Daily Devotional, Year 3 – December 17 (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 18: “Satan’s War Against Sincere Christians”)

By admin On February 17th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – December 17

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The Devil Made Me Do It!

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Part 18:

“Satan’s War Against Sincere Christians”

To read the first part of this topic, go here…March 18 (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 5: “Satan’s Army of Mockers!”)

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Back in the 1970’s, a certain saying was popularized…“The Devil made me do it! The Devil made me do it!”

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And this was merely mocking Christians, who were seemingly obsessed with pointing the finger at the Devil.

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Then they could all laugh and mock “the silly and absurd notion” that Satan is a very active and powerful force controlling the peoples of this world, by mockingly saying…“The Devil made me do it!”

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Flip Wilson – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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SATAN, “THE GOD OF THIS WORLD”

2nd Corinthians 4:4

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But the horrifying fact is, the Devil does indeed cause the vast percentage of the world’s inhabitants to do a whole lot of things!

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After all, Ephesians, Chapter 2 reveals a truth that practically nobody realizes or accepts! It is perhaps the most egregious truth in all of the Bible!

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And this verse is, “…the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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FANATICAL COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIANS

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In the news today, a so-called “Christian” couple were discovered to have chained their children into the basement for a number of years!

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Unbelievable?

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Of course!

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But the most unbelievable part of the story is to believe that these two parents could actually be considered genuine Christians by some!

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Internet addiction prisoner – cropped image – Wikipedia – Creative Commons lic.

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“THE WAY OF TRUTH SHALL BE EVIL SPOKEN OF”

2nd Peter 2:2

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Well, obviously, the whole unthinkable situation could only be the evil work of that arch-deceiver, Satan!

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And these two parents are no more Christian than even abject atheists are Christians!

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But rather, these poor people have been raised up by Satan to become religious fanatics for the express purpose of giving Christianity just another “black eye”!

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But why would Satan commit such a heinous act in the name of Jesus?

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Again, the obvious answer is that Satan has scored a huge victory here!

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Oh yes, Satan has always exulted whenever he could give Christianity a bad reputation in some way.

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Internet addiction prisoner – cropped image – Wikipedia – Creative Commons lic.

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HOME-SCHOOLING IN DANGER

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But this incredible story becomes an even more damaging situation because the children were considered to be homeschoolers.

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Yes, in a society in which homeschooling is already looked down upon with a suspicious eye by the government, this horrific incident only makes matters worse!

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Nazi Stabs Bible – Wikimedia commons – US Public Domain (2)

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FORCED TO WORSHIP THE BEAST’S IMAGE

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It appears that Satan is now “on the march”, as the saying goes!

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Yes, it would seem as if God is now permitting Satan to fulfill the prophecy found in Revelation 13:15-17…

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Here is rather veiled, and difficult language concerning Antichrist Beast and his image which speaks.

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But to put all this in the simplest terms, it merely speaks of the day when Satan has been allowed to make life nearly impossible for Christians!

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CHRISTIAN LIBERTY SOON REMOVED

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And this incident (along with many similar occurrences), is just one more nail in the coffin of Christian freedom!

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Yes, the walls seem to be rapidly closing in on the Christian community…

…at least, it is for dedicated Christians who care enough and have the ability to homeschool their children.

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But for the vast majority of Christians, this sad story shouldn’t affect them very much, since most Christians already have their children enrolled in public schooling.

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But those few dedicated Christians who now home-school their children, in the near future it might just become increasingly difficult to continue to educate their children at home.

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Homeschoolers playing Dutch Blitz at picnic gathering – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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SATAN’S IMAGE FORCED ON WORLD (AND CHRISTIANS)

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But stepping back and looking at the bigger picture, we understand that Satan is so very jealous for his kingdom of darkness!

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This hate-filled tyrant cannot stand to see Christians living “off the grid”, as far as having their children educated outside of public schooling.

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Even most private Christian schools have become so mired down with government regulations, that they are just a little better than public schooling.

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Yes, there has developed a world-loving spirit in today’s church-world, which manifests itself in many or perhaps most church-operated schools.

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TOTALITARIANISM ALREADY IN PLACE

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And as we survey our current society, it would seem that we are now entering a whole new level of mind-control!

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Yes, with television, public schooling, Internet, hand-held devices, radio, magazines, newspapers, novels, billboards, etc….

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…Satan has already achieved a level of mind-control never before seen in history past!

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“GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES”

2nd Peter 1:4

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And yet, God is faithful!

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Yes, we can cling to the many “great and precious promises” from God, such as this one…“But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:” Romans 5:20

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Here is a real blessed promise for concerned Christian parents!

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God vows to help all those who truly love Him!

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**And such promises as this one will become even more vitally important in the coming months as Satan continues to “tighten the noose” around Christians!**

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TO READ PART 19, CLICK HERE…

December 30 (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 19: “Sleeping To Satan’s Lullabies!”)

Violin Lullaby – Satan – Tartini’s Dream – Louis-Léopold Boilly 1761-1845 – Devil’s Trill Sonata – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to prepare for the crisis which is now coming upon this world. Graciously allow me to hide Thy great and precious promises in my heart, that I might stand in this evil day which is already beginning…

Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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THE END

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

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7 HEADS, 10 HORNS, & 7 CROWNS OF THE DRAGON

“And there appeared another wonder in heaven;

and behold a great red dragon,

having seven heads and ten horns,

and seven crowns upon his heads.”

Revelation 12:3

**In Revelation, the Dragon of Revelation 12 is described as having seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns.**

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**However, the Dragon Constellation up in the night sky does not.**

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But God has faithfully created the wave of water, in such a way, as to illustrate this same concept of the seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns.

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Because this wave of water is basically composed of ten stars.

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**The main body of the wave has seven stars (#‘s, 1 thru 7).**

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**And the tip of the crest of the wave has the other three stars (#’s, 8, 9 & 10).**

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So, we have this 7/10 numbering.

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And this gives us a great clue, as to where in the Bible we should look, to find out the riddle as to just what or who do these 7 heads, 10 crowns, and 7 horns represent.

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Because, the Bible speaks very much about floods and waters as being associated with Satan (the Dragon).

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TOMORROW…

December 18 (Who Are The Daughters of Sara? Part 2: “Who Was The First ‘Women’s Liber’?”

We Can Do It! Rosie the Riveter – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS DEBATE REGARDING WHETHER THE CHURCH-AGE HAS ENDED.

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN…The Open Forum Harold Camping March 27, 2003

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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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