Exactly. Christian God, Christ, never returns evil for evil. It is God's love that burns the evil ones, because they cannot get God to commit evil no mater how hard they try. There is nothing that Satan would wish more than to get God to succumb, to be "provoked," to evil. That would, in fact, be Satan's victory. So, where there is holiness, the demons howl.
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Amen.
***Christian God, Christ, never returns evil for evil. It is God’s love that burns the evil ones, because they cannot get God to commit evil no mater how hard they try. There is nothing that Satan would wish more than to get God to succumb, to be “provoked,” to evil. That would, in fact, be Satan’s victory. So, where there is holiness, the demons howl.***
Wonderful prose, my friend. And so very accurate.
There is no doubt why each Christmas and Easter that the heathen news media turns its eyes to the Church. The devils recognize God and believe in Him and His Church. And with as close as we get to a modern Church Father (Kolo mentioned this some time ago), there is even more howling nowadays. Together we are much stronger than apart. There is little doubt in my mind that we shall end the schism in my lifetime. I think that it did serve a purpose - the East kept orthodoxy while we in the West wandered off the strict and true path in some areas.
God does not do evil; He cannot. His pleasure does not extend to pulling the wings and legs off human flies, nor does His pleasure include dropkicking the mass of humanity into the fiery pit forevermore. But satan would love to have us believe it...