Children of the Devil – EGP Blog post from April 21, 2013

All these recent tragedies prove that people under Satan’s controlling power will use whatever they can to do his bidding…

John 10:10 ()

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

John 10:10 Or have abundance

John 8:44 ()

“You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:44a Lit the lie
John 8:44b Lit it

1 John 3:7–11 ()

[7] Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; [8] the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. [9] No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. [10] By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. [11] For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

1 John 3:8 Lit sins
1 John 3:9a Or begotten
1 John 3:9b Or begotten
1 John 3:10 Lit everyone

Push back the darkness by praying not only for those hurt by these senseless tragedies, but also for those so deceived by Satan they cause them.