First Satan suggested “The Bible is true, but do not take it literally.” Now he suggests, “Christ rose from the dead but not in a literal body.” The Enemy of Christianity cannot accept the straight-forward, literal truth of Scripture, especially about itself. For if the Bible is literally true, then Satan is condemned (Gen. 3; Eph. 4). Satan is also doomed if Christ rose from the dead in a literal, physical body (Heb. 2:14; Col. 2:14). Therefore, one of Satan’s most effective strategies down through
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