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The Time Of Christ: Why Allow Satan One Day A Year?
10/31/2015

Daily Devotions: by Christina Farris

Matthew 4:1-11 KJV
(1) Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
(2) And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
(3) And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
(4) But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
(5) Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
(6) And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
(7) Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
(8) Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
(9) And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
(10) Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
(11) Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Why entertain Satan at all, why not just lock him a box is the question I like to ask God. After all Satan was one of the most beautiful angels according to God before Satan fell by making himself equal to God. Christ made himself equal to God no that is a false statement, God made His word equal to Him, and His Word was Jesus. Only one born of Him before becoming flesh born by the Virgin Mary. God did not destroy and has not destroy Satan immediately. In fact he uses Satan to test his children. Jesus is the first tested by Satan for Satan has tried God’s word from the beginning of his origin. In fact in the garden Satan as serpent in the garden said to Eve, you won’t surely die if you eat that fruit?? Asking Eve a question she did not know the answer too. Perhaps the traditions of Halloween is kept for more then one purpose to remind us evil still exist in our world. To remind us that not everything in life is sweet and too much sweetness leads to rotten teeth, or rotten spoiled children.

God allows Satan to tempt Jesus in three areas of his life that will effect his ministry here on earth. God’s word must be able to stand against the temptations of Satan. Fact God has power to raise and lower kingdoms. He can create a person to be a millionaire in a day and loose it the very next day. A person can be king or queen for a day only to be brought down. Yet Satan thought he should have power over wealth and power over kingdoms. In fact there groups of men for centuries who tried and have been said to rule the earth. There purpose to control the economic and political world so they never have to worry about wealth or need. Yet keeping people in line with the law they do not themselves always obey. Perhaps the disobedience is a test of their power. Yet God never stops proving his power over the enemy in nothing else through death. Satan tested Christ in one more area the ability to live on God’s word alone. Jesus fasted forty days and did not eat tell the testing was over. He did not eat anything but the word of God. For the words of Satan held no power over Jesus. Satan could not give him what he already had, and could not take from him what was already rightfully his as the only begotten Son of God. Keyword begotten, only one direct descendant of God because He was the Word of God materialized in the flesh. All other humans were created in the image of God, created by molding of the clay, molding through human conception, and not by the very word of becoming through Virgin birth.

Satan is allowed something, and so if nothing else perhaps Satan is given a day in society to remind us of evil and his power to cause chaos in our world. Reminder his power is short lived. Only lasting a moment of time and not for eternity, after all Satan is then locked in a box for all eternity only to be release as the seven year ruler that causes mayhem and chaos in a world needing reminding how great God truly is. Do not even give Satan one moment of your time in your heart and mind. Yet remember when temptation comes, God’s word stands the test of time. Tell Satan to leave you alone, that you are a child of the king by spiritual birth and no one can that that away from you.

Dear Heavenly Father thank you for reminders that the devil has no power but what you allow on earth to test your people and all wickedness will one day be destroyed. In Jesus precious name, Amen.

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