YOU CAN FALL VICTIM!

Dearly Beloved, YOU CAN FALL VICTIM! “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall” (1 Corinthians 10:12 NKJV). “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8 NKJV). Although I was once duped through an Internet fraudster some twelve years ago, yet my almost two decades of experience as a computer and Internet expert had made me to be boasting that I can no longer fall victim of Internet frauds. I was proved wrong some weeks ago when I fell easily to another Internet fraudster and one of my Facebook personal pages was hacked. It took me over twenty-four hours of efforts to regain the total control of my Facebook account from the impostor. Some of the people that heard about the incident were surprised that such could happen to me. Samson was one of the judges in the pre-monarchical era of the people of Israel. He was a powerful man that could kill a lion with bare hands (see Judges 14:5-6), catch three hundred foxes and tie them tail to tail in pairs (see Judges 15:4), kill a thousand men with a fresh jawbone of a donkey (see Judges 15:15), and take hold of two pillars of a city gate and carry them to the top of a hill (see Judges 16:3). However, he fell easily to the hands of his enemies – the Philistines – through carelessness on the lap of a woman (see Judges 16:4-22). One would wonder how such a mighty man could fall like that. David was a man after God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22). He killed the giant Goliath at a tender age (see 1 Samuel 17). He fought and won many wars. In fact, hardly is there any record of battle that he lost in his lifetime. However, he could not win the battle of sin of adultery and murder (see 2 Samuel 11). This sin remains like a scar in his history (1 Kings 15:5). Here is another surprise of the fall of another notable man! Simon Peter was an outspoken and courageous disciple of Jesus Christ. He was one of the “inner circle” of Jesus Christ (see Matthew 17:1; Mark 5:37; 14:33). When Jesus Christ predicted the denial of the disciples as He was about to go to the Cross, Peter boasted that he would die with Jesus Christ if need be (see Mark 14:30-31). He even tried to defend Jesus Christ as He was about to be arrested by cutting off the ear of one of the people that came to arrest Him (see John 18:10). However, Peter fell as he denied Jesus Christ three times after the arrest of Jesus Christ (see John 18:15-18, 25-27). Any person can fall into error or sin especially if the person does not take care. No amount of experience, power, affluence or education can prevent falling victim of error or to people that want to take advantage of any careless person. No wonder, Apostles Paul and Peter admonished, “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall” and “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Corinthians 10:12; 1 Peter 5:8 NKJV). Beware, you can fall victim! In His service, Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor). Prayer Point: Pray that you will always be careful so that you will not fall victim of any error or sin.