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! Introduction:
/HOW TO DETECT AND DEFEAT HIM/
I. The Deceiver
"You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do.
He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
(John 8:44 NKJV)
So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
(Revelation 12:9 NKJV)
But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
(2 Corinthians 11:3 NKJV)
For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh.
This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
(2 John 1:7 NKJV)
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.
And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, `You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
"but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, `You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.
"For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate.
She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
(Genesis 3:1-7 NKJV)
1.
Tomorrow we will be studying on /The Armor of God/.
Today’s study I believe goes hand-in-hand.
2.
We know that, /“we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places./
Ephesians 6:12
3. Therefore, we must realize that God has a plan & will for our life, which/ He does! /Eph.
2:10/ /
4. Satan must have a plan & purpose for us as well, because he wants to oppose God’s work.
5.
So today, lets look together & find out what it is exactly we need to watch out for.
A.
SATAN’S PURPOSE –
*1.
**To Make You Ignorant of God’s Will*
a. Satan attacks God’s Word because God’s Word reveals God’s will!
– /Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You! /Psalms 119:11
– /I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart."/
Psalms 40:8
b.
We must remember that apart from the Word of God, we have no solid understanding of God’s will for us.
2.
God’s Will Comes From His Heart
a. God has a personal understanding of each of His children-their natures, their names, their needs, & He tailors His plans accordingly
3.
God Wants Us To /Know/ His Will
– /The God of our fathers has chosen you that you should know His will – /Acts 22:14
4.
God Wants Us To /Understand/ His Will
– /Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is –/Ephesians 5:17
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5.
He Wants This Understanding of His Will to /fill us/ & /control us./
– /For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding/ Colossians 1:9/ /
6.
The Result of All This Is The Believer
– /doing the will of God from the heart –/ Ephesians 6:6
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If Satan can make you ignorant of God’s will, then the outcome is, you will make bad decisions concerning your life & circumstances.
You may even influence others to make wrong decisions as well
B.
OUR DEFENSE -
The Inspired Word of God
1.
Our Lord Used This Weapon When He Was Tempted By Satan
a. Matthew 4:1-11 – /give exposition of this passage/
b.
Our Lord did not use His divine Power to defeat Satan
c.
He used the same weapon that is available for us today: The Word of God!
d. Jesus was led by the Spirit of God & Filled with the Word of God
e. Later this week we shall see that the Word of God is “the sword of the Spirit” #Eph 6:17
What Is Our Responsibility?
1.
/We must study & know God’s Word! /
a.
There is no reason for a believer to be ignorant of the Bible – Illustration of man who read the Bible with his tongue three times all the way through.
b.
We have many translations
c.
We have the Holy Spirit to teach us & guide us #John 16:13-15
d.
We have many kinds of study helps
e.
We have excellent teachers and Pastors to expound on the Word of God
If the believer does not know God’s word, usually it is because he or she just does not make the time to read!
We must /make time/ not /find time/.
Just as a physician studies his medical text, a mechanic studies his repair manual, so the Christian must study the Word of God! #2 Timothy 2:15 – the Bible is the instruction manual to life.
2.
/We Must Memorize God’s Word!/
a.
When Jesus was tempted by the Devil, He did not pull out his pocket Bible and say, “Wait a minute Satan, let me look my “switch blade” here and find out where those verses are.”
b.
No.
He reached back into the books of Moses, selected Deuteronomy, & quoted three verses from that book to silence Satan.
3.
/We Must Meditate on God’s Word! /(#Ps 119:15; 23, 48, 78, 97, 148; Ps 1:1)
Warren Wiersbe says; “Meditation is to the inner man what digestion is to the outer man.
If you did not digest your food, you would sicken and die.”
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/We Must Use God’s Word! /Matthew 7:24-27 cf.
James 1:22/ /
a.
Our minds should be saturated with Scripture that when we face a decision or a temptation, we automatically remember the Scripture that relates to that particular situation.
b.
It is the ministry of the Holy Spirit to bring God’s Word back to remembrance #John 14:26
c.
But the Spirit of God cannot remind us of something we have not already learned
d. Remember that Satan knows (head knowledge) the Bible far better that we do, & is able to quote it.
5.
/The Spirit of God Will Show You When Satan is “using” the Bible to promote his own lies./
a.
He did this with Jesus in the wilderness
b. Satan quoted Psalm 91:11-12
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