The story is told of a man who dreamed one night that he was carried to a conference of evil spirits. They were discussing the best means of destroying men. One rose and said, I will go to earth and tell them the Bible is a fable, and not God's word." Said another, "Persuade them that Christ was only a man." Still another said, Let me go; I will tell them there is no God, no Savior, no heaven, no hell." "No, that will not do," they said. "We could never make men believe that."
Finally one old devil, wise as a serpent but not as harmless as a dove, rose and said: "Let me go; I will tell them that there is a God, there is a Savior, there is a heaven and a hell, too. But I will tell them there is no hurry; tomorrow will do; tomorrow will be even as today!" And he was the devil they sent!
The story is fiction, but the message is a fact. The devil is among us today, now; but the wise are not deceived by his lies. "What will you do with Jesus who is called the Christ?" The man who thinks that tomorrow will do even as today is of all men the most deceived.
J.H. Marion, Jr.
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