Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Did SNAKES at one time have feet?




Main Scripture: Genesis 3 (Part 1)

Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock  and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. (Genesis 3:13-14 ESV)

Regarding the serpent:


- He was the craftiest among the beasts of the field that the Lord God had made;


- He was able to speak to humans;


- He cast doubt on what God had said;


- He bold facedly contradicted what God had said;


- He accused God of short-changing humans;


- Was blamed of deception;


- Was cursed by God more than any livestock and above all beasts.


- Was condemned to crawl on its belly and eat dust all the days of its life;


- Enmity was put between it and the woman, between it and the woman's offspring;


- The woman's offspring would bruise its head at a future time;


- It in turn would bruise the woman's offspring's heel.


From Revelation we know that the serpent that deceived Eve is the devil, Satan (Revelation 12:9; 20:2) See also 2 Corinthians 11:3. Has he changed over the years in his basic modus operandus? Not one iota. He has other, more modern tools at his disposal, but he will always contradict God, cast doubt on what God has said; accuse God of withholding stuff from us, etc.

While my main focus should always be on submitting to the Truth, it behooves me also to be alert and aware of the wiles and snares of my number 1 enemy.

Submitting to God, resisting the devil will always cause him to FLEE from me. (James 4:7)


 That's a promise from God's Word



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