Lucifer is banished from Heaven
When you become holy, the devil hates you. When you pray, it makes him scream in rage. He wants you to be HIS minion. He is jealous of God, and that jealousy is what got him kicked out of Heaven to begin with . Lies are the method by which Satan binds followers to himself, and lies are a sure sign of someone who has given themselves to the dark one.
The number, kind and degree of lies that a person spews is a sure indicator of just how much the liar is in thrall to Satan. If you are a holy person, however, the degree to which you are merged with God is the same degree to which the Devil's people will attack you.
"Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth:
I came not to send peace, but the sword. For I came
to set a man at variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law
against her mother in law. And a man's enemies shall
be they of his own household. He that loveth father
or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he
that loveth son or daughter more than me is not
worthy of me. And he that taketh not up his cross
and followeth me, is not worthy of me"
~Matthew 10:34-38~
When we give our lives to the Lord, and if we obey his commandments, we become part of the body of Christ. As adopted sons and daughters of the Lord, we share the goodness that is God. There is no deceit in God. There cannot be! Therefore, people who lie distance themselves from God and join themselves with Satan. Liars share Satan's hatred for the goodness of God, and if a liar sees goodness in another person, the liar automatically hates the good in that person.
This is why the holier you become, the more troubles you may have. You will be the prime target of every evil that you encounter.
Some people imagine that the more holy you are, the more fun your life will be, and the more worldly success you will have. Just look at the lives of Jesus and his followers and you will realize the folly of that idea. Jesus and all but one of the apostles died in grisly fashion because they were holy.
We are called by Jesus to carry our cross. Carrying a cross isn't pretty. It is a harsh, sweaty, bloody struggle. Like Jesus, a crowd may taunt you, spit on you and call you names. They will lie about you and tear your reputation to shreds with vulgar cat calls. It isn't pretty, but we must not lose our nerve.
Saint Peter, on whom Christ built his church,
was crucified upside down
Banish the idea that love of God brings you earthly success. Quite the opposite. If you are a true believer, and if you follow our Lord sincerely, you may be in for a bumpy ride. Satan will pursue you unmercifully. He will torment you and try to turn you to him, tempting you with every earthly delight.
You may be surprised at the guise in which the Devil appears to allure you. There is no profession, no status and no beautiful visage that is automatically exempt. Satan sits within the most unexpected persons, squatting there like a fat toad, belching lies, calumny, and all manner of deceit. Satan has been a liar from the beginning, and appears in the first book of the Bible, coaxing Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of good and evil that God told her not to eat. Satan appeals to her ego, promising that she will be a God herself as a result of her disobedience, encouraging her to compete with the Lord - something with which he himself is familiar, having refused to serve God and been thrown out of heaven for it.
"And the serpent said to the woman, 'no, you shall
not die the death. For God doth know that in what
day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be
opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good
and evil."
Genesis 3:4-5
If you are one of those holy people who has truly given themselves to the Lord, and you find yourself the target of lies and calumny, do not lose heart. Being attacked by liars is a sure sign that you are on the right track.
Pray for those who are trying to destroy you here on earth. They will be destroyed at the end of their lives and thrown into Hell like Satan, if they do not renounce him, not only by words, but by their actions. After all, even Satan can recite the Bible. It is one's actions that determine whether or not we really love the Lord.
Thy pride is brought down to hell,
thy carcass is fallen down: under
thee shall the moth be strewed, and
worms shall be thy covering. How
art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, who didst rise in the
morning? How art thou fallen to
the earth, that didst wound the nations?
~ Isaias 14:11-12 ~
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