FRIDAY, JANUARY 13
MATTHEW 25:41-46
REVELATION 20:10

"… the devil that deceived them
was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone..."

DO NOT BE JUDGED WITH SATAN

In Matthew 25:41, the Lord Jesus said, "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels." The Lord Jesus knows who His sheep are and who the goats are. They that do His will shall inherit the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world. They are those who have put their faith in the perfect obedience of Christ, even His death on the cross. They are the ones who believe in their hearts that Jesus has risen from the dead after three days and is now seated at the right hand of the Father.

Those who reject the Lord Jesus Christ and all those who profess to believe in Jesus but later fall away because of Satan’s agitation, hindering or deception, will be cast into the everlasting fire. Many today, even seminary and Bible college professors, deny the teaching of the Bible that the wicked will be burned in a literal fire. Matthew 25:41, however, plainly declares that there is an everlasting fire made ready for the devil and his angels which shall also be the place for the unbelieving and apostatizing ones.

Let us not risk our eternal future with the wiles and subtleties of Satan. Know the will of God for your life. God’s Word is His perfect blueprint for your life. Eternity is at stake! Do not exchange your everlasting place in the Kingdom of God for eternal punishment in the Lake of Fire by not knowing the truth from God’s Word. Do not be complacent that you have professed Christ as your Saviour and Lord, but remain unconcerned for the spiritual things that are demanded in His Word. Truly know what He has done for you, what He is doing for you and what He will do for you in the future. Do not join Satan’s eternal abode. Stay in the right way, stay in the strait and narrow way (Matt 7:14)!

THOUGHT: Am I assured of my eternity with Jesus?
PRAYER: "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me" (Ps 51:10-11).