SATAN DIVIDES BUT GOD UNITES
By Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
Satan is the Father of the ‘Divide and Conquer’ doctrine which
has been used very effectively by totalitarian nations like the Nazis,
Communists and Muslims and others in the centuries past. President Barack Obama
has disappointed America, dividing it along moral, racial and economic lines,
and is now known as the ‘Amateur’ and
Liar-in-Chief!
Therefore, it should not be a surprise that Satan has employed that
disastrous tactic in almost all forms of government, academia, business,
society, the home and even in the church! He is the smoothest Liar and Schemer
in the Universe!
It was LUCIFER who initiated the ‘divide and conquer’ strategy. He alone
is responsible for the divisiveness that is so prevalent in the world today,
pitting nation against nation, race against race, gender against gender, brother
against brother and man against God!
It was he who rose up in rebellion against
his Creator. It was Lucifer, the trusted archangel, who influenced one third of
the holy angels of God to follow him in an unholy insurrection against the
Almighty!
The Bible states: “And there was a war in Heaven: Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not. Neither
was their place found any more in Heaven. And the great Dragon was cast out,
that old serpent called the Devil, and Satan, which deceived the whole world;
he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
“And I heard a loud voice saying in
Heaven; Now is come salvation, and strength, and the Kingdom of our God, and
the power of His Christ; for the accuser of the Brethren is cast down which
accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the BLOOD
of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives
unto the end.
“Therefore rejoice, ye Heavens and ye that
dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! For the devil
is come down unto you, having great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a
short time.” (Rev.12: 7-12)
SATAN TURNED MAN AGAINST GOD!
Satan is a clever Manipulator, Divider, Destroyer and
Destabilizer! He destroys individuals, marriages, homes, churches, communities,
nations and civilization itself. In the beginning he destroyed the beautiful relationship
that our Heavenly Father had with ADAM and EVE, which has had a catastrophic
effect on the human race ever since!
As a consequence, man was
banished from the Garden of Eden, lost the beautiful Father / son intimacy with
their Creator and God. Man's innocence and right to eternal life was snatched
away as sin, fear and death loomed large before them, causing fear, guilt and a
terror-filled leap into an unknown future!
Almost immediately, the ‘divide
and conquer spirit’ brought
discord between the sons of Adam and Eve. Satan injected jealousy into the
heart of Cain against Abel, causing the first murder on
planet earth. It is not a natural impulse for a man to murder his brother, but
Cain fell for Satan's lies and took his brother's life. Murder has since been
duplicated millions of times over the centuries!
SATAN
ENTICED JUDAS WITH GREED!
It is
almost unbelievable that our Lord would choose twelve disciples and spend three
years training and teaching them all about the Kingdom of God, righteousness,
holiness, mercy, truth, Heaven and Hell, and one of them betrayed Him. Jesus
had nurtured the twelve Apostles, shared the deep mysteries of His incarnation,
role as God’s Paschal Lamb, His death, resurrection and coming Glory and yet
His secretary Treasurer, JUDAS, stole from the Bag and eventually sold Him for
thirty pieces of silver.
And we
feel badly, when someone we have elevated to a position of trust and
responsibility, suddenly turns 180 degrees and bites the hand that has fed him
and seeks to destroy that which he promised to build!
No wonder,
Jesus said: “Verily, verily, I say unto you; The servant is not greater than
his Lord, neither he that is sent greater than He that sent Him…I speak not of
you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
He that eateth bread with Me hath lifted up his heel against Me” (John
11:13-18)
The Bible says: “And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill Him, for
they feared Him. Then ENTERED SATAN
into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being one of the twelve. And he went his way, and
communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him unto
them. And they were glad, and covenanted
to give him money. And he promised and sought opportunity to betray Him unto
them in the absence of the multitude.” (Luke 22: 3-6)
JUDAS’ betrayal of Jesus for money is a stark lesson to us of the
sinister and evil mind set of Satan in his war against the Gospel and Christ’s
Body, His Church! Ever
since then, the Devil has on numberless occasions found dishonest, jealous and
greedy workers in God’s Kingdom who take advantage of gullible, unsuspecting
believers to support them economically and psychologically, often to their own
hurt and that of the Church. Anyone who hurts the Church to gain his own ends
is Satan’s tool!
Remember, that Satan DIVIDES but Jesus
UNITES. Satan divided man from God, but Jesus brought man back to God through
His sacrificial death on the Cross!
MUSLIM NATIONS HATE
ONE ANOTHER!
Fast forward to
our time and see the rage, hate, dishonesty, pillage, mayhem and murder,
happening now between Muslim nations, as they reach for the golden ring of
power over their brethren. Although they hate each other, they hate Jews and
Christians more and according to their teaching will one day rule the world
through a Muslim Caliphate, led by the Grand Mahdi or the 12th Imam!
We believe that horrific ‘Murderer
in Chief’ could very well be the Antichrist who will be cast into the
Lake of Fire together with the False Prophet and Satan himself. Here are Jesus’
Words on the subject: “And the Devil
that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the
Beast (antichrist) and the false prophet are, and shall be
tormented day and night forever and ever.” (Rev.20: 10)
Their Sharia Law gives them the right to kill every Jew and Christian to
set up a world Caliphate of Sharia Law. How Satan must exult in his evilness as
he sees the raping, beheadings, torture and murders happening now in the Middle
East, Africa and other nations by al-Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram, Taliban and the
Muslim Brotherhood!
AN
ENEMY HATH DONE THIS!
“Another parable put He forth unto them,
saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in
his field: But while men slept his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat,
and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit,
then appeared the tares.”
(Matt.13:24-26)
SATAN has
been busy sowing tares among the wheat. He has infiltrated many churches with
the promotion of his soft sell Gospel, greasy grace, easy believism, same-sex
marriage, abortion, Chrislam and other damning doctrines!
The Bible warns: “These
six things doth the Lord Hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto Him...he that soweth Discord among brethren.” (Prov.6:16-19); “Now,
I beseech you, brethren, Mark
them which cause Divisions and
offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned: and avoid them.”
(Rom.16: 17)
St. Paul
says: “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves; for they watch for your souls, as they that
must give account, that they may do it with joy and not with grief: for
that is unprofitable for you.
“Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great Shepherd of the sheep, make you perfect, though the Blood of
the Everlasting Covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do
His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight,
through Jesus Christ: to Whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.” (Heb.13:
17, 20, 21)
JESUS
IS BUILDING HIS CHURCH!
St. Paul gives a powerful recommendation
for Timothy in his letter to the church in Philippi: “But I trust in the Lord
Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I may be of good comfort, when I
know your state.
“For I have no man like-minded, who
will naturally care for your state. For all seek their own, not the
things which are Jesus Christ's. But ye know the proof of him that, as a son
with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.” (Phil.2:18-22)
What a commentary St. Paul gave of the
preachers of his day, with the glaring exception of Timothy - “For all
seek their own” - not caring for the flock. What a surprise awaits them
when they stand before the Living God and are judged for their works and their
words!
There are two kinds of Christians:
The Building Crew and the Wrecking Crew. The worst kind are the hypocrites with
a hidden agenda. To your face everything is wonderful but if unmasked, they
will turn against you with a vindictive spirit. That is demonic!
Our Lord, however, keeps the books and looks
after His Own. And in the end, He is merciful and forgives all those who have grieved
Him. I thank God through Jesus Christ for His longsuffering and grace unto those
who have sinned and cry out for mercy, lest they come into condemnation! May
His name be praised!
I close with these eternal words of our
Master. Jesus gets the Last Word. He declared: “I will build My Church and the
gates of Hell will not prevail against it.” (Matt.16:18). Always remember that
Satan Divides but God Unites. Praise the Lord forever and
ever! Amen.
