The deceitful spirit sent by God. God wraps himself in darkness.


  Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud (1 Kings 8:12, 2 Chronicles 6:1)


So God sends a spirit enticing Ahab in order to attack Ramoth Gilead. God has also sent Satan.


  The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. (Job 1:12)


If I may dare ask, why does God feel the need to send a deceiving spirit? Notice the deceiving spirit asked. (Ref: 1 Kings 22:21). You must also understand a spirit is a personality. So he has given the prophets a desire to lie. We are faced with temptations to prove to God that we are true.

Would this not go against the Commandments God has given? No.

And why was such a spirit even within the close proximity in the presence of the Lord in the first place? Notice God invited the answer. (Ref: 1 Kings 22:20)

I wish to know how to reconciling this text with others. Hope the others are soon reconciled.

The deceitful spirit sent by God
My real question, after several hours spent removing the old faucet (progressing from tapping the basin wrench with a mallet, to an overnight soak in penetrating oil, to cutting it off with an air grinder) is "what idiot engineer uses a mild steel washer in a wet environment?" But it looks like they all do, or at least the ones who designed the new faucet do, so ...

On the assumption that I or someone else will someday want to change the faucet, what can I use to prevent the nut from freezing to either the washer or the faucet body? If I were working on a car, I'd use thread sealing compound. Does that make sense in this application? Or are there any professional tricks that aren't quite as messy?
