HOW SATAN DISGUISES HIMSELF AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT?
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. How He Disguises Himself as an Angel of Light?
a) Paul had to deal with false shepherds in his own day and they are still thriving today. How does Satan disguise himself as an “angel of light” or a preacher of the gospel? A close reading of 2 Corinthians chapter 11 reveals how Satan’s ministers (yes, Satan has his own ministers!) disguise themselves as an angel or preacher of light.
b) Paul was “afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, [the Corinthian’s] minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough” (2 Corinthians 11:3-4).
c) Paul had reason to be afraid because many were already being deceived as he wrote, “For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve” (2 Corinthians 11:13-15).
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1. How He Disguises Himself as an Angel of Light?a) Paul had to deal with false shepherds in his own day and they are still thriving today. How does Satan disguise himself as an “angel of light” or a preacher of the gospel? A close reading of 2 Corinthians chapter 11 reveals how Satan’s ministers (yes, Satan has his own ministers!) disguise themselves as an angel or preacher of light.
b) Paul was “afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, [the Corinthian’s] minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough” (2 Corinthians 11:3-4).
c) Paul had reason to be afraid because many were already being deceived as he wrote, “For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve” (2 Corinthians 11:13-15).
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