CONQueorrrrrrr

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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ARE YOU SURE!

Satans scheme! 

Matthew 4:3,4 Satan says “if you are the son of God”… What did satan say to Adam and eve? Did God say you really can’t eat this, he does not want you like God. temptation starts with satan questioning your position in Christ.

 

Matt. 4:4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

• 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:

9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”

Gen. 3:4 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

 

This honestly can only be described in one word… Ballsy. Satan is calling out Jesus… well if you are the son of God.

IF… ??? If I was Jesus I would have said… IF I wanted to just blow some lighting hot lava at you and destroy you…

If I wanted to call down all the angels in heaven and have them escort you to destruction…

If I wanted to I could turn you over my knee and spank you like your a seven year old.

IF? IF? IF? 

 

temptation starts with satan questioning your position in Christ.

If you really were a Christian…. you wouldn’t have these thoughts, You wouldn’t be tempted, you wouldn’t fall, You wouldn’t sin, you would be more spiritual, you wouldn’t doubt your walk or your testimony…. if if if if

 

The story of Jesus temptation in Luke says he was tempted the full 40 days.

 

Jesus was tempted 40 days… 40 days of IF IF IF

 

Doubt will intensify temptation!

Doubting who you are in Christ will intensify temptation! 

Or you might call it a lack of faith or even a lack of belief.

 

Romans 8:

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 

This verse has no IF in it. The mindset is you are more than a conqueror.

Let me explain actually how the greek means this…

First say out loud right now “I am more than a conqueror”. Ok, that sounds pretty bold… but now say it like this. 

I AM CONQUERORING SIN. IT HAS A DIFFERENT FEEL TO IT. It speaks with faith, boldness and assurance.

ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE A CONQUEROR?

of course you are! 

I am conquering!

Next time satan tries to tempt you, just remind him through Gods word that you are conquering temptation, you are a conqueror!