“He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” — John 8:44b
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As a follower of Jesus, you must understand that Satan hates you. He hates you because he hates Christ. Because of your faith in Christ, you are a carrier of the “virus” of salvation. You have the ability to infect others with this grace of God by your conduct and conversation. When that happens, Satan loses.
Satan knows he can’t get you off of God’s team. You have an irrevocable guaranteed contract. Your salvation from God’s coming wrath is secure because it’s based on God’s amazing grace, not your performance. Paul reminds us, “But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy” (Titus 3:4-5).
The only tactic left for Satan is to destroy your witness and make you ineffective and unproductive as an ambassador for Christ. His chief weapon is distorting truth into lies. Jesus said to the Jews in John 8:44, “… for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”
If being a Christian were like the game of basketball, Satan can’t keep you off the court. But at the end of the game, he wants your box score to read something like this: Minutes played – 47; field goals – 0; free throws – 0; rebounds – 0; assists – 0; steals – 0; blocks – 0; turnovers – 10; personal fouls – 6 (including a type-2 flagrant foul ejection). All to the embarrassment of the Kingdom of God!
— Jerry Birch, Cleveland Cavaliers chaplain
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