...The devil said to Him, "All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me." Matthew 4:9. Let us note that the devil did not tempt Jesus to cavort with high-skirted harlots of ill repute, to hang out at a local bar for a night of unrestrained drinking and revelry, nor to visit one of Jerusalem’s pornographic bookstores, had there been such a thing. And it is the same with us. The devil does not tempt us in those ways. When we are tempted, it is neither by the devil nor by God. We are tempted and drawn away by our own lusts and enticed (Grk. trapped), as were are told in James 1:14 . So let us not say, "The devil made me do it." For that is not his department. We don’t need help in that area. We do an excellent, bang-up job all by ourselves. There is no end to the depth of darkness to which the fallen carnal mind can descend. It can be evil to the core....

...The devil walking about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour, came in the form of men. Both, the devil as a lion and the dragon, seek to devour, for they are one and the same. They are religious liars. Isaiah 9:15 tells us that the prophets who teach lies are the tail. Therefore, the lying prophets (preachers, teachers, etc) are drawing stars from the heavens, while the entire system of religion devours them.

If you want to see the devil, take a good look at what is happening in the ranks of those who have been caught up to God and His throne. You will see him swishing his tail of lying prophets throughout the heavens and entangling those who have been blinded by the god of this age. By rejecting the living Word of Jesus Christ — the devil, the lion, the Pharisees, devour those who are cast from heaven and held behind their gates of religion. They refuse the flesh and blood of Jesus. Not only are the leaders devouring the people and making them twofold more the children of hell than themselves, the carnal souls in the church are reduced to spiritual cannibalism. They are boiling their own sons and eating them — and they thought it such a hard saying when Jesus said, "Eat My flesh and drink My blood." O church of the world, what have you come to?