Satan has many tricks or “wiles” (as it is expressed in Scripture). Satan doesn’t come up and introduce himself with, “Hi, I’m Satan and I’m going to destroy you.” Of course not. Satan comes as a mysterious stranger, as one who cares and understands, and as one who’s willing to listen. Then he attacks.
The Bible calls Satan the Tempter. Satan is an accuser before God and an accuser to us. Have you ever, after you’ve had a mountaintop experience and then sinned, had the thought, “If you’re really a Christian, you wouldn’t have done that”? You didn’t get that from God. In the Bible, Jesus calls Satan a liar. Have you heard the slander that comes from Christians about other Christians? Have you heard the anger, bitterness and lies that rail against the truths of God? Someone has said that the devil tempts youth with beauty, the ambitious with power and the rich with gold. Satan is crafty. He always says, “Take what you want…and pay for it later.”
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