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HELEN SANDERS
5-24-2023
HATH GOD SAID?
Everything that the devil does is either through a lie or deception. His first recorded conversation is found in Genesis. Adam and Eve were created in the image of God, and the glory of God covered them. They were in a sinless state, innocent and perfect. God walked with them in the cool of the day. He provided everything that they needed. Everything was theirs but one tree, the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
In Genesis 3 the serpent came into the garden and spoke to Eve, with deceptive words. He twisted the words of God and caused doubt to come into Eve’s mind about what God had told her and Adam. Through this act of deception, the serpent said in verse 1b, “…Yeah, hath God….” He then told Eve in verse 4 that if she ate of the tree, “…Ye shall not surely die.”
He caused doubt to come to Eve, and we know what happened. She believed the lie of the serpent over what God said, and through his lie and deception came the fall of mankind. It brought the sin nature to every human being thereafter.
Satan still twists God’s words. God tells us that healing belongs to us, but Satan whispers doubt into our ears like, “Hath God said you would be healed? Then why aren’t you healed?” “Hath God said He would supply all your needs? Then why aren’t your bills paid?" He whispers doubt over and over and if we listen and believe his accusations, then we fall into his trap believing his lies instead of believing what God says.
We overcome Satan with the Word of God just like Jesus did when Satan tempted him. We combat him with the words, “It is written.” We defeat him when we stand on the word regardless of what we see in the natural.
God cannot lie. All God’spromises are yes and amen to those that believe them and receive them. If there is anything keeping the promise from happening, it is not God, it is the enemy that is trying to stop the promise from getting through to us. Or, we may have sin in our life that needs to be repented of. Often, we have repented but Satan reminds us of our sin. That is when we must say, “It is written in 1 John 1:9, ‘If I confess my sins, he (God) is faithful and just to forgive me of my sins and has cleansed me from all unrighteousness.’” Back off devil my sin is under the blood of Jesus.”
Yes, God hath said many promises that are ours to believe, and they are from Genesis to Revelation. We read His word and know what these promises are. Do not let Satan deceive you when he whispers the twisted words of God into your hear. Listen to what God says instead.
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