The evil "ADVOCATE" in our MINDS - 23 May 2019 (The Fountain of Living Waters) by Celia Joy Martins
Each one of us walks around with a (personal) and evil "ADVOCATE" in our minds. This "entity" in our minds, DEFENDING us' name is "SELF-JUSTIFICATION"
SELF-JUSTIFICATION:
Self-justification is an ATTITUDE - PART of "SELF" - PART of the FLESHLY DESIRES.
SELF-JUSTIFICATION is to DEFEND your ACTIONS (and also beliefs) WITHIN a "LACK of KNOWLEDGE" or "IGNORANCE" of ABBA'S WORD-FRAMEWORK.
It is PART of the "SELF" that NEEDS to "DIE" - be LAID OFF - LETTING IT GO - in our LIVES to be ABLE to HEAR the VOICE of YAHWEH GOD [through the pages of SCRIPTURE].
It is a HINDRANCE and a STUMBLING BLOCK. A BLOCKAGE in our WAY to RIGHT STANDING with YAHWEH God - KEEPING HOLY SPIRIT OUT of our LIVES so that we would NOT UNDERSTAND and RECEIVE KNOWLEDGE of the WORD of YAHWEH God.
It STEALS our RELATIONSHIP with our Father and our Savior AWAY from us and LEAVES an OPEN DOOR for the ENEMY to work his evil in our lives - KEEPING us from our heavenly Father - KEEPING us from LIVING a RIGHTEOUS LIFE.
SELF-JUSTICATION'S "FOOD":
Self-justification FEEDS on:
PRIDE;
IGNORANCE for YAH -
IGNORACE for YAH'S WORD -
IGNORACE for YAH'S COMMANDMENTS -
IGNORANCE for YAH'S WAYS [inclusive of HIS FEASTS, His APPOINTED TIMES and His SEASONS;
LEGALISM;
TRADITION etc.
The "ADVOCATE" of JUSTIFYING our SINS:
This personal SUPPORTER steps OUT and DEFENDS us DILIGENTLY making his PLEA to JUSTIFY our EVERY THINKING;
Our UNGODLY WORDS;
Our UNGODLY DOINGS;
Our UNGODLY ATTITUDES;
Our SINS;
Our IMMORALITY;
Our UNGODLY LIFE-STYLES;
Our UNGODLY HABITS;
Our SELF-PLEASURES;
Our SELFISHNESS;
Our SELF SATISFACTION and SELF-INDULGENCE;
Our DISOBEDIENCE;
Our LACK of KNOWLEDGE;
Our GREEDINESS;
Our MATERIALISM;
Our LUSTS & DESIRES etc. etc.
SELF-JUSTIFICATION CAUSES SEPARATION from YAHWEH GOD and YAHSHUA our MESSIAH:
In Galatians 5:4 we are told that if we seek to be justified by the Law (legalism) we are brought to nothing and we forfeit our right standing with Yahweh God - we have fallen AWAY from Him and His GRACE.
FOLLOWING SELF-JUSTIFICATION:
In the same way, if we JUSTIFY ourselves by our OWN REASONING or by our OWN PERCEPTIONS - or our OWN THINKING, we are BLINDED following SELF instead of the WORD of YAHWEH God.
LISTENING to the WRONG VOICE:
When we are CONVICTED by the Holy Spirit, many times through a WORD by someone else of a SIN we have COMMITTED, or a WRONG that NEED to be PUT RIGHT, we IMMEDIATELY DEFEND ourselves ... LISTENING to the WRONG VOICE - the VOICE of JUSTIFICATION in our minds ... and we ARE CUTTING OURSELVES OFF from the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT ... CUTTING OURSELVES OFF from YAHWEH God and YAHSHUA our SAVIOR - with the RESULT that we would NEVER BE ABLE to SEE what is WRONGFUL IN us.
CUT OFF from our YAH - we are NOTHING and can DO NOTHING of SPIRITUAL IMPORTANCE:
"I am the VINE, you are the BRANCHES" (John 15:5).
When we - through SELF JUSTIFYING ourselves - CUT OURSELVES OFF from the TRUE VINE - we will HOLD a FORM of PIETY (true religion) but will be REJECTING the POWER of it. (2 Tim. 3:5 "For ALTHOUGH they HOLD a FORM of PIETY (true religion) they DENY and REJECT AND are STRANGERS to the POWER OF IT ...").
We will be STAGNANT in our FAITH ... with NO SPIRITUAL GROWTH ... will NOT be ABLE to UNDERSTAND the SPIRITUAL THINGS of the KINGDOM of YAH ... and will NOT be ABLE to MOVE FORWARD in FAITH ...
WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE to fully CLEANSE OURSELVES -
NEVER be ABLE to REPENT of all our WRONGS -
we will only be HALF-SAVED and
LUKE-WARM:
We will be REJECTING the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT - OUR TRUE ADVOCATE - to SHOW us our WRONGS ... the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT to GET us to FULLY REPENTING our WRONGS - and FULLY be ABLE to WALK in a RELATIONSHIP with YAHWEH.
BEHIND the SCENES:
Without ADMITTING our WRONGS and be CLEANSED by REPENTANCE we will not be ABLE to STAND AGAINST the ONSLAUGHT of the ENEMY ... for he (Satan) is still asking excessively permission to SIFT us like wheat.
Satan is still ASKING PERMISSION to SIFT us:
Luke 22:31-32 "Simon, Simon (Peter), LISTEN! Satan has DEMANDED PERMISSION (asked EXCESSIVELY) that ALL of YOU be GIVEN UP TO him [OUT of the POWER AND KEEPING of YAH], that HE MIGHT SIFT [ALL of YOU] LIKE WHEAT; But I have PRAYED especially for you Peter, that your OWN FAITH may NOT FAIL; and when you YOURSELF HAVE TURNED AGAIN, strengthen and establish your brothers."
SUBMIT to YAHWEH - do NOT JUSTIFY your SINS:
When we are SHOWN an AREA that NEEDS REPENTANCE we NEED to OVERCOME our INSTINCTIVE SELF-JUSTIFICATION and DEFENDING ourselves. We MUST "SILENCE" the evil ADVOCATE ... and SUBMIT to YAHWEH God - and LET His HOLY SPIRIT - our TRUE ADVOCATE - DO HIS WORK IN US ...
James 4:7 "SUBMIT THEREFORE to YAHWEH. RESIST the DEVIL and he will FLEE from you."
It is ONLY if we HAVE CLEANSED HEARTS that the ENEMY will FLEE from us. VICTORY BEGINS with the NAME of YAHSHUA ON OUR LIPS, but it will NOT COME INTO BEING UNTIL HIS NATURE is in our HEARTS ... HIM IN us ...