The devil by default!
“He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).
As a guest on Larry King Live a few years ago-
Billy Graham was asked to comment on the rash of violence on high school campuses as well as other problems in our culture.
He said, “One thing that is being missed by many people is the devil is at work.”
The devil is at work!
When you get down to it, it is the only logical and plausible explanation for the madness that humanity is capable of.
Just as surely as there is a God in heaven who loves you-
– there is a devil from hell who hates you.
Jesus said, speaking of Satan, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).
There is our choice in life, really:
God or the devil.
A lot of people say they don’t choose either.
But in reality-
– by not choosing God,
– they choose the devil by default!
There are no other choices.
One of Satan’s most brilliant strategies is to convince people he does not exist-
– when all the while, he is manipulating their lives.
Humanity is basically bad.
And it is the devil who works through the fallen nature of human beings-
– getting them to do the evil things that he does.
God gives us a choice in life.
We are not forced to choose Him.
Nor are we forced to choose the devil.
But God has given us something called free will.
We can choose sin-
– which leads to death.
Or
we can choose obedience to God-
– which leads to righteousness!
(PR)