DAILY TEXT, for Monday, July 4. 2016

[Queen Esther]

 

 

I will open my mouth with illustrations.—Matt. 13:35.

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2016/7/4

Some believe that Satan is “in charge” of hellfire. We could ask them: “Imagine that your child has become very rebellious and is doing many bad things. How would you react?” Likely, the parent would say that he would correct his child. (Prov. 22:15) But what would he do if the child rejected all efforts to help him? Most parents would say that eventually they would have no choice but to punish the child. We could then ask, “What if you found out that an evil person had influenced your child to become so rebellious?” No doubt, the parent would be angry with such a person. Driving home the point of the illustration, we might ask the parent, “Knowing that an evil individual had influenced your child, would you ask that person to punish your child for you?” The answer, of course, would be no. Clearly, then, God would not use Satan to punish the very same people who have been influenced by the Devil himself to do bad things! w14 5/15 1:12, 14