The Attraction Of Distraction

• Adam and Eve were distracted by satan in the garden of Eden.
o Genesis 2:15-17
 And YHWH Elohim took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And YHWH Elohim commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
o Genesis 3:1-5 Eve is deceived by satan.
o Genesis 3:6-7 Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit.
 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
• Satan puts distractions in front of us whenever he can.
• You see, satan is a master of distraction
o Example: My wife and I went out to eat at a restaurant recently a TV was on behind both of us and could easily distract us.
• We’ve been in restaurants have TV’s all over the place.
• You can’t go anywhere without seeing a TV. (Dr.’s office, auto shop, bank, etc.)
• This isn’t the only way that satan has to distract us.
• This is BIG distraction (Pull out cell phone).
o You might say “Isn’t having a cell phone a good thing?”
 “We can keep in touch with our children and spouse when we’re not together.”
 “We can get ahold of our family in an emergency!”
 “We can keep in contact with friends.”
o I’m not saying that all these are not a good reason to have a cell phone.
o I’m saying satan can use your cell phone as a distraction.
 You get a notification and you become distracted
• During prayer. You look to see what it is.
• During service.
• In the middle of family time.
• Satan uses distractions to get our minds off our main goal (This happened while I was typing this line for my teaching! My phone buzzed as I was typing this line and I was about to stop and check my phone).
• Distracts us from what?
o A total dedication of ourselves to Yahwah
 Praying
 Reading the word
 Witnessing to the lost
 Spending time with family and friends
 Taking care of the sick and needy in our neighborhoods
• Matthew 13:18-23 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
• Psalms 88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted (H6323 A primitive root meaning to turn, that is, be perplexed.)
• 1 Corinthians 7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.