KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
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I KNEW A woman one time whose husband had left his wife and children to marry her years ago...
After learning that such is adultery ( Matthew 19:9), she said in all seriousness, "I don't know what to do. I guess we'll go to torment." She was in what I call the Devil's box. That is, she had succumbed to his temptation, fallen into sin, and now was so tied to it that she simply saw no way out.
David was in the devil's box after he committed sin with Bathsheba ( 2 Samuel 11). When she announced to him that she was carrying his child, David heard the top slam shut. He was locked in the box. He had to think of his sin day and night, and found himself desperately crafting a way to get out without exposing his sin.
THOUGHT: Satan enjoys putting people in the box of sin because when we are there, we can't see our way out except to live in fear of being discovered and paying the consequences of our actions. (Glenn Colley)
KneEmail: "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour." 1 Peter 5:8
Bible reading for 01.18.10: Matthew 12:24-50; Genesis 43-45
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