Device
Rev. Justin Smidstra examines the biblical concept of 'device' as a plan or scheme—often malicious—contrasting modern physical devices with Scripture's use of the term to describe deceptive plots. The article traces how the Devil, as the father of lies, devises wicked schemes to ensnare humanity, and how sinful man, bearing the Devil's image by nature, fashions his own idolatrous devices unless transformed by grace. Through biblical exegesis and practical application, Smidstra instructs Reformed believers to be vigilant against the Devil's devices in daily Christian living.
All sorts of devices pass through our hands and before our eyes each day. The way the world works nowadays, it can be hard to imagine things otherwise. Many jobs involve various devices, or revolve around developing them. The smartphone has become man's constant companion, the Internet his bank of knowledge, the screen the first place to lay his eyes in a spare moment. The Bible has much to say about devices. True, many of the things we call devices were not around when the Bible was written....
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