What Is Your Message?

In His Word, the Lord has prepared many different messages and revelations for us. He wants us, His children, to fill our hearts with this light and share with those around us the good that overflows in us. This is not always easy to do because the enemy of the soul constantly resists and has his own counterarguments. He tries to present our message in a false light.

It is written: "And there was war in heaven..." Rev. 12:7. The word "war" is written in the original as πόλεμος (polemos), which in English means "polemic, dispute, confrontation". And this war has not ended, it continues now.

The enemy of the soul seeks allies through whom he could transmit his messages to the world, reveal his plans, make reports on the work done, impose his values, and seduce the entire Universe.

Unfortunately, Satan has succeeded in his polemic, and still tirelessly sows his evil seed of lies, which successfully grows wherever it is accepted.

When I share some good truth revealed to me by God, then the listener needs to verify it, passing it through the filter of their understanding of the Bible, dissolving it in their faith and, approaching the door of will, letting it into their heart as verified truth, and then deciding what to do with this light further.

But if I can show others what happened, giving my comments on it, people immediately take everything at face value, because their eyes see direct proof of my statements.

The enemy of the soul knows the influence of visible images and through them very successfully presents to people what they need to see and know. And if somewhere there is a military conflict, innocent people are dying, blood is being shed, and my eyes can see all this, then it is not difficult for the enemy of the soul to give his commentary on what is happening and put into my heart to excess what will harm my mind and deprive me of peace.

And something amazing happens.

God gives me His message and calls me to proclaim it and bring it to the perishing world. And Satan offers me to become his messenger and tell others what is happening in the world, what horror surrounds us, how brazenly people with weapons behave, and what bombs and rockets do. What do such messages produce in the listener's heart? Fear, indignation, hatred, horror, thirst for revenge, and many other base properties of the soul.

Is this the message God entrusted me to bring to the world? Has the Gospel lost its power and ability to resist all this evil that I substitute it with military news?

Has the message to Laodicea become irrelevant in connection with current events, and should it be put aside as outdated? What is your message, friends? What do you feed your mind with? What do you feed your neighbors with? How does your Gospel sound?

If I am a simple person who can only discuss what is happening in the world with my wife in the kitchen, then although this will cause harm, it will be only to one person. But if I am God's servant or that messenger to whom God has entrusted a wide audience of listeners whom I can influence, then what will the message that Satan has given me produce in them?

Who is more dangerous, a person with an automatic weapon in their hands who can only kill the body, or one in whose mouth is Satan's weapon, killing innocent souls and seducing a pure mind?

It is very difficult, and sometimes impossible, to talk about love for the enemy when this enemy kills, rapes, and robs your neighbors. But has love died because wicked people have received the power to do evil deeds with impunity? Can God give the power of love to those who begin to ask Him for it, being in the most difficult conditions? I read that God's hand has not shortened to save, and on the example of Jesus' behavior, I see an amazing example of manifestation of love in the most unfavorable conditions.

Throughout His life, the Lord never condemned the ruling regime, the crying injustice and cruelty of Roman power. He did not curse His killers, and when He was told about Pilate's atrocities, who mixed Galileans with the blood of their sacrifices, Jesus declared that if the narrators do not repent, they will perish in the same way. Luke 13:1-3.

The Lord condemned those who are Satan's heralds, bringing evil news to their neighbors. He calls each of us to repent in this matter and radically change our source of nourishment.

What I fill my mind with will then be transmitted through me to other people.

What will my little child learn if I begin to initiate him into all the world's iniquities that swarm in the information world?

Let's take an example. I decided to figure out that pornography and fornication are very bad phenomena. I studied this science in the light of the Bible and shared my discoveries with you. You listened to me and concluded that this is a great evil that must be avoided. But I decided to go further. I began to study photos and video materials on this topic. My indignation knew no bounds! What perversions have these wicked people not invented! I decided first to tell you about all the orgies I saw that the godless arrange, and then I chose the brightest scenes so that you could see with your own eyes how disgusting it is to engage in fornication. What do you think, which of the methods of persuasion became more effective? I think you know the answer yourself? And in this case, you will immediately take decisive measures to neutralize my influence and stop my madness.

But when someone announces to me bloody stories about the horrors of ongoing events, calling the enemy by name and showing in color what he experienced, for some reason this does not cause indignation in many, and it is accepted as the norm.

Whose message are you listening to, friends? What do you offer to this world and to those of your faith? Do you enjoy listening to Satan's reports on the work done? Do you have time for this? And wouldn't you like to exchange your precious time for what Jesus advises me to buy from Him in Rev. 3:18?

It will be even more difficult further, and events will be even more terrible for those who have no love.

When will the time come when I understand that without love I am nothing, and that I really need this love?

Who will teach me to love when there is so much pain and suffering around? Where are those messengers who should be firm and unshakable, like a rock, proclaiming God's message?

How should the message from God sound when I have other interests? Why has my brother become my enemy just because he was born and grew up in another country and speaks another language?

What do you think, is Christ interested in what we do, what we say, how we behave towards each other? Does God know whose messages we transmit to the world, and how this affects the consciousness of our neighbors? Will I give an account for every word spoken to my neighbor in a burst of love or indignation? Will I be responsible for the influence towards evil that I exerted on those whom God entrusted to me?

Uncomfortable questions, but it's better to answer them now.

So, choose for yourselves today whose messenger you want to be! And I will tell you about love, happiness, and friendship even when it seems impossible to you. While the Lord gives, this needs to be taken and applied in life. The time has come to love, and agape is worth learning now, because this is God's plan for true victory.

Questions for reflection on this chapter

1. Please read: Mark 16:15; Gen. 3:6; Matt. 12:30-37; 24:11-13; Isa. 33:14-19; Lev. 19:16-18; James 3:10-18; Luke 6:44-45; 13:1-5; Prov. 11:13; 19:9; 20:19; Rev. 12:7-12,17; Job 13:4-5,7; Ps. 12:2-8; 54:3-11; Ezek. 13:8-9; John 8:44 in light of this chapter.

2. What did you understand from this chapter?

3. What other verses from the Bible came to your mind?

4. What benefit does the information flow that you let into your heart bring you?

5. Whose herald are you?

6. What message do you bring to this world? How does your Gospel sound?

7. Is every truth useful for the soul?

8. Does God have something that will bring true peace and tranquility to you and others?

9. Does love die where wars occur and people perish?

10. What happens to the mind of a person who begins to look at bloodshed, reflect on lawlessness and cruelty, and share what they have seen with others?

11. Can a brave and loving person be taught fear and hatred? What needs to be done for this?

12. Should God's children become political experts, or do they have other tasks set by God?

13. Whose Kingdom is within you? Is it worth taking care of the prosperity of this country?

14. How often did Jesus discuss the cruelty of the Roman occupiers and the lawlessness of the ruling elite?

15. Can love give the world and thirsty people something better?