Isaiah 41:25-29 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.  Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

None but Jesus.

We desire to know truth, to speak truth, and to do what is right. I am sure of my desire, yet all that I know, speak and do falls short of my desire. It is vanity on my part to think I can be all that I desire.

I am in Christ and Christ is in me. While this is true, it does not remove me. I still exist. It is a truth that the Holy Spirit abides with me to be all that Christ said that He should be and do in me. Yet that does not remove me. I still exist.

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

I continually have to renew my mind because I live in a world where I see and hear things which are not of God. The more time I spend in the world, the more time I need to spend in the Word of God to renew my mind and stop the unsound influences of this world.

It is vanity on my part to think that I can, by force of will, keep in perfect alignment with God’s Word. I use a flawed human brain to try and hold onto all that is right, true and good. I need help and that can only come from the One who is right, true and good.

Yet He trusts me enough to disciple others.

Genesis 3:8a And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:

This is a hint. It is not in truth the whole story, it is but a hint. But to what?

Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

There is the second hint. Once again it is not in truth the whole story. A glimpse into the visual says something which the words themselves do not say, and is a hint as to what might be going on in the mind of one angel, Satan. Can we build doctrine upon this? Please do not. A hint is a hint and is nothing more than what is inferred, a possibility that relates to human behavior.

Point one is that God came to Adam and Eve to be with them. Point two is that the angels came to God.

Human nature says Adam and Eve got special attention. Does an angel as powerful as Satan look to these humans as deserving special attention? Where in the bible can we see his attitude towards man?

Job 1:9-11 Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

In human terms, that sounds resentful. Satan wants to test Job to see if he can break the bond between God and Job. Doesn’t that sound similar to what Satan, that worm, the old serpent did with Eve? Now I do not want to impose the notion that angels act like men, but here in Job we do see what appears to be resentment.

Could jealousy be at the root of Satan’s tempting of Eve?

Not doctrine, I’m just saying, I can take a hint.