Satan at work

Acts 6: Have you ever been deceived? How clever is our arch-enemy? He doesn’t seek to deceive the unrighteous, for they are already his servants, but he aims to deceive the righteous. Jesus rightly called Satan the deceiver, and we see him at work in this chapter. He always works in secret, as we saw in the lives of Ananias and Sapphira in Chapter 5, and in the trial of Jesus before the religious leaders. It is his secret tool, and we must be aware of his work lest we are taken into his kingdom’s work. Note vs 11: “They secretly instigated” some men.

Why does Satan use this tool? It is because of what John wrote in John 3: “People loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.’ [Jo 3:19] And what is the fruit of these secret works? “They incited the people as they did before Pilate. But, worse, they incited the elders and the scribes of the law who should have had discernment and wisdom yet they languished in their darkness. Truly Jesus said to them: “you search the scripture thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life but these scriptures testify about Me.” [ Jn 5:39]

Today be wise and discerning as you listen to words presented to you.