SATAN THE LIAR!

June 9, 2015

Genesis 3:4 (KJV)

“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die”

Already Satan had a plan, and what better way to implement it than to lie to Eve thus creating doubt in her mind telling her that God knew that her eyes would be opened to wisdom.

Once Satan convinced Eve that she would know good and evil when he implied that God was selfish, and strict in not allowing for her to share in His knowledge. Satan convinced Eve to forget all the good that God had given to her and instead to focus on what was forbidden.

Once Eve was convinced and saw that the forbidden tree was beautiful and the fruit so delicious she gave some of it to Adam who also ate it, putting Satan’s plan for humanity in motion, a five fold plan that includes;

1. Doubt - To make you question God’s Word and His goodness
2. Discouragement - To make you look at your problems rather that at God
3. Diversion - To make the wrong things seem attractive so that you will want them more than the right things
4. Defeat - To make you feel like a failure so that you don't even try
5. Delay - To make you put off doing something so that it never gets done

Satan having once been a glorious angel was casted out of heaven because of his rebelliousness , disguised himself as a serpent and tempted Eve by getting her to doubt God’s goodness. Satan succeeded and since then he has been busy tempting people to sin. He even tried to tempt Jesus to sin (Matthew 4:1-11). Lucky for us Jesus did not sin! Satan tempts humanity to sin as his invitation to adapt to his kind of life and to give up on a godly life. Since Satan is a created being he has definite limitations and will not be the final victor, God will.

Eve could have resisted the temptation the same way we can, by realizing that being tempted is not a sin, we do not sin until we give in to temptation. To resist temptation we must pray for strength to resist it and run from temptation, sometimes literally like Joseph did, and say no when we know that we are being tempted by something that is wrong.

Like Eve we all fall into trouble when we dwell on what is troubling us or forbidden rather than on all the blessings that we enjoy and the promises Gad gives us know that he is always faithful. Think of all that you do have and thank God for it and your doubts and troubles will not lead you into sin.

Rayed Redemption Ministry

Euless, TX 76039

www.rayedredemption.org