Myths have a powerful effect on people. Some of us live our entire lives believing things that are nothing more than myths, misinformation that has been filtered down from person to person and sometimes from generation to generation.
Myths about the devil abound throughout secular and religious society and in many instances have shaped or influenced the very lives and institutions of mankind.
Some folk think that the devil is as powerful or equal to the Lord Jesus Christ.
The myth is that the devil is omnipresent, or everywhere at once and can at any moment impact the lives of the population of the world. This is a myth.
What is true is, the devil (Satan) has been cast from the heavenly realm.
Jesus said in the book of Luke 10:18, "I saw Satan fall like lighting from heaven....."
Jesus said to the seventy-two men that he had appointed, "I have given you authority..... to overcome all the power of the enemy (the devil)...."
What is true is, the devil influences by craft. Paul tell us in 2nd Chronicles 11:14, ....for Satan (the devil) himself masquerades as an angel of light."
Why does the devil masquerade as an angel of light?
Isaiah explains it this way, Isa. 14:3,5,& 12;
3.... How the oppressor has come to an end!
5. The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked..."
12. How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth...."
So you see, the devil who used to be an angel of light is now simply
a pretender who masquerades as what he was and is no more and will
never be again.
Praise the Lord.
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