Satan is not trying to draw you in, if you are born again, he is not even trying to draw you back, the assurance of our eternal salvation is a fact, a truth that can never be altered. And even he knows that.
“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” (John 10:28)
What those forces of Spiritual darkness, those fallen angels do attempt to cause us to do, is sin. And they really do not care how it makes you feel, save for the point that it may cause you to stop serving as effectually as you previously were. What they do want above all else is to see the name of the Living God blasphemed, besmirched.
“But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.” (Numb. 32:23)
There is one way to make sure that those sins stay hidden, though not from your Father in heaven, there is nothing that He does not know, but from those you know to be your brothers and sisters in Christ.
Just don’t tell anyone about them, don’t seek help to conquer them, live a life, or at least a season, of deceitfulness.
“For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; (2nd Tim. 4:10a)
I do not know how long Demas was around Paul and others who toiled for the glory of God, but I do know that, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he was very good as being what he truly was not. And if you need another example, look at Judas Iscariot. Three plus years and all but one in that tightknit group thought that he was one of them.
I personally believe, though I have no verification of this in the Scriptures, or when it actually occurs, that Satan can see, if you will, the Holy Spirit in all who are born again.
“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” (Prov. 4:18)
He does not waste his time on those who are in bondage to him, save for one point, to use them to cause, if possible, those that are hid in Christ to sin. His pleasure, if I may use that word, is to see the Lord’s name dragged through the mud and then accuse us before the throne of grace.
He cannot draw us back, but he can cause within us desires that are not proper and right of one who serves the Living God in love for His glory. Think here on Aaron and Miriam that day, think upon Bathsheba. But then think on his same attempt with Job.
“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.” (Job 13:15)
Someone will find out about your sin, someone always finds out, whether sooner or later. And even after we have confessed them, repented of them, and been forgiven, someone will attempt to use them against you, and it will be necessary for you to explain to them what it means to be loved by Him who has forgiven you.
Our faults, my friends, even our sins, no matter how great they are, or the depth of them, are one of the greatest witnesses, the greatest testimony, to those that we meet.
That shame you feel when confessing them, when you are questioned about them, even mocked and ridiculed about them by the unrepentant, must be set aside, and the full forgiveness of them by Him whom we have sinned against because of His love for us must be the central focus point.
In a sense, if you can understand this truth, that is one of the ways that we heap coals of shame upon them, for even beginning to believe that our Father in heaven would stop loving us, even after we sin.
Satan has many subtle tricks, don’t fall for that one.
