The Deceiver

In a recent bible study that I was working on, it referenced the verse Revelation 12:9-10 which talks about "...Satan, the deceiver of the whole world..."

It really just struck me when I read it. I have probably read it many times before but this particular day, it really resonated with me. You see, some of my loved ones have been going through some awful things. [Insert prayers here]. There are details and different sides of the story, and lies and deception, and so much hurt that it is just....well....for lack of a better term....awful. [Insert prayers here too]

The thing is, when someone is not a believer, they do not realize what is actually happening to them. Satan really is the deceiver the of the WHOLE WORLD! He makes sin seem like it comes without consequence and turns people against each other. He makes people feel empty and deceives them into feeling like they need to fill the void with anything and everything but Jesus.

Satan makes people feel like they have gone so far that they can never come back. He makes them think that Jesus could never love them.

It simply isn't true.

Last week, our pastor said this in his sermon and it stuck with me.

"God doesn't deal with perfection, He deals with Redemption"

Friends, our Faithful God wants to redeem you. He wants to redeem your loved ones. He wants to redeem your enemies.

I'm not perfect and neither are you. He knows us full well and knows that perfection is not something that we can attain. No matter where you have gone, what you have done, who you have hurt....

...You...

...Can...

...Be...

...Redeemed!!!!

Isn't that wonderful. Don't be deceived by the one that only wants to see you fail. Come to the loving arms of Christ and change your life!

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