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F.E. Marsh
Satan: A Devourer

“Seeking whom he may devour” (1Pe 5:8).

A well-known barrister at an assize [a court session] in South Wales, was cross-examining a hostile witness, who had been particularly shrewd in his replies.

“They sometimes call you a Devonshire dumpling, don’t they?” asked the barrister, with a mischievous twinkle in his eye.

“I believe they do,” replied the witness.

“But you are not a Devonshire dumpling?” quoth [said] the barrister.

The witness waited till the laughter in court had subsided.

“Hey, but if I had been a doompling [dumpling],” he drawled out at length, “you laryers [lawyers] ’ud [would] a’ [have] gobbled I [me] up before now!”

The Bible speaks of one who is ready to gobble up, or to use the exact word, “to devour” (1Pe 5:8).

  • Satan seeks to devour the good seed of God’s Word when it is sown (Mat 13:4).
  • He seeks to get men to devour the powers God has given, like the prodigal (Luk 15:30).
  • He endeavors to get unprincipled men to devour widows’ houses (Mat 23:14).
  • He incites believers to act unkindly to each other, and this is spoken of as devouring each other (Gal 5:15).
  • He moves the ungodly to devour believers by persecuting them (2Co 11:20).
  • And he would devour Christ and His own, if he could (Rev 12:4).
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Be not food for Satan’s feeding, but be a faithful friend for the Spirit’s leading.

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