Pastor John,
Whew! In the Lessons from Isaiah manuscript that I am proof-reading, I have read Lesson 4, “Devilish Wisdom”, multiple times, and I keep going back to it. Today I read Lesson 8, “Two Choices”, and it is so good! It has struck me that when we struggle against doing it God’s way, we are just wanting our way. Leaves me praying to “go limp” to do it God’s way! This reading is so good that it leaves the feeling everyone should see this! I am continue to read, but I can’t leave Lessons 4 and 8 yet. I am not done chewing!
RE: Jn. 8:44 – When God’s children choose not to do His will, and yet they continue to maintain an appearance of righteousness, they become “children of the devil” instead of children of God, for that is what the devil did. He tries to look good, but he is no longer truly good. The devil did not love the truth that God taught him; he loved himself more. Maintaining an appearance of righteousness without really doing the will of God is not the will of God, and if we do the devil’s will instead of God’s, then we will share in the devil’s coming judgment.
John 8:44 “You are of your father, the Accuser, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he has not continued in the truth because truth isn’t in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks from himself because he’s a liar and the father of it.”
Beth D.