EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/3/2025 10:23 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-1 “Being Loyal To The Truth”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 2 John 7-8
Message of the
verses: “7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge
Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the
antichrist. 8 Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished,
but that you may receive a full reward.”
As I look at verse seven I can see that the problems
that we have in our world today, problems with deceivers has not changed much
from the time when sin first entered our universe. I can’t explain how it was that someone who
was created by God and was perfect became a sinner when sin had not even been
defined then, but Lucifer who became Satan who was perfectly made by God turned
his back on God and tried to usurp power over God. I believe this is explained in two of the
prophets, Ezekiel, and Isaiah and the explanation can be summed up in five “I
will’s.”
“The 5 ‘I
Wills’ of Satan” Compiled
by Rev. George F. Parsons Let us consider the five "I WILLS"
of Lucifer as found in Isaiah 14:1314: 1)
"I WILL
ASCEND INTO HEAVEN." Lucifer wanted to mount up or scale to the heavens.
He desired to occupy the highest heavens:
to probe, and to penetrate the kingdom of the infinite God. He wanted to
have a very HIGH position!
2) "I WILL
EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD." Lucifer’s position and service
before God’s throne was not enough. He wanted a throne from which he could
exercise final authority and make decisions pertaining to the angelic host
("the stars of God"). He wanted to rule over all the angels. God had
made him an exalted angel, but Lucifer wanted to be exalted even more. (He was
not content to shine as the "morning star"; he wanted to shine as the star of stars--with
a brilliance that would far outshine all the other stars (even as the sun’s
brightness makes all the other stars fade away so that you cannot even see them
during daylight hours).
3) "I WILL
SIT ALSO UPON THE MOUNT OF THE CONGREGATION." He desired to sit or be
enthroned in the highest place having all the angelic assemblies in submission
to him. He wanted to be the center of attention. He wanted to be IDOLIZED by
all.
4) "I WILL
ASCEND ABOVE THE HEIGHTS OF THE CLOUDS." "Clouds" are often used
in the Bible to speak of the glory of God (see Matthew 24:30; Acts 1:9; Rev.
1:7). Lucifer coveted God’s glory for his own.
He failed to acknowledge that his glory and beauty all came from and was
dependent upon God. In his sinful pride, Lucifer wanted a glory that would
impress and dazzle all creatures.
5) "I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH."
He wanted to be EQUAL with God and to take God’s place as Possessor and Ruler
of all. He wanted to become a completely independent creature, responsible to
no one.”
The following comes from Ezekiel
28:11-19 and it too speaks of Satan.
11
Again the word of the LORD came to me saying, 12 "Son of man, take up a lamentation over
the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, "You had the
seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 “You were in Eden,
the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz
and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the
turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and
sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared. 14 “You
were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on
the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 “You
were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness
was found in you. 16 “By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled
with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the
mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of
the stones of fire. 17 “Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You
corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I
put you before kings, That they may see you. 18 “By the multitude of your
iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I
have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you. 19 “All
who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become
terrified And you will cease to be
forever."’"
Lord willing I will continue looking at the verses
from 2 John 7-8 further in tomorrow evening’s Spiritual Diary. Look at these verses from both Isaiah and
Ezekiel and it will help explain how sin entered into the universe, and then in
the 3rd chapter of Genesis we see because Adam and Eve sinned and
this is how it entered into the human race.
From that moment in Genesis 3 we get the background of how all of these
cults began and are still going on today.
In the seven year tribulation period, which takes place soon after the rapture
it will come to a climax with the return of Jesus Christ from heaven to end it.
5/3/2025 10:50
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