"Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies" - John 8:42-44 (ERV)
Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Germany and Russia signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. This treaty promised that neither nation would attack the other, and it laid out a plan for how they would divide the nations of Eastern Europe between them. However, in 1941, Adolf Hitler sent his tanks across the Russian border in a sneak attack. Obviously, Hitler had no interest in keeping his word; the treaty was only a temporary measure until he could do what he wanted. (The Collapse of the Soviet Empire, G. J. Neimanis)
The above story reminds me of an African proverb that says "A chameleon can only change its colour but never change its skin". That is, the devil may change his mode of operations from time to time but his true nature and identity will forever remain the same.
In John 8:44, Jesus Christ described Satan as "the father of lies". The devil will tell you anything you want to hear to get you to do what he wants you to do. He is indeed the grandmaster of deception who breaks every promise that he makes like the highly dreaded Adolf Hitler of Germany.
Therefore, if Satan promises you riches, affluence and power, it will definitely be a temporary package with loads of sorrow and grief attached to it. (Proverbs 23:5, Proverbs 10:22). If he offers you a wife, then you have Satan as your Father-in-law and you can imagine how miserable life will be thereafter (Judges 16:1-5). If he promises you a child, no matter how much you lavish on him/her, the middle name of that child will be Fool, Pain and Sorrow (Proverbs 17:21). If Satan 'arranges' a car for you, then you have only succeeded in collecting a mobile casket for your entire family. If Satan gives you a house, then the description of your house will be "The Castle of Tragedy or Mansion of Agony" (Psalms 32:10). If Satan promises you a job, then you may have to spend every dime you earn to nurse his evil children like HIV AIDs, cancer, kidney failure, etc.
Beloved, Satan is the grandmaster of deception who lures his victims and murders them prematurely (Romans 6:23). And since a chameleon can never change its skin, then, you will be a big fool if you believe the devil has something good in stock for you. Why do you want to enjoy the treaty of sin for a season when you can choose to embrace the truth for eternity (Hebrews 11:25). Therefore, I urge you to turn your back on the grandmaster of deception today, surrender your life genuinely to Jesus Christ and revoke every agreement you have entered into with the devil before it will be too late to do so.
The statements below summarise the true nature and compensation plans of the grandmaster of deception recorded in John 8:44.
"Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst;
He promises honor and pays with disgrace;
He promises pleasure and pays with pain;
He promises profit and pays with loss;
He promises life and pays with death" Thomas Brooks
My prayer is that, you and I will never walk into the wicked web of deceptions that the devil is using to harvest souls into the dungeon of everlasting sorrow. And as the Lord lives, everyone already captured shall be set free completely before it will be too late.
Good day and God bless you.
Maranatha!
Bro. Okanlawon Taiwo
https://okanlawontaiwo.blogspot.com
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