John 8:42-44
NASB
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.43 Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 10:10
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
“Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honour, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss; he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold.”
Kelly Ling’s Christian Quote of the Day – God’s Promises
This is a good reminder when we are tempted by the devil; He promises so much and delivers the worst. Good quote from Thomas Brooks Maria!
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empty promises but worse. Glad you saw this, Pastor.
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Have a blessed Lord’s day, dear brother!
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Likewise with you Maria, be blessed with fellowshipping with God’s people tommorow
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Hope we will make it there! Lord bless you!!
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Good quote and verses, Maria! I’m reminded of Satan trying to tempt Jesus with the temporal. We must keep walking with our Shepherd and not be swayed by the tempter.
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Yes, Tom! The Lord Jesus taught us to pray, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil!
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Love the quote Maria. Is a great reminder that tqhe devil gives chocolate coated poison. Appealing to the eye but death to the soul. Can’t wait till Revelation 20: 7-10
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Yes, Crissy! Not one of the Lord’s good words will fail. He will destroy him.
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Maria, this post has stirred some interesting thoughts within me. I can’t express them now but will after I get my mind and spirit wrapped around them. Thanks for the post.
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Jerry, I look forward to reading your thoughts on this!
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Maria, interesting verses. At first it reminded me of Michael Jeshurun. He has come down very hard on a group that is known as
The seed of Satan. Quite honestly I have studied very little about this group or their doctrine, but on this point I certainly agree with him. I know that the doctrine makes no sense, as Adam partook of the same fruit as did Eve, and the doctrine itself calls for sexual sin between Satan and Eve supposedly producing Satan’s seed, Cain.
So, Maria, when you posted these verses in John 8:42-44, it made me wonder when did these men become children of Satan? Were they destined to this calling by some previous act between Satan and Eve, or were they in love with the world and their sins? Or were they destined to this fate? Or what was going on here? Jesus when speaking to His disciples said:
Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?” (John 6:70 NASB)
So just how did Judas Iscariot become a devil? And how and when did the Pharisees come to be known as being “of your father the devil”? I’ve been looking at what transpired before this seeming indictment by Jesus of these ones whom He calls “of your father the devil”.
And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. 24 Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. 29 And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.
John 8:23-24,27-30 NASB
So, at this point we have yet to here the verses that you posted. Jesus is yet to call these ones children of their Father the devil. Is He here then giving them some hope? I think that could be the case, because based on what He said later, there would have been no hope. Certainly we were all there in that position at one time, and also, because some of them did believe what He said must have touched a cord.
And also, He says that some of them would know who He is after He would be lifted up. And all this is transpiring even though He is about to call them children of their father the devil.
This reminded me of one time when I had just blown up with unbecoming language, when as a teenager, i was in front of my mother; and as she observed this it seemed as if out of nowhere she said to me: “boy you are a child of the devil”. Those words tore into my very soul. After all, I went to church with her and my family every week, most of the time twice. I attended Sunday School; I sang in the church youth choir, but I knew that she was right. I was nowhere near being right with the Lord. I never forgot that indictment as you can see. I don’t know what roll that played in where I am today, but I know that the Lord has used it in my life, and in that same fashion He must have used it in those lives that day.
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Jerry, your Mother’s rebuke cut you to the quick. It seems obvious to me in hearing about this that the Lord used it in your life. Thank you for sharing it!
About your questions in relation to “children of the devil,” such as, “So, Maria, when you posted these verses in John 8:42-44, it made me wonder when did these men become children of Satan?” This is not a post about the children of the devil but about the one who rules and deceives them, about his falseness and God’s faithfulness. This is what is intended here in using these verses that speak about Satan’s nature and resulting actions. The post is a warning and Thomas Brooks puts it well, don’t you think?
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I’m going to need to reread it. Thanks Maria.
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okay, Jerry!
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You know, I must have missed that quote, I read the scriptures and got caught up. But yes the Brooks quote was very good. He nailed it.
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Jerry, another thought:
Deuteronomy 29:29 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.
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Amen, it certainly is true that believers have no problem and even get excited over the Revelations in scripture. Although it does amaze me that we interpret them so differently. But unbelievers seem to just glaze over when presented with these same Revelations. They look at you like do you really believe that stuff. But once in awhile you can find someone who also becomes amazed by these truths. I often wonder are the fields still ripe unto harvest as they were back in Jesus day? They probably are but in this country false prophets seem to confuse things. Sorry I’m just rambling.
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Jerry, yes, today the fields are white for harvest just as in the days when Jesus Christ spoke about this, and they will be until this present evil age comes to an end. False prophets and teachers are not only confusing and destroying here in the U.S, but in many nations, for example, in South Korea where Yonggi Cho not only has taught occult doctrines but was indicted for embezzlement; and for example in Africa – where the Gospel has been replaced by the Prosperity Gospel according to African Pastor Conrad Mbewe:
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/prosperity-teaching-has-replaced-true-gospel-in-africa/
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It doesn’t take long in any society for truth to be twisted. But woe unto them that believe not the truth and teach others to do so also.
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True!
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And remember Rome and its teacher, Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis.
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Thank you for such a great quote! Blessings today!
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Lord bless you, Patricia!
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Bless you… thanks for the blessing!
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