Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
January 02, 2023: SOAP #4778: Genesis 3-5; Luke 2

SCRIPTURE:  Genesis (NIV) 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3  but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” 4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman.

OBSERVATION:  In Genesis 1 we saw that God is a talker.  He spoke the worlds into existence.  Then in Genesis 2 we saw that God spoke to man giving instructions about how to live in the garden.  Here in chapter 3 we see another talker—the serpent. 

Eve entered into a conversation with the serpent and was deceived into disobeying God. 

APPLICATION: Satan is still a talker.  He has many ways to sow doubt into my mind.  But God has provided two sources of protection for me.  The first is the Word of God—the Bible—the scriptures.  The better I know God’s Word, the better I can recognize how Satan is twisting truth.  The second source of protection for me is the presence of the Holy Spirit living inside me.  The better I learn to recognize the Holy Spirit’s voice, the better I am prepared to withstand Satan’s attempts to deceive me. 

Through the scriptures and the presence of God, the Holy Spirit, the Heavenly Father has programmed me for victory.  When I ignore the Bible and do not actively listen to the Holy Spirit, I am programming myself for failure. 

PRAYER:   Heavenly Father, obviously, you want me to be victorious over Satan and his deceptive ways.  Holy Spirit, continue to draw my attention to the Word of God.  Amen

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