Introduction
Photographs
Rev. & Sis. Pike
Rev. Pike
Little Bethlehem
The Effectual Fervent Prayer
Behold, I Will Do A New Thing
I Pledge Allegiance
The Mount Of Beatitudes
The People Heard Him Gladly
The People Who Sat In Darkness
Poems
A Letter From God
Covers
Ahora Somos Hijos De Dios
All Hope Gone
All That I Have
Anointed Faith
Command Thou Me
Complete In Him
Continual Warfare
Daniel's Last Week
El Fruto De Sus Pensamientos
Faith Unto Salvation
Fear No Evil
God's Healing Word
God's Will
Hidden Manna
I'll Ride This Trail Again
La Señal De Su Venida
La Vida De Rut
La Zapatilla De Vidrio
Life's Storm
Limiting The Unlimited
Now Are We The Sons Of God
Perfect Love
Revelational Truths
The Covering
The Crucified Way
The Faith
The Fruit Of Their Thoughts
The Gift Of Christmas Time
The Goodness Of God
The Harvest
The Life Of Ruth
The Sign Of His Coming
The Time Is Fulfilled
The Unlimited God
Things That Remain
Visions
Youthful Days
Writings
20th Century Proverbs
All Things Are Yours
All Things That Pertain Unto Life
Charity
Corruptible Flesh
Death, The Enemy Of God
Life And Death
Love Is Life's Bond Of Perfection
Out From Under The Curse
Liberado De Debajo De La Maldicion
Sorrow Worketh Death
The Apostle's Doctrine
The Definition Of God
The Springtime Of Life
The Time Is At Hand
Word Of Encouragement

Sorrow Worketh Death

The word "sorrow" is a compact way of saying all things that do not pertain unto life. Things are quite disillusioning at times. They appear to give life, when the end of these things is death. Now, let us remember that Satan is a spirit. He is known in the life of human beings and recognized by their deeds or fruits.

It is very easy to distinguish between good and evil or between the right spirit and the wrong spirit or between life and death. If you know God's Word, Jesus said, "My Words are life," then all that is contrary to His Word is death. Satan may take the form of life that God has created. He may come as a wolf in sheep's clothing, as he usually does. He will present himself in a rare, glowing bundle of success, to paint a beautiful picture of lust, to spin a web like a spider which waits for its prey. The web may be beautifully spun and greatly to be admired as it sparkles or dazzles in the sunlight of life, but beware, for the hand of evil is present somewhere to bring death. Satan is everything that pertains unto death.

Let's enumerate some of the things of which he consists: he is sorrow; a broken heart; a drunkard on the street corner; a gambling hall that steals souls; a harlot, whose guests are in the chambers of hell. He is a sinful enjoyment for a season, a deceiving promise that never performs and climaxes in death. He is anything that is not joy, peace and righteousness in the Spirit of God. His disguises are beyond numbering. His forms, shapes and fashions have, can, and will deceive the most brilliant men that ever walked the earth. He can be acknowledged in his greatest achievements or disguises, which are the human thoughts or the carnal mind, which is at enmity with God. This mind is altogether materialistic. It knows nothing about the supernatural, invisible beings like God or His angels. It demands a logical explanation of natural definement for everything that it accepts. It shall pass away, because it, too, is material, and the deceiving power behind it shall be consumed with the brightness of His coming. The carnal mind, with all its ambitions, is given into the hands of Satan to make war with the human soul, until God has thoroughly processed and trained the children of God in types and shadows and allegories of those things. The thief only comes to kill and destroy, but Jesus said, "I am come that you might have life, and that more abundantly."

By Rev. George Leon Pike Sr.

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