You are of your father the devil… and he has nothing to do with the truth because there is no truth in him.
John 8:44
It has been said every truth has something supporting it, a fact that makes it true. These are called truthmakers. Philosophy students spin webs of logic trying to figure out how to define “truth” and “not truth.” The conversation falls into the heady world of philosophy unless you bring the spiritual world into play. According to the Holy Bible, there is a personality, a spirit being, that specializes in the opposite of the truth.
In Genesis 3, when you meet the deceiver, he is already evil and, throughout Scripture, the picture of his personality and relationship to humankind is rounded out. “The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world” (Revelation 12:9).
Jesus calls him “the evil one” (Matthew 13:19). The apostle Paul calls him “the god of this world” (2 Corinthians 4:4), and the “prince of the power of the air” (Ephesians 2:2). The Pharisee’s called him “Beelzebub, the prince of demons” (Matthew 12:24). He is the source of everything evil you encounter on Earth, yet YOU, as a child of God, can proclaim him a defeated foe.
Do not be afraid or confused when you encounter opposition to your faith, it is merely evidence that the adversary is still at work.
The truthmaker is that all the suffering and chaos caused by the great deceiver ultimately highlights the overcoming, amazing, saving grace of God through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Pray for those who have yet to meet the Savior.
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