Re: give me understanding according to thy word. amen!!!!
who is the evil one?
Isaiah 46:8-10Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)
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Remember this, and shew yourselves men:
bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
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Remember the former things of old:
for I am God, and there is none else;
I am God, and there is none like me,
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declaring the end from the beginning,
and from ancient times the things that are not yet done,
saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
there is no evil one.
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
how can god be all powerful and there be an evil to rival him? its laughable.
James 1:13 [Full Chapter]
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
we are the beast. we are satan. we are the reptile, the serpent, the dragon. the beast. if we give in to our flesh.
we tempt ourselves. we fool ourselves. we tell ourselves lies and believe them. we seperate ouselves from god. by our own free will.