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Who is Satan

We learned a little bit about Satan last week, knowing that that he was the serpent in the garden ().

But onward from that knowledge what do we really know about him.

Our general knowledge give that he hates God, that he is an enemy of God, that he is trying to destroy us, and that one day in the end Satan loses his battle against God!

Where Did He Come From

Satan’s name wasn’t Satan all the time.

His name was Lucifer according to .

He was later renamed in scripture as Satan or the Devil, both names meaning adversary.

Christ gives that he fell from heaven ()

18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.

(2016).

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Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

So Satan comes from heaven!

How in the world does an extremely evil being like Satan come from heaven?

Why would God ever allow him to be there.

To tell you the truth this is where is originated you see…

What Did He Do

Satan’s name wasn’t Satan all the time.

His name was Lucifer according to .

He was later renamed in scripture as Satan or the Devil, both names meaning adversary.

Lucifer’s name meant light-bringer, morning star, or day star.

says

12  “How you are fallen from heaven,

O Day Star, son of Dawn!

How you are cut down to the ground,

you who laid the nations low!

13  You said in your heart,

‘I will ascend to heaven;

above the stars of God

I will set my throne on high;

I will sit on the mount of assembly

in the far reaches of the north;

14  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;

I will make myself like the Most High.’

15  But you are brought down to Sheol,

to the far reaches of the pit.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.

(2016).

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Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

In - it says,

“7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon.

And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.”

say,

“You were the signet of perfection,

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13  You were in Eden, the garden of God;

every precious stone was your covering,

sardius, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle;

and crafted in gold were your settings

and your engravings.

On the day that you were created

they were prepared.

14  You were an anointed guardian cherub.

I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God;

in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.

15  You were blameless in your ways

from the day you were created,

till unrighteousness was found in you.

16  In the abundance of your trade

you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;

so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,

and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

17  Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.

I cast you to the ground;

I exposed you before kings,

to feast their eyes on you.

What scripture is basically telling us is that Satan aka Lucifer was a beautiful angel.

He was made perfect!

However, looking at himself he became conceited and thought maybe he could become like God, maybe he could make himself a ruler of the universe!

Satan wanted to be God, or just as powerful.

So he went to get a throne just as powerful as God’s!

He wared in heaven for the throne, for the authority, for the power and do you know what he got?

He was cast out of heaven and earth became his new home.

And ever since that time he has has been here on this earth with us, not in hell.

Scripture does give that this will be his end “the lake of fire” but not that he is living there now.

So what was Satan/Lucifer’s down fall?

Well its this little thing called pride/arrogance!

tells us…

18  Pride goes before destruction,

and a haughty spirit before a fall.

So my point is that Satan/Lucifer was like ooh baby I’m freaking gorgeous, I have almost everything, I’m powerful, and I am freaking amazing!

The only thing that would make me complete is the power of God! However what did this mindset prove for him?

his on destruction!

Satan is the epitome of pride of a haughty spirit, so therefore pride was the first sin and the reason why he fell.

However, there is a lesson in Lucifer’s fall.

We just like Satan/Lucifer can become so diluted in our pride, and arrogance that we start to think that we are higher than we ought to.

You see your pride sets you up with a mirage of a throne, it’s what makes you think you can talk back to your parents, get away with stealing, undermine your teachers and authorities, and do whatever you want although God is watching you.

Have you ever seen a person think he was so great and end up falling on his face.

That will be you unless you humble your self and submit to God has and the authorities He has placed in your life, so as long as their authority matches up with His!

What Does He Set Out to Do

What Does He Set Out to Do

Satan is Our Enemy

says, “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”

Satan is a Tempter

gives that he is a tempter.