What If Satan Told The Truth When He Tempted Us? [Part 1 of 2]

Think for a second what it would be like if Satan were to tell the truth when he tempted people? Could you picture what that would look like? Imagine if Satan tried to tempt us honestly; it might go something like this:

SATAN: You should cheat on your wife with that good-looking girl in the office.

PERSON: I don’t think so. It’s wrong, and it would hurt my wife.

SATAN: Fair enough; you make a good point. But look, I’ve run a cost-benefit analysis for you. Here’s what I’ve come up with:

Benefits:

A few moments of physical (if perhaps awkward) pleasure.

Costs:

Disobedience to God.

Erode your communion with God.

Ruin, or possibly even end, your marriage.

Humiliate your wife.

Mess up your kids’ lives.

Public humiliation and exposure.

Might cost you your job.

Might mess up your coworker’s life.

Diseases?

Unwanted pregnancy?

Dishonor and disgrace on your church.

Wreck your witness to others.

PERSON: Yeah, wow. Umm . . . no, thanks.