And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. – 1 Timothy 2:14, KJV

I heard a story recently of a young woman who had given herself to the homosexual lifestyle. Raised in a Christian home, she struggled with the decision for a time, but she eventually justified her choice by telling her parents things like, “God made me this way,” and, “God wants me to be happy.” Of course, nothing in the Bible even remotely indicates that God is okay with us being happy sinners. The only thing that could support such thinking is the false notion that God didn’t really mean what He said about sin in the Bible. Such a notion is ludicrous! Just as no parents would warn their toddlers about electrocution only to encourage them to stick their fingers in a light socket, God would not (and did not) warn mankind against the dangers of sin only to encourage people to engage in it.

Yet, we have fallen for such foolishness since the dawn of time. Satan used just this method – casting doubt on God’s meanings and motives – to usher sin into the world.  Eve was perfect in mind, body, soul, and character, yet Satan deceitfully twisted God’s words to confuse the perfect mother of the human race. If Satan could successfully confuse the perfect, created daughter of God, how much more easily can he trick us, who are imperfect from head to toe? Indeed, it is very easy for him to do so, and without God to defend us, we will lose to Satan’s wily wit every time.

Throughout our lives, we will run into biblical passages that we don’t understand. In such situations, questioning what God meant by what He said is a pure motivation, and it prompts us to study for and to seek after God’s truth. But when God’s truths are perfectly clear, we must beware of any thoughts that make us doubt God’s clear meanings. God doesn’t contradict Himself, nor does He tell us one thing when He really means another. Therefore, when our minds begin to think that some places in God’s Word give us permission to commit the very sins that other places in God’s Word condemn, we can be sure that the confusion isn’t coming from God. It is coming from Satan.

When we detect Satan’s onslaughts of doubt, we’d better run to God and beg Him to help us resist. If we do, Satan will flee from us, and we will win the day. If we don’t, Satan will win the battle of wits, and before long we will let doubt lead the way to the pit of deep, dark sin.

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