Growth EVIL: part 1 of 2

First of all, this topic 'what is evil' is as vital as knowing what is poison. Both, if taken in, will eventually kill you.

Why is this important?
I believe too many of us easily get caught up in what is evil without realizing it. If we knew what evil is and how it exists, we would not be so easily caught up in it. Then we can starve evil and be responsible for it. The less we get caught up in it the less we stumble and be fearful in life.

We are witnesses to the world of what it is to be a Christian. Stumbling is not a good role model, and stumbling has been the largest compromise to Christianity. It would be good to know how to change this around.

Simply put, evil is fear itself.
But wait! Do we really know what fear is?
It is not just another word for being scared, etc., it is ALL about not wanting to facing death.

The devil, satan, demons, and other manifestations of evil are ALL fearful. They know that without gaining external sources of energy they will die. They do not have a source of eternal energy such as Truth and Love (God) within them. Evil relies on energy outside of itself, much like our body relies on food for energy. But what sort of food does evil need to exist? Evil relies on any energy not used in truth and love, such as deception and fear, which is what evil is all about. In other words, evil feeds deception to feed of fear. Or feed fear to feed of fear

Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.

Evil suggests many forms of fear (fear of missing out, invalidity, shame, etc) in a person in the hope that they may take it in and become fearful. When a person is fearful, their mind and body becomes tense. It is that fear based tension which bleeds away our life energy. It squeezes it out of ourselves. Evil feeds of this to stay alive.

Matthew 4:1-11 is about the three temptations of Jesus Christ, and each one was combatted by scripture. All that satan could do was make three suggestions of fear (fear of dying by hunger, fear of abandonment, and fear of unworthiness). Each time satan tried to baiting or tempt Jesus in the hope He will take one in and get hooked.

All temptations come from evil:
James 1:13-14 When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14. but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.

So what is evil to us?
Evil suggests fear to feed of fear in others. When we do the same, we become evil.
The goal of evil is not only for to become fearful, but by being fearful we too become evil. In other words, recruited.

Evil cannot rest until it gets energy:
Proverbs 4:16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.

Evil plants fear and reaps it:
Job 4:8 As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.

Evil gets taken in and reused:
Mark 7:21-23 "...For it is from within, out of a person's heart, that evil thoughts come--sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22. adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23. All these evils come from inside and defile a person."

Other forms of evil, regardless by who:
Romans 2:8-12 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 9. There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil..; 10. but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good... 11. For God does not show favoritism.

Evil in our thoughts and speech:
James 3:6-8 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one's life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, 8. but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Fear is a lack of faith in Truth and Love (God). Evil is a result of not having this faith. Evil is self-serving, exploitative of self and others. Whenever we do this, regardless of how subtle, we are what is evil.

Fear will back you into a dark corner causing the mind to contemplate the worst of life, but true faith that is Christ Jesus will bring you out of darkness unto His glorious light.

2 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

I like it when the Hermit comes out of his hide-away and blazes a new look into and thru the narrow gate down the narrow path that few find or want. Why you ask? Because they FEAR they won't have any more fun. Fear keeps good people out of any chance to inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh and His Son Yahshua.

Over the years of being a witness for Christ Jesus, there is a familiar attitude that I see in many unsaved folk. That attitude is fear of what they will have to give up, not what they'll gain. Satan's minions feed off from that fear and and gain boldness to increase their assault on the person who is close to being born again, but listen to their fear, and obey fear rather than the Spirit of Elohim.

Result? That person will not be in the number of Yahweh's "Called Out Ones."