Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Reasons Why Satan Deceives

That we may doubt God’s Word:

Genesis 3:1 

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

That we may believe Satan’s word:

Genesis 3:4-5

4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. 

5 “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

That we may not believe in God’s Goodness:

Genesis 3:5 

“For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

That we may not obey God’s Word:

Genesis 3:6 

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

That we may be led astray from Christ:

2 Corinthians 11:3 

But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

That we may not love the truth:

2 Corinthians 2:10-11 

10 If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 

11 in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

Because God Permits Deception:

2 Chronicles 18:19-22 

18 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’ “One suggested this, and another that. 

20 Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’ “‘By what means?’ the LORD asked.

21 “‘I will go and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said. “‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

22 “So now the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours. The LORD has decreed disaster for you.”

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