Resist The Devil

[SevaSimranSacrifice]

A good Christian friend sent me this today, thought it was good to share and see how we could relate it to sikhi....

Resist the Devil

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 (NIV)

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After we've humbled ourselves and submitted to God, we're then told to defy the Devil. We don't passively resign ourselves to his attacks. We're to fight back.

The New Testament often describes the Christian life as a spiritual battle against evil forces, using war terms such as fight, conquer, strive, and overcome. Christians are often compared to soldiers serving in enemy territory.

How can we resist the Devil? Paul tells us, "Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." (Ephesians 6:17 NLT).

The first step is to accept God's salvation. You won't be able to say no to the Devil unless you've said yes to Christ. Without Christ we're defenseless against the Devil, but with "the helmet of salvation" our minds are protected by God. Remember this: If you are a believer, Satan cannot force you to do anything. He can only suggest.

Second, you must use the Word of God as your weapon against Satan. Jesus modeled this when he was tempted in the wilderness. Every time Satan suggested a temptation, Jesus countered by quoting Scripture.

He didn't argue with Satan. He didn't say, "I'm not hungry," when tempted to use his power to meet a personal need. He simply quoted Scripture from memory. We must do the same. There is power in God's Word, and Satan fears it.

Don't ever try to argue with the Devil. He's better at arguing than you are, having had thousands of years to practice. You can't bluff Satan with logic or your opinion, but you can use the weapon that makes him tremble – the truth of God.

This is why memorizing Scripture is absolutely essential to defeating temptation. You have quick access to it whenever you're tempted. Like Jesus, you have the truth stored in your heart, ready to be remembered.

If you don't have any Bible verses memorized, you've got no bullets in your gun! I challenge you to memorize one verse a week for the rest of your life. Imagine how much stronger you'll be

[Guru_Da_Chella]

hmm there is something that I believe I red in a old rehit(nama?), where it says not to debate with a muslmaan

[Matheen]

Why do you want to relate it to Sikhi? It doesn't fit in with Gurmat.....

[Laadli Fauj]

i think hes trying to relate it to khalsa soe jo kare nit jang

[Papi]

Why do you want to relate it to Sikhi? It doesn't fit in with Gurmat.....

Explain !! I saw a few things that are just fine as per gurmat

[Matheen]

Explain !! I saw a few things that are just fine as per gurmat

The bit about having to 'accept Christ' and 'the devil'.

I can see the similarities to dealing with Kaam, Krodh etc and memorising Bani but.......

[jasleen k]

hmm there is something that I believe I red in a old rehit(nama?), where it says not to debate with a muslmaan

i have read from old rehatnamae to kill a muslman where you see him. interesting reading, to be sure.

[Guru_Da_Chella]

:gatka-singhni: :LOLz:

[Jap Har Har]

kill a musalmaan where you see him...lol

The first pointer in Gurbani is everyone is equal, all men etc.

Wake up.

[SevaSimranSacrifice]

Sorry bhenji/bhaji, i thought it was sort of self explanatory. Just replace the words that do not relate to us.

For example,

- 'the devil' - could be the five theives, kaam, krodh, lobh, moh, ahankar, maya

- 'Christ' - we would replace as maharaj - god

- the bit where it says not to argue with satan, i kind of look at it as our not arguing with our theives or maya - instead read bani etc, makes sense?

I personally like the bit where it says not to argue with satan (maya) because he/she has a lot of practice. So true! May has been in existence way before we were even created...Sometimes we may justify our actions that were a result of us giving in (in a sense) to our theives..and we may argue 'oh but it is ok' etc maya is so clever that it will make us think it is ok...by quoting bani will make us realise or blatently tell us...am i making sense?

When it mentions memorising the Bible - we can memorise bani quotes to help us keep in check.

They have quoted from Ephesians of how to resist this evil - you just chant the word of god. Maharaj has told us this...that's why i found it all mostly relevant. It made sense to me..thought hopefully it made sense to someone else too.

I guess you take what you want from it..and hopefully is helpful!