Adversity: Causes Opposing Effects in A Believer & An Unbeliever

Since the fall of man, there has been a battle going on in this universe between the armies of God & the forces of
Satan. The battle is for the souls of men & women. The effects of the battle being fought in the spirit realm are
manifested in the life of a person in the form of everyday problems, trails, hardships & suffering. Satan brings a
problem or time of hardship in the life of a person to manipulate the person to make a choice. God allows this for
His own purpose of testing, refining, molding people & separating believers from unbelievers & false believers.
Every problem & hardship & trial you have ever faced in life, no matter how big or how small, is brought into your
life for one specific reason- that is to make you choose between God & Satan. "For godly sorrow worketh
repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death". 2 Corinthians 7:10, KJV.
Adversity in the life of a believer draws them closer to God and moulds them to be more Christ-like but adversity in
the life of an unbeliever drives them away from God when they choose to reject the True God and moulds them to
be more like the Antichrist. While believers are led by the Holy Spirit, the unbelievers are led by the spirit of
Antichrist.
Adversity is never without a cause. It has a purpose. Both believers & unbelievers face trials, problems & adversity
in life. But adversity brings about opposing results in believers & unbelievers. Satan uses the same strategy in the
life of both believers & non-believers, but the outcome differs between the two. Adversity can either lead a person
to Salvation in Jesus Christ & eternal life or it can lead a person to reject God & to eternal damnation. Remember
that, every problem that comes in your life as a believer is to get you to reject God & to make you compromise
with the world system, because when believers are faced with hardship their faith is shaken & they tend to doubt
God. Many times, in the life of believers, Gods answers do not come immediately & being human, believers will go
through phases of doubt, uncertainty, confusion, worry despair & panic. So when the person is emotionally &
mentally weak Satan will tempt the believers with thoughts of rejecting God. In the life of a believer, Satan brings
trials to make the believer to lose faith in God & to be offended at Him & therefore become backslidden & thus
become an ineffective Christian & to compromise with the world.
And every problem that comes in the life of an unbeliever is to further keep him/her bound in Satans system
he/she is already part of, & to prevent the person from finding the True God & the Truth. In the life of an unbeliever,
as he/she already worships a false god, Satan brings problems to keep them in bondage to these false gods. When
problems come, unbelievers will do various rituals & worship many false gods & thereby become more & more
entangled in the system of Satan. For a while, Satan will even give them success & prosperity, all the while stealing
their soul & gaining more & more control over their heart, mind & will.
Adversity changes us either for our best or worse. God allows adversity into a believers life to chasten him/her as
God chastens His children as a Father (Hebrews 12:5-8, KJV). A believer when he/she trusts God during adversity
will be molded to be like Jesus. It doesnt mean we will be perfect. As long as we are in this fallen world, we will
have short comings, but adversity softens our heart towards other people & cultivates in us the fruits of the Spirit
(Galatians 5:22-23, KJV) like love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness & temperance
for others & it makes us spiritually mature & brings us closer to God. As believers, trials drive us to our knees &
make us acknowledge our utter & desperate need for God. When in adversity, believers trust God to deliver them
from all hardship. The way believers should deal with adversity is to humbly submit & wait on God until He delivers
them instead of being self-reliant and trying to deliver themselves in their own strength & wisdom. Gods tells the
believers in adversity to completely rely on Him & to wait on Him until He delivers them (Psalm 123:2, KJV, Psalm
130:5, KJV). In the life of believers, what Satan intended for harm, God turns it into good (Genesis 50:20, KJV,
Romans 8:28, KJV). God teaches us many spiritual lessons during times of adversity. We may not be great, strong,
wise people but God is still God & no matter what, we can still trust Him to deliver us!
For unbelievers, adversity may either prompt them to seek God or His way of calling them to Jesus Christ or may
lead to harden their hearts & reject God. The choice to choose between the two is with the unbeliever. But when an
unbeliever facing adversity rejects the True God again & again, his/her heart hardens towards God & gets offended
by God & he/she is driven to worship false gods & becomes even more hard hearted, cruel, mean & bitter towards
other people. As believers are molded into the character of their Lord-Jesus Christ, the unbelievers who choose to
reject God are molded into the image of Satan who has power over them & take upon themselves Satans
characters. As the unbeliever gets molded into the character of Satan, he/she will be filled with pride, become self
reliant & will hate all things related to God & the Bible. They will lose a sense of compassion & empathy for fellow
human beings. They become stubborn & rebellious towards God & then their parents & then towards any authority.
This makes the unbelievers to further spiritually degenerate & cultivates in them the works of the flesh such as
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, 1envying, murders, drunkenness, revellings (Galatians 5:19-21, KJV). This gives them a
reprobate mind so that they reach a point that they can never be saved & their damnation is sealed. Satan blinds
them from understanding the Biblical Truth. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it
is finished, bringeth forth death. James 1:15, KJV. Trials drive unbelievers to be self reliant or to be in bondage to
false gods & ultimately leads them to death & destruction. While adversity of believers sweetens a person, the
adversity of unbelievers embitters them. Each and every hardship that a believer goes through in life has meaning
because in the end, God justifies them, but for an unbeliever everything is meaningless. Their suffering is in vain.
Believers suffer temporarily on earth but have everlasting rest where as unbelievers go from temporary suffering
to eternal suffering. They just exchange one suffering for another.
When adversity comes, with it come hopelessness, despair, misery and confusion. When in adversity, believers find
comfort and strength in the Word of God- the KJV Bible. But what do unbelievers have? They seek comfort in their
false gods and their religion and perform endless rituals but cannot find it. So they seek to find comfort in drugs,
alcohol, sex, music, movies, serials and all worldly things but still cannot find it. They seek to fulfill the desires of
their flesh- the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh(5 senses) and the pride of life (1 John 2:16, KJV) but peace and
comfort still eludes them. There always remains in them an emptiness which only God can fill. But in the hardness

of their heart they do not go to God. God created man with free will and the choice to either accept God or reject
God remains with man. If a person accepts Jesus Christ, he/she becomes covered by the sinless Blood and
righteousness of Jesus because of His atonement of sins for us and therefore is justified but a person who rejects
Christ has to offer God his/her own atonement which is impossible for man because man is sinful and so is his
blood (Psalm 49:7-9, KJV: None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever: That he should still live for ever, and not see
corruption). Based on mans choice of accepting or rejecting Christ, a man is saved eternally or damned eternally.
God specifically tells in Romans 1, KJV that He has revealed Himself to every person on earth through his/her
conscience and Gods attributes are clearly visible to man in nature. And therefore people who reject God are
without any excuse as they deliberately suppress His knowledge. Even the person who has never heard of Jesus
Christ is without an excuse because God has revealed Himself to each and every person. And people will be judged
according to the knowledge they have of God (Romans 2:12, KJV: For as many as have sinned without law shall
also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law).
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the
Truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath
shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are
without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but
became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they
became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to
birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the
lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the Truth of God into a
lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, Who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause
God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against
nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another;
men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which
was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a
reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness,
fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without
understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: who knowing the judgment
of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have
pleasure in them that do them. Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man. Romans 1:18-32, 2:1, KJV.
While believers are drawn to the Light of Christ, the unbelievers are enveloped in the darkness of Satan. When a
person goes through extreme hardships & trials in life, it causes a paradigm shift in his/her belief system, & it will
either lead them to repentance & into the arms of God or it will lead them to reject God & into the arms of Satan
himself. Intense trial usually changes the belief systems of a person drastically. It causes a paradigm shift in the
spiritual views of a person. It can either lead the person to Christ or it can lead a person into the arms of the devil.
The choice is always with the person. So into whose image is adversity in your life molding you into the Image of
Jesus Christ or into the image of the devil?
Suffering/Adversity in believers life causes

Suffering/Adversity in unbelievers life causes

Wilderness Experience: A time of intense

hardship.

Dark Night of the Soul: A time of intense hardship

Godly sorrow worketh repentance unto Salvation

Sorrow of the world worketh death

Spiritual regeneration and maturity

Spiritual degeneration and death

Person molded into the Character of Christ

Person molded into the character of Satan

Refines a person

Worsens a person

Persons conscience is sensitive

Persons conscience is seared and desensitized

Person knows the difference between right and

wrong and know what is good and what is evil

Person cannot differentiate between right and wrong

and calls evil as good and good as evil

Causes the person to lead a holy life

It causes the development of the Fruits of the
Holy Spirit. The Fruit of the Holy Spirit is a
biblical term that sums up the nine visible
attributes of a true Christian life. But the fruit of
the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness,
temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23, KJV.

Causes the person to lead a perverse life

It causes the development of the works of the flesh in
an unbeliever. Now the works of the flesh are
manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft,
hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings,
and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have
also told you in time past, that they which do such
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God..
Galatians 5:19-21, KJV.

Causes spiritual maturity in the believer

Causes spiritual immaturity in an unbeliever

Drives the believer to find comfort in Gods

Word- the Bible

Drives the unbeliever to find comfort in worldly things

It glorifies God through the believer

It glorifies the person and in turn glorifies Satan

Brings the person close to God

Brings the person close to Satan

It sweetens a person and makes him/her kind

towards others

It embitters a person and makes him/her hard and

cruel towards others

Believers begin to understand God as their Lord

and Savior

Person begins to see Satan as their lord and savior

Helps believers understand others suffering

Makes unbelievers apathetic and indifferent to others

suffering

It teaches a believer to be selfless like Christ

It makes a person selfish like Satan

Develops godly character

Develops ungodly character

It makes believers wise and spiritually discerning It makes unbelievers foolish and spiritually blind
It teaches believers to comfort others like Christ
comforted them in their hardship

It makes unbelievers pity those in hardship but they

offer no comfort but look down on them as weak

Believer filled with the Holy Spirit and therefore

is led by the Holy Spirit through adversity. The
believer has peace and joy even in the midst of
hardship.

Person will be filled with demonic energy and become

either demonized or demon possessed. There will be
confusion and peacelessness in their life.

Causes a believer to completely rely on God

Causes a person to become self-reliant or to be reliant

on their false gods

Teaches that only the grace and mercy of God

can save us as we are worthless sinners who
deserve nothing

Causes man to seek his own redemption through

religion, morality, good works and money. Man
becomes his own god as he/she exalts themselves

Suffering is temporary

Suffering is eternal

Believers are baptized by the Holy Spirit and

therefore receive the Gifts of the Holy Spirit:
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to
every man to profit withal. For to one is given by
the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the
word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To
another faith by the same Spirit; to another the
gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another
the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to
another discerning of spirits; to another divers
kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of
tongues: But all these worketh that one and the
selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally
as he will. (1 Corinthians 12:7-11, KJV)

Unbelievers are baptized by the unholy spirit and

therefore receive Luciferic Initiation/Kundalini
Awakening and receive Satans gifts. Satan has the
authority to give certain powers to his faithful. Since
the devil is truly a liar, at times those who receive
these powers either are not or do not want to be
aware of their origin; they are all too happy to receive
these free gifts. Person receive demonic gifts and
receives abilities such as being psychic or clairvoyant,
healing, divination, speaking in demonic languages
such as the Enochian language, magic, performing
miracles, signs and wonders, necromancy, astrology,
automatic writing, etc. When thou art come into the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt
not learn to do after the abominations of those
nations. There shall not be found among you any one
that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through
the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of
times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a
consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a
necromancer. For all that do these things are an
abomination unto the LORD: and because of these
abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out
from before thee (Deuteronomy 18:9-12, KJV)

Satan, our enemy -working amidst the world

The dark forces of this world
The visible battle on earth

God, our Father working through His Church

The Church
God living in us
living in the world
Spiritual
Our
Our
Jesus' L Holy Spi
(Eternal)
Weapons
Mission
ife
rit
Results
In Us
Power
(If born a
gain)

Their
Charact
er

Their
Mission

Their
Weapons

Physical
(Temporal)
Effects
(If Satan re
igns)

Spiritual
(Eternal)
Results
(If unsaved)

Physical
(Temporal)
Effects
(As God rei
gns)

Dark
(Fallen
Light)

Dethrone
God

Darkness

Blindness
Pride
Faithlessnes
s

Light
(Public Worship,
Good Works)

Illuminati
on

The Lig
ht

Convict
s to
Repenta
nce

Destroy
all
Creation

Destructi
on

Joy
Hope
Eternal Lif
e

(Community Infl
uence,
Intercessory Pra
yer)

Restoratio
n,
Preservati
on

The Life

Seals &
Comfort
s

Decepti
ve

Deceive
the world
and, if pos
sible,
the Elect

Oppressio
n
Excess
Delusion

Bondage
Emptiness
Folly

Grace
Abundanc
e
Wisdom

Truth
(Preach the Wor
d,
Be Fruitful,
Contend for the
Faith)

Revelatio
n

The Tru
th

Teaches

Divisive

Divide
the world
and, espe
cially,
the
Church

Deceptio
n
(Distracti
on,
Deflectio
n,
Dilution)
Division
(Accusati
on,
Slander)

Submissio
n
Order
Peace
Godliness
Restoratio
n
Healing
Renewed L
ife
Freedom
Contentme
nt
Discernme
nt

Sight / Fai
th
Humility
Trust

Devouri
ng

Rebellion
Anarchy
Violence
Wickednes
s
Decay
Dis-ease
Death

SelfInterest
Prejudice
Divorce
Isolation

Fear
Condemnati
on
Severance

SelfSacrifice
Acceptanc
e
Family
Communit
y

Respect
Mercy
Communi
on

Love
(Neighborly Lov
e,
Brotherly Love,
Christ-like Love)

Reconcilia
tion

The Wa
y

Guides
& Helps

Despair
Apathy
Eternal
Death

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to
destroy

I Am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.
John 10:10, KJV

That which wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Every
bad encounter in our life teaches us something, as some lessons are well learnt the hard way. Rejection teach us
to be acceptable of others, cruelty teaches kindness, indifference teach us to be compassionate, danger teaches
courage, waiting teaches patience, hatred towards us teach us ...to be loving, pain teaches not to hurt others,
loneliness makes us resilient, fear teaches faith, lack in life teach us to be content with what we have, oppression
shows us liberty, ungratefulness teach us to be thankful, sadness teach us empathy and hardships develops
strength and maturity in us. Taxing experiences can make a person wise and better or it can bring out the worst
in them. Depending on his/her attitude towards the difficult situation, a person can choose to come out of such
bad experiences either better or bitter. The choice always rests with the person
All problems in life are a contradiction because problems are opposed to the way we want things to happen in
life. People are not very good in dealing with contradictions as they oppose the way people think and feel. The
contradicting force creates stress and worry in our life. But it is in these contradicting situations that we learn
our best lessons. The best way to deal with contradiction is to understand it.