THE MARK OF THE DEVIL

and it comes with a vomit bag. Well, thankfully I never saw this movie; in fact I never heard of this movie. But the devil does exist. How do I know? The Bible tells me so.

Early, in fact. In Genesis 3:1 he came in the form of a serpent to tempt Eve. He been associated with the darkness ever since.

Colossians 1:13 perhaps best gives Christians the assuredness of his counterpart, a loving Lord because "He has rescued us from darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves."

Oh, we do have an on-going battle with him, but by being obedient to God and staying in the Word, Satan cannot harm us spiritually. (John 14:30).

In addition, we are armed (Eph 6:10) with the armor of God. This includes belt, breastplate, footgear, shield, helmet, and sword. The sword is the only weapon for offense, but it stands for the Word of God. And that's all we need to do battle. Brad Stine at Promise Keepers pointed out that we are given the armor and told to put it on. Nowhere in scripture are we told to take it off.

He's powerful all right. But he's not all right. He's just the opposite. But we're stronger when we're in the Word. And the only bag we'll need with God is one huge one. To catch all the blessings He bestows.