Satan is Imitating the Miracles of Jesus and the Apostles
Satan does not always appear before men as an ugly beast or reptile. He is a master of disguise. Satan will even imitate the miracles of Jesus and the Apostles to win your trust.
Sean Michael Morris·Nov 11, 2026
Satan does not always appear before men as an ugly beast or reptile. He is a master of disguise. The Devil prefers to meet with sinners without them knowing it is him. This brings us to Satan reveals himself to sinners as an Angel of Light while impersonating the LORD because “God is Light”
Satan Transforms Himself into an Angel of Light
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an Angel of Light.”
— 2 Cor. 11:14
Sinners encounter Satan and see light. This means that Satan appears to be good when he is evil. Satan appears to be a minister of love, when he is a minister of hate. Satan appears to be the Holy Spirit when he is an Unclean Spirit. Satan will even imitate the miracles of Jesus and the Apostles to win your trust. This is why Jesus Christ warned us about wolves in sheep’s clothing. Disguise is the name of the game for Satan and his ministers.
“For such are false Apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the Apostles of Christ.”
— 2 Cor. 11:13
Those who are false appear to be true because they are “transforming themselves” through the spiritual empowerment of Satan. False Pastors, Prophets, and Apostles are “deceitful workers” in how they present themselves to the people as true Men of God. They appear to be righteous when in reality they are sinful. They are wolves in sheep’s clothing.
“Beware of false Prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
— Matt. 7:15
Wolves disguise themselves as sheep to devour the flock. Satan wants us to accept dangerous and deadly murderers as our leaders. Outwardly they appear righteous but inwardly they are sinful Satan will even quote the Bible and preach the promises of God.
Satan Quotes the Bible and Preaches the Promises of God
Jesus was led into the Wilderness for 40 days of fasting and prayer. Satan tried and failed to cause Jesus Christ to sin through blatant temptations. Therefore, Satan quoted the Bible to Jesus.
“Then the Devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
— Matt. 4:5-7
Satan quoted in Satan attempted to mislead Jesus Christ through quotingthe Bible and preachingthe promises of God. This is possible through misinterpreting or misapplying the promises of God. People end up thinking that they are doing the will of God, as stated in a misapplied promise from God, even though they are being led astray.
Satan is called The Father of Lies, and “there is no truth in him” Nevertheless, here we see the lying mouth of the Devil preachingthe Word of God! Beware. Satan wants to cause you to sin while you are thinking that you are doing the will of God according to the Bible. Now, observe the Lord’s response to Satan. He said, “It is written again…” Jesus Christ is teaching us how to discern the lies of Satan even when he preaches the Bible. Jesus quoted the Bible to show us that correct interpretations of the Bible come through the full counsel of God in Scripture.
The Bibleinterpretsthe Bible. ScriptureinterpretsScripture. We can understand the correct interpretation and application of Scripture when we balance one verse with all the others in the Bible. This is called biblical context. The promises of God must be correctly interpreted and applied in context and without contradiction to any other verse. Anything else is called “dishonesty” and “craftiness” in the “handling of the Word of God deceitfully”
False Prophets Preach the Promises of God to a Disqualified People
There are many false Prophets in Africa who are handling the Word of God deceitfully, corrupting it as they preach it by taking it out of context. You will never know unless you read the Bible for yourself! They are preaching the promises of God to people who are disqualified from receiving them. This happens when they preach promises of blessing and life to unrepentant sinners.
“Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:”
— Ezek. 13:22
People who refuse to turn away from sin and turn to God are disqualified from the promises of blessing and life. Such promises from the Bible do not apply to them. The curses and woes of the Bible apply to sinners who will not repent of their sins. “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish” You can see how promising sinners blessing and life will only strengthen the hands of the wicked by preventing them from fearing the LORD, which in turn prevents them from repenting of their sins. Why? Because “by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil” Ezekiel is saying that sinners are not repenting of their sins because false Prophets are promising them life in the Name of God. This kind of promise preaching to unrepentant sinners is also called the peace preaching of false Prophets.
“For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the Prophet even unto the Priest every one dealeth falsely. They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.”
— Jer. 6:13-15
“They say still unto them that despise Me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.”
— Jer. 23:17
Satan will quote the Bible, preach the promises of God, raise up false Prophets to do the same, and in the end multitudes of unrepentant sinners come under the power of a false peace. Making things worse, Satan will also imitate the spirituality of true Prophets by giving false Prophets lying visions, dreams, and prophecies.
Satan Imitates True Prophets by Giving False Prophets Many Visions, Dreams, and Prophecies
Satan anoints false Prophets. They appear to be super spiritual through a false anointing. They walk in power and speak with authority in a way that commands respect from gullible sinners, but not all spiritual power comes from God True or false, Prophets are nothing without prophecies. Many Pastors, Prophets, and Apostles are spiritually empowered as they receive visions, dreams, and prophecies from the Devil. Visions, dreams, prophecies, and testimonies dominate the pulpits and platforms of the Church in Africa, and by this means the common people have forgotten about the Bible. Meanwhile, God looks down with disdain and thunders judgments against the Prophets.
“I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my Name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; Which think to cause my people to forget my Name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my Name for Baal. The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. Is not My word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal My words every one from his neighbour. Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.”
— Jer. 23:21-34
Speaking in the Name of God does not make someone a true Prophet. Being “spiritual” does not make someone a true Prophet. Dreams, visions, and prophecies do not make someone a true Prophet. Satan raises up false Prophets by this means through an unclean anointing. People have no desire to read the Bible because of the constant flow of visions, dreams, and prophecies. This is Satan’s masterplan. The supreme authority of Scripture is diminished, marginalized, or deemed irrelevant. The meaning of Scripture is unknown, forgotten, or deemed irrelevant. People don’t even feel the need to read the Bible because they are being fed a full load of prophecies from false Prophets every week.
Satan Imitates the Miracles of God
Satan will imitate the miracles of God like the Magicians of Egypt, Jannes and Jambres, imitated the miracles of Moses. Moses turned the rod into a snake, and the Magicians turned their rods into snakes Moses turned the water into blood, and the Magicians turned a little water into blood Moses brought forth a mighty plague of frogs, and the Magicians also managed to bring up some frogs This kind of thing has been happening for thousands of years, and it is foretold to happen again in the Last Days Satan is imitating the miracles of God to deceive the people through a modern day Jannes and Jambres.
“Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.”
— 2 Timothy 3:8-9
Keep reading the Book of Exodus and you will see that Moses started performing even greater miracles, and the Magicians were powerless to imitate them. This can be observed in the plague of lice, swarm of flies, the plague of boils, the locust plague, the hailstorm mingled with fire, and many more. The difference between these two Prophets, Moses and the Magicians, was eventually manifested before all people. “And the Magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils” The Magicians were humbled before Moses to the point where they openly confessed, “This is the finger of God” Satan imitates the miracles of God, but all his imitations are weak and inferior when compared to the miracles of God.
Satan Imitates the Miracles of Jesus and the Apostles
Extremely spiritual people in Africa are prophesying, casting out devils, and performing healing miracles in the Name of Jesus Christ. Multitudes of the same people will be shocked when they stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ and hear the words, “I never knew you”
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day,Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy Name? and in Thy Name have cast out devils? and in Thy Name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”
— Matt. 7:21-23
This is a prophecy. Jesus Christ saw into the future on Judgment Day, and said, “Many will say to Me in that day…” Not a few! Many. These people are very confident that they are good Christian people who believe in Jesus. As you can see, they are boldly confessing their faith in Jesus Christ, even as the Lord of Glory denies them! And they have the audacity to argue with the Son of God on Judgment Day. But what does their arguing prove? Essentially, they are saying, “We know you, Jesus!”, and Jesus Christ is saying in response, “I never knew you”. How could they be so deceived? Satan is imitating the miracles of Jesus and the Apostles.
Many famous Pastors, Prophets, Apostles will be standing in this crowd. These people are renowned for their prophetic, deliverance, and healing ministries. Hence, their argument, “We know you, Jesus!”. They were prophesying, casting out devils, and performing healing miracles in the Name of Jesus Christ, which means that they sincerely believed that Jesus Christ was with them in the performance of these miracles. Sadly, these noble people are sincerely deceived. That is why they will be shocked to hear the words, “I never knew you”. They don’t know that Satan is imitating the miracles of Jesus and the Apostles.
A Categorical Denouncement of Ministry
Notice how Jesus said the word, “never”, while condemning these famous Christian ministers. This is a categorical denouncement of their ministry. He did not say, “I once knew you before you fell away into sin”. This would allow for the possibility that Jesus Christ performed the miracles of their ministry once upon a time. He did not say, “I once knew you while you were performing miracles in My Name”. Rather, Jesus said, “I never knew you”, which is to say, “You are not a Christian” and “You have never been a Christian”. Christ identifies true Christians using this language, as it is written, “I am the good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine.” Christ denounces falsely converted Christians using this language, as it is written, “I never knew you”
Encountering a Demon and Thinking It is Jesus
Jesus and the Apostles were famous for their prophesying, deliverance, and healing miracles in the 1ˢᵗ century. Therefore, these are the miracles that Satan is imitating to deceive the masses of modern Christianity. The Serpent is covertly hiding behind these imitations. False Ministers are doing imitation miracles by the power of Demons in the Name of Jesus Christ. People are encountering the Spirit of a Demon, and they think it is Jesus. Paul wrote about this under inspiration, calling the Demon: “another Jesus” and “another Spirit”
“But I fear, lest by any means, as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another Spirit, which ye have not received, or another Gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.”
— 2 Cor. 11:3-4
People were encountering a Demon, and they thought it was Jesus, and this is the same Spirit whom Paul called, “another Jesus” In other words, Paul is saying that this is a “different Jesus” than the one true Jesus Christ of the Bible. We must guard against this deception. “Beloved, believe not every Spirit, but try the Spirits whether they are of God: because many false Prophets are gone out into the world” Demons empower false Prophets and we are told to beware of them both. Otherwise, you will be allured by the seductions of Evil Spirits and you will become a believer in the Doctrines of Devils.
“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing Spirits, and doctrines of Devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;”
— 1 Tim. 4:1-2
Demons are dangerous and seductive liars. Sometimes when God is angry with sinners He will give them over to Demons, as it is written, “He cast upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending Evil Angels among them” Historically, God has given whole nations over to Demons. The presence of a Devil brings ruin and catastrophe in the area of truth, discernment, and doctrine, as it is written, “The LORD hath mingled a perverse Spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit” We must guard against these dangers at all costs.
There are two things you should be looking for to discern if you are surrounded by demonic activity and false ministers in your Christian community, which puts you in danger of the denouncement of Jesus Christ. Firstly, remember that Jesus Christ called the people Workers of Iniquity Are you living in sin? Are the people in your Church living in sin? Workers of Iniquity do not know God Neither does God know them Neither do they know the Bible
Secondarily, remember that you cannot know God without knowing the Bible. Do you read, understand, and obey the Bible? Do the people in your Christian community read, understand, and obey the Bible? Or, does the Bible seem strange, incomprehensible, complex, unrelatable, unpractical, and irrelevant? Demons are at work wherever these two things exist.
“Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.”
— Isa. 29:9-14
Workers of Iniquity don’t know God, and neither does God know them, and of course they don’t understand the Bible. The Book is spiritually closed and sealed shut to them. Their spiritual eyes are closed. The Bible is a Spiritual Book that requires the Holy Ghost for comprehension. Workers of Iniquity have tried and failed to understand the Bible, as described by Isaiah the Prophet in Nevertheless, the people continue to pretend like they have a glorious relationship with God by drawing near with their mouth, and by honoring God with their lips, while their hearts are far from God.
Who is blessed? Those who mourn and weep. Why? Mourning and weeping are fruits of biblical repentance. A lifestyle void of repentance is a dead man walking.
Everyone is in the Blessings and Woes of Jesus Christ. The fate of all is determined by these pronouncements. Are you blessed? Are you cursed? You need to know that all the blessings are related. In parallel, all the woes are related.
Do you seek the blessings of Jesus Christ? This may come as a shock to you. Most people in Africa are seeking the woes of Jesus Christ without knowing it. Blind and deaf false prophets are leading the people astray.
The primary blessing that Jesus Christ is offering is salvation from sin. Jesus Christ is drawing a line in the sand to help us discern who is saved and who is unsaved.
You can call this the Prosperity Gospel. It is a false Gospel! Why? Because by these standards John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, and the Apostles are shamed and condemned as sinners.
King Saul was shut up under the silence of God — then went to the Witch of Endor. Seeking counsel from witchdoctors is putting faith in demons, and Saul died for it.
