Recognizing the spirit that motivates

I was meditating on the origin of sin and several interesting truths were revealed that I had known but did not connect before. We always speak of Adam's sin as the original sin. Actually, sin had entered into God's "space" before that.

One of the really difficult things to consider is "eternity" and "no beginning" for God. The only way we can fathom it is to realize the completeness of God. He has no need. Time is not in His eternity. These two things are a great limitation on us as mortals. In God's eternity, outside of time, God said, "Let Us make man in our image." What we cannot understand is God's completeness of thought. So much is instantaneous in God that takes process for us. The "Us" in that involves so much more than we can comprehend. God so impressed on Moses the truth that "the Lord, our God, is One," that the Israelites could not comprehend Jesus as God in man. It was the desire for man that caused God to have three ministries for the purpose of bringing the creation of man into fruition. The ranks of angels, created for the purpose of serving man in the process of becoming God's desire, were an instant creation without process. These will not change but always be as they were created. This is Satan's frustration. God's purpose and plan are written in the stars and for this reason, Satan declared he would exalt himself above the stars.
Isaiah 14:12-14 (NLT) 12 “How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world. 13 For you said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars. I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north. 14 I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’ It is Satan's jealousy of man's destiny that caused his rebellion. With his rebellion, sin began.

In God's completeness, He already had everything covered to attain His desire. He wrote our names in His Book of Life and Jesus became the Lamb of sacrifice. Satan had no knowledge of God before his creation and only knew the Ministries of God in their plurality. To me, the greatest sacrifice Jesus made was not coming to our realm to die for us, but that, forever, He will be as we are. Yes, He is our Lord, but He, the Creator, has become the creation for our sake. We will forever bow to His Majesty and the Love He showed us--the very nature of God. Also, we cannot but honor, forever be grateful, to the Holy Spirit, Who willingly lives in us to guide and shape us into the image of God. How great is the love of God for us!

When it comes to defining sin, we must see God's view as expressed in I Samuel 15:22-23(NLT)22 But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. 23 Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.” Another translation uses "is as" instead of "as bad as". I think it is a little stronger, for Jesus said we must become "as a little child" to see the kingdom of heaven. There is a stronger identification in that usage. I often wake up with the Lord speaking to me, and the other day, He was speaking this scripture and said, Satan uses witchcraft to imitate the Holy Spirit.

Satan certainly uses rebellion (which is a spirit) to resist God and is the heart of his deception to Eve. But there is a seducing spirit to witchcraft and Satan certainly seduced Eve and also Adam. I have often wondered how Adam, who had been taught by God and fellowshipped with God, could have been deceived enough to ignore what God had taught him. But the seducing spirit from Satan is very strong. Satan plays on anything in our mind, emotion or spirit that will open to his seduction. Adam must have had a curiousity about the tree and Satan's explanation must have triggered that curiosity to open the door.

We know God hated witchcraft, homosexuality, pride and idolatry. But Satan has so seduced the present generations now living on the earth, that they call evil, good, and the good they call evil.