There is a story somewhere although I don't know the details about a horse that steps on a nail; and somehow entire armies and their fate are affected by the results of a seemingly trivial event. Taken into the context of sin; and what seems like an innocuous "white lie" can often us into trouble. Just ask your mother how successful things such as forging their signature on a report card went (one of my "prevarications" during middle school).
Taken on a spiritual level we could also talk about "white magic" or black magic attempting to justify seemingly harmless New Age practices as opposed to violent animal sacrifices as part of our rituals. Therefore; certain objects that by themselves are neither good or bad take on significance (such as crystals) and inevitably the practitioner gets deeper and deeper into the occult as the demons lead them by their master who of course is out to "steal; kill and destroy". ( John 10:10).
Of course the cop out that the "devil made me do it" can only be taken so far. The enemy of our souls can only operate with God's permission (see Job 1 and 2); as well as having LEGAL ACCESS because of sin giving him the ability to enter in and weave his web of destruction.
So far I have focused on how sin works to destroy us as individuals. History shows how whole nations can be brought to ruin because of demonic ideologies; Hitler in Germany being one obvious example. This was considered a civilized nation; highly cultural. When we consider the "enlightenment" of the 19th Century and the subsequent watering down of the churches; we see how the infiltration of facist ideologies was able to contaminate the church who caved into the "state church" concept (read about Barnhoffer). Similar situations occured in North Korea; Pyongyong apparently was known to be a great place of Christian revival 100 years ago and we see what has happened now. We see the end result today 2 generations after the 60's free love
There is a story somewhere although I don't know the details about a horse that steps on a nail; and somehow entire armies and their fate are affected by the results of a seemingly trivial event. Taken into the context of sin; and what seems like an innocuous "white lie" can often us into trouble. Just ask your mother how successful things such as forging their signature on a report card went (one of my "prevarications" during middle school).
Taken on a spiritual level we could also talk about "white magic" or black magic attempting to justify seemingly harmless New Age practices as opposed to violent animal sacrifices as part of our rituals. Therefore; certain objects that by themselves are neither good or bad take on significance (such as crystals) and inevitably the practitioner gets deeper and deeper into the occult as the demons lead them by their master who of course is out to "steal; kill and destroy". ( John 10:10).
Of course the cop out that the "devil made me do it" can only be taken so far. The enemy of our souls can only operate with God's permission (see Job 1 and 2); as well as having LEGAL ACCESS because of sin giving him the ability to enter in and weave his web of destruction.
So far I have focused on how sin works to destroy us as individuals. History shows how whole nations can be brought to ruin because of demonic ideologies; Hitler in Germany being one obvious example. This was considered a civilized nation; highly cultural. When we consider the "enlightenment" of the 19th Century and the subsequent watering down of the churches; we see how the infiltration of facist ideologies was able to contaminate the church who caved into the "state church" concept (read about Barnhoffer). Similar situations occured in North Korea; Pyongyong apparently was known to be a great place of Christian revival 100 years ago and we see what has happened now. We see the end result today 2 generations after the 60's free love
I thought you might want this; it goes back to the 14th century. You may can add your words to it.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
Great work and God bless.
RLW
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