Gen 3:6-7: “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

It is interesting to think that Adam, placed in the Garden of Eden and given the favor of God, with everything he could desire, turned his back on God. Why? One word…SELF. Adam saw his life as meaningless without Eve and chose to follow her into death. He committed suicide because he could not see his destiny.

We can argue that Eve was deceived by the serpent based on the conversation recorded in the scripture- she was tempted through her senses of hearing, sight, and touch. She actually thought she was going to be “equal with God”. Gen 3:4-5: “And the serpent said unto the woman, You shall not surely die: For God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”

But Adam chose to sin. Suicide can be defined as “the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally” (Merriam-Webster). In other words, Adam chose to cut off his life with God intentionally and voluntarily. And with that one act, he placed all his seed in the hands of an overlord whose desire is to simply destroy all mankind.

Suicide is not only the culmination of depression as many have concluded, but it is also a spirit that has only one agenda- the destruction of destiny. It will oppress and torment until by your own hand you decide to end it all. 

But Christ came to give us a way of escape. He will lift the burdens. He will set you free. Put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness and depression. Deep within understand you are created in the image and likeness of God and there is a purpose in your life.

Jesus has come that you would have life and unlike Adam who chose death, you can choose to live. Reject the spirit of suicide and it will flee from you. Don’t entertain it. Don’t invite it. Don’t talk to it. Instead, begin to THANK GOD for something. There must be something you are grateful for. Find that silver lining and thread the needle of life. It is not only about you. It is for your seed and those after you. Guard your heart against the devourer, who like a worm, only needs one place to enter. YOU ARE IMPORTANT IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS AND YOU ARE LOVED!

Isa 61-1-3 says this about Jesus: “The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To provide for them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”

Let us lift up our eyes to the Maker of heaven and start with thanking Him for our redemption. The enemy’s lies are to make you believe that there is no way out except death… but it is a lie. There is a way of escape. It is only through JESUS CHRIST.. The door through which we have eternal life in the hereafter and abundant life in the now.

Choose life instead of death. Reject the Adamic spirit of suicide and accept the LIFE given by CHRIST.

AMEN

As born-again believers, we are supposed to be the salt of the earth- not sugar coat the things of God to give a sense of ease to those around us.

As Christians, we are called to warfare- not to be entertaining the masses and not to entertainment and appeasement. Appeasement is when you are waving a white flag in surrender.

As evangelists, we are not to curry favor to win a soul. We MUST present the word, the law of GOD that condemns mankind and the redemption of sin made possible ONLY by the sacrifice of GOD’s only SON- Jesus Christ.

As ambassadors of Christ, we represent another Kingdom. We have a mission to dismantle the old kingdom- NOT assimilate into it.

As the CHURCH- THE EKKLESIA- we are NOT called to assemble ourselves so that we may be entertained on a Sunday morning or a Saturday by hearing a good word and listening to great worship. We should assemble ourselves to be EQUIPPED for battle.

The perversion of the WORD manifests itself daily. As warriors, we don’t strategize with methods of the enemy whose mission and strategy is simple- make you ineffective. He will cover you in so much mud that others will be unwilling to listen to you. BUT YOU ARE CALLED TO BE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD- SHINE!!

YOU ARE CALLED TO BE SALT… SALT THE WOUNDS- BIND IT UP AND RELEASE THOSE WHO ARE IN PRISONS.

Let us look again to the mandate given to us and renew our minds. Let us obtain clarity from the word and forsake the vain philosophy of the world. Unsheath the sword of the SPIRIT beloved and march on to execute the word of GOD on the powers of darkness- whose power rest and reside in deception and manipulation. Clothe your mind with CHRIST and HIM resurrected.

Arise and WAR for the souls of men!!

A while back I posted a blog on “God’s Frequency” which draws the analogy between a radio signal and the antenna- the radio signal being God’s voice and the antenna being our soul. And just like a radio which can be used to change the channel- so too we can either choose to hear God’s voice or to hear the voice of the enemy.

God is always speaking. Jesus is the WORD (John 1:1). As the Word, He came to provide us with an opportunity to clean up our heart and ear receptors so that we may be able to walk as children of God.

But remember- with the entrance of sin, Satan polluted our receptors with darkness so that we lean toward receiving signals from him rather than from God. In other words, he staged an overthrow both in heaven and on earth and has installed himself as if he is some divine ruler over the realms of earth. What was rightfully given to man as an inheritance, Satan has wrestled it away by trickery and deception. He captured mankind and placed him in a prison of darkness- never again to see or hear from God. BUT….

The Champion of God- the Word Himself- entered the Ring of Fire. He came so that we may be able to escape the enemy’s prison. God has provided a way of escape. It is up to us to walk off the plantation of the enemy’s captivity and open our hearts and mind to receive the signals and frequency of God.

But the satellites of Satan are many. And he has laced within us, like an intricate network of wires, receptors from birth that we tend to receive and listen more to him than to God. We are scarred from the very womb and from the moment of our entry into the world until our exit. We are hated and set up to fail by the plan and deception of the enemy.

If we can only see the glory and the beauty of our God, we will forsake the wine of deception and darkness with which the enemy has plied us with. Many are drunk on this wine. It is time to remove the enemy’s dark receptors within us and seek after the frequency of God so that we will please our heavenly father and not walk according to the will or a dark and sinister dictator.

Col 3:1-10 says “Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth, for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him. So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them. But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.”

1 Peter 2:1-2 says “So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation”

Hebrews 12 1-3 says “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Amen