Introduction: Have you ever walked into a spider web? The web wraps around you and clings to you sticking to your hair and skin without letting go. You wonder if there is a black widow somewhere or a brown recluse ready to sink it’s fangs into your bloodstream. If you have ever walked in the woods at night or in a dark room without a light you can relate to this sticking situation. But if you have a beam of light from a flashlight shining in front of you it will detect the spider web. The bright light will eliminate the chance of being tangled up in a mess from a spider web. Did you know the devil has his spider webs? Yet, if we use the BRIGHT LIGHT of the Word of God it will show the demonic webs around us!
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psa 119:105)
Please read and understand 4 steps that lead downward to DESTRUCTION, but 1 step that leads upward to RESTORATION:
1. Watch out for the step down because of a DUMB DECISION! (2Thess 2:9) – “… because they received not the love of the truth..”
Are you praying over your decisions? Are you open to God’s will or have you made up your mind what you want to do?
2. Watch out for the step down because of a DELIRIOUS ILLUSION! (2Thess 2:10) – “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion..”
Everything is not always as it seems. We all have blind spots! We can be duped by the devil. Wait patiently upon the Lord Jesus for His discernment and wisdom.
3. Watch out for the step down because of DOUBT and CONFUSION! (2Thess 2:11) – “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.”
We live in a world of distractions. Be sure you are yielded to the Spirit of God.
4. Watch out for the step down because of a DANGEROUS CONCLUSION! (2Thess 2:12) – “That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
There are BIG Consequences to our daily decisions!
5. Watch out for the step up of RESTORATION because of a DIVINE TRANSFUSION! (2Thess 2:8) – “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.”
Praise the Lord….Jesus won the battle!
Conclusion: Jesus is the LIGHT of the world! (John 8:12) John writes God is LIGHT! (1John 1:5) The Holy Spirit of God is the Author who inspired the Scriptures! (2Tim 3:16) The Psalmist declares the Word of God is the light that shines on our pathway and gives LIGHT! “The entrance of thy words giveth light.” (Psa 119:130)
Bottom line: Our Lord Jesus Christ has provided a LIGHT for us to navigate in this life without getting tangled up in the devil’s web of lies. Beloved, let’s walk in that LIGHT!
Love y’all,
Dr. Randy Reese
