COVETING IS MORE THAN A SPIRITUAL DISEASE -- PART 1

Friday, May 13, 2016

Coveting did not begin with the human race. The first episode of coveting was not Eve, craving the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but Satan, the father of lies, the master of deception, coveting the worship given to the Most High. Satan was originally called 'Lucifer', which means 'morning star'. As Lucifer, he was the most beautiful of all angelic beings God created. Ezekiel 28 describes Lucifer as the model of perfection, the fullness of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Scripture tells us from the day he was created he was blameless in all his ways --until wickedness was found in him. At that point, his heart had become corrupt and he said, "I will ascend on high; I will make myself like the Most High" (Isaiah 14:13-14).

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