Know Who Your Enemy Is

The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (Jn 10:10)

This was the text of yesterday’s sermon by Richy Fisher. He said that in the context that Jesus spoke, the thief was the Jewish leaders and their legalistic system (e.g. not allowing healing on the Sabbath). But more broadly, the thief is the world system and Satan. It was new to me to think about the whole world system as being in view here, but it is true. Through it the enemy robs us. Our life is in Christ and we must live it in him. We must not settle for less. We will only know his voice if we listen to him. Not just talk about him or at him, but listen.