The Bible teaches us that back somewhere
around the beginning of time, the devil was once named Lucifer.
Lucifer was created by God, and was once a perfect and
beautiful cherub or angel (Ezekiel 28:14-15). He was created
to serve and worship God, but he was created with the ability
to have freedom of choice. Lucifer chose to serve himself instead
of God. His heart became filled with pride
because
of his beauty, (Ezekiel 28:17) and he became
rebellious (disobedient) against God. He believed he could be
like God the most High (Isaiah 14:13-15). God then cast
Lucifer out of heaven because of his sin (Isaiah
14:12;
Ezekiel
28:15-19).
We must
understand that God did not create the devil as the deceiver of
mankind. The devil chose his own path of destruction.
Important
Point: No one can be God.
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