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Topic: Division (07/13/23)
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TITLE: UNDER THE BANNER OF UNITY | Previous Challenge Entry
By linzy bruno
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Satan has never had so many tricks up his sleeve or so much power and influence at his disposal to promote his agenda of death and destruction as he does today, although this has been his plan since the beginning:
“Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (Genesis 3:1)
Notwithstanding, Satan is a killer whose only desire is to take us to hell to dwell in darkness with him, for misery loves company. And although he has a diverse collection of evil tools, he is not using the tactic of division as one might assume, but a convoluted design for unity to take down God’s people, and all those he possibly can. That’s because Satan is cunning. He knows that dividing people would make it easy for them to decipher quickly, but through the fraudulent banner of unity, he can fool a great many into unknowingly follow after him.
Christ Brings Division
“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;’ and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.” (Matthew 10:34-39)
The only unity for Christians to concern themselves with is unity in Christ. The church is supposed to be founded in such a unity and set apart from the rest of the world, which further validates this principle of division over unity. For we know from God’s Word that if we are not for Him, we are against Him, as we read in Matthew 12:30—
“He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.”
With God there is no in between. There is only good or bad. The left and right paradigm reveals only a miniscule peek at the depth of division we are seeing, even among those of the same people group. This propaganda of wickedness has never been so cleverly veiled as a ‘good thing’ to the degree it is today. That’s because the devil is finding a great deal of success convincing people to unite on subjects that they should be at odds with, like abortion. And most everything from school curriculum to women’s sports has been reduced to the political as well, in which everyday citizens under the spell of evil, as well as those in power, are taking full advantage, like legislation that attaches huge fines to misgendering…
Therefore, as unlikely as it may seem, God is predominantly using division to separate the wheat from the tares, the goats from the sheep. The evil agenda is inadvertently exposing the truth of who is good and who is evil, even among those who have been hiding behind the veil for decades.
The unity Satan is propagating just may be the most clever of tricks to get as many souls as possible to leave the Truth of God and join him in misery in hell one day dangerously soon….
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” (1Peter 5:8)
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.” (Isaiah 5:20)
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I have never thought of unity being a tool of the enemy - although why I have no idea. It is quite plain after reading your article.
Thank you for your observations.