The spiritual world has an unfair advantage over us. For the most part, the spiritual world is invisible. And unlike we mortals who are destined to die, spirits live indefinitely, not having to re-learn the same information generation after generation. Consequently we are easily deceived. Satan and his minions are thoroughly practiced in their deceptions. Something as simple as a lifetime of distraction can keep a soul from examining God's truth. I'll make it even more subtle. A lifetime of compassion and good works can be a lifetime of distraction from God's truth.
When the Bible says that "satan masquerades as an angel of light, " 11Corinthians 11:14, it is telling us the truth. I don't know about you, but if I ever saw an angel of light, I would probably be most inclined to pay very close attention to what it said to me.
The apostle Paul was keenly aware of this kind of deception. He warned the church at Galatia that even if an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the original gospel, let him be eternally comdemned.
This stern warning was made to protect the church. It was also made to heighten the awarness of new believers to be on their guard against such deception. The zenith of such deception is to convince the mortal mind that he {satan}, does not exist. By appealing to our sense of fair play, or more commonly our sense of, things unseen simply do not exist, satan gains the upper hand and we have been outflanked.
I refer to this strategy as a trick. It is a trick. A low down dirty trick. A trick so subtle as to be undetectable. A trick so thoroughly executed by evil, that it's very cloaking is invisible.
When it comes right down to a fight, a 357 Magnum is referred to by most men as the great equalizer. When it comes right down to a spiritual fight, God's word is the great equalizer. Every unmasking that I have referred to in this post has it's origin in the Bible. Without this book of God's truth, we would be left to what ever we could conjure up, in our battle against evil. But with this truth we are able to see the battle for our soul and understand our enemy and know his battle plans. God's word neutralizes what I called the "unfair advantage of the spirit world." The challenge for most of us is, do you believe the Bible really is the word of God to all mankind? As you're thinking about that question remember what the ultimate deception is. Satan doesn't exist. There is no spiritual battle.
In my own life, independence was my goal. Self sufficiency appealed to my pride. Logic was my polygraph test. But now I have learned something very important. The path from God is independence. The path to God is dependence.
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