--Message of Warning
1 Corinthians 10:13
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"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith." (1 Peter 5:8-9)

It was a hot day on Australia's Gold Coast when I stepped into the beautiful, still water to be refreshed. Within seconds my legs began to sting. I couldn't see anything down in the water, but I could feel something was wrong. On hearing my complaint, the lifeguard whisked me out of the water and treated me for a Portuguese Man-of-war sting. Warning signs had been posted and the caution flag raised, but because I didn't know what to look for, or how much it would hurt, I didn't take care to watch.

Satan is much more destructive than a jellyfish, and sin much more devasting, but they both work somewhat that way. God's message to Adam and Even was simple: "Do not touch this tree." They did not listen to the warning or grasp how severe the consequences would be. Sin entered the world, and paradise was lost.

God's messages of warning come to us out of His great love, to protect us from Satan's lies. Because of that love, even at the inception of sin, His plan was in place to save us and bring us back through Jesus ~~
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Jesus knows Satan completely and warns us not to follow this deceiver. How much better to heed Jesus' warning and follow Him!

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