Good and Evil

Good and Evil. We hear about these two characteristics from the time we are
very young. However, in today's society one of those characteristics has
been watered down so much that it is almost meaningless. Evil and Satan and
the demons that serve Satan have been almost eradicated from reality by the
media and Hollywood. Satan and his evil forces have been reduced to "Boogie
Man" status by the film industry. We teach our children from a very young
age that there are no such things like monsters and demons. That is just
make believe stuff in the movies and it is not real. And then we wonder why
our children are becoming plagued with the harm and evil that society offers
them today. Bringing a gun to school in my day was unheard of. And if you
were sent to the principals office, you were in trouble and you never
thought of telling off the principal let alone striking him or planning to
attack his home or family. We have to start teaching our children the
difference between right and wrong again and start holding them accountable
for their actions. We need to teach them the powers of good and evil.

Each of us is a creation of God and we are here for a purpose. God knows
why he created you. You are not here by some fluke. God knows each of His
creations. However, we have free will and we can serve Him or walk away and
serve almost anything else we choose to serve right down to worshiping a
tree if we so desire. As for me and my house, we have chosen to serve the
Lord. (Joshua 24:15NKJV) We have two sides to each of us. One is physical
and one is spiritual. The spiritual side of us is very powerful and
contains both good and evil. The good in us wishes to serve our creator and
model our lives after His example and to accomplish what we are here on
earth for and to return to our heavenly father. The evil side is directed
by a very real Satan and his demonic forces. They try to get us to resist
the good in ourselves. They try to get us to turn from God every chance
they get. They try to control your carnal man and take it into disobedience
from God. All sin comes from the manipulation of our spirit man by Satan.
Pray that you may have spiritual ears and eyes to make you more aware of the
spirits of darkness who wish to destroy you and pull you away from God.
Learn to arm yourselves and especially your children against the forces of
evil in the heavenly realms and this dark world. Everyday before you leave
your homes you should and you should teach your children to put on the full
armor of God. (Ephesians 6: 11-19NKJV) We all must learn to not just react
to the stimulus around us, but we must learn to weigh every situation and
respond to it according to the will of God and not the carnal mind and body
of man. This takes a lot of work and prayer and self control. We will be
held accountable one day before God for every word we say and every thing we
do while here on earth. So take some time to retrain your spirit man to
truly hear God and learn when to speak to the evil that is trying at all
time to consume you. Teach this to your kids too. They need all the
ammunition they can get to meet what lies just outside your front door every
day. The ammunition of the world is guns. The ammunition of the spirit man
is the word of God. Don't leave home without it......Patti