Differences between God and the devil

* Luís Alberto Alves

Sometimes we fall into the trap that the devil can do something good. Especially when we face fights. Is not true. God and the devil are opposites. Satan will always do the opposite of the Lord, even if he uses beautiful wrapping and appears before our eyes as if it were a loving action.

First, God is love and righteousness, as written in the book of Isaiah, chapter 64, verse 4. When we take Satan from this angle, Satan can never love anyone, because he is hate, opposite God. The Lord came to build, the enemy to put down any beautiful work to glorify the name of Jesus Christ.

Equally political, the devil seeks to disguise his bad intentions, presenting a garb, which seems good in our eyes. This is the case of the principle of Talion, "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth." In the vision of the enemy of our souls, revenge is a good thing. It is to pay with the same coin, when someone commits us the bad.

This is the opposite logic of Jewish / Christian thinking. Apart from this, idolatry is normal, making sacrifices to strange gods (in Satanism children are killed and offered to the devil for fame, power and wealth), not to obey any commandment that has a connection with God.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor