Christian Living
An Eternal Purpose
April 27, 2008
By: Rick L. King
All Scripture is taken from the KJV.
Luke 4:
5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in
a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered
unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Mr 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Mt 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
2Co 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Joh 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
2Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
God has a purpose that is eternal. His thoughts are much higher than ours are. Man oftentimes views things from a temporal perspective so they devil gains an advantage by utilizing mans carnal lust. God desires that all be saved, healed and delivered. Man seems to be more concerned with the temporal things such as money, jobs, houses, and the praise of man. As nice as these all may seem those who focus on these are deceived by the devil. They have bought into the lie that “things” produce real life. True life only comes by the Spirit.
Lu 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
2Co 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Just as the devil tried to deceive Jesus, he is still trying and succeeding in deceiving the lost and unfortunately many of the saved. Many people have yet to come to Jesus as the many riches and possessions are their god. They see no need to pray and seek the Lord as they are in control; at least they think they are. The truth is they have been deceived. Until they lose their life, they can never find it. (Mt 10:29-16:25). We hear many asking God to bless America. We need to ask God to save America, and forgive them. America is operating from a temporal perspective instead of eternal one. The riches won’t get us into Heaven. The only thing that will cause us to live eternally with Jesus is being born again.
So here lies the dilemma. Since we know that many are blinded what then will cause their eyes to be opened so that they will cry out to a loving forgiving Savior? Maybe they must experience as I did, the loss of everything that they hold dear before recognizing the need for help. I was my own god which led me to become a man with no hope nor reason to exist. I then gave Jesus a try. I am glad I did as He gave me what I needed and what I was really searching for all the time. He gave to me Himself. So how are the blinders to come off of people?
God gave to us authority in Mathew 18:18 and 16:19 to bind the devil. We can bind the spirits that have blinded a person’s mind and command them to loose their hold that the person my see. We also, because the Word says “whatsoever”. We can bind the devil from supplying any resources to the person (as led by the Holy Spirit of course). Please remember here that God is the one in control. We bind and loose as the Holy Spirit leads, not our carnal mind. There are times that God has allowed the devil to do things in a person’s life so that they will cry out to Him. If we are to bind spirits which God sent or allowed we are walking in rebellion against the will of God. Therefore the Holy Spirit must lead us. We must be as Jesus when He said I speak what I hear the Father speak, and I do what I see Him do.
What needs to be our motive in binding and loosing? The devil likes to “enable” people to go in opposition to the Lord. Just as at times we enable someone to do the wrong thing by giving them money, the devil does the same thing. He said he would give all if they would worship him. If we through spiritual warfare can cut off the supply the devil is giving, then people can see a need for Jesus. This is no different from in a natural war. If we can cut off the enemy’s supplies, then very soon he can no longer fight. Our view must be from an eternal perspective. Our motive must be from love and concern for their eternal life as opposed to their temporal life. A person’s soul is much more important than what they possess here on earth. Just as God heals many yet it seems others are not healed. Consider this. Some that are healed go all out for the Lord and follow him with their whole heart. Others, even if they are healed, go back to their plans and leave God out. Case in point was my own mother. God miraculously healed her of cancer. Yet, she refused to acknowledge the Lord. She gave credit to chemotherapy. She was healed and then went on living her life for self, not for the Lord. She just couldn’t believe in God as a healer or Savior. (She did finally accept the Lord about eight years later two weeks before she passed). Just as I said about money enabling, healing sometimes just enables also. What is the prime objective? It is an eternal objective, not a temporal one. We all will get a new body someday, but unless we meet Jesus we will have an eternity where none of us really desire to go. We can be healed and prosper in this temporal life and still be eternally lost. We must get a different perspective. We must look at things from God’s eternal view rather than from a carnal temporal one. God has a plan for each of us that is for our good, yet until we focus on eternal things, we will never find out what it is. By the grace of God may we learn to surrender our own will and plan for self, and find the glorious one that He has instead.
As long as we think that it is just about ourself rather than about Jesus and His will, we are missing the mark. If we are truly crucified with Christ then what the Holy Spirit desires will be preeminent, which always places the eternal purposes higher than the temporal.
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