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Exposing Satan’s Lies!
By Pastor Gary Boyd
5-10-2021


We read in Revelation 12:9 the following description by God: “The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.” From this we know that one of the satan’s major roles is that of deceiver. He has deceived the whole world. When we are “born again”, into the Lord’s kingdom, however, we are no longer part of this world. If we seek only the Lord for truth, we will no longer remain under bondage to the devil’s lies and deception. Colossians 1:13, “For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.”

The only power Satan has over any child of God is the power of deception, in other words it is what you believe. That can only be overcome by seeking the Lord and the truth of his word. Actually, Satan has no power over Christians except what the Lord allows him to have. Unbelievers, however, have no protection against the devil and his minions. The only thing that keeps them from immediate deathn is God’s mercy and grace. God is not willing that anyone should perish. II Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”

Spiritual Death

When Eve sinned and caused Adam to follow in sin, physical death did not come immediately, but spiritual death did. They died on the inside first. They could no longer face God. We experience that same feeling when we sin. Fear and sin are the fruits of sin. Many fear God today because of the sin in their lives. If we really fellowship with God on a daily basis, we find as we obey him there is simply no guilt or fear that troubles us. However, when we sin without repentance, we run from the presence of God just like Adam and Eve did.

Genesis 3:7-14, Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.

We see Adam and Eve not only experiencing fear and shame, but also another sin rising in Adam’s nature as he tries to justify his failure to obey. He blames God for giving him the woman to lead him astray. He neither takes responsibility for his own sin nor for the protection of the woman.
As most people today we do not learn from others mistakes nor history, but shirk responsibility while blaming others around us. The real problem lies within us. God has a perfect plan for everyone, but many are not willing to walk in that plan. Our society today is so eager to get everything in their time that most people fail to wait for God to work out his plan.

Penalties For Sin
God’s plan was altered for Adam and Eve because they disobeyed God and he had to change that plan. They were denied the right to the tree of life while on earth. They were also given penalties for their rebellion.
Genesis 3:16-19, To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.”
17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’
“Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.
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It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
19
By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”
Genesis 3:23-24, So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
Satan cared nothing for the suffering that would follow after man’s rebellion. All he wished to accomplish was a breakdown in the holy communion between God and his children. This was his objective then, as it is now. He deceives and motivates believers to step out independently thus destroying their faith in God. (More Later)
Maranatha……..

kemmer

Anybody else getting tired of ziggy and his “Pastor” Boyd notes from the theological funny farm?

Rose42

Is someone forcing you to read them? You react the way you do for a reason.

1ProudAmerican

kemmy's skin probably sizzles and burns every time he reads it.... he could SOB but is afraid he'll miss something.

kemmer

You're damn right I do. The media is full of these nutjobs trying to inject theological nonsense into our political discourse, and the religiously unschooled are lapping it up.

kemmer

Disgust, more likely.

Rose42

The post had no politics in it yet you attack it anyway. Why it unsettles you is what you should look at.

kemmer

This is one of the first not implying Trump was the lumen gentium of our time.