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“And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” 2 Corinthians 11:14

“The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly” now by this I am not talking about the old Clint Eastwood movie, but more how sin tends to play out in our lives. I first heard this leson while in college, it is also where I got the title for the lesson. Since then I have modified it beyond the originator as I have found passages that have extended out and further illustrated the concept of how Satan uses things that appear good to get us to fall into sin. We see that here in Genesis 3 by apealing to the deisrabiltity of the fruit, we see that in Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness, The writers of various epistles remind us that desirability and that which appears good, if not from God, can be twisted to become sinful. Even here in 2 Corinthians 11:14, Paul reminds us that Satandisguises himself as an angel of light. We aren’t told when tempted that we are being tempted, we aren’t tempted by that which is obviously bad, we are tempted by those things that appeal to our desires, and appear good. That is why we need to constantly be in the Word, constantly be in fellowship wtih other believers, and constntly be in prayer; so that in those times when we are tempted we can easily turn away from sin.

So as I wrap up today, I just pray that we all are able to look to Christ and be given the discernment to realize when we are being tempted, and that we are given the strength to resist and stand firm in our faith.