Would they have said something differently or acted differently if they knew who their audience would be?  Do I sense a shadow of turning?
 
Jas 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Seems like darkness at work.
 
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