28 Dec Shut the Front Door! (Learning to shut the door to the enemy in your life) PART 2

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Last time we began this series with four scriptures to help you “Shut the Front Door” to the enemy in your life. 

Let’s review those supporting scriptures this week…

  1. John 5:14 “Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, you are made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto you.”
  2. I Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom he may devour.”
  3. John 14:30 “Hereafter I will not talk much with you; for the prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me.”
  4. I John 5:18 “We know that whosoever is born of God sins not; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not.”

Now before we go any further I want to give you some biblical balances.  As you know, Scripture teaches us to rightly divide the Word of God (see II Timothy 2:15).  I don’t want you to come away with the wrong impression here.  Please allow me to share with you “Four Biblical Balances to Opposition”:

     1.) If you’ve never had a head-on collision with the devil…chances are you’re walking with him!

I don’t want you to think that the demonic opposition you are presently experiencing is solely because you have left your front door open.  It could be that you are simply walking in the opposite direction and you had a head-on collision with the devil.

     2.) With divine opportunity comes demonic opposition.

The Bible tells us in I Corinthians 16:9, “For a great door and effectual is opened unto me and there are many adversaries.”  Please don’t think the devil will just roll over and let you win the whole world to Jesus without a little opposition.  However, don’t forget the Greater One still lives on the inside of you (see I John 4:4)!

    3.) When you experience opposition, don’t just assume you are doing something wrong…it may be you are doing something right!

    4.) Many times the tallest trees experience the harshest winds.

When you stick out for Him…sometimes you become a target (see II Timothy 3:12). With that balance in mind, next month we will identify some doors you may need to shut in your life!