Well...I am at a wonderful Bible conference for pastors in Cleveland, Ohio. It is refreshing to hear preaching on Jesus...about Jesus...for Jesus! It's all about Jesus...which is so rich and refreshing. Met a guy from PA named Bob whille on line checking email and stuff.
Bob got to talking to me while I was typing and looking at our web-site. In the course of our conversation he started naming some preachers and called them the devil incarnate!! Huh? INCARNATE?? Then he referred to some politicians in a similar manner...now I had only known Bob 5 minutes and he was pretty down on a diverse group of men...some whom I knew. Bob ran out of steam and moved on.
Just who is the devil incarnate?? The fact is we are a bit casual with the designation. Satan...Lucifer...the Devil is a real person who is pretty high on himself and actually thinks he can over throw God and be the ultimate "Big Kahuna" of the universe. He is a deceiver...father of lies, Numero Uno Narcisist...and the the victim of his own con.
It is not a particular pastor, or politician...or any one else we disagree with. The Prince of Darkness is truly the evil one and will one day be consigned to his eternal fate. God is in control and will make this broken universe new one day!
We should all be careful who we designate devil. false prophet, or a litany of other titles. Corinthians warns us that Satan has people who impersonate folks like preachers so there are false prophets to shun, but lets be careful who we put in Satan's camp because we do not like the way they do ministry! That is a big difference my friend!!
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