FOUR STEPS INTO SATANIC CAPTIVITY.

1. BELIEVING SATAN'S LIES (Gen. 3:1-5): Attack on our believe system
is one powerful way the enemy uses to make us believe his lies.
This is the method he used against Eve and he succeeded in making her
believe a lie that God was unfair by not allowing them to eat the
fruit from the tree in the midst of the garden.

At any moment you begin to see God as an unfair God, know that your
believe system is under attack from the devil. Say no to him and hold
unto God's word.

2. STRONG DESIRE TO SATISFY YOUR LUST (Gen.3:6, James 1:14-15):
Whenever Satan succeeds in turning you against God by believing his
lies, the next thing he will present to you is whatever it is that you
lust after. He is so smart that he cannot present to you what you
hate, but those things you had been desiring after outside God.

Be careful with things that goes on in your heart and mind, they can
be a weapon against you - a chain on your neck all the way to
captivity.

3. LOSS OF GOD GIVEN IDENTITY & DESTINY (Gen.3:7):
After the enemy succeeds in leading you into the lustful desires in
your heart, it will cost you your God given identity and destiny,
leaving you with another identity and destiny.

Notice that as soon as Adam and Eve ate the fruit out of their lustful
desire, they began to cover their body up, in other words, they went
for a different identity.

Don't forget that their God given identity was to be naked, by
covering up their nakedness, they gave themselves a new identity and
automatically a new destiny (mortality).

4. LOSS OF AUTHORITY (Gen.3:8-11):
After giving yourself a new identity and destiny, you will lose God
and the authority He gave you over Satan, thereby becoming a captive
in Satan's hand.

The fall of Adam and Eve made us slaves to Satan and sin, which is why
the coming of the victorious second Adam was neccessary, in order to
set us free from the bondage of Satan and sin.

This second Adam is Jesus Christ who defeated Satan and the
principalities and powers, making a publice show of them when He rose
from the dead. He is your only hope of freedom from the captivity of
Satan and sin. Call on Him today and He will set you free (Acts 2:21,
Romans 10:9-13).

If you have not accepted Christ Jesus in your life and you wish to do
so pray this prayer:

Lord Jesus, right now I open my heart to you, come into my life and be
my Lord and Savior. Forgive me all my sins and wash me clean with your
blood. Deliver me from the captivity of Satan and sin, give me power
over them. From this moment on and for the rest of my life I will
follow you. Thank you Lord Jesus for saving me, in your name I pray,
Amen.

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