Satan
Mankind’s one True Enemy
Ephesians 6: 12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
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I Peter 5: 8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” ©2011 Household Of Israel Temple Of Jesus Christ. All Rights Reserved
Introduction It is important that we learn about our enemy Satan He is the force that opposes God & his children His main objective is to destroy us
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Satan Is Not.... Satan is not red with a pitch fork living in hell No one actually knows what he looks like We have not seen him except in symbols, just like we have not seen God
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Satan Does Exist We see the evidence of his existence in the world, in every wicked action, in every act of sin and in every trial and tribulation We see the results of his work in cemeteries & hospitals as well as the pain and agony that comes upon us all We see it in guns, violence, murder and abuse
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Where Does Satan Come From? Satan was originally one of the covering Cherubims that covered the mercy seat of God His name was Lucifer, son of the morning Lucifer became uplifted with pride and thought that he should be worshipped like God & sit in the seat of God
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Where Does Satan Come From? Lucifer wanted to rule over the last world (earth) that God had created He envied Christ and would not humble himself and worship him His disobedience and rebellion brought about a terrible consequence It brought about the force of Death (Wisdom of Solomon 2: 23-24 in the apocrypha) Š2011 Household Of Israel Temple Of Jesus Christ. All Rights Reserved
There Was War in Heaven Lucifer led an insurrection against God, causing 1/3 of his angels to rebel against him Lucifer could no longer be a Cherubim when evil was found in him The word of God that was in Lucifer became tainted and twisted and he began to oppose the law of God Lucifer became Satan Š2011 Household Of Israel Temple Of Jesus Christ. All Rights Reserved
Satan Causes Man to Sin God created Adam & Even and placed them in the Garden of Eden Two trees were placed in the garden, the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil Inside the tree of knowledge of good & evil was a poison God had told Adam & Eve not to eat of this tree or they would “surely die.” ©2011 Household Of Israel Temple Of Jesus Christ. All Rights Reserved
Satan Causes Man to Sin To disobey God is to commit a sin Satan, once being a Cherubim, knew the laws of God including the judgment that states, “the soul that sinneth shall die” He took advantage of God’s younger more naive creation, that being Adam & Eve, and manipulated them into eating of the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good & evil ©2011 Household Of Israel Temple Of Jesus Christ. All Rights Reserved
Satan Causes Man to Sin This sin that Adam & Eve committed caused death to reside in the flesh of all humankind What Satan didn’t realize was the plan that God had made from the beginning to save his children God being wise above all, knew that mankind would not be a match for an ancient, powerful enemy such as Satan Š2011 Household Of Israel Temple Of Jesus Christ. All Rights Reserved
The Blueprint of Salvation God the Father sent his only begotten son, Jesus, to this earth to be crucified for our sins Christ’s obedience to the father, the power of his blood and the fact that he died NOT having committed a sin, brought about grace The grace of God provides us the opportunity & time to repent for our sins Š2011 Household Of Israel Temple Of Jesus Christ. All Rights Reserved
A Difficult Battle Sin is in the flesh of all human beings at birth, making the nature of man’s flesh evil Our minds are open to the imagination of sin and the knowledge of evil Satan has the power to come into our minds and tempt us These factors make the battle to overcome sin very difficult Š2011 Household Of Israel Temple Of Jesus Christ. All Rights Reserved
Waging a War Against Satan We cannot fight Satan like you fight a man because he is a spiritual force Though he is more powerful than us, we can resist and fight him with the word of God, which includes his laws & testimonies The word of God is liken unto our armor (see “The Whole Armor of God”) This armor is the most powerful weapon that we have because it protects us and it enables us to overcome the forces of Satan ©2011 Household Of Israel Temple Of Jesus Christ. All Rights Reserved
We Have to Choose We have to choose God over the desires of this flesh Satan is constantly fighting against us; therefore, we have to resist him at every moment This may seem impossible but if we apply the holy word to our lives and depend upon the strength of God nothing is impossible God is greater than anything that Satan can do Š2011 Household Of Israel Temple Of Jesus Christ. All Rights Reserved
Christ has the Victory Christ has already overcome the world and defeated sin and death Satan was kicked out of heaven at Christ’s first coming (Luke 10: 17-20) Satan cannot take God’s children out of his hand (Romans 8: 34-39) In the end Satan and death will be destroyed, his children will be destroyed and we will be saved (Matthew 25: 41) ©2011 Household Of Israel Temple Of Jesus Christ. All Rights Reserved
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This presentation was based on the class written by Evelyn C. Pointer entitled “Our Enemy”
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