Posted on 11/16/2015 6:18:00 AM PST by Gamecock
It is the nature of Satan to be deceptive. Scripture says he has been a liar from the beginning. His first appearance in Scripture comes under the guise of a serpent. The credentials of this malevolent creature are announced in his introduction: "Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made" (Gen. 3:1).
These words fall as a sudden intrusion into an otherwise glorious account of God's majestic work of creation. With the words "Now the serpent," the whole atmosphere of the biblical record changes dramatically. A sudden and ominous sense of foreboding enters the narrative. An uninspired author of Genesis 3 may have introduced the record of the fall by saying, "It was a dark and stormy day." But such hackneyed prose would have failed to yield the foreboding dread contained in the words "Now the serpent was more cunning."
Cunning. Craftiness. Subtlety. Guile. These are the descriptive qualifiers that paint the biblical portrait of Satan.
Coram Deo
Cunning. Crafty. Subtle. Full of guile. How has Satan used these attributes against you in the realm of personal temptation?
Passages for Further Study
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"
2 Corinthians 2:11 so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
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I don’t always comment, but I always appreciate these posts and am grateful for your steadfast witness.
I have always wondered, how could the anointed Cherub who covereth, who was in the very presence of God, who witnessed the creation of the universe, and no doubt shouted for joy, actually believe he could succeed in trying to displace God? I will never figure it out. The mystery of iniquity I guess.
He and they say and do such outrageous things and the sycophant media goes along with it as if .... Yeah, That's right.
I just heard obumbles on the radio forced to give a speech (by the way ... he's the only one now, to use the letters ISIL ... EVERYONE has turned on him and now say ISIS) ... that pretty much said he/they are going to step up the paln they have had in place all along (insiders know that is more aid to the enemy and etc ... import jihadi's into the US and etc)
We live in dangerous times
Pray Duterte stays alive and look around for his like-minded replacement .... he's not here forever and you can guarantee when he's gone, the enemy will rush in to fill the vacuumn
Try amos 2:1-3 on him it. Talks about God himself calling down fire on the fortresses,Rulers and principalities
Rumor has it that Duterte is not planing to run for president. He is needed here. His like minded replacements, are his son and daughter, and have already held the same office, and will do so again. They like to keep it in the family.
I never expected him to run for president
The few clips I've heard of him indicated he was happy to be where he was and a very level headed and serious man
I like him a lot
I can think of some examples of his craftiness.
Whispering in muhammed's ear when he sought revelation in the cave.
Promoting abortion in the feminist movement, thereby teaching women that killing children is really an example of women's empowerment.
Marriage is not just between a man and a woman.
I'm sure we could put together a much longer list, these just came to mind because they are so current.
Thanks for your encouragement!
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