Anticipating the Enemy - Greg Laurie Devotion - August 13, 2021

 

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Friday, August 13, 2021 Anticipating the Enemy "But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ" (2 Corinthians 11:3 NKJV). For some inexplicable reason, I collected snakes when I was a boy. I don't know why I liked them so much, but I had quite an exhaustive collection. A lot of those snakes bit me, and I remember a certain snake that could almost sense my fear. We had a very contentious relationship. Snakes are just that way, though. You can't read a snake like you can read dogs, for instance. It's easy to see where you stand with a dog. You know when dogs are happy or sad. You can pretty much know whatever dogs are feeling because you can read it in their body language. On the other hand, you always want to be aware of a snake's threat. That's how it is with the Devil. You don't know what he's going to do next. He'll snake his way into a given situation. The Bible tells us that the Devil came in the form of a serpent to Eve. He questioned God's love, essentially saying, "If God really loved you, He would let you eat from any tree in the garden. So, it must be an indication that He doesn't really love you at all. And by the way, if you eat from this tree, you'll become like God. You'll know the things that only God knows."   CONTINUE READING →

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