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“In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him” (2 Timothy 2:25-26).
A snare is really another name for a trap, which men have used for thousands of years to catch wild animals. There is usually a part of the trap on which the animal steps, which then springs the jaws of the trap to catch the animal.
Satan lays traps for us like that. We do not suspect anything, but then suddenly we are caught, and it is very difficult to get loose from Satan’s traps. Of course, Satan does not catch us physically, but rather deceives us spiritually, so that we are caught into believing what is not true. Only the Lord is able to get us out of these traps, and tomorrow we will see how the Lord works to release us from Satan’s traps.
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