Satan: Your Adversary, the Devil
1 Peter 5:8 ESV
8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Matthew 6:13 ESV
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
1 John 3:12 ESV
12We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
Powerful
1 Thessalonians 2:9
9The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,
Acts 26:18 ESV
18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
Ephesians 2:2 ESV
2in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
Ephesians 6:11-12 ESV
11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Scheming
2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV
14And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 2:11 ESV
11so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
2 Satan’s Curse
A Change in Name
Matthew 25:41 ESV
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV
8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
3 Satan’s Strategy
“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”
Corrie Ten Boom
The Weapon of Power and Wealth
Luke 4:6 ESV
6and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.
1 John 5:19 ESV
19We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
The Weapon of Deception
John 8:44 ESV
44You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
The Weapon of Opposition
The Weapon of Accusation
Revelation 12:10 ESV
10And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
Ephesians 4:27 ESV
27and give no opportunity to the devil.
Satan’s Defeat
Cross
Romans 8:34 ESV
34Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
Luke 10:19 ESV
19Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
Commitment
Galatians 2:20 ESV
20I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Luke 10:20 ESV
20Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”