Whose Report Will You Believe?
Devotions:
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
Genesis 1:26-28 KJV
God made man in His image and His likeness. It is for this reason that we are not to murder each other. God also gave man the dominion over the whole earth and all the living being on the earth. God called everything good and very good. So initially there was no evil on the earth.
In chapter three of Genesis we have the story of the serpent seducing Eve and lying to her about the tree that God had told them not to eat. When she obeyed the serpent, Adam was right beside her and he did not stop her. So when she offered Adam to eat of the fruit of the tree, he ate and disobeyed God. When he believed Satan over God he turned his authority over to Satan. Thus we have all the misery and calamity on the earth. The door was open to all the evil that dominates our world. Satan had man in his clutches. God looked for the right man that would believe Him so He could get back into His creation and redeem it. He found the man in Abram through which He could bring the Messiah. Jesus paid the price, redeemed us and set us free from Satan's dominion. It still comes down to an issue of faith. Whose report will you believe? God's or Satan's?