II Cor. 11:3 – “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”
A story is told about a woman who was fascinated with snakes. She especially loved a large, seven-foot constrictor that she allowed to sleep with her. But she began to notice over several weeks that it had stopped eating. Fearing for the animal’s life, she took it to a professional veterinarian to seek his advice.
Psalms 19:13 “Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.”
My doorbell rang. Through the peephole, I saw two cleancut men. They were strangers to me, but I had an inkling about why they were at my door. They wanted, at least, to attract me to their cult and, at most, to convert me to it. What happened–and didn’t happen–next may be useful to you.
James 3:5 – “Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”
But there is, perhaps, another way of looking at the text. Our good deeds, like the tongue, may sometimes seem small, but the action produced by them might have a powerful “matter,” effect, or result that is also kindled.
Knowing that we are more than conquerors in Christ gives new inner strength to face trials for we know we will win the battle in the end.
Several people in God’s Word are shadowy. They appear and disappear quickly, and we know little about them. Even so, God used some of them to accomplish great things.
There were those in Corinth who questioned Paul’s apostleship and the inspiration of his words and authority. They pointed out his weakness in body and speech. But they couldn't question the power of his words and the results of his ministry.
Have you every wondered why such men as Voltaire, Robert Ingersoll, Thomas Paine, and Stephen Hawking would spend their lives speaking against God or trying to prove that God does not matter or exist?
To keep the weight of sin off, step on the spiritual scales everyday.
