Have you ever come across this scripture in the
bible? Maybe you have read it before but have not given it a second thought.
Well it is there and it means that what gives sin strength or power is the law.
In other words what multiplies sin is when there are laws and do’s and don’ts and
this is what the devil is trying to achieve today by deluding some Christians
and getting them to preach more of the law because he knows that if they do
that they will be giving more strength to sin and thus he will be harvesting
more souls. The bible says in Romans 3:20 Therefore
by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law
is the knowledge of sin. The devil knows these truths that by the works of
the law shall no flesh be justified in the sight of God and that is why he is
bombarding the church today with false visions and messages and centered on
works because he knows that no one can be justified by works and he wants
people not to be justified in the sight of God. He is smart and subtle in the
manner he does it, he even uses scriptures just to deceive people and dishonor
the blood of Jesus, that is why it is so important for believers to study the
word and rightly divide it that is the only way to decipher the antics and
craftiness the devil employs to deceive people.
Let me take you back to the garden of Eden after God
had given instructions to Adam not to eat the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil, that command from God was a kind of law and Satan seized the opportunity
using that command to tempt and deceive them and that is the origin of the fall
of man and his environment and all the ills the world today. Now supposing God
never gave any of such instruction to Adam and Eve the devil will have had
nothing to tempt them with, so you see that laws breed sin, the more the law,
the more the sin. The bible says in Romans 5:20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin
abounded, grace abounded much more, But thank God the bible also states in
Romans 6:14 that “sin will not have
dominion over you because you are not under the law but under grace”.
The devil wants sin to be strengthened the more in
this end time because he knows that the strength of sin is the law and that is
why he is using believers in this last days by disguising himself as an angel
of light or even disguise himself like Jesus and show them a false visions of
heaven and hell and tell them that they should go and preach more legalistic
messages which the bible says produces and strengthens sin. The devil wants people to be bound by
legalism for he knows that no one can keep the law because under the law if you
offend in one you are guilty of all. The children of Israel were under the law
and yet they couldn’t keep it, they failed many times. The law spells out
details of how they should live their life down to a minutest detail but yet
they couldn’t keep it. That was why Jesus said to the Pharisees in John 7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of
you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?" Jesus healed people on
the Sabbath day and the Pharisees were angry and wanted to kill him. So the
devil knows this very well that with the law people are under bondage. Today
one might say that we are no longer under the dispensation of the law so why am
I saying the strength of sin is the law. Yes, we are not under the dispensation
of law but of grace yet people still want to be justified by the works of the
law, they still hold unto such legalistic teachings which dishonors the blood
of Jesus and places emphasis on human achievements and efforts. So many
churches today are under this category they judge from appearance, they forbid
their ladies from wearing trousers, putting make-up and gold jewelries they say
ladies who use such things will not make it to heaven, they always judge from
appearance and not rightly and Jesus told the Pharisees in John 7:24 Do not judge according to appearance, but
judge with righteous judgment." Yet they ignore the words of Jesus and
prefer to judge people from appearance not knowing that God judges the intent
of the heart. Now I am not in any way supporting indecent dressing from the
ladies and shouty make-ups and too much adorning of jewelries because I believe
that any true believer will not base his or her life craving for such things
and if truly the Spirit of God dwells in you and you succumb to his leading
your life will be regulated by prompting from the Spirit in your inner man
rather than an external legalistic law as we have in many churches today. The
bible does not in any way forbid women from adorning themselves rather it
states that their lives should not be based on those adornments in other words
they should not crave and get carried away by those ornaments just like the
rich in the bible are instructed not to be carried away by their wealth and
still many have misconstrued it to mean that Christians are not meant to be
rich. In I Peter 3:3-5 the bible states categorically “Do not let your adornment be merely outward — arranging the hair,
wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel — rather let it be the hidden person
of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which
is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the
holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to
their own husbands,”
The above verse is not saying that women should not
put on jewelries, fine clothes, and a good hairstyle because these false
teachings and visions have made a lot of women to start looking haggard and
beggarly rather it is saying that their lives should not be based on those
things but the inward spirit of the heart. If you are a lady reading this today
please dress well, look good, wear jewelries, make good hairstyles but please
don’t spend your entire time and money on them or based your life on these
things because there is more to life than those things. I will even advice that
you spend more money and time on godly things than on those material things.
Jesus doesn’t want to take away those things from you (including wealth) rather
he wants those things not to take you away from him. There is no problem for a
boat to be in water but there is problem when the water begins to enter the
boat. It is not bad to put a golden hat on your head but trouble begins when
the golden hat gets into the head. I will explain more on this issue in
subsequent chapters in this book.
So devil knows what he is doing in these last days
and he is doing it through the church, he wants to weigh believers down with
bondage, with burden, with labor of being legalistic and funny enough many have
towed that line thinking they are holy and righteous while other believers who
enjoy liberty in Christ are seen as sinful and hell-bound. The devil is using
these false visions to bring back legalism into the body of Christ because he
also knows that no flesh can be justified through the works of the law. What a
terrible thing!
