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DEVICES OF THE CRAFTY

DEVICES OF THE CRAFTY
The crafty is skillful at deceiving others, he is characterized by craft, cunning and wily. The crafty devise means to bring men down. The crafty devise means to kill, steal and destroy men. The crafty tempts, but can be resisted only if we are on GOD’s side and submit ourselves to GOD.  James 4 vs. 7: Submit yourselves therefore to GOD. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Submission to GOD helps GOD disappoint the devices of the crafty. The devil and his agents are the crafty. Total submission to GOD helps us disappoint them. JESUS CHRIST, after fasting for forty days and forty nights was tempted by the crafty. Matthew 4 vs. 2: And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward a hungered. Vs. 3: And when the tempter came to him, he said, if thy be the son of GOD, command that these stones be made bread. Vs. 4: But he answered and said, it is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of GOD. Vs. 5: Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple; Vs. 6: And saith unto him, if thou be the son of GOD, cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee; and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Vs. 7: JESUS said unto him, it is written again, thou shalt not tempt the LORD thy GOD. Vs. 10: Then saith JESUS unto him, Get thee hence, satan for it is written, Thou shalt worship the LORD thy GOD, and him only shalt thou serve.       

             The devil in his craftiness tried all possible means, tempting JESUS; but He submitting to GOD his father made him resists him and he fled. The crafty tempted Eve and she fell for it; we shouldn’t be ignorant of the devices of the crafty. 2 Corinthians 2 vs. 11: Lest Satan should get an advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. Job 5 vs. 12: He disappointed the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. The crafty will always devise means, he will surely have an enterprise, but total submission to GOD will disappoint the crafty’s devices and his hands won’t be able to perform his enterprise. It is well with us..

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