Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it, for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die. “Death of what?” our innocence, of only knowing that which is pure, righteous and good?  The understanding that with God our provider and protector, we would lack for anything. In the Bible man didn’t lack anything until they ate of  the forbidden fruit tree. The devil does exist, he is the hater and divider between man and God.

“Sin, what is it sickness, labour for what you want in life, contraction pain during labour, poverty, anything that can cause pain, fears and suffering, death, could it be considered an out of control action, or is it also evil?” Paul wrote in Ephesians 6:11, 12 Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil, for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Jesus was the one who stopped Paul on the way to Damascus from going to prosecute his followers and changed him that he too became a follower. Paul I believe got his wisdom, knowledge and understanding from Jesus, to have been able to change, not just his life around but from being a prosecutor of the follower to becoming a follower himself. It took the power of the almighty to witness and touch his soul in a way that he, Paul can now acknowledge that he was fighting or prosecuting Jesus’s followers because of the principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places. “Who could have revealed that to him, but Jesus?”

So what is it that Paul teaches us when it comes to evil? Evil is not about fighting against a physical body, but a force beyond our control that comes from a place of cruelty and hatred toward our existence in this world. Spiritual wickedness is the mockery of all things God consecrated as spiritual and truth. The devil mimics it to deceive and confuse man, that anything God can do, he the devil can also do. There are people who choose evil over good and consider it a religion, a sort of a belief to practice, to call on the dark and evil forces to give them control in the world along side what is know as the prince of darkness himself the devil. I now understand by what authority he, the devil was given his ruling in this world, other than he stole it when he manipulated Eve to eat the apple.

Jesus took it back when he was crucified and resurrected, I believe, because Paul told us in Ephesians 6:13-18 Just how to defeat the devil. Where for take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, (your loins is the hips and lower abdomen regarded as a part of the body to be clothed or as the region of strength and procreative power. To girt your loins means to get ready to do something difficult or strenuous.) So when we are told to girt our lions with truth, the truth is that God is real and we are worship no other. Having on the breastplate of righteousness ( all that Jesus has revealed unto us as the will of God.) And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.(feet shod means wearing lor putting on shoes, and if it is on your feet you automatically know we have to not only wear shoes but walk in it also.) Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.(the word faith here is used not for things that we are wanting and hoping for, but refers to our belief in God, as a protection all around us from the fiery darts of the wicked. Jesus is the son of God that overcame the devil and through faith, he is our protector. The fiery darts is a metaphor for the hell fire pointed directly at you, which we cannot see with carnal eyes, but rather with spiritual eyes. I describe it as a strong emotion like hate, and resentment that can pierce right through you. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. (helmet of salvation is to keep in mind all that Jesus has come on the earth to do for us.) Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.( prayer and supplication in the spirit means to ask humbly for your request in prayer, focusing only on the things of God not that which is in the world.) Watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints, means this is not about you, it’s about all others like you who are fighting the same fight, you all have to be on guard, support one another, despite the difficulties you may have to face be determine, with humility continue in prayer.

When people claim that there’s no such thing as a ghost. What they fail to realize is that Jesus was the first ghost mankind has ever seen. He was crucified, died then resurrected and was walking around the earth for forty days and was seen by his followers. Matthew 27:50-53 Jesus again gave a loud cry and breathed his last. Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart, the graves broke open, and many of God’s people who had died were raised to life. They left the graves, and after Jesus rose from death, they went into the Holy City, where many people saw them.  Here come devil mimicking God, with his own imposter ghosts frightening innocent people and controlling their mind with all kind of fear. Evil which is what I considered to be deception illusion of truth displayed by the devil, to destroy mankind relationship with God.

Why didn’t God just kill the devil I always thought to myself, or was the book of Job God’s way of telling us, that devil existence became part of His plan for humanity when Satan put a challenge to God that he could influence his faithful servant Job to curse him to die, if he does whatever he wants to him except touch his soul, Job1:6-12. Why did God allow Satan such a privilege?  Did God realize this in the Garden of Eden or was it when Cane had slain his brother Abel, because he didn’t kill Cane either? Yet he destroyed all of humanity except eight; Noah and his family. But then the question would be also, why when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit, who was before warned not to by God and did eat, why didn’t God kill them and the devil right there and  then and just started over? But then that got m thinking, what if there was no such thing as evil good or bad, because as the scripture says Romans 8:28 all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.