the extreme state. The devil does not push the emotions to the extreme but he triggers us to do so. We are the one who is sinning, but he provokes us to do it. He uses people around us, things that are said over us, things that happen to others and many other triggers that dr

  As we are getting to know our enemy, we must know the tools and the ways by which he does all that I mentioned before. What I am about to tell will be used by the devil at any given scenario.   Jesus says like this of the devil in John 8:44,   … He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.   John 8:44   Here we see Jesus saying that the devil has nothing to do with the truth and is the father of lies as it is in his character. The main tool that the enemy uses against us is, LIES. The most disheartening fact about the lies of the devil is that they are very much believable and more so presented to us as the truth. That is why the devil is called a deceiver. He uses deception as his main tool and strategy against us to stop us from walking in the call that God has kept over our lives. What is deception?   Deception is the act of ma