The devil is both God’s enemy and His avenger (cf. Ps. 8:2). He - TopicsExpress



          

The devil is both God’s enemy and His avenger (cf. Ps. 8:2). He is God’s enemy when he seems in his hatred for God somehow to have acquired a destructive love form men, persuading us by means of sensual pleasure to assent to the passions within our control, and to value what is transitory more than what is eternal. In this way he seduces all our soul’s desire, separating us utterly from divine love and making us willing enemies of Him who made us. He is God’s avenger when - now that we have become subject to him through sin - he lays bare his hatred for us and demands our punishment. For nothing pleases the devil more than punishing us. St Maximos the Confessor
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:17:53 +0000

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