OVERCOME ALL EVIL!
While teaching a group of followers, Jesus mentioned “YOU ARE
EVIL” [Lk 11:13 NI]{Mt 7:11}. We do not like to think of
ourselves as evil yet we all have “EVIL THOUGHTS” which
include “SELFISHNESS … JEALOUSY … PRIDE” [Mk 7:21-
22 IC] and many other things. When Jesus teaches us to pray every
day “DELIVER US FROM EVIL” [Mt 6:13 NAS], this includes
the evil one or the devil, evil thoughts, evil memories, evil
fantasies, lust, jealousy, selfishness, pride and many other evils.
Some may suggest that as a natural part of growing up a person
will have sexual thoughts or “LUST” [Mk 7:21 TL]. Jesus grew up
like us and had to overcome some of the same things we
encountered and still as an adult had to overcome temptation [Mt
4:1-11]. Remember Jesus our role model tells we can “DO WHAT
I DO” [Jn 14:12 GN] which includes overcoming evil. Jesus
encourages us “TO BE PERFECT, EVEN AS YOUR FATHER
IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT” [Mt 5:48 TL]. If you have been
exposed to manmade teachings that Jesus is somehow different,
remember He was not a pretend person or God deceiving us to
think He was a man. Jesus could not die for us if He was not a
person like us. Just like Jesus, we can overcome all “EVIL”. Daily
we should ask God to rescue us “US FROM EVIL” and remember
we have been given “AUTHORITY … TO OVERCOME …
NOTHING WILL HARM YOU” [Lk 10:19 NI] including evil.
Do you want to overcome all “EVIL”?
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