Help or Hinderance: Luke 11:23
“23) He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters.” Luke 11:23
This is a very sobering verse. The context is the clash between two kingdoms. There are many ways to look at this verse. We can take a macro view and look at the battle of two kingdoms in the world. It is a fierce clash.
Or, we can take a micro view and look at how it can be applies to our inner battles. This is my approach in this section, we are going to view this verses through the lens of 1 Peter 2:11.; “Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.” Let’s expose the inner war.
There are things that strengthen your walk with God and things that cause and feed inner turmoil and battles. A huge sign of spiritual maturity comes when you stop feeding your flesh and start feeding the spirit.
Let me paraphrase the words of Jesus in this verse; “Those things that are not for the work of God in your life are against them!”
Many Christians are given over to pleasures and activities that feed the flesh. According to 1 Peter 5:8, Satan prowls about as a roaring lion seeking someone to devour. Stop baiting him!
When James 4:7-10 are added to this discussion, our part of the formula comes into focus. Submit to God and resist the devil. “8) Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands you sinners and purify your hearts you double minded.”
If you want the inner war to end, stop supplying arms to the enemy. Repent of the darkness in your life and slam the doors closed! Don’t be double minded.
Back to Luke 11:23; those things that are not for the work of God in your life are against them. Get focused. Become single minded. Clean out the junk. Stop feeding your soul with sewage and garbage.
Yes, get rid of everything that feeds fleshly lusts, fantasies, greed and self ego. Don’t beg God for spiritual victory and freedom when you have a demonically driven IV tube pumping sinful plasma into your soul.
Here is your formula for victory: 1) Confess, 2) Repent, 3) Resist, 4) Renounce, 5) Rebuke, 6) Replace, 7) Refocus. Starve the flesh and feed the spirit!
The law of the sower says; “7) Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8) For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” (Galatians 6:7-8)
This is one of numerous ways of applying Luke 11:23 to your life. This is one you can do something about. You can start immediately. The starting place for winning the inner war is simply by getting rid of Satans feeding tubes into your soul.
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
“23) He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters.” Luke 11:23
This is a very sobering verse. The context is the clash between two kingdoms. There are many ways to look at this verse. We can take a macro view and look at the battle of two kingdoms in the world. It is a fierce clash.
Or, we can take a micro view and look at how it can be applies to our inner battles. This is my approach in this section, we are going to view this verses through the lens of 1 Peter 2:11.; “Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.” Let’s expose the inner war.
There are things that strengthen your walk with God and things that cause and feed inner turmoil and battles. A huge sign of spiritual maturity comes when you stop feeding your flesh and start feeding the spirit.
Let me paraphrase the words of Jesus in this verse; “Those things that are not for the work of God in your life are against them!”
Many Christians are given over to pleasures and activities that feed the flesh. According to 1 Peter 5:8, Satan prowls about as a roaring lion seeking someone to devour. Stop baiting him!
When James 4:7-10 are added to this discussion, our part of the formula comes into focus. Submit to God and resist the devil. “8) Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands you sinners and purify your hearts you double minded.”
If you want the inner war to end, stop supplying arms to the enemy. Repent of the darkness in your life and slam the doors closed! Don’t be double minded.
Back to Luke 11:23; those things that are not for the work of God in your life are against them. Get focused. Become single minded. Clean out the junk. Stop feeding your soul with sewage and garbage.
Yes, get rid of everything that feeds fleshly lusts, fantasies, greed and self ego. Don’t beg God for spiritual victory and freedom when you have a demonically driven IV tube pumping sinful plasma into your soul.
Here is your formula for victory: 1) Confess, 2) Repent, 3) Resist, 4) Renounce, 5) Rebuke, 6) Replace, 7) Refocus. Starve the flesh and feed the spirit!
The law of the sower says; “7) Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8) For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” (Galatians 6:7-8)
This is one of numerous ways of applying Luke 11:23 to your life. This is one you can do something about. You can start immediately. The starting place for winning the inner war is simply by getting rid of Satans feeding tubes into your soul.
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
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