Anything that follows these statements is devilish and designed to harm mankind.

• “Yes, I know that’s the commandment, but…”
• “Yes, that is true, but…”
• “Yes, that’s what the scriptures say, but…”

Whatever the following justification is, it probably sounds very nice, though. It probably invokes certain virtues. But it is still authored by Satan. For anything that would excuse against God’s word cannot be of God. Anything that would justify sin has to be of the Devil.

And given our particular upbringing, that might be hard to accept. We may have been indoctrinated by our society such that we cannot see God’s word as being for the best, and yet in the full perspective of things it always will be. And the excuses that takes us away from His word might sound for the best, but in the full perspective of things they will always cause pain and suffering.