There are a lot of powerful and famous people that did not get to where they are without some powerful help. In making that statement, I am not just referring to help from wealthy or influential friends or family. And for this message, I am not referring to God. I am referring to the devil.
The Bible does depict the devil as a dealmaker. In the book of Job, for instance, Satan proposes a kind of wager with God. Later, the devil attempts to make a deal with Jesus at the end of His forty days of fasting in the wilderness. After showing Jesus “all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them” (Matthew 4:9), Satan offers them all to Jesus if the Lord will bow down and worship him.
Of course, Jesus sends Satan away with a rebuke. But what if that same offer was made to someone else? Satan is the god of this world, so he has the authority to make such an offer. Perhaps this is the same offer he will make to the Anti-Christ. Perhaps he has offered smaller deals with others.
You are invited to join Dr. T. D. Worthington for the message “A Devilish Dealmaker” in this week’s edition of PathLight.