FREE WILL

"And i heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ, for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! For the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." Revelation 12:10-12

Has anyone read this verse? It is a very telling word of God. The devil could not win the war in heaven and was cast out. He prowls the earth now looking for the weak to devour.

"Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." 1 Peter 5:8

The strength of the believer is in having the Lord Jesus as the Master of our salvation. Pagan idolatry, worship of anything before God was cast out of heaven. God first in all things. The devil hates the presence of God but will stop at nothing to accuse believers. We must give him no cause to accuse us and when we sin, we go before the Lord, condemn ourselves and commit our cause to Christ as our Advocate. The servants of God overcome Satan by the blood of the lamb as the cause, the word of our testimony is the powerful preaching of the gospel, mighty through God to pull down strongholds and we love not our lives so we can lay them down in Christ's cause. These are the weapons of mighty warriors of Christ. These are the weapons to overthrow pagan idolatry, the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and pride of life, the sin nature, self....if we continue to fight with weapons such as these our victories will be more glorious, numerous and longer lasting. The redeemed overcome by a simple reliance on the blood of Christ, as the only ground of their hopes. In this we must be like them. We must not blend any thing else with this.

Time is short. Eternity is forever...where will you be? Whom will you choose? God gave us the free will to choose. Time to choose...life or death, heaven or hell, blessing or cursing...

"i call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that i have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing, therefore choose life that both thou and thy seed may live. That thou mayest obey his voice and that thou mayest cleave unto him for he is thy life, and the length of thy days, that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them." Deutronomy 30:19-20