SATAN’S SUBTLENESS
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Corinthians 11:14
And no wonder, for Satan himself
masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants
masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions
deserve.
Satan confuses man by
camouflaging his desires with those of God. He relies on our traditional
beliefs and thinking to sneak “new insights” into our biblical understandings.
Satan has better ways to accomplish God’s work. Satan painlessly and gently
molds us into believing his lies. We begin to serve God more efficiently by
doing things our way. After all, the scientific and academic advancements of
the past fifty years are a gift from God to be used to help others.
We begin to believe that we
are the only ones that can provide for others. Treating the ministry as a
business, we see clients as consumers. We offer a wide variety of services
tailored to their earthly needs. We have redefined God’s call in order to serve
our social agendas and feed our stature among other groups. Our agenda is the
godly way to relieve the pain and suffering of mankind. Our works are able to
help others achieve salvation and blessing.
Such is the way Satan works
to twist and distort our perception of God’s call to ministry. Satan has subtly
turned us against the God that we had set out to serve. He has kindled within
us a pride in our own accomplishments, a pride that excludes God. The subtle
abuse of traditional beliefs is used by Satan to confuse and trick man into
following a line of belief opposed to God’s will for us and for our ministry.
