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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 1 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 1 Peter 5:8, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” Micah 7:19, “He [God] will turn again, He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” The devil has not always been “as a roaring lion.” The Devil is not the ugly creature with horns and a tail that he is so often pictured to be. Ezekiel 28 tells us that when God created him, he was “perfect in beauty , full of wisdom, great in power and was the guard of the very throne of God.” He held the highest honor ever given any created being. Verse 15 of Ezekiel 28 says, “You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created.” However, he was given the power of choice, for Ezekiel 28 goes on to say, “until wickedness was found in you.” Verse17 tells us why he was cast out of heaven. God says, “ Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth. ” God created the Devil, therefore, he is not self-existent. He is dependent upon God, his Creator. Being created by God, he owed his love and worship to God, but he rebelled and sought to take Gods place. Isaiah also tells us of Lucifer, the Devil. In Isaiah 14:12-15 God says, “How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star! You have been cast down to the earth! You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ But you are brought down to the depths of