MOVING FORWARD FROM THE PAST
Brother James, OIC
Luk 18:29-30 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Today more than ever God is separating His children of light from Satan’s children of darkness. He is severing the unequal yoking with darkness we made in marriages, partnerships, friendships, etc and even our own attitudes that were never His will . He does this in us and through us as He empowers us to make decisions then opening escape routes as the Truth of His Word comes to Light within us. But what happens when one gets seduced into returning to their past.
The first thing you need to know is you are called for Gods purpose not to fix your life nor establish you in the American Dream. Jesus came to show those God called to Him the way to do Gods Will. But from the beginning there are many examples of those that turned back to lives they were called out of. A glaring example was Lots wife who turned back to look at Sodom and Gomorrah and was turned into a pillar of salt. This remarkable happening is stated matter-of-factly, with no suggestion that it was a special miracle or divine judgment. Lot’s wife "looked back" (the phrase might even be rendered "returned back" or "lagged back") seeking to cling to her luxurious life in Sodom (note Christ’s reference to this in Luke 17:32,33) and was destroyed in the "overthrow" (Genesis 19:25,29) of the city. In Luke 17:32 Jesus simply says "Remember Lot's Wife" using her as a warning to professing Christians to not turn back to their old life after escaping it Turning back is fueled strictly by emotions and emotions are tantalized by lies the devil tells to convince one to turn back.
Other examples: Judas who betrayed Jesus, Demas who forsook Paul because he loved this present world, Hymaneus and Philetus etc;
1Jn 2:18-20 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
God is calling His Children out from these dark alliances because He knows who is antichrist and who isn’t. We are in a spiritual battle. The Battlefield of the Mind as Joyce Meyers put it is where it wages, where Satan either convinces you to turn back or you follow Gods Spirit to lay down your life for Truth of the Gospel. The flesh profits nothing and is insignificant to this battle. We are not talking sin in the flesh but a yoking of our hearts to the lies of this world. Turn again and use the Power of God to leave confusion behind and escape to your High Call of God in Christ.
