Heralds Digest

“And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people. Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭22:2-3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/luk.22.2-3.nkjv The plot and prayer of the chief priests and the scribes at the feast of Passover clearly demonstrated the power of a sincere search. When Jesus said elsewhere ‘For everyone who ask receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened’, He sincerely and widely meant ‘everyone’, irrespective of whether the object in the search is good or bad. Just as the chief priests and scribes sought ‘bad’ sincerely and the search empowered Satan to employ Judas Iscariot as available accomplice, everyone who sought ‘good’ sincerely has ever received the desire of his heart. It implies that insincerity is the problem of unanswered prayer in believers’ life. While bad sincerity empowered Satan, good sincerity in life is solely inspired ...

““But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly...Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭21:34, 36‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://bible.com/114/luk.21.34,36.nkjv Those who have the privilege of watching over other people, especially at home, workplaces, the fellowship of like precious faith, and including own children know how easy it is to unconsciously throw caution into the wind. If the heart is intoxicated with either strong drinks or the over-possessing influences on other people on the ‘dos’ and ‘donts’ according to St. Right instead of the prayerful influence of the word of God, would it really matter to God if the offender is believer or unbeliever? Therefore, in order to keep the sensitivity of the hearts of His disciples alive, Jesus admonished all who care fo...