Satan is not opposed to good morals.
He’s opposed to Jesus Christ.Read that again because most Christians miss this completely.
Satan doesn’t care if you’re a “good person.” He doesn’t care if you volunteer at the food bank, recycle your trash, and help old ladies cross the street. He doesn’t care if you’re kind, generous, and well-liked by everyone in your community.
He cares that you don’t bow the knee to Jesus.
Here’s the deception that’s damning millions:
Satan has convinced people that morality equals spirituality. That being a “good person” is the same as being a Christian. That if you just live right, treat people well, and avoid the “big sins,” you’re acceptable to God.
This is a lie straight from the pit of hell.
James 2:10- For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
The Pharisees had impeccable morals. They followed the law meticulously. They were respected, disciplined, and religiously devoted.
Jesus called them children of the devil.John 8:44- Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. 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.
Why? Not because their morals were bad, but because their morals replaced Christ.
Satan’s greatest trick isn’t making bad people worse. It’s making good people think they don’t need a Savior.
Think about it:
The atheist who feeds the homeless thinks he’s good enough without God.
The Buddhist who meditates and practices compassion thinks she’s enlightened without Christ.
The Muslim who prays five times daily thinks he’s righteous without Jesus.
The morally person who goes to church, pays his tithe, and avoids scandal thinks he’s saved without surrender.
All of them are headed to the same place: eternal separation from God.
Because morality doesn’t save. Jesus saves.
Ephesians 2:8-9- For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Satan loves moral people who reject Jesus. They’re his best advertisement for the lie that you can earn your way to heaven.
They’re living proof that you can:
- Be kind without Christ
- Be generous without God
- Be disciplined without the Holy Spirit
- Be religious without redemption
John 14:6- Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
The most disappointed people in hell won’t be the murderers and rapists. They’ll be the moral, upstanding citizens who thought their goodness was good enough.
Their morals became their idol. Their goodness became their god.
And Satan smiled because he’d accomplished his goal: Keep them from Jesus.
Titus 3:5a- Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us
Here’s what most Christians don’t understand:
Satan doesn’t need to make you do bad things. He just needs to keep you from doing the ONE thing that matters: surrendering to Christ.
If he can get you to:
You can live a moral life and still die lost. You can be a good person and still face judgment. You can avoid all the “big sins” and still end up separated from God forever. Because the ONLY SIN THAT DAMNS YOU ETERNALLY is rejecting Jesus Christ.
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” John 3:36
The murderer who repents and believes in Christ is NOT damned.
The thief who turns to Jesus on the cross is NOT damned.
The prostitute who washes Jesus’ feet with her tears is NOT damned.
The moral, religious person who rejects Christ IS damned.
That’s why Satan loves morality without Jesus. It sends people to hell with a smile on their face, convinced they were good enough.
Stop trusting your morals. Start trusting Jesus.
John 10:9- I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Your goodness won’t save you. Your works won’t redeem you. Your morality won’t justify you.
Only the blood of Jesus Christ can wash away your sin and make you acceptable to a holy God.
Colossians 1:14- In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Everything else is just Satan’s distraction from the one thing that actually matters.
Luke 13:27- But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Here’s what most Christians don’t understand:
Satan doesn’t need to make you do bad things. He just needs to keep you from doing the ONE thing that matters: surrendering to Christ.
If he can get you to:
- Trust your morals instead of Christ’s sacrifice
- Rely on YOUR goodness instead of GOD’s grace
- Believe in your works instead of Jesus’ finished work
You can live a moral life and still die lost. You can be a good person and still face judgment. You can avoid all the “big sins” and still end up separated from God forever. Because the ONLY SIN THAT DAMNS YOU ETERNALLY is rejecting Jesus Christ.
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” John 3:36
The murderer who repents and believes in Christ is NOT damned.
The thief who turns to Jesus on the cross is NOT damned.
The prostitute who washes Jesus’ feet with her tears is NOT damned.
The moral, religious person who rejects Christ IS damned.
That’s why Satan loves morality without Jesus. It sends people to hell with a smile on their face, convinced they were good enough.
Stop trusting your morals. Start trusting Jesus.
John 10:9- I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Your goodness won’t save you. Your works won’t redeem you. Your morality won’t justify you.
Only the blood of Jesus Christ can wash away your sin and make you acceptable to a holy God.
Colossians 1:14- In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Everything else is just Satan’s distraction from the one thing that actually matters.
Luke 13:27- But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Romans 10:13- For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
