Friday, 1 August 2025

Why Serpents 6

I want to develop my last post on this topic by giving scriptural examples of what I meant.

Our first example is Lot.

Though there is nothing wrong he did in following his uncle, he had no calling or understanding of what, where and why Abraham was going.

It is no wonder that when push comes to shove and he is given an option he chooses the physical appeal over spiritual relevance since he must have known the basics of Sodom’s spiritual reality.

No wonder he lost big. Lost his wife and name

The second is Esau.

Again, he did not know the spiritual nature of Abraham’s calling, thinking that his inheritance was purely material.

No wonder he was bypassed so easily. And the fact that when he meets his brother much later he had completely forgotten that he had been cheated of anything since he had been able to make his own wealth anyway.

Gehazi was poised to get the double portion of Elisha’s anointing but lost it when, like Esau, forgot that he was involved in a spiritual enterprise.

Solomon lost it when the miracle and the breakthrough became more important than the One who had performed it. The gift became more important that its giver.

In the New Testament we have Mark when he accompanied his uncle on his first mission.

But I think the ultimate is the Sceva brothers of Acts 19.

Sending is different from being sent.

I think that is the point of this post.

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