Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth. Ephesians 6:14. God permitted Satan to carry forward his work until the spirit of disaffection ripened into active revolt. It was necessary for his plans to be fully developed, that their
Pride Comes Before a Fall
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18. Satan fell because of his ambition to be equal with God. He desired to enter into the divine counsels and purposes, from which he was excluded by
Ambition Brings Sorrow
The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. Proverbs 10:22. Lucifer … , before his rebellion, was a high and exalted angel, next in honor to God’s dear Son. His countenance, like those
The Uprising of Rebellion
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. Isaiah 59:2. Evil originated with Lucifer, who rebelled against the government of God. Before his fall
Infinitely Wise and Good
The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Nahum 1:7. God is the source of all wisdom. He is infinitely wise and just and good. Apart from Christ,
Grieve Not the Spirit
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30. Conscience is the voice of God, heard amid the conflict of human passions; when it is resisted, the Spirit of God
Born of the Word
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 1 Peter 1:23. The change of heart by which we become children of God is in the Bible spoken