Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John 8:44
“Ye are of your father the devil,” I take it to be a metaphorical appellation. You are either seeking God open to His word and witness or against His rule in your life, either God is your spiritual Father or Satan.
Matthew 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
Mark 9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
1 John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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