E2022_S2E27 - Recognizing the Voice of Satan

Apostle Joseph Simwela

My daily light - 27 February, 2022

Recognizing the Voice of Satan

The Bible says, you will recognize them by their fruits

*Text*

They were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin. Then they would be able to accuse and discredit me.

*Nehemiah 6:13 NLT*

In the text we have just read, Nehemiah recognized something from the messenger of Satan - he noticed that men wanted to simply accuse him and lender him useless, just to discredit him.

Be very careful when dealing with people who always wait for an opportunity to see a fail in you so that they can accuse you. Just don't agree with them.

You must not hate such people, you must love them because they are only messengers and time is coming when God will send them to you and not the Satan they have submitted to for now.

The Bible teaches us not to run away from the devil but to resist him.

The best way to resist the devil is doing the word and staying away from sin - when you are righteous, Satan has no legal basis spiritually to accuse you.

*Text*

The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

*John 10:10 NLT*

Satan has a purpose and therefore a strategy to fulfill such a purpose and the strategy is in his Character.

Before Satan starts showing his character, he first steals the word of God from you - the word of God is your first line of defense before Satan.

Each time you fail to read your Bible, just know Satan is directly involved.

When he finally takes away the word from you, he starts showing forth his character.

It is therefore important to recognize the character of Satan based on the word of God.

1. Satan is the accuser or opposer

It's in the character of Satan to accuse you - you must watch out for anyone who always wait for the opportunity to accuse you, he or she is not Satan but consented to be his messenger.

Satan will not accuse you until you have committed sin or have done contrary to the word of God - he is an accuser. Always commit yourself into doing the word.

*Text*

Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens, “It has come at last— salvation and power and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down to earth— the one who accuses them before our God day and night.

*Revelation 12:10 NLT*

A messenger from Satan will always wait for an opportunity to accuse you and if this opportunity seem to delay, will try to push it - be careful with such kind of people

*Text*

Then the angel showed me Jeshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord. The Accuser, Satan, was there at the angel’s right hand, making accusations against Jeshua.

*Zechariah 3:1 NLT*

2. Satan is the deceiver

Satan will not accuse you till you have sinned, so he will deceive you using all methods based on your level of spiritual illumination.

He comes with a deception that will make you view the word of God as if it were not true.

Remember what he asked Eve in the garden of Eden when we read Gen 3: 1b - , "Did God really say you must not eat from any of the trees in the garden?"

*Text*

Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s why I ate it.”

*Genesis 3:13 NLT*

Remember the Purpose of Satan is to make you sin so that he takes away your precious Soul.

It's a battle of Souls and the battle field of Satan is your mind - he will attack your thought life so that you start questioning the word of God:

- Did God really say you must tithe?, should we also be tithing in this era of grace?

- Did God really say no sex before marriage?, Can anyone really manage this?

- Did Jesus really say I will come like a thief?, What if I just do it today then I repent tomorrow. . .

Be very careful each time you start questioning the word of God - Satan's main agenda is to take away the truth from you.

He will send his messengers to frustrate and remove you from the alignment with the will of God.

*Text*

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

*Job 2:9-10 NKJV*

Satan will do anything to make sure you sin. You must always remain in the word and keep your prayer life alive.

*I pray for you, may the good Lord grant you the grace to always stay away from sin in Jesus mighty name!*