Resist the Serpent Leader

UV 3449/10000 Resist the Serpent Leader
If you do well (believing Me and doing what is acceptable and pleasing to Me), will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well (but ignore My instruction), sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you ( to overpower you), but you must master it.

Genesis 4 v 7

The serpent leader crouches at the door of every man’s heart as he crouched at the door of Cain’s heart. Cain opened the door and let in envy, anger, hostility towards his own brother. We witness the genesis of sibling rivalry, the beginning of unrighteous anger and envy, the very first murder in history. The serpent leader overpowered Cain and his better intentions and self. The secret to overcoming temptation is to resist the serpent leader and to submit to the Servant Leader Jesus. When we resist the serpent leader, he will flee. In the Old Testament, Joseph had to flee from the temptation of seduction but today, the enemy will flee if we only resist him. Having tasted the fruit of knowledge of awareness of good and evil, we should now be wise to choose good over evil in the struggle of good versus evil in our own hearts.

The Servant Leader wants us to do what is good, acceptable and pleasing in the eyes of God. In order to know what is good, acceptable and pleasing to God, we need to study the teachings of Jesus, the Word of God. Our well being, both here and now and in eternity is determined by whom we believe and obey- the serpent leader or the Servant Leader. The Father Himself endorsed the Son Jesus and said, “ This is My own beloved Son. Listen to Him.” We are blessed when we believe Him, listen to His instruction and do what He says. We are cursed when we listen to the devious suggestion of the serpent leader and do what he says.

St Paul writes to the Romans that the very members or organs of our own bodies- our tongues, our minds, our sexual organs, our limbs are warring against us and cause us to do what our spirit does not want to do. The serpent leader takes advantage of this and takes advantage of our weaknesses. We need to resist what he wants us to say, what he wants us to do. We need to shut the door of our hearts firmly to him and open it for the Servant Leader, Jesus.