Do we really know God?

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”   Mark 3:11 (ESV)

One cannot help but wonder why Satan and the demons would resist God in the first place since whenever they are in God’s presence they fall down, and they acknowledge Him as God.

Think of how powerfully persuasive Satan is. To persuade those who were in the presence of God that God would somehow relinquish his power and authority to Satan is unfathomable.

Satan is so clever that He makes sin look like a good idea, even, perhaps, something God intended us to enjoy. Those who are trapped in sin usually do not know how they got there, and they have no idea how to get out from under its influence.

Many who struggle with sin know God and acknowledge God as God, yet this acknowledgement does nothing to break the power of sin in their lives.

Perhaps they know God like Satan and his demons know God, and therefore remain powerless to overcome the sin that is so natural to the Godless.

A proper relationship with God actually changes our behavior