Dale Ridge church of Christ

          Many people in the world view our adversary, the devil, as a red creature with a pointed tail and a pitchfork in his hand who occasionally sits on someone’s shoulder trying to convince him or her to do something that is wrong. However, how does this depiction of the wicked one match up with what Scripture tells us about him?

          We first read of Satan as the Serpent in the garden of Eden (Genesis 3). The serpent is described as being “more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made’ (Genesis 3:1). From …

Filed under: Devotional, Michael Carter on March 8th, 2009 | No Comments »