HOW TO DESTROY YOURSELF

 

The devil is a defeated foe and he does not want us to know it. He was disarmed when Jesus died on the cross. Col 2:15, and Christ has given us power over him and nothing can harm us. Luke 10:19

Since the devil already knows this, he ever seeks for the believers to give him access to their lives through unconfessed sins. He also in a very cleverly manner leads them to destroy themselves through various ways. 

There are many ways believers destroy themselves and here are some;

JUDGING OTHERS

Jesus said that He did not come into the world to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:17. He also said that we should not judge others that we might not be judged and we should not judge after the outward appearance but judge the righteous judgement. Mat 7:1, John 7:24.

Paul says that because everyone will give an account of himself to God, we should not judge one another anymore but we need to endeavour never to put a stumbling block in a brothers way. Rom 14:12,13

He also says that we should not judge anything before time, that is before Christ returns who will bring to light our secret motives. We see therefore the only time we will be allowed to judge others is when Christ returns and we see their motives of doing things the way they did; not before that since we cannot see the motives. 1Cor 4:5

James says that we should not speak evil against one another because the one who judges his brother speaks evil against the law and judges the law. Our job is to obey the law. God alone who gave the law is the judge and He has no problem in performing His business. James 4:11-12

The only person we are allowed to judge is OURSELVES. If we judge ourselves rightly, we will never be judged. 1Cor 11:31. When we start ourselves, beginning with the way we use our tongues, we will have so many things to repent of that we will have no time to judge others.

JUSTIFYING OURSELVES

Man naturally tends to defend himself whenever they are caught doing wrong. Jesus said that justifying ourselves which men value so much is an abomination to God. Luke 16:15. We need to learn what Jeremiah says; only acknowledge your sins. Admit it. Learn to say I was wrong. Jer 3:13. Whenever we justify ourselves instead of admitting we were wrong we chain our legs and we can no longer make progress in our Christian lives and if we continue living such a life, we will end up destroying ourselves.

COMPARING YOURSELF WITH OTHERS

Whenever we compare ourselves with others, we’ll either become proud or depressed. Proud if we compare ourselves with the less privileged and those who have not reached ‘our level’ and depressed when we compare ourselves with those who have reached greater heights and we may never attain. Those who compare themselves with others are foolish. 2Cor 10:12

 To keep going without becoming proud or depressed, we need to compare ourselves only with Jesus Christ. We will never be proud since in every way we fall short and we’ll never be depressed since He will only encourage us. Discouragement is always from the devil. Heb 12:1-2, Rom 15:5, 2Cor 7:6,

Let us therefore not destroy ourselves unnecessarily.

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