[Faith-talk] Matthew 15:10–20 revised addition

[Linda Mentink]

I consider Peter a friend, but God is not a female.  Also, I 
think the Bible makes the differences between God and Satan very 
clear, and this up-tu-date story messes with my head!
Thanks for sharing it, though, Ericka.

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From: Ericka via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
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Subject: [Faith-talk] Matthewl 15:10–20  revised addition

For those considering Matthew 15:10-20 today, the story is told.

A day came in heaven when Satan thought that he might finally 
have the upper hand over Jesus and his attending goodie people so 
Satan approached the heavenly throne and said, “I believe that 
I have finally infiltrated the very fabric of the world and that 
I am ready to take full control.  You see I have given bits of 
information to the people over the years and now they have 
created this network of computers and programs that are so 
cleverly interfaced that even you cannot fully understand the 
genius of my plan.  That tree of knowledge thing back in the 
garden? Well that was just a warm up for what I have planned for 
this generation.  Why all of the knowledge of the world can be 
accessed in a matter of minutes if you just know the right key 
combinations.  Indeed, the people may not be as wise as you are, 
Lord, they may be wiser.  What do you think about that?”
 God curled her hair around her finger for a while; she pursed up 
her lips; she wrinkled her forehead and then asked, “So why 
have you come here today to tell me this? There seems to be a 
weakness in your plan somehow.”
Satan hedgingly replied, “I just need a little time without 
your interference to make it all work.  What do you say?”
God said, “I can’t imagine why I would agree to such a 
plan.”
Satan challenged, “I’ll bet that I can enter more data on 
more people on earth in less time than anyone you can send.”
God asked, “Why should I enter data in a computer when I 
already have the book of life at my disposal?”
Satan cajoled, “Humor me.  It’ll be fun, and if I lose, I 
promise I’ll leave the world alone.”
God considered Satan’s request.  She asked, “How long are you 
thinking this contest will take?”
Satan challenged, “You seem to be fond of three days as a time 
of interfering in my business, so let’s say three days.”
God agreed, “Okay, I’ll send Jesus to your little 
competition.”
Well the time came.  Satan was jumping with excitement when Jesus 
arrived.  At the moment the starting bell sounded, Satan pulled 
out a flash drive and started downloading information he had 
stored earlier.  Jesus smiled and started entering information on 
creation beginning with Adam and Eve, then working his way down 
through history.
At the end of the first day, Satan had more than twice as much 
information entered than Jesus.  Satan was gleeful.  Jesus 
smiled.  At the end of the second day, Satan had more than 6 
times more information than Jesus.  Satan was prancing around 
claiming certain victory.  As the time on the third day near the 
end, a power surge ran through the entire network, and Satan’s 
computer crashed.  When Satan restarted his computer, he 
discovered all of his information on computer science, 
astrophysics, nuclear physics, wall street finance, and all of 
the busy people making money was gone.
Satan cried out in frustration, “I can’t believe it! I have 
lost everything! We’ll have to start again.”
Jesus just smiled.
God disagreed with Satan.  “Well, it appears that you have 
lost, Satan.  Jesus seems to have much more information entered 
than you have.”
Satan, very angry, shouted, “How can that be? The same power 
surge hit his computer.”
God, smiling very broadly, remonstrated, “That is true, but you 
see, Jesus saves.  By the words of your mouth and the intent of 
your little contest over power, you have been de-filed.”

A pastor friend of mine (Peter Heide ) wrote this and thought I 
would share.



Ericka Short
 from my iPhone 6+
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