Wicked Darkness Has Been Cooking For A Long Time
If you bothered buying my book Wicked Darkness: Johnny’s Survival Guide To The End Times and then you actually read it, you’re probably going to be pretty shocked about some of the things that I share in the book.
Let’s start with this one.
Satan is real.
Not a metaphor. Not a myth. Not a cartoon villain with horns and a pitchfork like on the front of this website.
According to the Bible, he is a fallen angel, cast down from heaven for rebellion, and now operating as the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4). Jesus Himself called him the ruler of this world (John 12:31), and Paul referred to him as the prince of the power of the air (Ephesians 2:2).
And let’s be honest—he’s done a disturbingly good job at his assignment.
His mission? Deceive the whole world.
His method? Ideology, distraction, and spiritual anesthesia.
This ideology isn’t just a bad idea. It’s a strategic deception. It’s part of a global campaign to blind minds, twist truth, and prepare the world for the final empire.
We continually watch this world spiral into oblivion like a runaway freight car coming off the rails. And it’s been happening long before you and I showed up. The distraction is that what we continue to witness is framed as “business as usual” or “a new normal.”
🧠 The Scriptural Anchors For You To Consider
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1 Chronicles 21:1 – “And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”
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2 Corinthians 4:4 – “The god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers…”
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John 12:31 – “Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.”
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Ephesians 2:2 – “…the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.”
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Revelation 12:9 – “…Satan, who deceives the whole world…”
💡 The Perception Isn’t The Reality
I get it. People love to say, “Satan’s greatest trick was convincing the world he doesn’t exist.”
That’s only half right. His greatest trick was convincing the world that God’s truth is optional.
This blog post wasn’t optional for me, because someone has to push back against the fatalistic view of original sin — the teaching that man is incapable of choosing righteousness. Scripture shows the opposite: God calls us to choose, and sin is resistible, not inevitable.
🔥 The Problem With Misreading Original Sin
The doctrine of original sin, especially in its more rigid Augustinian or Calvinist forms, makes humans sound like they’re born evil, programmed to sin, predestined to failure. But that’s not the full biblical picture.
Romans 3:23 says, “All have sinned…” Yes, we all fall short. But it doesn’t say we’re forced to sin.
Genesis 4:7 is key:
“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”
This is God Himself speaking to Cain before he killed Abel. Was God lying? Did He say, “You can’t help it, Cain — your sin nature controls you, so just go kill him”? That’s the logical outcome of Augustinian and Calvinist theology.
If Cain had no choice, then God lied. Period. Either God’s word is true, or Augustine is.
Their framework says every sinner—Cain, Pharaoh, Saul, Solomon, Judas, Israel—was either predestined to sin or powerless to resist it. That makes man a puppet and Satan God’s puppet. It’s absurd, unscriptural, and it has held people in bondage ever since Rome stopped crucifying Christians and built a new Jesus through dogma.
🧠 What Scripture Actually Teaches
Man has a bent toward sin, yes—but also a conscience, a will, and the capacity to choose life.
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Deuteronomy 30:19-20 — “I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live…”
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Romans 6:12 — “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”
One is Old Testament, one is New Testament — and both say the same thing. Obedience isn’t optional. It’s expected. Rome twisted it into a subscription plan: “You’re born into sin and incapable of doing good, so pay us for grace.”
⚔️ Where I’m Distinct
I’m not saying, “through Christ we can obey if we feel like it.”
I’m saying:
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Christ commands obedience.
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God has always commanded obedience.
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The Spirit empowers obedience, but the responsibility remains ours.
This isn’t fatalism. It isn’t cheap grace. It’s covenant.
🔑 Where My Premise Stands Biblically
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Sin is resistible, not inevitable.
Genesis 4:7 proves it. God didn’t toy with Cain. He gave him a real choice. -
God has always demanded obedience.
From Adam to Abraham to Israel to the Church, His expectation is consistent: “If you do well, will you not be accepted?” -
Jesus confirms, not cancels, obedience.
John 14:15: “If you love me, keep my commandments.”
Revelation 12:11: “They overcame… and they loved not their lives unto death.”
The promise of Christ isn’t, “I’ll cover for your rebellion.” It’s, “I’ll empower your obedience.” -
Rome’s distortion was convenience, not truth.
By making sin inevitable, Rome could institutionalize grace and sell it. Augustine and Calvin only codified the same bondage under new systems.
That’s why my premise isn’t candy-coated Christianity. It restores the Jewish foundation of God’s expectations — a covenant God who never changes, who calls people to choose life and prove faith through obedience.
The apostles understood this so clearly that they were crucified, thrown to lions, cut in half, burned alive, and put to death rather than bend. Today? Too many Christians think the “Blessed Hope” is an escape plan from any kind of tribulation. But the Blessed Hope is Christ Himself — empowering His people through the Spirit to stand faithful unto death.
🌍 Jew First, Then the Gentile
Paul was clear: the Gospel is “to the Jew first, and also to the Greek” (Romans 1:16). And when the apostles addressed Gentile believers in Acts 15, they didn’t drown them in ritual law — but they didn’t leave them without expectations either.
They wrote: “It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.” (Acts 15:28–29)
On the surface, that looks like a light list. But don’t miss the principle: the apostles were telling Gentiles, “You follow Christ now — stop doing your pagan rituals. What you once saw as normal is no longer acceptable.”
And what do we call it when we’re told, “Don’t do this anymore, do that instead”? Obedience.
Jesus Himself made the same point: “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” (Luke 6:46)
It couldn’t be clearer. Following Christ is not about lip service, it’s about obedience. The apostles knew it. Jesus said it outright. And the early Church lived — and died — by it.
✝️ Why We Need a Savior
We don’t need a Savior because we’re robots programmed to sin. We need Him because we’ve all chosen sin, and we need the final sacrifice that breaks the cycle.
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Under the Law, sacrifices were continual.
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Under Christ, the sacrifice is once for all (Hebrews 10:10).
Grace doesn’t erase choice — it empowers it.
💡 The Reality In A Nutshell
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God’s commands assume human agency.
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Sin is powerful, but not sovereign.
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The Savior is necessary — not because we must sin, but because we have sinned.
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Cain could have ruled over sin. So can we — through Christ.
💡 Drawing A Line In The Sand
God has not changed.
Grace doesn’t erase expectation.
Faith without obedience is dead.
This is the clarity the Church has lost. It’s not fatalism. It’s not cultural Christianity. It’s covenant.
If sin were inevitable, God would have never called Noah righteous, Job blameless, or Abraham faithful. The apostles would have never laid down their lives in obedience unto death.
So stop living like rebellion is your destiny. Don’t swallow the lie that grace excuses disobedience. The Blessed Hope isn’t an escape plan — it is Christ Himself, empowering His people by His Spirit to stand faithful in a world of deception.
That’s the line in the sand.
Choose life.
