Why does Rebellion seem so Attractive?

Welcome Back! I am your host Dawn Simmons, and in this episode we are going to be discussing the Spirit of Rebellion.  We will look at Rebellion from the very beginning and see how it played out in the Bible.  Then we will discuss how we get caught in the trap of Rebellion and why so many people fall for Satan’s trap.

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Top Show points:

·      Why the Spirit of Rebellion seems attractive.  

·      Genesis 3.  He appears to Eve in the Garden of Eden as a serpent.  Satan presents himself not as he wants us to see him

·      Satan can and will communicate with us and we must choose our response.

·      Eve engages in conversation.  

·      Jesus tells us a little about it in Luke 10:18  That was the first rebellion. 

·      Satan creates a wedge through doubt 

·      Adam participates in Rebellion against God 

·      Satan successfully created a divide Genesis 3:8,

·      Satan used deception as a way to lead Adam and Eve into Rebellion.  

·      When we are considering rebellion, we are questioning the nature of God

·      We are saying that what Jesus did, his death and resurrection, was not enough.  

·      Matthew 26:39

·      When Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, their lives changed forever., physically and spiritually  

·      One of their sons, commits the first murder.

·      Rebellion breeds sin.  When we take that first step, we don’t stop at one step.  

·      Why does Rebellion seem so attractive? 

o   First, we don’t always realize we are entering into rebellion.  We rationalize or justify what we are about to do.  

o   Second, our desire to obtain what the rebellion provides becomes more important than what God provides. 

o   Third, we aren’t willing to be honest with ourselves that our rebellion is taking us to a place that is drawing us further from God.  

o   Fourth, we would rather continue in rebellion than have to admit we are involved in things we should not be.

o   Fifth, we have become so engaged in what we are receiving, that we no longer want a relationship with God. 

·      Rebellion is turning our back on God.  Rebellion is the source of evil.  Satan is the father of lies and everything he offers is a lie.  

·      So why do so many people fall for this trap from Satan? 

o   Satan rebelled from God as a result of his pride and his desire to become God 

o   Satan uses our weaknesses against us to pull us into rebellion. 

·      Here is how God views the rebellion of man:

o   1 Samuel 15:23.

o   Proverbs 17:11,

·      We need to wake up as a church.  We need to see Satan for what He is, a void, a darkness that offers us nothing in rebellion.  God is the provider of all things. Rebellion is death.  God is life. 

·      John 10:10.