Pastor John,
I was reading Genesis in my King James Version Bible and in the margin of chapter 3, I had written the below note:
SATAN>STEALS confidence in God
>KILLS zeal for God
>DESTROYS fellowship with God’s children
This went along perfectly with our last Father and Son readings!* The serpent was Satan because it did all of the above to Eve. Christianity is Satan’s work because it does all three things to children of God ensnared in its web. Satan is the Slanderer because the above list is the outcome of slander.
The moral corruption in this world isn’t due to Satan (as you said last Wednesday); it’s what our human nature desires. Satan and his demons may use man’s moral corruption to their own ends, but Satan and his demons are not the instigators of that moral corruption—it’s innate in those whose lives have not been cleansed by the Holy Ghost.
It feels good to have this clarity! Thank you for all your teachings!
Allison
* Father and Son Reading, 26 PDF
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