Last night in our Bible study we were talking of Satan’s tricks. We discussed John 8 where Jesus is telling the Pharisees that they are children of the devil because they do not believe that He is the Messiah. Please read his description of who Satan really is:
44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”
Wow! That is pretty scary. I have never read anything that so vividly describes the devil. Jesus certainly knows him and He is able to tell us who he is.
Do you know the greatest of Satan’s tricks to lead us astray? First and foremost he tries to make us believe that he doesn’t exist. How could there really be a devil? Would God create something so evil? Besides that, if he does exist it would supernaturally and none of us believe in the supernatural.
If that doesn’t work, he tells us that we don’t have to rush into following God. If you read The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis you know this. Satan tells his nephew, Wormwood, not to confront people and tell them there is no God because they would revolt. He said to simply tell them that they have all the time in the world. Then before you know it their life is up and Satan has won.
I pray you will read again the passage where Jesus describes Satan. Know who he is and recognize Satan’s tricks. Don’t let him deceive you. Jesus loves you too much to let that happen.
