Thurs.’s Devo - God’s Church Vs. Satan’s Church

Read Rev. 3:9 During this age, the power of the Roman Church became lessened. People had started demanding freedom of religion. France fell in revolution, but the Wesleyan revival kept the revolution away from Great Britain. God’s Word was being preached in one kingdom, and communism and liberal thought was being preached in another. Spurgeon, Edwards, Bunyan, Meuller, Brainard and many other great preachers were raised up during this age. But Satan had his members and his church. The problem is that his members went to God’s church. They were tares among the wheat. They said they were Christians, but they contained another spirit. They loved organization and authority, but were missing the fruits of the spirit. They built their beliefs around what they think was right. These people are the ones that 1 Co. 6:2 says that will be judged by the saints. There are always tares that are planted by Satan in every church. Judas was a tare sewn in the group of disciples. No one knew it but Jesus and he chose not to expose it till the end. It is not our job to get rid of the tares, that is God’s job. Our job is to not be a tare. Studying this really makes me check my motives about everything. We as people love organization and we love to have a leader. We just can’t be side-tracked by thinking this can come in the form of another human being. It can’t. But it can come by Jesus. He is our sole leader and he will organize what He wants to organize. We just follow Him. Lord, we want to see You only, and follow You alone.