Temptation – A Gate way
to Satanic Attack
Man
cannot easily be possessed with demon unless these evil spirits have
a door way into your life. The door way of Satan in to the life of a
believer is sin. When a believer fall into sin, he is conquered
spiritually until he makes it right with God in repentance.
Sexual relationship between a man and a woman that are in marital
relationship is pure and sacred and honorable before Almighty God
that instituted the institution of marriage. It is also a
relationship that mutually benefits husband and his wife for
important purposes of their marital relationship.
Seduction is an evil act of leading the mind of an individual away
from righteous duty, from accepted principles, or proper conduct
with an enticement. Do not be deceived; seduction that results into
sexual relationship is not love. In principle, love gives,
but seduction takes from his victim with the purpose of
destroying him. In a seductive relationship, one party is eager to
receive something important at all cost for an ulterior motive and
the other party does not want to part with the precious important
thing. As a result, the seductive party capitalizes on the weakness
of the other and the available opportunity to trap him and persuade
the innocent party with alluring sexual temptations in order to make
him consent to what he never intended to do. The seducer has nothing
to lose. Whatever a seducer may offer in terms of enticement to get
at his or her victim is nothing to compare to what he or she will
take from his/her victim. A seducer is an ambassador of Satan on
earth in that he/she lures, tempts and causes his/her victim to fall
into sin. The seductive party may be thinking that she does not have
evil intentions in achieving her objective but unknowingly to her at
that point, she is an agent of Satan to lead other party to commit
sin. Seduction can lead man or woman into sin of adultery or
fornication.
Seduction has been a devastating evil weapon of Satan to bring men
to fall into temptation. Seduction is one of the instruments the
satanic kingdom use to provide the demonic force an evil bridge that
create an access to enter into an unpolluted life of righteous
person. At the point of attack of seduction of Satan, He will
present to you what he wants you to see and will cloud your vision
about the consequential danger of the act. At the point of
seduction, a tempted man under attack of Satan will only see a
beautiful woman that possessed whatever man may be looking for in a
woman in terms of graphical beautiful shapes of her body, her bosom
and her gorgeous appearance. At this point every door of reasoning
of a tempted man will be completely shut against righteous thought.
Then the satanic evil programming will begin in the center of his
consciousness. It always comes in form of suggestion that are
cropping in to your mind at the crucial moment leaving you alone for
the battle of decision.
“Wao! This is a beautiful woman!”
“She
is gorgeously ripe and a pleasant individual!”
“She
is cooperative and readily available!”
Then
your dendrites are triggered off for action and respond to the
alluring beauty of the woman. A suggestion of enemy will be
screaming in your mind.
“This is an opportunity!”
“You
cannot afford to miss this opportunity!”
“Go
for it, Go for it!”
A
small still voice of Holy Spirit within you will advise you.
“Stop this evil, it is not right!”
“Just once!” The evil suggestion continues. “You can’t afford to
miss the opportunity of having a fun with a beautiful woman like
this!”
“Remember the consequences of what you are about to do! This is a
sin” The small still voice reminds.
“But
you can always repent,” the evil suggestion interjected.
At
this point the battle is at the peak in your mind. Your flesh is
willing and famishing for the food of flesh, your soul is tilting
here and there as it listens to voice of the flesh and the voice of
the spirit. While your flesh and your spirit are still waiting for
your approval or rejection, this strange woman, the evil agent of
Satan decides to help you make your decision. She removes the veil
of her bosom to expose you to alluring temptation and she reaches
out for your fingers and guide them to her breasts for fondling
while she kisses you with her hands around your neck. At that very
moment, only the power of God can make you be yourself and be able
to reject the evil overture. And perhaps you give in and you
participate in the act of seduction, it is during this act of
sinfulness that the demonic forces zero in on their victims and they
establish connection in the temple of God in the victim and they
defile it. The spirit of seduction would overwhelm and over-power
the righteous spirit within you. In the process of free access you
granted to the demonic forces to possess you, you will only
experience a smooth and a so called ‘non-conflict enjoyment.’ After
the evil act and when the demonic forces settle down in your temple,
your eyes will be cleared. You will certainly experience a sense of
loss. It could be a lost of loyalty, honesty, integrity, anointing,
power, etc. Regret will set in but it will be too late. Perhaps you
are wondering, why? It is because the kingdom of righteousness in
you had been polluted. The yeast of destruction of enemy had been
deposited in you. A piece of God in you had been taking away and the
enemy will place it in their evil altar as a token of their victory
over you. The altar of God in you had been desecrated and broken
down and the altar of Satan had been installed in replacement. And
from that moment, whether you are aware of it or not, you are
initiated and unfortunately you become the disciple of the
adulterous demon that attacked you.
A
story revealed that a beautiful lady with the familiar spirit of a
mermaid seduced a man and engaged in sexual relationship with him in
order to collect the manhood seed of the man. The evil lady later
deposited the seed on the evil altar in the spirit realm, thereby
destroying the man’s life and his generation. The man thought he had
had a big catch but little did he know that he and his generation
had been eternally caged on the altar of evil spirit. The man was
never able to procreate.
But
assuming that at the point of the evil programming of enemy, you can
echo with all your strength and power what the spirit of God is
saying within you and say, “STOP!” or “NO!” I am not talking of
‘stop’ and ‘no’ that is interpreted in the seduction world as ‘go
on’ and ‘yes’ respectively. I mean a righteous stop order with a
stern seriousness. The type STOP and NO that Joseph told the wife of
Potiphar in the Bible. You will understand the cowardness of demonic
forces. Immediately you will experience an unexplainable peace and
victorious joy. And you will understand the meaning of the
ministration of the angel of God after the victory of temptation.
Temptation is not a sin per se as people perceive it to be. For an
overcomer, it is a bridge that leads to spiritual success. However,
for those who cannot keep their heads high in righteousness, it is a
bridge that leads to destruction. Temptation is a yardstick by which
our faith is measured. Temptation promotes, but in the process of
promotion, we must remember, ‘no pain, no gain.’ “My brethren,
count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptation knowing this,
that trying of your faith worketh patience" (James 1:2-3) It is
when one falls into temptation that the individual is led to sin.
The
only way out of temptation is by resisting it. But it is tough to
successfully resist the devil on your own without following the
protocol. "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you." (James 4:7)The first step of
resisting temptation is to submit oneself to God. It is by entering
into an alliance with God and letting your allegiance in all your
decisions lie with God. Moses asked the Israelites in the
wilderness, “Who is on the Lord's side let him come to me.” The
people that were on the Lord’s side came to Moses and were preserved
but about three thousands idol worshippers were cut off in the camp
that day.
The
second step is by measuring your decisions with the word of God.
“My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.”(Proverb
1:10) “Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in
the way of evil men.” (Proverb 4:14) (Roman 6:13, II Peter 3:17)
Joseph was tempted by the wife of Pontiphar, his master, but because
his allegiance lay with God, he was able to see the situation from
the point of view of God and said, "How can I do this great
wickedness, and sin against God" (Genesis 39:9) It was not a
smooth and rosy road to success for Joseph. He went from the bosom
of love of his father to the bottom of hatred in the dry pit where
his brothers threw him; from this pit to the house of slavery of
Potiphar, and yet the Lord was with him. From his lofty
responsibilities in the house of Potiphar to the dungeon because of
righteousness, when temptation set in. He resisted it. He kept his
head high and overcame. God's plans concerning his life were
manifested and he became an anchor of blessing for the Israelites in
their time of need. "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation;
for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life which the
Lord has promised to those who love him." (James 1:12)
Michael A. Eleyinafe
