Before the Fall...."That Could Have Been Me."
Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky." Luke 10:18
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We know that the devil's sin was pride that caused him to fall for all time. Let us examine this. Lucifer is an Angelic intelligence. Before the fall he was constantly before the face of God, so he knew God, and he knew all God's attributes. Lucifer knew that God's justice was perfect, if God said it was so, it was right and just. Lucifer new that the will of God was perfect, that if God willed something it was perfect and right. Lucifer knew God and he knew the love of God. Yes, God loved Lucifer, His light bearer.
The angels have free will just like we do, the danger came when in being God's light bearer, that Lucifer saw himself as having the attributes of God. He thought because he bore the light, he was the light. Lucifer also thought God could not do without him. Lucifer was the light bearer, only he could do this job for God, no one else could! (Mistake #1: Thinking that we can do or give anything to God or add to his measure or that God would lack something without us, He would not.)
So if I am the only one that can do this task for God then, I must be like God too! He needs me! Since I know God and I know God's love, then because He loves me and only I can do this job for Him, THEN NO MATTER WHAT I DO, HE WON'T PUNISH ME. (Mistake #2: Assumption of a permanent state of Salvation.) If we know Christ, we know that we fail Him and seek reconciliation daily, sometimes even hourly if needed. It is very true that we must truly work out our salvation in fear and trembling!
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Thank-you Adele, for this reminder. I recently had a dream that I was 'tweeting' the Angelus :)
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