Cgeneration devotional

Luke‬ ‭22‬:‭31‬ ‭TPT‬‬

““Peter, my dear friend, listen to what I’m about to tell you. Satan has obtained permission to come and sift you all like wheat and test your faith.”

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Jesus warned Peter that Satan had plans to try him. But what could Peter have done? Did he stand a chance?

There are evil forces in the spirit realm who are constantly waging war against us. Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ gives us a summary of these evil forces in the spirit realm. It says: “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” However as believers, we have no reason to be afraid of them.

The ringleader of the forces of evil is Satan, and from the bible we see satan being called other names like the devil or Lucifer and he is identified as the ‘serpent’ in the book of Genesis and the ‘dragon’ in the book of Revelation.

But who really is Satan?

The bible makes several references to angels and their interactions with several people. But who or what are angels? Are they important to us in anyway?

Hebrews‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬ says

“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”

God created the heavens, the earth and everything in between. Nothing exists outside God, regardless of whether it is in the spirit realm or in the natural world that we live in. The same way that everyone and everything in the natural realm was created by God Almighty, every being in the spirit realm was also created by God, regardless of whether they are good or evil.

Genesis‬ ‭1‬:‭27‬ ‭AMPC‬‬ says

“So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.

What does it mean to be created in the image and likeness of God? Does it mean that we have physical attributes that make us look like God or what exactly does this bible verse mean?

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Cornelius was a Roman official who even though he wasn’t a Jew, he caught God’s attention and triggered off positive responses for himself and his family because of his lifestyle.

Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon was the greatest and most powerful king of his time. God gave him the power to conquer and take over nations and he built a mighty empire for himself. But when he became proud and arrogant, he triggered off negative consequences

Mary was a normal teenager or young adult who had her dreams and aspirations with her whole life ahead of her. But her life was altered from the spirit realm so that God’s purpose would be fulfilled on earth for the benefit of all mankind.

In Job‬ ‭1‬:‭6‬-‭12, Job lost his family, his health and all his wealth in a very short space of time. If Job was living in today’s world, all his misfortunes would have been attributed to terrorists, armed bandits, building collapse, stock market crash, cancer etc. But what was really behind Job’s misfortunes?