the one who practices righteousness is righteous ...
the one who practices sin is of the devil ...
The Son of God appeared for this purpose,
to destroy the work of the devil
1 John 3:7-8
You are what you eat. Or in this case: You become what you do.
If you practice sin, what happens? You join yourself to "father of sins," the devil.
If you practice righteousness, what happens? You become righteous because you begin to attach yourself to the one who is totally righteous.
God is truth. He rules with love. He yearns for right living, and the more we know him, the more we look like him and live rightly.
Satan, on the other hand, is a liar and the father of life. He rules through fear and plays on our insecurity. He wants us to look like him, compromising more and more until we have a hard time seeing the line between right and wrong.
Read that last line again. Satan isn't black and white. He's content with fifty shades of gray. God, on the other hand is jealous. He wants to draw you into light, pure light. It's not that we won't sin; but "the Son of God appeared for [the] purpose [of] destroy[ing] the work of the devil." Join him through your actions in bearing light.
In Christ's Love,
a guy who wants to be a mirror --
reflecting Christ's light
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