"If we cannot be torn in pieces by the roaring lion, if we may be hugged to death by the bear, the devil little cares which it is, so long as he destroys our love to Christ, and our confidence in Him.” — Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
The serpent is equally satisfied by scorn and assassination as he is with seduction and assimilation. He doesn't care if its teeth or treacle; as long as it ends with your faith dead or deadened. Whether you are ripped apart by rage monsters or smothered to death by smooth talkers makes no difference to him so long as it ends with you and your faith suffocated. It could be the chaos of this world bearing down on you or the concerns of this world welling up inside you. Whatever distracts you from faith in Christ works for him.
Matthew 13:5-7
Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
Satan will use any weapon that works — whether scorched down by heat from outside or choked up by anxieties from within, he rejoices in the dead ends of either.
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