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Hell, Satan's Heaven?
chuckt:
yup. and my all time unfavorite saying of men:
""jesus talked more about hell than heaven"" ::)
be well
chuckt
Kat:
Hi Joe,
Devour
1. To eat up; to eat with greediness; to eat ravenously, as a beast of prey, or as a hungry man.
We will say, some evil beast hath devoured him. Gen 37.
In the morning, he shall devour the prey. Gen 49.
2. To destroy; to consume with rapidity and violence.
I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad. Amos 1.
Famine and pestilence shall devour him. Ezek 7.
3. To destroy; to annihilate; to consume.
He seemed in swiftness to devour the way.
4. To waste; to consume; to spend in dissipation and riot.
As soon as this thy son had come, who hath devoured thy living with harlots. Luke 15.
5. To consume wealth and substance by fraud, oppression, or illegal exactions.
Ye devour widows houses. Mat 23.
6. To destroy spiritually; to ruin the soul.
Your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Pet 5.
7. To slay.
The sword shall devour the young lions. Nahum 2.
(E-Swords Webster)
I guess if Satan devours like in no. 6 "To destroy spiritually" or leads one into sin behaviors?
Well I think we have some very good example of how Satan works in the temptations of Christ.
Mat 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
v. 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.
v. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
v. 4 But He answered and said, "It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."'
I don't think Satan was there with Jesus in physical form, he is spirit, spirit is invisible. I think Satan came to Jesus just like he comes to us and whispered these thoughts in His ear, so to speak. Satan tempted Jesus to satisfy His hunger, actually He was lierally starving. So Satan tempts - don't wait on God to provide, take care of things yourself or really question His faith in God. Christ saw throught it immediately. But is this like Satan tempting us to satisfy some carnal desire we make have or not trust on God to help us overcome these desire, evenually?
Mat 4:5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple,
v. 6 and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:
"He shall give His angels charge over you,'
and, "In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone."'
Again Satan must have whispered in Jesus' ear, He could prove His faith by making a dramatic show that He trusted God to protect Him or really putting God's promise to the test. Again Christ saw throught it immediately. How do we put God to the Test? Maybe this Scripture can help us understand.
Mal 3:15 So now we call the proud blessed,
For those who do wickedness are raised up;
They even tempt God and go free.
The last temptation.
Mat 4:8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
v. 9 And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me."
v. 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve."'
What is Satan saying here? Was it maybe that Christ could avoid the cross? Was this a temptation to save Himself from that agony and humilation? Are we tempted to give in to the lusts of this world that Satan presents to us? Is that in effect doing his bidding or worshipping Satan?
Well I was just looking into these things, thought in would go with your topic.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
rjsurfs:
Hi Kat,
You quoted:
--- Quote ---Mat 4:8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
v. 9 And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me."
v. 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve."'
--- End quote ---
Notice that Jesus told Satan: "You shall worship the Lord YOUR God"... Our Lord is Satan's God too... and Satan knows it.
Just an observation.
:)
Bobby
Kat:
Hi Bobby,
Good point. I hadn't taken notice of that before.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
Roy Monis:
--- Quote from: Bobby Proctor on June 27, 2008, 09:55:19 AM ---Hi Kat,
You quoted:
--- Quote ---Mat 4:8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
v. 9 And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me."
v. 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve."'
--- End quote ---
Notice that Jesus told Satan: "You shall worship the Lord YOUR God"... Our Lord is Satan's God too... and Satan knows it.
Just an observation.
:)
Bobby
--- End quote ---
Hi! Bobby
A very good observation too, I hadn't seen it. Thank you.
God bless you brother in our joint walk in Christ.
Love in Christ Jesus.
Roy UK
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