Recently, new terms have been creeping into the English language and soon become familiar with their frequent usage. The title of this article is an example. Spin doctors are usually civil servants or other non-government officials whose task, by fair means or foul, is to produce image and gain political advantage for a certain party. They inform, or more often misinform, to gain their objectives and by massaging the truth and manipulating statistics, attempt to persuade a supposedly naïve electorate to support the party or cause they represent. We are constantly bombarded with information and propaganda and more often than not, truth is the casualty.
Not so with God. He does not employ questionable tactics to persuade. He clearly and unambiguously states the truth, desirous that men would seriously consider the facts and make a wise choice. In every situation men are freewill agents and none will be compelled to accept a place in Heaven against his or her will.
The greatest of all spin doctors must be the devil and his deadly work is supported by agencies, both infernal and human, whose sole objective is to fool the masses, resulting in the damnation of myriads who could and should have been in Heaven.
It has been so from the very dawn of creation when, in the Garden of Eden, our fore-parents were persuaded to disobey God, having been falsely told by Satan that God did not really mean what He said, when He uttered those unmistakeably plain words, " Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Genesis 2.16,17. Satan sowed doubt in their minds, distorted the truth and eventually, defiantly denied the veracity of God’s Word. His initial success, with such disastrous consequences, has emboldened him to try these methods again and again, with increasing success. Sadly, the blessings promised by the devil, never materialised and instead the truth of God’s warning became instantaneously clear when Adam and Eve realised what they had done and tried unsuccessfully to hide from the presence of God. They were driven out of that fair paradise, to know pain, sickness, toil and tears for the rest of their lives. Ultimately they would succumb to the power of death and this sad legacy would be bequeathed to succeeding generations. Thus the humbling truth concerning us all is, "Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not." Job 14.1.
The lies of the devil and his relentless efforts to confuse and delude humanity have resulted in those pitiable classes of people known as atheists, agnostics, humanists, sceptics, scoffers and others who have found a ‘refuge of lies’ and have made it their business to dispense with the truth of God. In spite of all that, the truth of God stands firm and impregnable against all the puny assaults of men and demons. God desires your blessing, presently and eternally for He is "God our Saviour; Who will have (desires) all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." 1Timothy 2.3,4.
What has the devil done for you? When did he ever display love, care, kindness or sympathy? Of the devil, the Lord Jesus said, "He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it." John 8.44. Are you going to listen to his deceit or will you at last be wise enough to heed the voice of God who proved His love for you, unquestionably, by sending His Son to Calvary to bear the punishment you deserved eternally. The infallible promise of God is, " He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life." John 3.36.