But Jehu did not obey the Law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit. (2 Kings 10:31)
2 Kings 10, tells how Jehu did away with every idol and evil thing burning it and killing every trace except the one thing of perceived value.
- Excuses inside (flesh): "I was born this way", "I can't forgive myself", "I can't stop"
- Excuses outside (world): "everyone is like this", "You don't know what they did", "go with the flow"
- lies from the devil: "did God really say" (Gen 3)
Truth about us: our heart is deceitful and deception is from the devil
- The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9
- For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” Mark 7:21–23
- ....(devil) He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44).
How can anyone turn from sin?
- All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ anything beyond this comes from the evil one. Matthew 5:37
- Abide faithfully in prayer with Jesus, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.', Ask, seek, knock (Matthew 6:13, Matthew 7:7-12), I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. (John 17:15). In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. (Eph 6:16, John 15-16)
- Abide in fellowship with other believers, But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one (2 Thes 3:3). Remember Corinthians, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians are writing to believers/churches - not just names of Bible books.
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