DOES THE DEVIL EXIST????
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#391- Behind the disobedient choice of our first parents lurks a seductive voice, opposed to God, which makes them fall into death out of envy. Scripture and the Church's Tradition see in this being a fallen angel, called "Satan" or the "devil".The Church teaches that Satan was at first a good angel, made by God: "The devil and the other demons were indeed created naturally good by God, but they became evil by their own doing."
#394- Scripture witnesses to the disastrous influence of the one Jesus calls "a murderer from the beginning", who would even try to divert Jesus from the mission received from his Father. "The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil." In its consequences the gravest of these works was the mendacious seduction that led man to disobey God.
#397- Man, tempted by the devil, let his trust in his Creator die in his heart and, abusing his freedom, disobeyed God's command. This is what man's first sin consisted of. All subsequent sin would be disobedience toward God and lack of trust in his goodness.
#398- In that sin man preferred himself to God and by that very act scorned him. He chose himself over and against God, against the requirements of his creaturely status and therefore against his own good. Constituted in a state of holiness, man was destined to be fully "divinized" by God in glory. Seduced by the devil, he wanted to "be like God", but "without God, before God, and not in accordance with God".
#407- The doctrine of original sin, closely connected with that of redemption by Christ, provides lucid discernment of man's situation and activity in the world. By our first parents' sin, the devil has acquired a certain domination over man, even though man remains free. Original sin entails "captivity under the power of him who thenceforth had the power of death, that is, the devil". Ignorance of the fact that man has a wounded nature inclined to evil gives rise to serious errors in the areas of education, politics, social and morals.
#413- "God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. . . It was through the devil's envy that death entered the world" (Wis 1:13; 2:24).
#414- Satan or the devil and the other demons are fallen angels who have freely refused to serve God and his plan. Their choice against God is definitive. They try to associate man in their revolt against God.
The Devil Prowls the Earth Like A Roaring Lion Looking to Devour Our Souls and the Souls of our brothers and sisters DYING NOW!!! But Only If We Let Him!!!! "Our battle is not with flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, ... Ephesians 6:12.
Webster's dictionary defines war as, "any active hostility or struggle." That describes what we are going through each and every day of our lives. There is a very real presence of hostility directed toward our souls and it is coming from those principalities and powers of darkness. This applies to the dying soul's lives as well.
There is a constant struggle, a spiritual brawl, that is taking place between good and evil and the battlefield is your soul and mine. The war rages on daily. The side of death and destruction desires total domination of your will so that chaos and confusion will run rampant through you. The side of TRUTH and LIFE desires total humility and obedience from your will so that HE can instill peace, healing and detachment from the chains that bind us to the enemy.
In the end, our eternal outcome will be determined by us. We are the deciding factor, for we have been given a most powerful weapon. We have been given free will! You and I choose, daily, whether or not we are going to, "fight the good fight," or whether we will fold,... and give ourselves up into the hands of the enemy.
If we are to be victorious in this war then we will need strategy. We will need to recognize where the aggression is coming from. We will need to understand the enemy enough to be able to resist and defeat his attacks. Only by the grace of our Divine Commander can this be done. We also need to know the TREASURES Jesus left to us to use to save the souls our our dying brothers and sisters...and use them we must! "More To Come!!"
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"Fight the good fight for love of our Blessed Lord and for the salvation of souls!" The most important thing in life, is the SALVATION OF SOULS!! This has been clearly demonstrated to us by Christ himself! Just meditate on that truth for a few moments!!!
Never forget, that the most important day of YOUR life will be the day that YOU die! That is the day that you stand before the Almighty God and give an account of your life.
So, with all these eternal thoughts in mind, let's not waste time shall we, on anything that does not take into account that most awesome, defining moment. Of the "four last things", we will all experience three of them. Death, Judgment, Heaven or Hell! CLICK here to go to START PAGE!
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