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The Adversary
Your Adversary
Who is your adversary?
Satan is your adversary. Not your neighbor.
Job 1: 7And the Lord said to Satan, From where did you come? Then Satan answered the Lord, From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.
Spiritual Warfare: We are in a fight.
Outcome: God has already won.
As a believer we must know which weapons to use and understand the weapons being used against us. What is satan’s greatest weapon?
Deception
Homosexuality
Drug Addiction
Alcoholism
The Love of Money
Selfishness
Impure Motives
Arrogance
Jealously
All of these are considered to be subtle deception.
The enemy studies each individual. How can he study without being Present in our lives at one time or another. Is not the thought of the devil Watching over you eerie?
Story of Eve is a timeless example of how deceptive our adversary can be.
Notice his style, method and motive.
He did not change the commandment of God he spoke it in a different context. He did not tell Eve she could not eat the fruit. He asked her questions and offered a different result.
Genesis 2: 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "
4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Have you ever considered that Eve in somehow wanted power more than the fruit? Consider the fact that Eve did not need food, she had plenty. She was not hungry. What was her real motive for eating the fruit?
The same with our lives, what are the motives for why we do some of the things we do?
We must know our adversary.
We have to know just as much about him as he knows about us. Satan did not go to Adam.
Have you considered he studied Adam and knew Adam would not give in so easily. Or that maybe Adam would pray and ask God “did you hear the serpent, is that true?” Also consider, satan comes to tempt you because he knows you will not go to God in prayer and ask God if the information you are receiving is true or False.
Phillipians 4:6-7 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Who is your adversary?
Satan is your adversary. Not your neighbor.
Job 1: 7And the Lord said to Satan, From where did you come? Then Satan answered the Lord, From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.
Spiritual Warfare: We are in a fight.
Outcome: God has already won.
As a believer we must know which weapons to use and understand the weapons being used against us. What is satan’s greatest weapon?
Deception
Homosexuality
Drug Addiction
Alcoholism
The Love of Money
Selfishness
Impure Motives
Arrogance
Jealously
All of these are considered to be subtle deception.
The enemy studies each individual. How can he study without being Present in our lives at one time or another. Is not the thought of the devil Watching over you eerie?
Story of Eve is a timeless example of how deceptive our adversary can be.
Notice his style, method and motive.
He did not change the commandment of God he spoke it in a different context. He did not tell Eve she could not eat the fruit. He asked her questions and offered a different result.
Genesis 2: 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "
4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Have you ever considered that Eve in somehow wanted power more than the fruit? Consider the fact that Eve did not need food, she had plenty. She was not hungry. What was her real motive for eating the fruit?
The same with our lives, what are the motives for why we do some of the things we do?
We must know our adversary.
We have to know just as much about him as he knows about us. Satan did not go to Adam.
Have you considered he studied Adam and knew Adam would not give in so easily. Or that maybe Adam would pray and ask God “did you hear the serpent, is that true?” Also consider, satan comes to tempt you because he knows you will not go to God in prayer and ask God if the information you are receiving is true or False.
Phillipians 4:6-7 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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