What, or Who, Influences Your Way of Thinking

 November 8 2025

Did you know that Satan isn’t opposed to you being good, or having morals?

Let me repeat that – Satan is not opposed to you being a good person. What he is opposed to is Jesus Christ and those who have accepted Him.  But fellow Christians – do YOU understand this?

Really, Satan doesn’t care if you think you’re a good person, or in fact, if you ARE a good person. All your good works – volunteering, being kind to a neighbour, having integrity - he doesn't care.

He cares how you follow Christ. If you bow your knee to Him and acknowledge Him as your Saviour and Lord of your life.

Satan is the father of lies, the master of deceit and deception. He gets a medal for having convinced us that morality is on an equal level with spirituality.  How many of you think being a good person is the same as being Christian? You feel you’re okay with God if you treat others well, and have managed to avoid the big sins, and therefore your reward in Heaven is a given.

What a horrible lie, a lie that has misled so many. Remember the Pharisees – poster children for impeccable morals, following the law to the inth degree. Oh yes, they were respected because of their religious devotion. What did Jesus call them? Read through Matthew 23 – His absolute scathing scorn of them and their practices speaks volumes! He calls them blind, hypocrites, fools.

Their morals weren’t bad, but they replaced Christ. Morality can’t save you, but Christ can.

Satan is a trickster of the highest order, adept at fooling good people into thinking they have no need of a saviour.

Do you fit into one of these categories:

An atheist who does good works, making him feel good in himself and therefore has no need of God.

Or those who follow Buddhism – meditating, doing no harm, feeling enlightened without Christ.

A Muslim who prays five times a day, but not to Jesus, and still feels righteous.

Or, and probably even worse, an upstanding Christian, moral, regular church goer, even tithes. And doesn’t see any need to surrender to the Living Christ. (Side note, Buddha and Mohammed are dead – of what help are they?)

Jesus saves, through Grace, through the freely offered gift of salvation.  “For by Grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”  (Eph 2:8-9 NKJV)

There’s no argument that you can be kind, compassionate, generous, and respected if you’ve never accepted Jesus. But that leaves you lost. You know, your soul is eternal, it is your choice where your soul will reside for eternity – with Christ or separated from Him, forever, in hell.

Imagine your shock at finding yourself in Hell and trying to argue (too late) that you were an upstanding citizens, a good parent, never broke a law – but you also NEVER accepted Christ.

All the enemy needs to do to accomplish his goal is to keep you from that ONE thing that is of eternal value – accepting and surrendering yourself to Christ.  It’s so easy for him once he gets you to trust in your own morals and good behaviour instead of Christ’s sacrifice. And bingo, then you believe in your own works instead of Christ’s finished work on the cross.

Satan wins. Morality and good works without faith means he sees you in hell and smiles.

Please, this is serious – most people I know, outside of my faith circle, see themselves as good people, and yes, I’d agree they are. But they are missing out on one vital, eternity-changing piece. Accepting Jesus Christ as their Saviour.

Is this you – take stock. You can’t rest on your good behaviour. Your eternal future is not worth that kind of gamble – only the precious blood of Jesus can wash away your sins, make you new and acceptable to God. God, who wants NONE to perish, wants to gather you into His arms when your physical life is over.

Don’t be distracted by Satan’s lies – his time is short and these days he is scrabbling and scratching at so many under the guise of feel-good emptiness.

“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.”  (James 4:7,8  NKJV)

In this moment – right now, you can make the decision – and pray:

“Dear LORD Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and that You rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and ask You not my heart and my life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Saviour. In Your Name, I pray.  Amen”

I pray Satan will not be the victor in your life.

 

In His name, with love,

Liz