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comprehend human-leve! knowl–
edge, such as animals cannot com–
prehend, except by the presence of
the spiri t of roan, which is
IN
him.
This spirit that is in every human
imparts to the human brain the
power of physical intellect.
The spirit cannot see. The huma n
brain sees, through the eye. The
brain hears through the ear. The
brain even does the thinking, the
reasoning, by power imparted by
the spirit that is in man.
When the Bible speaks of a man
receiving the gift of God's Ho ly
Spirit, it says, "The Spirit itself bear–
eth witness
with our spirit,
tha t we
are the chi ldren of God" (Romans
8: 16). Tha t is, the Spirit from God
impregnates, imparts divine Spirit–
life, in the same manner tha t a
human sperm cell imparts human
life to a female human egg cell
(ovum).
Now 1 want you to understa nd
the connection. The Bible reveals
that Satan is an immortal spirit
being. Originally he was the arch–
angel cherub whose name meant
light-bringer (Lucifer in Latín)
(lsaiah 14: 12), who was perfect from
the time he was
CREATED
(Ezekiel
28: 15) until he was found to be law–
Jess, in iniquity. He sealed up the
sum of wisdom, per fecti on and
beauty from creation, uotil he re–
belled against authority and decided
to become a hating aggressor and
rebe
l.
There is much, much more to this,
but space does not allow the whole
story here. Satan is revealed in the
Bible as the god o f this world (TI
Corinth ians 4:4), who has deceived
the whole world - all nations (Rev–
elation 12:9).
He is revealed as "the
prince of
the power ofthe air,
the spirit [being]
that now wo rketh
in
the children of
disobedience" (Ephesians 2:2).
It
is
highly important to under–
stand that. Satan is the
god
of
this
world. Satan
tumedfrom
God 's way
of
LOVE -
love to God in worship,
trust, obedience, stead fast faith.
And
LOVE
to fellow man in outgoing
concern for the good and welfare of
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others equa l to self-concern - the
way of helping, sharing, giving, co–
operation.
Satan turned
to
the way of vanity,
self-centeredness, greed , lust, com–
petition, strife, jealousy, envy. ha–
tred.
This world is Satan's world.
1t
is
geared to self-concern, competition.
strife, taking, ge tting, criticizing, ac–
cusing, injuring.
And Satan , a super-powerful
spirit being, is god of this world!
But
HOW
does Satan work
in
-
inside of - the people of this world?
How does he deceive them? This is
important! Notice carefully!
Satan is the prince of the power of
the air. He works in people by
broadcasting! Satan goes
ON THE
AIR.
Let me exp lain. When G o d
wanted to move King Cyrus of Per–
sia to send Jews back to Jerusalem
to build the second Temple, notice
how he did it! He "stirred up the
spirit
ofCyrus king of Persia. that he
made a proclamation thoughout all
his kingdom" ( 11 Chronicles 36:22,
23; Ezra 1: 1-2).
God did not ta lk directly to this
Gentile king. He did not give him a
vision. Cyrus did not hear any voice.
God merely
SROADCAST
the impulse
on a wavelength with which Cyrus'
spi rit was in tune. Cyrus did not
hear a voice. But the impulse carne
into his mind. He did no t know or
even question how it got there. All
of a sudden, he simply had an im–
pulse - an urge - to do it, a nd he
did.
The
spirit
tha t is in every human
is in tune with Satan's wavelength.
Satan does not broadcast in words
or in any la nguage. He does not
broadcast in sounds. He broadcasts
in atti tudes, impulses, moods. He
broadcasts in the attitude of rebel–
lion, resentment against any author–
ity, selfishness, cntlCISm, envy,
jealousy, competition, strife, un–
happiness.
These, in the human mind, we
have falsely called
HUMAN NATURE.
Ba bies are
NOT
boro with such atti–
tudes. They a re born with a normal
self-love, which, of itself, is not nec–
essarily evil. T hey are
NOT
born, on
the other hand, with any real out–
going concern fo r the good of
others.
That
must come from teach–
ing and from the Spirit of G od . But
neither are they born with envy,
jealousy or hate. Those atti tudes a re
injected into them by Satan as they
grow up.
Yes. Satan works
IN
the people of
this world. By the time a young man
becomes about age 16, with a body
that has been growing more rapidly
than his mind. he
can.
without
proper teaching and self-control. be–
come a very dest ructive individual.
But babies? They are just as in–
nocent and sweet as their parents
have thought they were.
What. now, is the
CAUSE
of al l the
escalating troubles in this world?
Our first parents disbelieved the
teaching of their Creator. They took
to themselves the decision - the
production of the knowledge - of
what is right and wha t is wrong.
Their offspring have been do ing it
ever since. Revelation - truth re–
vealed from God - has been
RE–
JECTED.
And Sata n h as been
BROADCASTING
his attitude. This
has caused every wail of human woe
that has beset unha ppy ma nkind.
How is it a ll going to culminate?
The Creator God has marked out a
6,000-year period Lo allow man to
make his own decisions - go his
own way. under influence of Satan's
broadcasting - to
PROVE
once for all
time that Satap's way is
HARMFUL
and
NOT G OOD.
The n God
ÍS
going
to intervene. He is going to send
J esus C hrist, thi s time in all the su–
preme power and glo ry of the great
God, to remove Sata n and to
RULE
all nations with God's law of love,
as defined above. He will restore to
this earth the kingdom of God -
which is the government of God.
We shall have 1,000 years o f world
peace, ha ppiness, universal prosper–
ity, a nd universal well-being.
There is a
CAUSE
for every
EFFECT.
God's government will produce this
bounteous harvest of joy and every–
thing good.
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