From the beginning of the history of man, Satan has been hard at work trying to exploit our weaknesses. In the garden of Eden, Satan used Eve to appeal to Adam and influence him to disobey God by eating from the forbidden tree. Would Adam have disobeyed if the attack was directly from Satan? Would Eve have been talked into eating the apple if Satan had not used the snake as cover? Luke Gilkerson has a fantastic post “How Nakedness Effected the Fall” where he makes the points that we are fighting against Satan’s attacks masked as flesh and that Satan knows our weak spots and exploits then to make us fall.
Satan is a cunning and crafty enemy. He knows that us men are visually stimulated and attracted to the beauty of women. The nakedness of a woman is powerfully appealing to the flesh of a man. Scripture talks about the two natures of man: Spiritual and fleshly, and how we need to “walk by the spirit so we do not fulfill the desires of the flesh”. These two natures are contrary to each other. The spirit nature agrees with God and seeks to obey Him and fulfill His will. The spirit wants to please God and bring about His kingdom, it is God-centered. Our fleshly nature causes us to seek fleshly pleasures such as feeling good & looking good. The fleshly nature feeds off of sex, food, drugs, & other sensualites. The fleshly nature is self-centered.
Satan knows that we constantly battle between which nature to feed. Knowing this, he goes after our weak point – sex – and uses it to trip up both men and women. If he is successful, we will get hooked on feeding our flesh and we will be disobedient to God.
Satan can take down man through the woman! Clever isn’t it? He will get women to disobey God in a variety of ways. Some are lured into making pornography. Some women just dress provacatively. Other women sleep around or get into partying & alcohol. When Satan gets women to go against God & feed their flesh, they in turn will lure men away from God. We men are weak when it comes to women. Isn’t it very hard to push away from the advances of an attractive woman? How hard is it to stop from taking a second look at an attractive woman or even more one without clothes?
God knew this and instructed the Jews to not marry outside women. If a Jew married a pagan woman, most of the time he would abandon God for the god of his pagan wife. Satan has been using this scheme to get men from the very beginning. Its the perfect scheme – get the woman and she will bring a man down with her! Worked back then and it still works today!
Now that you know this scheme, what are you going to do about it? Has this tactic used by the enemy to take us out now lost power in your life?
Women – Stop being used by Satan! Be pure, honest & loyal to God. Don’t let yourself be a stumbling block for those around you.
Men – Don’t get so easily led to failure by the sensuality of women. Stand strong and see this scheme for what it is – the battle for your soul.
I welcome your comments below.
should I divorce due to my husband watching porn. I made it clear from the beginning that this is something I will not tolerate. and I found porn on his phone and laptop. I just cannot deal with a husband that does this.
Yes This can be said for homosexuals also. That causes me so many problems. How can I deal with this
Pretty much the same way that heterosexuals deal with women. Are you saying that you are a homosexual who struggles with lusting after men or are you heterosexual who lusts after homosexual men?
God save us! My mind need cleansing with the blood of JESUS.
There are non-Christian men who try to bring a Christian woman to their way of thinking. A long-ago high school classmate whom I knew slightly in school contacted me after a 50-year high school reunion and attempted to create a relationship. He even proposed marriage and bought a ring (all this with an online communication and later by phone). He tried to convince me I was wrong when I told him I could not engage in sexual conversation on the phone (this happened a few weeks ago). He finally severed contact with me about two weeks ago. It was hurtful but I knew that it is more important that I maintain my relationship to Christ. One of the contentious things with him was he wanted a current picture which I would not send. I had the feeling that he would use it for something I would not want. So, I have felt rather blue about it but know that I cannot be unequally yoked to anyone.
I get so mad at myself for falling for the outward appearance…….Why are women so beautiful on the outside?
We are made to be attracted to women. That is natural. What we do with that attraction is where the lines are drawn. Do we appreciate her beauty and move on, or dwell and lust for her? The thing that some women fail to realize is when they cross the line in how they dress. There are some ways in which they reveal way too much. In those instances, they are seeking the attention or do not know any better. Its unfortunate that society tells women that they have to dress provocatively to capture the attention of men.
This article made me cry. My dear brothers! They need their Christian sisters to be strong for them in a hypersexualized society that is trying to take men out. I promise to do whatever I can to lead my brothers to Christ, not to me.
Shelley Lubben
Sad, but many don’t even know they are being used to take men out.
Shelley thanks for all you do.