Don't Sleep With The Devil

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

(Numbers 22:16-18) (16) "And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:" (17) "For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people." (18) "And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more."

(Numbers 19:16-20) (19) "Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more." (20) "And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do"

(Numbers 31:16) "Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD."

(Numbers 31:8) "And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword."

(Revelation 2:14) "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication."

(Ephesians 4:25-27) (25) "Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another." (26) "Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:" (27) "Neither give place to the devil."

(Ephesians 4:28) "Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth."

(Ephesians 4:29-30) (29) "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." (30) "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption."

(Hebrews 10:28-29) (28) "He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:" (29) "of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden underfoot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?"

PREFACE SUMMARY

Beloved Church, this message has been on my heart all week concerning how the prophet Balaam got in trouble with God when a heathen King wanted to pay him to curse Israel God's chosen people and I have noticed for some time that some wearing the title of a minister today are like Balaam, they want the best of both worlds with one foot in Heaven and the other one in Hell and the scriptures state in (Proverbs 23:7) "as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

Saints, the founding scriptures for this timely message is taken from Ephesians the fourth chapter which warns us to put away sin and come clean with an honest conscience before ourselves and before our Holy God.

Dear Saints, God in his word speaks a stern warning for us to not give place to the devil because if we give him an inch, he will become our ruler.

Church, the devil can be compared to a fisherman dangling a lure to entice a fish to grab its meal, only in the end to become the meal of the fisherman for it is easy to notice him when he comes in as a slanderer or tempter but when he is known to be able to disguise himself as an angel of light, he becomes the master deceiver and is not so easy to recognize.

Dear reader, this message is one that is needed today concerning the rise and fall of the prophet of God named Balaam which gave in to the lure of the enemy and in the end cost him his life.

THE WAGES OF SIN

Church, many times, when the enemy plants a contrary thought in our minds instead of rebuking that thought we meditate on it giving it room to grow. "And God said unto Balaam, thou shalt not go with them; Thou shalt not curse the people: for they [are] blessed." (Numbers 22:12).

Beloved church, Balaam did what he should have done by inquiring of the Lord, but like many people today he did not listen to what the Lord had to say letting the words of the Lord go in one ear and out the other.