what do you think paul meant by satan comes as a bearer of light? he is not as obvious as you think. faith is something that doesn't depend on anything else but what god has already done. satan attacks this -"hath god really said"- ("any whom believe in me have eternal life!") he will repeat this constantly trying to sew doubt into your mind. his ministers of righteousness (by the law) will attack and berate you, jezebel will slander you and accuse you, cain will kill you for trusting the blood of the lamb, balaam will sell you out to satan while speaking pleasantly about you, korah will refuse to recognize that you child of god and because of that, reject god directly.
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