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Letter From A Friend

Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (I Peter 5:8)

Hey Christian -

I saw you this morning as you dragged yourself out of bed. You had plenty of time to look good for your friends at school, but no time for prayer- good job! As a matter of fact, most of the time you don't even give God thanks for your food (or anything else for that matter), or pray before you go to bed. You are so amazingly ungrateful, I like that about you. I also love it that you think the Bible is a boring book. I truly admire anyone who thinks the double-edged sword of the Spirit is a butter knife. I cannot tell you how glad I am that you have not changed your way of living. Fool, you are still mine.

Don't forget that you and I have a long-standing relationship where I deceive you, and you listen to me. Why do I do this? Because you are made in the image of the One I hate, so I hate you as well. Jesus kicked me out of heaven, but He died for you- which is another reason I hate you. God has a picture of you in His wallet; I have a picture of you on my flaming dartboard. So my plan is to tempt you to do the very opposite of what God would want, all the time making it seem like that's the fun thing to do. I will be grinning from ear to ear as I watch you yield to my voice and trash your life. I take great pleasure in seeing tears come into the eyes of Christ as He watches you spit in His face with your lifestyle. Sometimes I wonder if the nail prints that He bears for eternity still cause Him pain as you trample His grace.

Oh, and if you have some "holy cause" idea that you are going to get serious about living for Jesus, forget it. Just think for a minute about all that you would be giving up: watching dirty movies and visiting trashy internet sights, cussing people out, stealing, lying, being hypocritical, fornicating, overeating, telling dirty jokes, gossiping, being judgmental and unforgiving, back stabbing people, disrespecting adults, and those in leadership positions, no respect for the Church, and bad attitudes- just to name a few. What kind of life would that be?

So I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say "thanks". You think you have the best of both worlds by trusting in Christ and living for me, but in reality you are of all people most to be pitied. Thank you also for keeping your mouth shut whenever your friends ask you about Christ. Not only is your silence keeping the gospel away from them, your double standard life is causing dozens of others to doubt Christianity- rock on! I already have reservations made for your friends, so don't mess that up.

Bye for now, but I'll be back at a more opportune time. Make sure you burn this letter so that no one sees it, plus as you look into the flames you'll see a preview of what will happen to your pathetic life accomplishments on judgment day. Keep up the good work!

Warm Regards,

Satan (a.k.a. Angel of Light)

Questions:

  1. Are you truly serious about your walk with God? Why or why not?
  2. How much of this letter applies to you?
  3. What is one change you want to make in regards to your relationship with God?