2 Corinthians 11:14
– and no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it
is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of
righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
Psalms 91:11 – For He will
command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
2 Corinthians 2:11 – so
that we would not be out witted by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his
designs.
1 John 4:1-6 – Beloved do
not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from
God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the
spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the
flesh is from God and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.
This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in
the world already. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them,
for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the
world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We
are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not
listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
I
am interested in angels and demons, good and evil. I want to know what to
embrace and what to run from. Recently I have been trying to find scripture
that will support the fact that there are angels and demons all around us. I
checked out a book by Billy Graham called Angels
at the local prison library and am enjoying his insight. Upon reading the 1st
chapter I decided to share my thoughts with my kids. The verses above say it
all! As your father, it is my job to let you know Satan is sneaky and he is out
to lie and trick you into believing something that will bring you down, cause
you to sin, and turn you away from God. That’s exactly what he did to Eve in
the Garden and he’s been at it for 1000’s of years now. I promise he’s good at
it. He’s got lots of help hired to lead us down the wrong road. We need to know
that God also has angels hired to help us and the Holy Spirit that dwells in us
is not going to let us down. He is more powerful than the angels of the world
or Satan. It’s our job to read and know God’s word so that we can detect the
difference between what is of God and what is not.
Prayer: Father
God, please help us to know you and your helpers so that we won’t be deceived
by the master deceiver, Satan.
Thoughts: There is a
flower on a thistle that is beautiful but if you get too close it will bite
right into you!
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