Don’t Let Satan Shake You At The Foundation!

WhoGodIs — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:53:31 +0000

This is an excerpt from a sermon by Charles Spurgeon and is a very good read. It really makes you think about the tactics Satan uses to try to destroy you from your very foundation.

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The first effort of the devil was to sap the foundations of the Savior’s strength with a doubt. The devil whispers to him, “If – if thou be the Son of God.”

Faith is the Christian’s strength; he who doubts not staggers not. Unbelief is the source of our chief weakness. As soon as we begin to distrust our feet begin to slide. Hence, Satan, knowing this, injects that cruel and wicked suspicion, “If – if thou be the Son of God.”

Notice the point of attack: it was our Lord’s sonship. Satan knows that if he can make any of us doubt our interest in the Father’s love, doubt our regeneration and adoption, then he will have us very much in his power. How can I pray, “Our Father which art in heaven,” if I do not know him to be my Father? If the dark suspicion crosses my mind that I am no child of his, I cannot say with the prodigal, “I will arise and go unto my Father,” for I do not know that I have a Father to go to.

Having a Father, I feel sure that he will pity my infirmities, that he will feel for my wants, redress my wrongs, protect me in the hour of danger, and succor me in the moment of peril; but if, if I have no Father in heaven, if I be not his child, then, miserable orphan! what shall I do – whither shall I flee?

Standing on a pinnacle as God’s child I shall stand there erect, though every wind should seek to whirl me from my foothold; but if he be not my Father, and I am upon a pinnacle, then my destruction is inevitable, and my ruin will be swift and total. “If thou be the Son of God.” Oh, dear friends, beware of unbelief…

From a sermon entitled “Temptations on the Pinnacle,” delivered May 6, 1866. The Daily Spurgeon

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WhoGodIs — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:30:20 +0000

This cartoon just about says it all where faith and doubt are concerned. God wants you to learn to trust Him so much that you KNOW He will do what He has told you. I am certainly not saying that it will always be an easy thing, but it is the only way you can have victory over Satan.

God does things very differently than we do. He can see the whole picture, and has perfect timing so that everything comes together for the very best. We mess up when we try to get ahead of Him or make things happen on our own.

I think that sometimes we have to wait longer because we have messed things up by trying to do them our own way, and then God has to straighten out our mess.

At one time or another we will all have to make a choice between faith and doubt. When that time comes, ask God to give you a strong faith to believe that what He has told you will come to pass. Don’t just go by feelings alone, because they will easily lead you astray. If you feel the need, ask another brother or sister to pray for you.

Do not allow yourself to stay in doubt very long. Make the choice to believe God and watch the impossible come to pass.

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Don’t Let Satan Shake You At The Foundation!

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