Who Are YOU

# 64 – Today's Du-votional comes from 1Sa 4:8-10, "Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 9 "Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, you Philistines, that you do not become servants of the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight!" 10 So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. (1 Sam 4:8-10) The Philistines represent, or are a type of the devil and his demons. This whole scenario is a great picture of spiritual warfare and is applicable to our spiritual life today.. The Israelites entered the battle with the ark of the covenant, the dwelling place of God with them. Problem is, though their ideas about God were vague. They really didn't know the God they claimed to serve as made evident by their idolatry, and the thievery, and blatant sexual sin committed by Hophni and Phineas in the name of the Lord! Sound familiar? Friend, don't expect any kind of spiritual victory if all you have is a vague idea of who God really is. A foggy idea of how holy He is as evident by your own disregard for His Word. I am reminded of an incident in the Book of Acts involving the seven sons of Sceva: Ac 19:13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches." 14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?" 16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. The question of the evil spirit ought to ring in our ears, “Who are you? Because the answer to that question determines where you will spend eternity. Find out what it means to “put on Christ,” because it is your only hope.