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1 Kings 13:11-19 -

The Old Serpent again.

As the ways of the serpent are tortuous so are those of Satan. If he cannot effect his purposes by moving in one direction he will move in another, and thus by crooked ways he advances ( Isaiah 27:1 ; Psalms 125:5 ). He had already tempted the man of God by means of the schismatic king, and failed; his next work is to see what influence an old prophet may have upon him. So versatile are his devices that it is our wisdom to be ever on the alert. Observe the adroitness with which he lays his plans. His astuteness is seen—

I. IN CHOOSING HIS INSTRUMENTS . These were—

1 . " The sons of the old prophet ."

(1) They were near the altar. Whether by the contrivance of Satan, or that, finding them there, he made them his tools, is not revealed. Or whether they were there out of curiosity, or sympathy with the apostasy, is not revealed. But they were there—on the devil's ground. We must keep from that if we would escape mischief.

2 . The old prophet himself .

II. IN USING THEM .

1 . See the stratagem in Eden, repeated .

2 . See the spirit of the devil .

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