One day, I suddenly remembered the evil one, just as 1 John 5:19 said, how on earth did the whole world lie under his hand? Then I remembered a Christian’s story about his wife’s cheating. At that time, I uncertainly said to myself, “If the evil one is in the heart of a married man and gives him thought of the cheating association with a good friend of her wife. At the same time, in the hearts of her wife’s good friend, the same seeds were put down. The evil one lets the thoughts often surface in their hearts, making them think it was their own thoughts. Will those two accept the thoughts and sin against their wife and good friend?” Thinking of this, I felt a sense of powerlessness and fear from the bottom of my heart. Right at that moment, the majestic and loving words of the Holy Spirit came to me and said, “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul.” My heart was then no longer feared and became quiet. Son, when you grow up and see this, remember that the Holy Spirit never talks to us in a meaningless way.
After that, a question suddenly appeared in my heart. The question is this: “since the evil one is tempting me, then I am innocent. Why do I have to confess my sins and repent so that I can drive away my dark and negative thoughts in the name of the Lord?” This question remained in my heart until one day, the words of the Lord came to me through the Holy Spirit and said, “Go back and see the first sin of Adam and Eve, and you will know.” Because at that time, I remembered my confusion of “I am innocent”, I know that my Lord is going to guide me in resolving my confusion. As a result, I was reading Eve listened to the serpent’s temptation and she felt that it was good for her to understand good and evil like God does. So, she did not listen to God’s words, ate the fruit, and even gave it to Adam to eat. Adam did not object, so all listened to the serpent’s words and ignored God’s warning. He ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In the end, God didn’t just punish the serpent, even Adam and Eve were punished. When I saw it, I knew that the serpent (the devil) who seduced people was guilty, and Adam and Eve, who listened to the temptation but didn’t listen to God’s words, were also guilty. There was no innocent person, only those who voluntarily picked up the temptation from the evil one and sinned against the Creator of the Universe.
Dear children of God, although this does not fit into this world’s scientific logical thinking category, our Lord Jesus did not once say, “The testimony of two people is true.” I bear witness to the process of being born again that the Lord Jesus let me experience. It is because I believe that the One who told me to speak boldly, He will also bear witness for His own name in the hearts of all people through the Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 42:16 records:
“I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,
along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light before them
and make the rough places smooth.
These are the things I will do;
I will not forsake them.”
I am especially here to testify to those Christians who are often beaten. Even if others have given up on you, even if you have given up on yourself, I say to you in the name of my Savior Jesus. Our Lord Jesus will not give up on you, He has great power, and can personally pull those who are bound by sin from the mud. It is because His name is greater than the spirit of the world. Please don’t give up on yourself, and don’t give up on prayers. Ask the Lord to cover you with His precious blood, and by the name of the Lord Jesus, drive away the evil thoughts that always haunt you. You are better than those who do well without ever asking the Lord for healing (indeed, as Ecclesiastes 7:20 says, “Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.”), because we have nothing to be proud of ourselves. It’s easier to be humble, it’s easier to trust God, it’s easier to accept God’s power, it’s easier to enter the kingdom of God ahead of others, it’s easier to understand why the Lord Jesus said to the Jewish religious leaders: “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.” But keep in mind that the lure of darkness will use your desire for self-righteousness or self-evidence as nourishment to fuel the fire inside your soul and appear more frequently. No righteous person in the world knows the reason better than a victim like me. Also as recorded in Genesis 4:7 and Acts 4:12:
“If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
Therefore, you must repent with all your heart. As long as you are willing to forsake evil and choose good, our Lord Jesus will forgive your sins, walk with you, and help you drive away the darkness in your heart. Because Isaiah 55:7-9/11/13 records:
“Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
…
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
…
Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure forever.”
I thank my Savior Jesus from the bottom of my heart! If it weren’t for him who never left, I would be a living dead person full of all kinds of resentment and pride. It was the Lord who saved me from the hand of the evil one. I want to follow Him all my life, praising and preaching the grace of His redemption. Son, I share with you what the Lord Jesus has done to me. You must keep it in your heart, think carefully, pass it on from generation to generation, and praise God for the wonderful salvation that he has done to your father.
Finally, I conclude with my own personal experience together with the words of the Apostle Peter in Acts 4:10-12 and the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:18-31:
then know this, all the children of God: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that I stand before you healed.
Jesus is
“‘the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the cornerstone.’
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
Jews demand signs and some Christians look for knowledge,
but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to some knowledgeable Christians,
but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Christians, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were knowledgeable by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,
so that no one may boast before him.
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
Therefore, as it is written: “LET THE ONE WHO BOASTS BOAST IN THE LORD.”
The Triune God created the heavens, the earth, and all things. His noble and incomparable name is “Jehovah, the Lord Almighty”. I don’t need to say anything for Him. He only asked me to speak honestly about what He has done to me. It was what He asked me to do. May all the glory and praise be to the Heavenly Father who loves us, the Son of God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, the true God of our Trinity! Amen!
Brothers and sisters, after reading this testimonial, the three thoughts of “Impossible! Don’t believe it! Not convinced!” spring up in your heart, thinking that I am belittling your knowledge and that I am underestimating you. In front of our Lord, I have a soft conviction for you. Have you ever thought that you may have been fooled and blinded by the evil one? If you really want to know the truth, in fact, in the name of the Lord Jesus, you can command the spirit that uttered those three thoughts within you to answer you, whether the spirit within you believes that the Lord Jesus has become flesh, and you will know. May the Holy Spirit who dwells in you will make you believe the words of Ephesians 2:2 and 1 John 4:1-6 to know the truth.
To Be Continued…
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