Genesis 3:4 "Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
This is supposed to be the first lie recorded in scripture. Now that I look at it I see two lies. "You shall not surely die" and "...your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,..." It seems the serpent continues even today filling our heads with these lies. How many times do we think about death? I know I don't very often. Most of us are running about never thinking about the afterlife, but only what's next on our agenda. Satan wants us to forget about our future fate, that everyone is going to breath his/her last at some point, and we don't know when. His hopes are that death will sneak up on us, catching us by surprise, having never really considered we are going to answer to God concerning what we did with His Son. If he can get us so wrapped up in our own little world, maybe we'll never take the time to seriously think about it. God's amazing gift - the forgiveness of all our sins. Satan's hope is that we will continue to live a defeated life of depression, discouragement, guilt, and hopelessness. We don't have to. Thank you Jesus!
[To be continued]
Grace, MB
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