John 8 44 44 You belong to your
John 8: 44 44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him.
John 8: 44 When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
“If Pretty Is As Pretty Does: Then This One Is Hideous!” LARRY CLINE – HARDIN VALLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST – 3/18/2018
What percent of professing Christians do not believe satan is a living being but merely a symbol of evil?
What do you call a person who believes in God but doesn’t believe in satan? Vulnerable
Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, thus says the Lord GOD, you had the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. (Ezekiel 28: 12, 14 -17)
14"You were the anointed cherub who covers, and I placed you [there]. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until unrighteousness was found in you. 16 By the abundance of your trade you were internally filled with violence, and you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, that they may see you. "
Isaiah 14: 12 -14 12 How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, you who have weakened the nations! 13 But you said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.
His tactic is to get us to buy into his lie, let our pride rule and think that we can and should supplant God. THEREFORE WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO MAKE OUR PLANS IN THE SAME WAY, “I WILL”, “I WILL”.
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in [the power of] the evil one. (I John 5: 19)
What we have learned: § § § Lucifer is a created being… not God nor a god. He was a beautiful and very powerful angel. He was full of pride and led a rebellion against God. Cast down to the earth his greatest desire is for you to join his rebellion. He is a defeated but very dangerous enemy.
The names by which he is described: § devil – slanderer § evil one § tempter § accuser of the § deceiver § father of lies brethren § satan – “adversary”
What he does:
Then satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel. (I Chronicles 21: 1)
II Corinthians 11: 12 -15 NIV 12 And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about.
13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
Simon, behold, satan has demanded [permission] to sift you like wheat; (Luke 22: 31)
You are of [your] father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own [nature], for he is a liar and the father of lies. (JOHN 8: 44)
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back [some] of the price of the land? ” (Acts 5: 3)
…They may come to their senses [and escape] from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will. (II Timothy 2: 26)
Be of sober [spirit], be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. (I Peter 5: 8)
But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity [of devotion] to Christ. (II Corinthians 11: 3)
17 But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short while--in person, not in spirit--were all the more eager with great desire to see your face. 18 For we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, more than once– and [yet] satan hindered us. (I Thessalonians 2: 17 -18)
…in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (II Corinthians 4: 4)
Have a healthy respect for what he can do… but…also know what he is not: He is not: Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient. SATAN IS NOT! OUR GOD IS!
You do need to be wise But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" (Jude 9)
You will not defeat him on your own. This war is real Your weapons are prayer, the word, and the work of Jesus Christ.
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