July 17, 2015 THE MASTER DECEIVER
Genesis: 3:1: “Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
Genesis 3:5: For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Satan is crafty and he is the father of lies and he has caused many to go astray. Satan, formerly named Lucifer (angel of light), was a high ranking angel in heaven that wanted to be as God and he led a revolt against God. Obviously, the revolt was a failure, and he was cast down to earth and he is still in rebellion and is full of revenge toward God and his desire and goal is to turn God’s precious creation-man-against God. Satan’s strategy is to deceive. In the verses above we find the lie that Satan used that led Adam and Eve to sin, and it is the same basic lie that he uses today to deceive. Satan does not deny God’s existence, but he attempts to cast doubt on the goodness of God and his plot is to cause man to have a misconception about the nature of God. Satan attempts to portray God as a God who withholds good from his creation. Entwined in his plot is the appeal to the pride that is in mankind. Satan has come up with a rather clever-crafty lie that says: “God is keeping something from you that you deserve to have.” Satan has deceived many by getting them to think independently form God. Even believers can find themselves believing the lie that God is withholding good or that in some way their life is less than it should be. If it is in our heart to do so, we can find all kinds of reasons to think that God is not good-just look at the evil and the travail that takes place in the world. If one buys into the lie that God is not good, then he or she will take life into their own hands and live according to their own dictates. Basically, we either believe that God is good or that He is not good-or we have doubt about Him being good. We need to be reminded that God is a good God, full of grace, mercy, kindness and forgiveness and He desires that man experience abundant life. (Yes, because God is good, He does judge sin because sin is not good.) Let us rejoice in the fact that we love and serve a God that is good-all the time.
James 1:17: “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
Romans 8:28: “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
Psalms 34:8: “Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.”
Mathew 5:45: “….He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”
Psalms 145:9: “The LORD is good to all, And His mercies are over all His works.”
Blessings,
Buddy
Genesis: 3:1: “Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
Genesis 3:5: For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Satan is crafty and he is the father of lies and he has caused many to go astray. Satan, formerly named Lucifer (angel of light), was a high ranking angel in heaven that wanted to be as God and he led a revolt against God. Obviously, the revolt was a failure, and he was cast down to earth and he is still in rebellion and is full of revenge toward God and his desire and goal is to turn God’s precious creation-man-against God. Satan’s strategy is to deceive. In the verses above we find the lie that Satan used that led Adam and Eve to sin, and it is the same basic lie that he uses today to deceive. Satan does not deny God’s existence, but he attempts to cast doubt on the goodness of God and his plot is to cause man to have a misconception about the nature of God. Satan attempts to portray God as a God who withholds good from his creation. Entwined in his plot is the appeal to the pride that is in mankind. Satan has come up with a rather clever-crafty lie that says: “God is keeping something from you that you deserve to have.” Satan has deceived many by getting them to think independently form God. Even believers can find themselves believing the lie that God is withholding good or that in some way their life is less than it should be. If it is in our heart to do so, we can find all kinds of reasons to think that God is not good-just look at the evil and the travail that takes place in the world. If one buys into the lie that God is not good, then he or she will take life into their own hands and live according to their own dictates. Basically, we either believe that God is good or that He is not good-or we have doubt about Him being good. We need to be reminded that God is a good God, full of grace, mercy, kindness and forgiveness and He desires that man experience abundant life. (Yes, because God is good, He does judge sin because sin is not good.) Let us rejoice in the fact that we love and serve a God that is good-all the time.
James 1:17: “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
Romans 8:28: “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
Psalms 34:8: “Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.”
Mathew 5:45: “….He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”
Psalms 145:9: “The LORD is good to all, And His mercies are over all His works.”
Blessings,
Buddy
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