Fragment: The Angel of Light

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Satan is transformed into “an angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:1414And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. (2 Corinthians 11:14)). We should not be surprised that the devil, who is “a liar, and the father of it” (John 8:4444Ye 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. (John 8:44)), should cover wicked doctrine and ecclesiastical falsehood in beautiful garments—garments that appear to the natural eye more fair than God’s divine truth. He does this so that falsehood becomes acceptable while divine truth is undermined and cast out and all this at the expense of holiness.
Even among Christians, the Apostle Paul warned of those who, in creating divisions, “by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting” (Rom. 16:1818For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. (Romans 16:18) JND). Let us “hold fast the form of sound words” (2 Tim. 1:1313Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 1:13)).
Anon.