Think Again!

CHAPTER 4 Pillaging Schemes #1-6

Because there is one truth and thousands of lies, there is no possible way to exhaustively catalog every falsehood of the adversary. However, since the time of Adam and Eve, the deceiver has employed the same general pillaging formula found in Genesis 3.1-6: “You will not surely die . . . for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Notice three deceptions ingredient to this formula: 1. God doesn’t tell the truth (God is holding out on you). 2. You don’t have everything you need (there are hidden things you need that you don’t even know about). 3. It’s up to you to obtain what you lack (God won’t help so you are responsible for everything). Satan constantly uses this template: you can’t trust God; you are lacking something; it’s up to you to make up for what is lacking. All his schemes touch on some form of this basic strategy, fearfully driving us toward instant gratification, public adoration, and power through wealth (and all without God’s help).

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