Doing good or doing evil, we all make choices every day, even in the way we think. Sin is like an unwelcome guest knocking at the door wanting to be entertained. The Lord told Cain in Genesis 4:7 “If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.”
His desire is the lusts of the flesh, and He the Lord is referring to is the Devil. Jesus shows this in John 8:44 “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
So basically you have 2 choices, do good, which is the Father in heaven desire, or will; or you can do evil, which is of the father of this worlds desire.
Sin before its conceived starts out with an evil thought; this is how we are first tempted. To be tempted by evil is not in of itself sin, because Jesus was also tempted by the devil as we are. But for temptation to become sin, it, like the unwelcome guest knocking at the door must first be let in and entertained in the heart, and then it becomes sin.
James shows this process in James 1:12-15 “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.[SUP]13 [/SUP]Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
[SUP]14 [/SUP]But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.[SUP]15 [/SUP]Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
So when an evil or lustful thought knocks at the door of your heart, do not let it in, and do not by all means entertain this evil and most unwelcome guest.
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
His desire is the lusts of the flesh, and He the Lord is referring to is the Devil. Jesus shows this in John 8:44 “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
So basically you have 2 choices, do good, which is the Father in heaven desire, or will; or you can do evil, which is of the father of this worlds desire.
Sin before its conceived starts out with an evil thought; this is how we are first tempted. To be tempted by evil is not in of itself sin, because Jesus was also tempted by the devil as we are. But for temptation to become sin, it, like the unwelcome guest knocking at the door must first be let in and entertained in the heart, and then it becomes sin.
James shows this process in James 1:12-15 “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.[SUP]13 [/SUP]Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
[SUP]14 [/SUP]But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.[SUP]15 [/SUP]Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
So when an evil or lustful thought knocks at the door of your heart, do not let it in, and do not by all means entertain this evil and most unwelcome guest.
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
