Tuesday, January 14, 2020

The Serpent Leader vs the Servant Leader


UV 3443/10000 The Serpent Leader vs The Servant Leader
But only from the tree of knowledge (recognition) of good and evil you shall not eat, otherwise on the day that you eat from it, you shall most certainly die (because of your disobedience).
Genesis 2 v 17

God has from the beginning divided the world of options or choices into the permissible and the impermissible. The serpent leader focusses on the impermissible while the servant leader focusses on the permissible. For instance, sex within marriage is good and to be enjoyed but impermissible outside of marriage, legitimate gain through investment or hard work or enterprise is permissible but bribery, corruption, dishonest gain, thievery, robbery, extortion are not permissible. The serpent leader tempts people to do what is not permissible like adultery, rape, corruption, robbery and so on. The Servant Leader ( Jesus) through the guidance and leading of the Holy Spirit prompts people to do and enjoy the permissible including to enjoy good food, the fruits of their labour and so on.

The serpent leader tempts people to think that stolen fruit is sweeter and leads them to their moral downfall and eventual personal decay and death. The Servant Leader embraced death on the cross to enable people to overcome the presence and the power of sin in their lives. The Servant Leader teaches us to be aware like a serpent of the various forms of lurking or hidden evil as well as open or blatant evil in this world so that we do not fall a victim while at the same time to be like a dove in our being harmless, pure, untainted by sin. He wants us to be moral and spiritual victors in this world. The serpent leader distorts the image of God in which we were created but the Servant Leader restores us to that pristine and pure image. The Servant Leader wants us to enjoy legitimate pleasures without suffering long term or eternal consequences. He wants us to enjoy serenity and abundance. The serpent leader wants to imprison us with guilt, fear and negative emotions while the Servant Leader wants to liberate us.

The serpent leader gives people a false sense of immunity while they are doing the impermissible or the forbidden. He operates through the power of suggestion and our own thoughts and desires. He weakens us from inside by exploiting the chinks in our armour. The Servant Leader teaches us the higher ways of God that transcends the ways of human flesh. The serpent leader wants to shame and blackmail his followers while the Servant Leader leads, guides, protects and honours His followers.

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