Episode 3-10: Why does Rebellion seem so attractive?

Welcome Back! I am your host Dawn Simmons, and in this episode of Conquering Our Unseen Enemies we are going to be discussing the Spirit of Rebellion.  We will look at Rebellion from the very beginning and see how it played out in the Bible.  Then we will discuss how we get caught in the trap of Rebellion and why so many people fall for Satan’s trap.

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As always, let’s discuss our Top Show points:

·      Why the Spirit of Rebellion seems attractive. 

·      Genesis 3.  He appears to Eve in the Garden of Eden as a serpent.  Satan presents himself not as he is, but how he wants us to see him

·      Satan can and will communicate with us and it is up to us to make a choice on how we will respond.  

·      Eve responds and engages in conversation. 

·      Jesus tells us a little about it in Luke 10:18, He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I think that must have been a sad day.  That was the first rebellion.

·      Satan creates a wedge through doubt to create a divide between her and the relationship she and Adam had with God. 

·      Adam participates in an act of Rebellion against God that he knows is contrary to what God has told him. 

·      Satan successfully created a divide Genesis 3:8, Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”

·      Satan used deception as a way to lead Adam and Eve into Rebellion against God. 

·      When we are considering rebellion, we are questioning the nature of God, that God cannot be trusted. 

·      We are saying that what Jesus did, his death and resurrection, was not enough. 

·      Matthew 26:39, let’s see what Jesus is experiencing, Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

·      When Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, their lives changed forever.  Physically their lives changed, spiritually their lives changed.

·      One of their sons, commits the first murder.

·      Rebellion breeds sin.  When we take that first step, we don’t stop at one step. 

·      Why does Rebellion seem so attractive?

o   First, we don’t always realize we are entering into rebellion.  We rationalize or justify what we are about to do. 

o   Second, our desire to obtain what the rebellion provides becomes more important than what God provides.

o   Third, we aren’t willing to be honest with ourselves that our rebellion is taking us to a place that is drawing us further from God. 

o   Fourth, we would rather continue in rebellion than have to admit we are involved in things we should not be.

o   Fifth, we have become so engaged in what we are receiving, that we no longer want a relationship with our Creator, the Great I Am.

·      Rebellion is turning our back on God.  Rebellion is the source of evil.  Satan is the father of lies and everything he offers is a lie. 

·      So why do so many people fall for this trap from Satan?

o   Satan rebelled from God as a result of his pride and his desire to become God

o   Satan uses our weaknesses against us to pull us into rebellion.

·      Here is how God views the rebellion of man:

o   1 Samuel 15:23. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”

o   Proverbs 17:11, Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them.

·      We need to wake up as a church.  We need to see Satan for what He is, a void, a darkness that offers us nothing in rebellion.  God is the provider of all things. Rebellion is death.  God is life.

·      We will end with the words of Jesus, “The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy. I came that they might have life and have it to the full.” John 10:10.

We encourage you:

·      To have an active Bible reading plan, if you want a personal relationship with the Lord, you need to be active about reading His word.

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I have enjoyed our time this week and look forward to spending time with you again next week!