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Theme: I Believe in Sanctification
Messed Up Minds
Read John 13:1–11
The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already
prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. Jesus
knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and
that he had come from God and was returning to God (John
13:2,3).
The devil is notorious for messing with our minds. He puts
thoughts in our heads that will spin us into darkness. But when
we bring every thought into the obedience of Christ, in the
Lord’s power, we can know whose we are and what we are called to
do as beacons of His light.
Judas wasn’t alone in being fooled by the enemy. Peter, too,
tasted of Satan’s conniving deception by thinking he was doing
right when he refused to let Jesus wash his feet. His noble
gesture in reality interfered with his coming nearer to the
Christ. “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me,” Jesus
told Peter (John 13:8).
The difference between the two deceived disciples: One died in
the dark and the other saw the light.
Thought for Today: Christ empowers us to tune out the devil and
listen to truth.
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