#Breakingchainsofreligiousbondage

One of my very best friends recently posted a status that I want to address anonymously so that I can lovingly break a religious teaching off of the Church!
The post stated, "When YOU are going through something hard and wonder where GOD is , remember the teacher is always quiet during a test."
It sounds like wisdom! Unfortunately, my friend is not alone. Many have fallen into this teaching that prevents them from knowing and experiencing the fullness of love for and from God, myself included at one time! If we truly believe that God puts us through extremely hard things and then sits by quietly as we struggle through them, then how could we ever really love and trust Him? We could rationalize that His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts greater than our thoughts (Isaiah 55), but that's old testament! Right now, New Covenant, we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2)! Here's the Truth... Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.(James 1:13) The word used here for tempt is from the Greek, πειρáζω (peirazō), which in part is defined as "to try, make trial of, TEST: for the purpose of ascertaining his quality, or what he thinks, or how he will behave himself". You see, Church, God does not test His new covenant Bride! Any tests or trials that we face are put before us by the enemy! The Lord, in all of His amazingness, never leaves us or forsakes us (Hebrews 13), but He's always there to aid and encourage us through the tests and trials placed before us by the enemy! He is able to use all things for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8)!
God also does not "allow" us to be tested or tried! This lie is from the pit of hell and also blocks us from knowing and experiencing the love of God fully! If we believe that God allows satan to kill our love ones, or to give us cancer, or to let us get hit by a train, etc. then how could we ever love anyone so vindictive? Here's the Truth in a nutshell... The devil and all his minions messed up and got cast out of heaven(Revelation 12), God created the earth (Genesis 1), put a bunch of mini Me's on the earth (God said let US make man in OUR image ~Genesis 1), God gave us all authority to crush the works of the devil (Luke 10), the enemy is the prince of this world (John 16, Ephesians 2) and doesn't need God's permission to hit man, but if he does, we get to thump him and destroy hell for a living! We have the Spirit of the Living God inside of us! The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead (Romans 8)! If we believe this, I mean truly believe this, then the enemy has absolutely no room to work in our lives! The tests and trials can be considered all joy (James 1) because when they come, we get to practice sonship and exercise the authority we've been given, realizing we are not on an even playing field with the devil, but rather we are looking down on the situation from our throne (Ephesians 2) where we are seated in heavenly places at the right hand of our Daddy!
Know your Father! Know your authority! Know your position!
Run with me Church!
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