Flatterer

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness. — Paul The very first case of flattery on earth was when Adam and Eve fell, the result of listening to the enticing words, “Ye shall be as gods,” and which proved the truth of “a Muttering mouth worketh ruin” (Prov. 26:28). Flatterer is a false prophet, a black man in a white robe who has trans­formed himself into an angel of light. He knows how to put on an appearance more beautiful than...