SATURDAY, JANUARY 14
REVELATION 12:1-11
PSALM 1:1-2

"… Blessed is the man…
(whose) delight is in the law of the LORD..."

KEEP SATAN AWAY, KEEP APOSTASY AT BAY

Apostasy began with Lucifer who became Satan after he was cast out of heaven onto earth. He is identified as the chief apostate of the first ever apostasy to occur in the whole universe. His goal is always to keep man from redemption in the Lord Jesus Christ. He sought to destroy the nation of Israel and to kill baby Jesus. He worked to circumvent Jesus’ mission to be man’s Saviour.

Today’s apostasy is still Satan’s persistent attempt to thwart God’s plan of redemption for man. Satan deceives the believers in order to make their testimony falter, to prevent people from coming to Christ. He keeps man distant from the saving knowledge of Christ.

Keep him away from your daily lives. Walk not in the counsel of the ungodly. Live not according to the ideas and philosophies of those who do not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. Their perspective is limited only to this temporal life on earth. They do not see eternity ahead of them. Stand not in the way of sinners for they tread a lawless path. They mind not the Word of God and do that which is against the law of God. They do not fear God and know not that after death they will face God’s judgment. Sit not in the seat of the scorners, for they imagine vain things. Their hearts are full of evil; they hate God. Do not associate with them for they will surely cause you to depart from the faith of God.

On the contrary, keep reading the Bible and saturate yourself with God’s precious Word. Let the Word of God dictate your heart, mind, actions, speech and your whole life. Be prepared for that eternal place where God has destined you to be. Live a life glorifying unto His name.

THOUGHT: Am I keeping myself away from apostasy?
PRAYER: "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile" (Ps 32:1-2).