A Child Of The Devil
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Slave Not A Son
Slave Not A Son
tensions are escalating
the Pharisees are claiming a special spiritual bond to Abraham
They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
All are born spiritually, in Total Depravity
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Totaly unable to listen to God
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
repentance is a gift of God
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
a slave to sin
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
Jesus told them they are a slave to sin
implying they are the son of the bondwoman
But
People a not saved because they refuse to believe
they will be judged for not believing
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Descendant of Abraham
Descendant of Abraham
V 37 acknowledge they are descendants of Abraham
V 39 does not call them children of Abraham
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
my Father your Father
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
I speak, from my Father, you do what your father wants
Murder v 37 seek to kill
lies
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
Abraham is our Father
john 8 39
If -then works
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
V 41
God is our Father Not
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Your Father the Devil
Your Father the Devil
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.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Who is the seed of the devil?
who is the offspring of the serpent?
All who oppose Gods Kingdom are an offspring of the devil
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Children of God / children of satan
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Example of Cain
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
Cain did not become a child because of his deed
his deed proved that he was a child
God put enmity
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
The reason is, because their natural dispositions and inclinations, together with their ends and purposes, are most repugnant each to other, even full as much as good and evil, righteousness and sin,
John Bunyan
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Conclusion
so who becomes a child of God?
Repentance
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
repentance is a gift of God
God’s choice who becomes His children
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
as children we need to separate ourselves
Conclusion
Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what share does a believer have with an unbeliever? And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, “I will live in them and will walk about among them, and I will be their God and they will be my people.” Therefore “come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord, “and do not touch what is unclean, and I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me,” says the all-powerful Lord.
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
2 cor 6 --
we need to realize the enemy is an enemy
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
John
when we witness we need to be in prayer that the Holy Spirit will allow this person to hear God’s Word