Don’t Listen To satan’s Lies
…He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own:
for he is a liar, and the father of it (John 8:44).
You should never expect the devil to tell the
truth about anything. The Bible says he speaks
lies, because it’s not in him to tell the truth. Imagine he
tries to put the thought in your mind that you’re not
really born again or that you can never be a serious
Christian. That shouldn’t get your attention, because
he’s told you a lie.
Recall what he did to Jesus: God had just spoken
out of heaven to Jesus at His baptism saying, “…This
is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”
(Matthew 3:17). Now, the voice was audible enough
that Jesus and John the Baptist heard it; the angels
and all demons heard it, yet Satan came to Him and
said, “…If thou be the Son of God, command that
these stones be made bread” (Matthew 4:3). Satan
challenged what God said about Jesus in Matthew 3:17.
Something similar happened in the Book of
Genesis. God had told Adam to tend and keep the
Garden of Eden, but instructed that he could eat
from any tree in the garden, except the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil. However, Satan deceived
Eve and she ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil. He said to her, “...God doth know
that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3:5).
Satan knew what God had said to Adam, but
challenged God’s instructions. That’s the way he is; he
always talks against what God has said to you or about
you. He could ask you, “If you’re truly saved, how
come you don’t feel that way?” That’s him questioning
what God said in Ephesians 2:8: “For by grace are ye
saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God.” Your feeling wasn’t what got you
saved. So, don’t listen to his lies.
Satan will always tell you that you’re not righteous;
you’re not healed; you’re not a child of God; but don’t
listen to his lies. Resist him with the Word, and he’ll flee.
Confession
I’m not ignorant of the devices of the devil. I stand firm on God’s
Word of righteousness, victory, and love today, and always,
delighting myself in the Lord. Hallelujah.
Further study
revelation 12:9-10; 1 Peter 5:8-9
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Jeremiah 19-22
2 timothy 2:1-26
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
hebrews 13:1-25
ezekiel 25-26