When I was a child I saw a lot of cartoons. In fact, I still love them till now. Now, when you see a bad guy in a cartoon, you easily know, because it is quite obvious. But that’s in the cartoon world. In real life, you can’t easily point out the bad guy, because he or she has to blend in to not be caught. It is only the heart that can point out the bad guy, but we can’t read minds, right?
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There was a story Jesus gave of a man who sowed wheat in his field, but when he slept, his enemy came and sowed tares amongst the wheat and went away. When the wheat sprouted, the tares appeared. His servants were so surprised to see tares that they told their master they had seen tares amongst the wheat despite planting only wheat. The master said an enemy had done it.
So, the servants wanted to pull out the tares but the master
asked them not to, so as not to pull out the wheat by accident. He said they will grow together until harvest. When it is harvested, they should gather the tares, bind them into bundles, and burn them. Then, they should put the wheat and put
it in his barn (ref.: Matthew 13:24-30).
Jesus said the master who sowed the seed is Himself; the
field is the world; the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom; the tares are
the sons of the devil; the enemy that sowed the tares is the devil; the harvest
the end of the age; and the reapers are the angels.
Now, this is quite clear. But one thing we need to get is
that the wheat and the tares grew together. We must be careful here. Jesus
said the tares should not be pulled out, they should grow until harvest. So, we
need to understand that the evil ones are among us. And just as I said at the
beginning, they never appear as the bad guys; they can appear as the nice guys,
very dedicated and hard-working. Portraying the character of emulation just to get
your vote of confidence.
Don’t forget, the devil is the master deceiver. He may not
be able to create, but he has lived long enough to study the psychology of man
and behaviour to know where to strike. So, the only hope we have in
Christ Jesus is by being sound in the word of God, which exposes it. When it uses
trickery emotionally or rationally, depending on the person it is attacking, the
word of God exposes it with the help of the Holy Spirit, who alerts us.
Don’t be carried away by the evil one. Not all successes are
of the Lord even though it looks legit. Be like the Bereans who went home to
search the scriptures (ref.: Acts 17:11-12). They didn’t say, “Oh, it’s Paul or
Silas, they will always be right.” They trusted the word of God over the person
speaking.
Jesus wasn’t carried away when the devil spoke through Peter
(ref.: Matthew 16:21-23). Jesus didn’t say, “My Father just spoke through
Peter, so definitely Peter has a point.” No, He said, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an
offence to Me, for you are not mindful of things of God, but the things of
men.” (ref.: Matthew 16:13-20; 16:23).
We don’t like or love a person, it is Christ we love, and we
must see the one we love through that person. The moment we don’t see Christ
Jesus through the person, it is not Jesus speaking.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t? Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations—you’re born again, and you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are obtained from the New King James Version (NKJV)
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