Week 13 of 2025
Satan has always twisted the truth just enough to make it questionable; he started with Adam and Eve in the garden, saying, “You will not surely die” (Genesis 3:4 NKJV). Throughout the ages, Satan continues to feed us a version of the truth that causes us to question what God created and to stimulate our curiosity in false beliefs. Without the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we are vulnerable to Satan’s prodding, and our pride aids in our creating our own reality, which distorts what is actually the truth. Charles Darwin is an example of someone who questioned the difference between findings in the scientific world and his teaching as a boy. It was not until scientific theories led him to question his beliefs about creation that he was able to comprise his theory of evolution. He attempted to marry his theory with creation until his colleagues—and the nonfactual works of people like James Hutton—questioned the validity of passages of Scripture, such as the Great Flood of Noah’s time. Darwin then began to trust in science and his own understanding rather than in the Holy Spirit. Without the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Darwin accepted and overlooked large gaps of unknowns.
Our pride, ego, and self-reliance, just to name a few, open us up to many struggles in our relationships and life in general. Once we stubbornly begin to go down that path of struggle, we open the door for Satan’s prodding to keep moving in that destructive direction. As soon as Satan finds an opening, he is relentless in pushing his way in through the opening we provide. If we look closer at the interaction between Satan and Eve in the Garden of Eden, we will notice that Satan saw an opening and attacked. The serpent put doubt into Eve’s heart, and she listened to him with what seemed to be eager curiosity. The result was that Adam and Eve were determined to justify their actions rather than repent. Not experiencing a fleeting curiosity, but acting on it, was a betrayal of God and damaged their relationships with Him. By understanding how Satan worked in the lives of Adam and Eve and the lives of others, we gain insight into how Satan continues to work in our lives today.
How quickly are we to fill in the gaps and come to our own conclusions, rather than seeking the truth from the creator and waiting on the Spirit to teach us?
