I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil? Christ wanted to serve. The devil wanted to rule.
The Devil, of course, must have been or must be a very charming person.
The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.
In this manner, I continued with Satan for ten days. His answer and blasphemy were too shocking to pen; till I was worn out with rage and malice against him, I could not bear myself.
Why doesn't that Devil take me with him? It would be much better with him than it is here.
I'm not even scared of the devil. If the devil confronted me, I'd confront him as well.
Because I never thought the Lord would treat me any different from any other honest man or that I had an official position that compelled the Lord to help me in any other way than He would help any other man.
The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.
As for the Devil - that is somebody our religion tried to do without for a long time.
I do not think I could myself be brought to support a man for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.