Fulton J. Sheen describes what the devil's greatest trick is and shares a story of a man who asked God who rules on earth. The answer might surprise some of you but it must be known!
“We have almost forgotten that we are in a great mortal combat. Today, we are beginning either to domesticate the devil or else to deny him. The devil's definition of himself is “I am who am not.” He is most powerful when he is denied.”
“This question is worth asking: I went to church the other day to free my soul from sin. I was looking for the preacher, but the preacher wasn't in. The sexton then assured me that there’d be no use in waiting. The preacher's gone away, he said, to do some demonstrating.”
“What I want to know, I said, and I will make myself quite clear: while they're off demonstrating, who's running things down here? Who's taking care of sinners? Who's leading us in prayer, who's feeding all the lost sheep that wander by right here? Who's baptizing babies? And another thing I said: Who's looking out for sick folks and blessing all the dead?”
“The sexton was a wise old man. With a twinkle in his eye, he looked at me and scratched his head, and this was his reply, Son, what I'm going to say to you might strike you kind of odd, but since no one's here to help, put your question up to God.”
“So, I asked him all those things last night when I bent my knee in prayer. Oh, Lord, I prayed, please, tell me...who’s running things down here?”
“The Lord sent down an angel. It was enough to make me sob when the angel said, the devil, and he's doing a damn good job.”
Pastor William Ramsey: "One of the most striking proofs of the personal existence of Satan, which our times afford us, is found in the fact, that he has so influenced the minds of multitudes in reference to his existence and doings, as to make them believe that he does not exist; and that the hosts of Demons or Evil Spirits, over whom Satan presides as Prince, are only the fantasies of the brain, some hallucination of mind. Could we have stronger proof of the existence of a mind so mighty as to produce such results?"
