psychology, humanism, or hedonism). In a variety of ways mankind suffers under the evil rule of Satan and the fallout of his battle against God. However, Satan is not the only reason man suffers. Through sin we bring on our own suffering: Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap (Galatians 6:7); and, we suffer because of the sin nature of others; and, because of those things that have been cursed as a result of man’s disobedience to God in the Garden.