Bow 1 by Apostle Femi Lazarus: MP3 Download & Sermon Notes

The Devil's Strategy: Making God Look Like a Liar

The fall in Eden follows a predictable pattern. Look at Revelation 12:7-9 — the devil convinced angels to rebel, promising them total dominion. Those angels became fugitives, cast out of heaven, reserved in everlasting chains under darkness until judgment. He promised takeover; he delivered ruin.

He made the same move on Eve. Genesis 3:4-5. He said: your eyes will be opened and you shall be as gods. When they ate — were their eyes opened? Yes. But they were opened unto death, not unto life. The very first thing they saw was their nakedness. The first feeling that followed was shame.

He told them what would happen. He just did not tell them what kind.

For Eve to be deceived, she had to first believe God was a liar. You cannot rebel against God until you have first perceived him as a liar. That is the devil's entry point — always. He plants doubt in the word of God, then paints a picture of what you are supposedly missing.

Go and check the history of anything the devil gives. Not only will it not last — it destroys the receiver.

What the Devil's Glory Actually Costs

• Those who chase wealth through occult means — the river goddess, the charm, the ritual — find that the child born of that pact behaves like the one who sent it.
• The biggest names who walked the crooked path a decade ago — where are they now? Some lost their minds. Some lost everything.
• The glory the devil offers is a fading glory — the Bible calls it that specifically. It can only depreciate.

Consider the man who builds his life on compromise. He cannot walk freely. He is always checking — who saw me, who is tracking me, is my phone being monitored? There is no rest. There is no ease. There is no peace.

If you are eating garri with groundnut and there is peace, you are wealthier than the man who has the world without it. No amount of money in this life can buy peace.

There are men who perform rituals where the quantity of grain a chicken eats determines how many years they have left — a full-grown man reduced to begging a chicken to eat more. That is the dignity the devil offers.

The Blessing of God Maketh Rich and Adds No Sorrow

In contrast to everything the enemy peddles, there is the backing of God — a covering no charm, no deal, no compromise can replicate. This is not a position reserved for preachers. Jesus had not yet begun public ministry when the Father declared: this is my Son in whom I am well pleased.

Proverbs 10:22

When God is with a man, there is a glory that covers him. Those who watch from the outside can see that something is different — not because of what the person has, but because of who backs them.

• The young man who has never devalued himself is building something more durable than anything compromise can purchase.
• The one who will not trade dignity for a house is safer than the one who did — one moment of exposure from losing everything gained.
• The man in Christ has been blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ — an inheritance available without selling a single thing.

When a man has Christ, he has everything.