Question 53 of 61
Of Man's Second Condition
How is this condition of all now like the Devil?
Answer
The Devil is sinfull, naughty; and he is miserable: So every man, every woman, and child, is by nature very Naughty, and miserable (; ; ).
Read the 3 proof texts (KJV)
- John 8:44
- Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
- Ephesians 2:2-3
- 2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
- Acts 26:18
- To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.