Devil’s Beatitudes
Blessed are they who are too tired and too busy to go to church on Sunday, for they are my best workers.
Blessed are they who are bored with the minister’s mannerisms and mistakes, for they get nothing out of the sermon.
Blessed is the church member who expects to be invited to his own church for he is part of the problem instead of the solution.
Blessed are they, who gossip, for they cause strife and divisions that please me.
Blessed are they who are easily offended, for they soon get angry and quit.
Blessed are they who do not give their offerings to carry on God’s work for they are my best helpers.
Blessed is he who professes to love God but hates his brother and sister, for he shall be with me forever.
Blessed are the troublemakers, for they shall be called children of the devil.
Blessed is he, who has no time to pray, for he will be easy prey.
Dear Friend,
First, let me say that there wasn’t anything intentional about using beatitudes and blessed in the story. It was just an approach used by the author that would catch attention. And it caught my attention for sure. I just thought it was a neat concept. You see we don’t realize just how much the devil can use even Christians, especially when they are the busiest.
Second, although your definition of blessed is correct, another definition is “to bring happiness, pleasure, or contentment.” I do think the devil is happy when Christians are too busy, when they are bored, when they gossip, when they are easily offended, when they don’t give their offerings to God, when they don’t have time to pray, etc. They can become ineffective for God and benefit the devil and his mission.
You also mentioned that holy and hallowed is not in the devil’s vocabulary but I have been taught that even the devil knows scripture, sometimes even better than we do. And another definition of holy is: “Belonging to, derived from, or associated with a divine power. Regarded with or worthy of worship. Specified or set apart for a religious purpose.” I’ll bet if you asked the devil he considers himself a divine power. Look how many people worship him. And Satanism is a real religion.
Please remember that we appreciate your opinion and welcome any and all letters, even ones that might tell us we made a mistake. We all make mistakes and if we do, we would be happy to print a retraction. In this case, I don’t feel a correction is necessary.
Blessings,
Kris Rhoades
Editor
Dear “Well” Ministry,
I am writing this letter to you about the article written in your publication called the Devil’s Beatitudes (Volume 4 Issue 1).
First of all beatitudes is blessedness, and does not come from the devil, and second blessed means Holy or hallowed and is not in the devil’s vocabulary.
This article needs to be corrected. Using beatitude and blessed should not be used in this way, because it will cause confusion for people. I am not trying to offend, but to help you.
God Bless your ministry,
A friend in Christ
This comment was originally printed as a “Letter to the Editor”