Sublime

Let it be known that all the endeavors of Satan, whether by enticement or by attack, are perpetrated in our old creation. He dare not waste his energy on our "new creation," God's Own life. That is the reason he unceasingly attempts to persuade the children of God to retain something of the old creation: be it sin or the beautiful natural life: so

Brian Zahnd reminds us, “Satan never tempted Jesus with evil; Satan tempted Jesus with good. Satan enticed Jesus to go ahead and do good and to bring it about by the most direct way possible.”

An evil presence can get inside your community, family, home, and body, and even into your psyche, before you realize the danger exists. It is already “in the house” by the time you realize you have a problem. Once inside, evil begins to erode the foundations of personal and social life by presenting itself as the true center of life. It functions

The Devil is persistent in his pursuit to render us powerless, to prevent us from stepping into our God-given authority and power.

THEIR GLORY IS THEIR SHAME The choice of every lost soul can be expressed in the words ‘Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.’ There is always something they insist on keeping even at the price of misery. There is always something they prefer to joy—that is, to reality. Ye see it easily enough in a spoiled child that would sooner miss its

When the father commits a mortal sin of a certain sort, like pornography, he is now vulnerable to diabolical influence. If a demon comes in at that moment, he can corrupt the whole family, since he entered through the head of the family.[378] The demon can also remain and be passed down through successive generations.