The Enemy Among Us

Job1:6 "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord,and Satan came also among them".

Every time we come together to present ourselves before the Lord, Satan has a tendency to be among us. But clearly this cannot be acceptable worship, for nothing that satan does can be accepted.We must come to God by faith, or our worship is dead and unprofitable. We must learn to walk in the spirit putting to death the flesh and the lust so as when we come to present ourselves to the Lord Satan is not among us. He come but to still, kill, and destroy all he comes in contact with. He brings mischief to the sons of God by accusing them before the Lord night and day; by causing them to take their thoughts off the heavenly and they begin to worry about earthly concerns ich Jesus has already overcome. He brings about division in the body by sowing dissensions among the people hindering the hearing the gospel. He tends to lead some preachers, teachers, choir members and even a good praying deacon to become filled with pride and seek glory that belongs to God. He tries to quinch the spirit , silence the prayer and even chill the praise of the worship service.

He distracts the unsaved from hearing the message that might lead them to Christ, by raising doubts, putting the man before the master. He may cause them to delay giving there life to Christ, showing them all that is wrong so the enjoyment felt is now hindered, as he takes away the word sown to the heart like a bird eating up newly planted seed.You cannot destroy a hornets nest without being attacked in return. Since we know satan will enter our assemblies, we must make sure we are not the one he is riding with, and we don't give him a place to sit when he enters the congregation.