ON GUARD AGAINST EVIL

Your love must be real. Hate what is evil, and hold on to what is good. Romans 12: 9 NCV This world is Gods creation, and it contains the wonderful fruits of His handiwork. But, it also contains countless opportunities to stray from Gods will. Temptations are everywhere, and the devil, it seems, never takes a day off. Our task, as believers, is to turn away from temptation and to place our lives squarely in the center of Gods will. In his letter to Jewish Christians, Peter offered stern warning: “The devil, your enemy, goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat.”(I Peter 5:8 NCV). What is true in New Testament times is equally true in our own. Evil is indeed abroad the world, and Satan continues to sow the seeds of destruction far and wide. As Christians, we must earnestly wrap ourselves in the protection of Gods Holy Word. When we do, we are secure. Do you know that often a root has split a rock when allowed to remain in it? Give no place to the seed of the evil, seeing that it will break up your faith. Cyril of Jerusalem The only thing necessary for the triumph of evils is good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke