If it wasn't for the devil, we wouldn't be here, would we?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As for the Devil - that is somebody our religion tried to do without for a long time.
Whether or not the devil is really good or evil is something that we don't really know.
Why doesn't that Devil take me with him? It would be much better with him than it is here.
We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil.
The devil is compromise.
This discourse, and the present frame of my mind, lead me rather to speak to those, who by feeling Satan's fiery darts, know assuredly that there is a devil.
The devil's main purpose is not to scare us, in a horror-movie way; when we're scared of him, we're alert to him, and that might undermine his plans. Instead, he wants to quietly, subtly lure us into stepping away from God.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
Now, we can't stop the devil from coming against us, but we can overcome him each time - if we exercise the authority of Jesus and decide not to put up with him.