And Satan Smiles

In John chapter eight, Jesus stated very plainly about Satan, "...When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies." Throughout the Bible, starting at his first appearance in the Garden of Eden, we can plainly see that Satan's chief tool of deception is the distortion of God's truth.----------This week's message reveals that same deceptive character of Satan in three separate glimpses of Jesus' ministry. Satan's influence and manipulation is reveled in the ongoing self-righteous actions of the Pharisees who desired to undermine the authority of Christ.----------Satan hasn't stopped using lies to distort God's truth today. He continues to chip away at the truth of God's Word, the faith of Christians, and the impact of the Church through hypocrisy, apathy and indifference toward purity and Godliness.