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A new and damaging virus is floating
around on electronic mail these days. A warning about it says that none of the
main virus detection programs can detect it. But at the same time the reader is
told he or she can easily find and eliminate the virus by searching for a file.
Virtually everyone can find this "infected" file because it is on most Microsoft
Windows based machines. It is SUPPOSED to be there, and it isn't a virus!
This
ingenious "virus" is a hoax that gets the reader to delete one of his
own files. This is
an age-old scam used
by con artists to make people WANT to give up their money
or take unusual risks.
Satan makes use of the same technique.
At
Eve's temptation in the garden, the serpent talked her into wanting to
do what she knew was
wrong. He tried the
same mind game with Jesus in the wilderness temptation.
Satan will try to get
you to believe a lie so that you will self-destruct.
Paul wrote,
"Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm
against the schemes
of the devil." (Ephesians
6:11-13) We have to be on guard against
Satan's deceptions.
He loves to see us hurt ourselves.
If you
know and study the Truth (the Scriptures), and Satan's wily ways, it will
be a lot harder for
him to take advantage of you.
All Scripture references are from the New American Standard
Version unless otherwise noted.
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