C. S. 루이스의 『스크루테이프의 편지』에 나타난 악마의 세계와 인간 유혹전략
The Devil’s World and Strategies for Tempting Human Beings to Sin as Represented in C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters
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This article examines the devil’s world and strategies for tempting human beings to sin as represented in Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters. Lewis uses a technique never used before in his time. This story is a series of letters from a senior devil(Screwtape) to his trainee (Wormwood). Thirty one letters give readers an interesting point of view into human behavior. Lewis enables readers to understand the concepts of how evil works while helping them recognize the existence of spiritual warfare and the dynamics of temptation. Through the devil’s strategies of tempting human beings, Lewis shows that the battle between good and evil happens in our hearts and behavior as well as the physical realm. No one escapes from the workings of devil, which is a humbling realization. Devil uses so many different worldly things and thoughts to deceive us. However, so many times we are not knowledgeable about it until we have been had. Lewis emphasizes the importance of prayer in spiritual warfare in that prayer plays a significant role in how Christians think of God as well as how they relate to their families and people around them. Prayer helps them keep their faith strong through trials as a result of bringing the resources of God into their lives.
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This article examines the devil’s world and strategies for tempting human beings to sin as represented in Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters. Lewis uses a technique never used before in his time. This story is a series of letters from a senior devil(Screwtape) to his trainee (Wormwood). Thirty one letters give readers an interesting point of view into human behavior. Lewis enables readers to understand the concepts of how evil works while helping them recognize the existence of spiritual warfare and the dynamics of temptation. Through the devil’s strategies of tempting human beings, Lewis shows that the battle between good and evil happens in our hearts and behavior as well as the physical realm. No one escapes from the workings of devil, which is a humbling realization. Devil uses so many different worldly things and thoughts to deceive us. However, so many times we are not knowledgeable about it until we have been had. Lewis emphasizes the importance of prayer in spiritual warfare in that prayer plays a significant role in how Christians think of God as well as how they relate to their families and people around them. Prayer helps them keep their faith strong through trials as a result of bringing the resources of God into their lives.
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