While Watching Aladdin
While watching the new Aladdin a dynamic spiritual truth uncovered and presented itself to me. Early on in the movie Jafar looks at Aladdin and says, "Steal an apple and you are a thief. Steal a kingdom and you are statesman". As I thought about this statement I asked myself, "How do you steal a kingdom?" The answer came to me quickly: Convince the heirs that the kingdom is not theirs. Jesus described satan's modus operandi as that of one whose will is to "kill, steal and to destroy" (John 10:10a). Consequently, Jesus first describes satan as a thief in this verse. "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy." Our King is describing the thief's motivation and what his plans are well before he ever engages us so that we can rest assured that the outcome he wants is a negative one. If the father of lies can convince the sons and daughters of God that the Kingdom does not belong to them and they were be re...