The Lies Of Satan

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The Lies of Satan.

The first lie that was ever told was told by Satan in the Garden of Eden. In Genesis 2:7 God told Adam and Eve "Of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die." Later Satan lied to Eve by telling her "You shall not surely die" (Genesis) 3:4. Jesus speaks about Satan in John 8:44 "… there is no truth in him when he speaks a lie; he speaks from his own nature, for he is a father of lies." Since the beginning of time Satan has been the father of deception and continues to do so today. Anything that is contradictory to God's word is another lie of Satan. There are many popular beliefs, which I will briefly describe, that Satan uses to deceive people today.

Universalism is popular lie that Satan uses to deceive today. Basically Universalism is the belief that everyone will be saved and no one will be condemned. Matthew 7:13 & 14 contradicts this theory by stating "Wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life and there are few who find it." If we choose to believe God and His word then we know that there will be many who are lost. This contradicts the lie of Universalism. Who will people believe, God or Satan?

Another popular lie that Satan likes to tell is the lie of faith only salvation. According to faith only salvation all one must do is believe and say the "Sinner's Prayer" to be forgiven of sins and to be saved. Satan says that it is ok to be baptized after you are saved because he knows that one is saved at the point of baptism. If one is not being baptized for forgiveness of sins then all his baptism does is "remove the filth of the flesh". The Bible says "He who believe and is baptized shall be saved. (Mark 16:16) Who is telling a lie, God or Satan?

One of Satan's most popular lies is the concept of "Once saved always saved". Once saved always saved says that you can't fall from God's grace and be lost. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 10:12 "He who stands take heed lest he falls.

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