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By Rita Horten
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“So, everything you said to me was a lie, a charade?”
“Don’t look at it that way, my pet. I just spared you the details.”
“You misrepresented what He told us.”
“He misrepresented Himself. Telling you not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil…telling you that you would surely die. You are still alive aren’t you?”
“I don’t feel alive, I feel like I am dying more every day. I have been separated from my God. I feel…I feel…caste down.”
“Ha, You feel cast down! You weren’t thrown out of heaven. You weren’t cast down to the ground. Do you know what my name means? Lucifer, son of the morning; Day Star! I am the most beautiful of all the angels. I was God’s favored angel, but He grew jealous. He was afraid I would take His place. Yea, He was afraid that I would be like Him, only higher! Ha, YOU feel cast down…after all I did for Him.”
“Why did you come to me first? Why didn’t you approach Adam?”
“My pet, you just don’t get it do you? Adam would not have listened. He has too much pride. He would have been far too logical and would have failed to think with his emotions. But you, my pet, you were easy to talk to. You had the kind of heart that would feel the joy of being like God, you would naturally want to be like Him so you could be closer to Him and know all that He knows; who wouldn’t… but in the end, Adam saw that I was right so he ate as well.”
“When Adam reminded me of the Lord’s command, I should have recognized your lie.”
“May I remind you that when you saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food, the lust of your flesh took hold of you. May I also remind you that when you saw that the fruit was pleasant to look at, the lust of your eyes deceived you, not I! Your pride of life and the desire to be wise like God made you eat of the fruit. It is you who saw God as a taker, not a giver. Don’t blame me. I just wanted you to see the truth. Why should anyone not be allowed knowledge? How fair is that? What is this thing called obedience that God is so hung up on? Don’t we have the right to choose our own destiny? You certainly thought so or you would not have eaten the fruit. It’s your sin, not mine. I get blamed for everything!”
“You take God’s words and twist them. You cannot speak for lying. You are the deceiver and destroyer. Your name should be Adversary, for you come between me and my God.”
“I think another name might sound far better. It has a certain ring to it. I think it is enticing. Tell me what you think of the term, Satan? Doesn’t that ring with power? Doesn’t that put fear in your heart? Admit it now; aren’t you just a little bit drawn to the “bad boy” image it conjures up in your mind? After all, you have to admit I came to you as a star of light. My beauty beguiled you, and your own heart deceived you. All I wanted was for you to bow down and worship me. I would have given you kingdoms.
What is God giving you? He’s put upon you hard labor, toil in the soil and pain in childbearing, not to mention a life of heartache. Some God he is!”
“I know now that God is good. He gave us a beautiful garden with everything we needed. He walks with us everyday. He is loving and personal and caring. He even gave us free will to choose. He is not afraid or jealous. No God that is willing to give his creation the right to choose is afraid or jealous. God is love. He is righteousness, full of mercy and truth. I see it all now. How blinded I was! What a fool I’ve been! I vow, ‘Satan’ that you will never deceive me again. I will walk close to my God and I will learn to be obedient. There is wisdom in that. I understand, not because of eating of the tree of good and evil, but because of the prevailing truth of God’s promises.”
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I liked the pacing in the first half very much--it clipped right along. In the second half, the speeches were longer, and it seemed to lag a bit.
This was a perfect way to approach this week's topic.