| How much the Devil controlled me! |
| When I started to evaluate myself I was surprised to
find, that I was controlled by the same lies that the Devil told Eve. |
Before knowing God’s love I used to say that,
“I have done this according to my conscience.” When I
made this statement, I would not change my stand based on someone
else’s opinion that I was wrong. During that period I believed
that my conscience is the same as God’s mind. So I thought that
what I think in my mind is hundred
percent correct. For example I thought that, not talking to the person
I don’t like, is right. But Jesus showed me, in this situation,
my mind is controlled by the Devil and when I thought I was acting
according to my conscience then I was unknowingly acting against God. |
| For me God’s blessings were money, power, acceptance
and other material things. From my childhood I saw people praying
for money, power and other material things believing that these are
God’s blessings. So I also prayed for money and other material
things believing that these are God’s blessings. Jesus showed
me that this was the result of the Devil’s message that the
“fruit will make you similar to God” controlling me with
my spirit and mind. |
| When one of my close friends (I thought that I loved
him) tried to confiscate the fruits of my hard work, and take away
from me what I believed was God’s blessings then I began to
see the Devil working in me. From that moment I started to hate him.
Jesus showed me that this happened, only because of my misunderstanding
about God’s blessing. |
| Before knowing Jesus I believed that God is love, but
he punishes us for our wrong doings and I believed that God is a person
who keeps a record of our wrong doings. |
| From childhood I believed that when God sent out Adam
and Eve from the Garden of Eden, then God was punishing Adam and Eve
for eating the fruit from the tree that gives knowledge of what is
good and bad. When this belief was ruling me, if any person tried
to ill-treat me or persecute me then I would throw away that person
(who ever it may be) from my mind for ever. This was because I didn’t
have the ability to grow beyond the character of God I believe. |
| Jesus showed me that, I was not controlled
by God’s knowledge, but by the knowledge given by the Devil
to Eve and Adam |
| Through these instances Jesus showed me that, I was
not controlled by God’s knowledge, but by the knowledge given
by the Devil to Eve and Adam. |
