Topic: Trade By Barter
Text: Genesis 1:26-28

Satan operates a diabolical trade by barter. He offers something in order to take another thing from those who decide to play games with him. However, no one can play games with Satan and win. No matter how alluring what the devil offers looks, he would always give you an inferior thing in order to take a superior one from you. What lesson can we learn from our text?

The first thing to note is that the earth belong to the Lord, according to Psalms 24:1 “The earths is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof, the world, and they that dwell therein.” The earth is the Lord’s not because somebody gave it to Him but because He created it. The creation of the earth was His idea. In Genesis 1:1, the Bible says: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” It was after that He decided to give man domino over it.

This is recorded in our text. Man made a great mistake by handling the glory bestowed upon him by God to the devil who for a period of time, held control over the earth. When God faced Satan in the wilderness during the temptation, the devil tried to bargain with the Lord over the earth but God refused him. When man handed the earth to the devil, you can imagine the feeling of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Bible tells us in Isaiah 63, that Jesus was very angry. He decided to fight to regain what belonged to Him. Jesus paid the supreme price in order to restore unto man what was lost through the diabolical trade by batter. Thank God, we are now redeemed. However, we need to constantly be on the watch. Satan is still looking for ways of exchanging our good for his evil. He must never succeed.

Memory Verse: Psalms 24:1 - “The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world, and they that dwell therein.”