CAUTION! SATAN KNOWS HOW TO PLAY AN ANGEL OF LIGHT TO DECEIVE...

2 Corinthians 11:1-33

1 I wish I could bear myself a little in my madness! But bear me still.

2 For I am jealous of you with a jealousy of God; for I have prepared you to present you as a pure virgin to a husband, namely, to Christ.

3 But I fear that just as the serpent deceived Eve by her cunning, so too may your senses be corrupted, and depart from the simplicity that is in Christ.

4 For if anyone were to preach another Jesus to you that we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit which you have not received, or another gospel which you have not embraced, you would rightly suffer it.

5 Because I think that I was in no way inferior to the most excellent apostles.

6 And if I am rude in speech, yet I am not rude in knowledge; but already in all things we have made ourselves fully known among you.

7 Have I sinned, humbling myself, that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

8 Other churches I have deprived to serve you, receiving wages from them; and when I was present with you, and was in need, I was burdened with no one.

9 For the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need; and in everything I guarded myself from being burdensome to you, and I will keep myself still.

10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this glory will not be withheld from me in the regions of Achaia.

11 Why? Why don't I love you? God knows.

12 But what I do I will do, to cut off occasion those who seek occasion, that in what they boast they may be found just as we are.

13 For such false apostles are deceitful workers, transfiguring themselves into apostles of Christ.

14 And no wonder, for Satan himself is transfigured into an angel of light.

15 It is not long, then, that his ministers are transfigured into ministers of justice; the end of which will be according to their works.

16 Again I say: Let no one judge me foolish, or else receive me as foolish, so that I may also boast a little.

17 What I say, I do not say according to the Lord, but as for folly, in this confidence of boasting.

18 For as many boast after the flesh, I also will boast.

19 For, being you wise, you willingly tolerate the foolish.

20 For you are suffering, if anyone puts you into bondage, if anyone devours you, if anyone catches you, if anyone exalts himself, if anyone smites you in the face.

21 Ashamed I say this, as if we were weak, but in what anyone has boldness (I speak foolishly) I also have boldness.

22 Are they Hebrews? me too. Are they Israelis? me too. Are they Abraham's seed? me too.

23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as outside of me) I even more: in works, much more; in lashes, more than they; in prisons, much more; in danger of death often.

24 I received from the Jews five quarantines of lashes minus one.

25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, one night and one day I spent in the abyss;

26 In journeys often, in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from my nation, in danger from the Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the wilderness, in danger in the sea, in danger among false brethren;

27 In work and fatigue, in vigils often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness.

28 In addition to external things, the care of all the churches oppresses me every day.

29 Who weakens, may I not weaken? Who is scandalized that I don't open up?

30 If it behooves me to boast, I will boast concerning my weakness.

31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is eternally blessed, knows that I do not lie.

32 In Damascus, the ruler under King Aretas posted guards at the gates of the city of the Damascenes to arrest me.

33 And I was lowered in a basket by a window in the wall; and so I escaped from their hands.

"...Satan himself is transfigured into an angel of light." 2 Corinthians 11.14B

The bible teaches us that the enemy of our souls, the spirit of the world, has many faces; and we can see that sometimes he is called in some passages of scripture as "the Devil", other times he appears as "Satan", there are also some occasions when he appears as "the Dragon", and there is even that well known passage in that he appeared as the ancient "Serpent" in the garden of Eden. This ability to transfigure its form is clearly evidenced in the book of Revelation 12:9, which says: “And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, called the devil and satan...”; this verse ends up making it clear that all these names are actually different faces, or shapes, of the same creature. But these are just the most familiar faces of the enemy of humanity, but they are not by far the only forms that the spirit of the world can take, in fact, the bible itself shows many others with which it approaches people, in cunning ways and pernicious, surreptitiously or deliberately, to seduce, deceive, imprison, hurt and destroy their lives in countless different ways.

In this text we are going to talk a little bit about the face of the spirit world that I consider the most dangerous and that has done more damage since Adam and Eve stepped on the surface of the earth for the first time. I am referring to what is written in: "...Satan himself is transfigured into an angel of light." 2 Corinthians 11:14B.

Note that one of the faces, or forms, that the spirit of the world can assume, and often does, is the face of an angel of light, and this can be understood literally and, or figuratively, just as dangerous. It was because of this knowledge, too, that Paul, the apostle, when writing to the Galatians, left recorded the following teaching: "But though we ourselves or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you than what I have preached to you, let him be accursed. " Galatians 1.8.

Note that Paul talks about the possibility that an angel from heaven could appear, at some point, to try to preach, or announce, as he says, another gospel to people, including using the words and teachings of Paul himself or the other apostles to give an appearance of truth to his false gospel, but that even if it did, true Christians should totally ignore that "angel" and everything he said. So you might think the following: Does the devil preach any gospel? And the answer is: Yes, and not just one, but several distorted gospels of which we've already covered some in the text that talks about Galatians 1.6 which says: "I marvel that you so quickly passed from him who called you to the grace of Christ into another gospel .".

It is quite true that anyone with even a modicum of spiritual biblical understanding can recognize the enemy of humanity when he presents himself and acts as the devil, the accuser and the cause of doubts; likewise it is relatively easy to recognize him if he appears and acts as satan, the distorter of order, the cause of strife, and the bringer of chaos. That is why he uses these two faces generally, but not solely, to influence people who have no knowledge of Christ or those who do not believe in Jesus; these are the mundanes who roam the earth like easy prey who don't realize that around, the predator, like a lion, is lying in wait to devour them.

The problem is that both mundanes and many people within congregations have a hard time identifying the action, refusing the enemy's offers and offers when he arises and behaves in some of its other forms, such as the two which I consider the most pernicious. When this creature, the dragon, acts transfigured as the spirit of the world, as he did when he approached Jesus in the following passage: "Again the devil transported him to a very high mountain; and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory And he said unto him, All these I will give thee, if thou shalt fall down and worship me. Matthew 4:8-10. Realize that, on this occasion, the enemy approached Jesus, transfigured as the spirit of the world, trying to confuse, deceive and seduce the Master with promises of worldly glories, but Christ identified him, refused his offers, promises, and pushed him away making it clear that he knew exactly who the enemy was, even hidden in another form, so he said clearly "...Satan go away..."; at that moment Jesus was making it clear that he could identify him even though he was transfigured in any other form. And that is what we as Christians must do; otherwise we will be seduced, deceived and imprisoned, living under the terms and standards of the world.

But the fact is that this ability to identify the devil's transfigurations has not happened to many within the congregations, they fail to notice when the enemy approaches, in the form of the spirit of the world, whispering thoughts, desires, wishes, dreams and sowing all the mentalities, principles, standards and so many other distortions that govern mundane society, throwing seductive words, offering and promising everything the world has to give to those who bow to it, that is, embrace its ideas and live according to its terms, as well, making them believe in all kinds of illusions created to imprison hearts, minds and human lives, making them suffer and carry heavy burdens for as long as they can stand to live in these conditions.

What I'm trying to do here on this blog is precisely to point out the tricks, mentalities and thoughts that the spirit of the world uses and how they influence people's lives, often from birth. My desire here is to show how we can use Christ's teachings to break the spirit of the world's influence on our lives, including in areas where we don't even imagine we are being manipulated, and thereby transform our existence so that we can independently identify our enemy. of the form or face that it is transfigured, so that we are not affected or reproduce such harmful influences neither in ourselves nor project them on those around us. And that brings us to the heart of our subject here, which is the dragon's ability to assume the form of an angel of light.

I believe you should already know that, in the Bible, the word light also appears as a figurative representation of knowledge; as in the passage that says, "Lamp to my feet is your word and light to my path." Psalm 119:105, that is, the understanding of this verse is that the Word of God is what gives us knowledge so that we can, by applying this knowledge, keep our lives in all righteousness, truth and justice. Therefore, knowing that light also means knowledge and that the dragon transforms into an angel of light, we can conclude that, in fact, what he actually does is change his form into an angel of knowledge.

And how does he do it? Offering and promising to give knowledge to people. The truth is that the vast majority of members and leaders who are in the congregations would certainly refuse any, or at least most, of the proposals and offers made by the enemy that involve everything that is known to be inconsistent with right and dignified living, as per example: Drugs, prostitution, theft, dishonesty and so many other things like these, but very few people are able to refuse proposals involving receiving knowledge, which is why the spirit of the world uses this trick of transforming itself into an angel of light to impress, seduce and deceive congregation members and leaders; and the fact is that such a strategy, even though it is the oldest he has, is devastating, and it still continues to have immense effect and wreak countless havoc.

In fact, this same strategy was used in the dawn of humanity as it is revealed in the book of Genesis 3:4-5, when the enemy under, the face of the serpent, offers the knowledge of good and evil to Eve and Adam, through taking the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden of Eden; it is written: "Then the serpent said to the woman, You shall certainly not die. For God knows that in the day that you eat of it (the fruit) your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil .". Note that the serpent seduces Eve by offering the knowledge of good and evil and promising that she would be like God; so the bible says that by eating the fruit, both actually received such knowledge of good and evil, as it is written: "Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked..." Genesis 3.7 . But they condemned themselves and all humanity.

Likewise, even in the present day, billions have been brought down by the enemy just like that; very few people, regardless of being worldly or claiming to be Christians, as well as whether they are leaders or members, have really been able to refuse the seduction and arguments of the enemy when he offers any kind of knowledge, because he, transfigured as an angel, uses all the logic and coherence of the world to make his words make sense, and, for those who congregate, he recites the passages and biblical teachings that say that every Christian must acquire knowledge, in order to offer knowledge that is not lawful for us to possess, such how the "knowledge of good and evil" was to Eve and Adam. But true Christians, like Christ on that high mountain, are able to discern the subtleties of the spirit of the world no matter what form it is transfigured in, and they completely refuse any offer, argument, and promise of knowledge that is placed before their eyes. , however logical, coherent and harmonious it may be, it does not matter whether it is theological, ecclesiastical, revolutionary, or philosophical knowledge, or psychological, financial, or ministerial, existential, or prophetic, or historical, or cultural, or about miracles, or about angels, or about demons, or about the heavens, or about hell, about God, about the universe, or about any other matter that catches the attention of the human heart.

True Christians keep in mind that not all knowledge is for men, just as the knowledge of good and evil was not for the first couple; hence it is written, "The hidden things are for the LORD..." Deuteronomy 29:29. true Christians recognize the value of knowledge, but know that too much knowledge can cause countless distortions, as well as overload, pain and even suffering; as Solomon said in: "For in great wisdom there is much weariness; and what increases in science increases in work." Ecclesiastes 1.18; this same verse is put in the NTLH bible in the following way: "The wiser a person is, the more troubles he has; and the more he knows, the more he suffers." Therefore, true Christians do value knowledge, but without overvaluing it and without becoming addicted to it, Christians are not willing to do everything to obtain knowledge, there are limits that do not cross; moreover, they are able to distinguish the pure knowledge that comes from God, through His Word, from the knowledge that comes from the spirit of the world transfigured as an angel using the Word of God to have an appearance of truth and righteousness.

It is written: "Be sober, watch, for your adversary the devil prowls around, roaring like a lion, seeking whom he may engulf." 1 Peter 5:8; and one of the most effective ways he uses to engulf lives is to give too much knowledge, unnecessary and indiscriminate knowledge about all possible themes and subjects of interest to humanity and congregations, to make people's eyes open to what you shouldn't see and know what you shouldn't know. This creates doubts, disputes, disputes, confusions, divisions and all kinds of chaos.

Be aware that you can identify more of this face of the spirit of the world and not get caught, trapped or devoured by it; and believe me, many have already been. Keep to the simplicity of the sound doctrine of Christ and do not desire the knowledge that has been multiplied by the lips of false leaders and prophets or doctors of lust, as it was said in: "...Having itching in their ears, they will heap up for themselves doctors according to their own lusts..." 2 Timothy 4.3B; for these doctors are also those who, within congregations, are receiving all the influence and knowledge offered by the spirit of the world, like an angel of light, to defile, weaken, trouble, and devour the multitudes.

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