GenemZ
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Brother,
Satan hates us too much, to alleviate even the slightest affliction--he's not in the business of providing anything good, not even for a while.
Satan will come as an angel of light. he can speak to you like he is a concerned friend. For example.. In the Greek he did that to Jesus in Matthew 4:3
"The tempter came to him and said,
“If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
“If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
In the Greek Satan said that in a manner like he was very concerned for Jesus in his starving state. He spoke like a friend would. Jesus saw through it. But it was the approach Satan took to try to get Jesus to restore himself to his powers of being Deity as to disqualify Jesus being a substitute for us on the Cross. For only as a man could Jesus qualify to die for all men.
Likewise... Satan will use his powers to create an illusion of doing good for men as long as it takes care of his need to keep believers away from sound teaching. That's what the Matthew 7:21-23 false teachers accomplish wholesale. They teach false doctrine flying everywhere to impress simple minded believers who get sucked in.
His only desire is to kill us, or harm us, anyway that he can, so much so, that if it wasn't for God limiting his actions in the world...
Yes. that Satan's ultimate desire. Can you trap an animal by offering it a treat? Allow it to take the treat and bring back more with him next time? Satan is no fool. He knows that things that appear like good deeds makes for great bait. It all depends on what approach is needed. He is the master deceiver and can fool anyone not desiring sound doctrine.
Satan is not limited as you make him to be. Mafia bosses have given great sums of money to charities to alleviate suffering as a means to gain favor of men. Yet, they would not hesitate to murder you if you gave them reason to. Satan does not have such a knee jerk personality as you make him to be. He can deceive by giving the appearance of doing good things at times. Obviously, it would be an effective approach in deceiving you. You would assume it could not be Satan if he tells you nice sounding things. That is why its imperative to keep on growing in sound doctrinal teachings. For without objective truth in our hearts our feelings will become as a snare.
I am not not angry with you, nor have any negative feelings for you. Its for some of the things you think as truth that I may. We all need a great deal of teachings that we have no idea even exist. In time, if God sees us as truly seeking His heart? We will find what God wants us to know to stay free.
I am the first to admit we all make mistakes. Its so easy to do. For God's ways and thoughts are not our way of thinking. Many assume that God feels and thinks the same way we do concerning certain issues. And, all the while not yet knowing the Truth needed to have our own way of thinking transformed to His.
Certain older believers may seem mature to young ones. Its because over the years the older ones learned how to make themselves comfortable with their own wrong thinking. They never sought out sound doctrine with strong desire. For they eventually assumed they were right because God feels just like they do on a matter. Show them something that reveals they believe error? They will grab onto verses without any real understanding and start tossing them at another as to chase them off with a food fight.
So be it....
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