September 28
The evil one does not stand idly by when a man who has been caught within his snare of sin, who has been living a life that was moving along the conveyor belt to hell, hears the gospel of Jesus Christ and escapes the flame of the pit toward which he was bound.
In Mark 4:25, Jesus tells us that when the seeds of the knowledge of truth and life are sown into a heart, Satan, “…immediately comes and scatters tares," (Matthew 13:29-30) or “takes away the word that was planted there.”
Immediately. Someone, something, some circumstance will interject itself into the life of the newly saved, infant believer, and he will question his decision. He will wonder at the wisdom of turning his back on old friends, old habits, old pursuits. He will weigh all he’s lost in the realm of time with the potential of all he’ll gain eternally.
If he wants to live for Jesus, he will long to appropriate for himself the entirety of the promises that are now his; but he may be like the rich young ruler (Luke 18:18-24) who esteems the treasure of earth to be greater than that of eternity and is snared by the evil one because of his affinity for the allure of the things of time.
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