14 July 2019
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We Question God's Truthfulness (TMF:1175)

Friday, July 19, 2019
Peace to Live By: We Question God's Truthfulness (TMF:1175) - Daniel Litton
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       Genesis 3:2 states, “He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’? (ESV). Here, we see the foundation of Satan’s work throughout time, the main surface which he builds upon, and that is questioning what God has said. Really, if you stop and think about it, that is at the heart of a lot sin. Often when we sin, we are really saying, “Did God really say this or that?” Or, “Did God really prohibit this or that?” We question God’s truthfulness. There are elements of society that are built around the premise of “Did God actually say.” Governmental institutions, universities, colleges, and even churches, are and can be built around the whole notion of questioning what God originally has told us in his Word. Theories of science like evolution are based on this one simple question. Instead of just trusting God, people want to question what he has said—to put it to the test and try to prove it to be wrong.

Satan's Tactics Are Overt & Covert (TMF:1174)

Thursday, July 18, 2019
Peace to Live By: Satan's Tactics Are Overt & Covert (TMF:1174) - Daniel Litton
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       The primary point here, though, is that Satan is “crafty.” We know that his tactics are both overt and covert. He uses both methods in his attacks. Here, in his first attack on mankind, we see that he comes at Eve in a covert manner. He possesses a snake, an animal which God had created, an animal which Adam had named (see Genesis 2:19, 20). So, Adam and Eve would have been familiar with the snake. And remember, none of the animals were against Adam and Eve since the fall hadn’t occurred yet. There was no sin in the world, so all the animals got along with each other, and they all got along with the first humans. There was no fear or animosity involved. Satan thus plays on this trust that Eve has for the animals, and even talks to her through the snake (which could indicate that all animals originally talked—interestingly enough). Eve doesn’t seem to act strange that an animal is talking with her. But don’t know for sure. Perhaps the text just doesn’t tell us that she thought it was weird.

Satan's Background, Part 2 (TMF:1173)

Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Peace to Live By: Satan's Background, Part 2 (TMF:1173) - Daniel Litton
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       At present, we know that Satan’s fall occurred after the creation of the world by God, for the passage I just read in Isaiah tells us that. For Satan said, “I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high.” So, we know that it had to be after God had created all the stars of the Universe. Taking this a step further, we know that Genesis 1:31 stated, “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day” (ESV). If you were to include angels in the creation, at that point we know that all angels were good at least up until the end of Day Six. The Apostle John seems to support this point when he said in his epistle that “the devil has been sinning from the beginning” (1 John 3:8, ESV). He didn’t say, “the devil has been sinning long before the beginning” but “from the beginning.”

Satan's Background, Part 1 (TMF:1172)

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Peace to Live By: Satan's Background, Part 1 (TMF:1172) - Daniel Litton
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       But nonetheless, the snake in its animalistic form “was more crafty than any other beast of the field” God tells us. And, as we all know, the serpent here in this passage represents Satan. In all likelihood, it would appear that he had just been cast out of Heaven after his rebellion against God, in which he took one third of God’s angels with him, as they rebelled as well and took Satan’s side. Satan had wanted to be as God. If we turn over to Isaiah chapter 14, the Prophet Isaiah gives us a picture into this. Going to verse 12, he said, “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn!… You said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High’” (12-14, ESV). So, this is a small scene from Heaven of what took place between God and Satan.

Each of Us Are in a Spiritual War (TMF:1171)

Monday, July 15, 2019
Peace to Live By: Each of Us Are in a Spiritual War (TMF:1171) - Daniel Litton
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       Many of us who are Christian today understand that we are in a spiritual war. We realize that Satan and his demons are working against us, and working against the world. As we live out our Christian lives, seeking to be more and more like Christ, Satan is time and again making warfare against us. We are continually under attack, and therefore, it is important for us to understand how Satan operates—how he works. Turn in your Bibles to Genesis chapter 3. So, in Genesis 3:1 we read: ““Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.” If you’ll remember, on Day Six of Creation God created the snakes. Now, it would seem that snakes originally had legs—how many, I’m not sure? But nonetheless, the snake in its animalistic form “was more crafty than any other beast of the field” God tells us. And, as we all know, the serpent here in this passage represents Satan.