SPIRITUAL WARFARE

1 Peter 5:9 NKJV

Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

James 4:7 NKJV

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Ephesians 4:27 NKJV

nor give place to the devil.

eph 4:27

Eph 4:27

Ephesians 6:11–13 NKJV

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For 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. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

eph6:11-13

2 cor 2:11

2 cor 2:11

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2 Corinthians 2:11 NKJV

lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

1 Corinthians 7:5 NKJV

Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

1 John 3:8 NKJV

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 3:10 NKJV

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

Revelation 2:13 NKJV

“I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

1 Thessalonians 2:18 NKJV

Therefore we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.

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Romans 16:20 NKJV

And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

The witness of the NT then is clear. Satan is a malignant reality, always hostile to God and to God’s people. But he has already been defeated in Christ’s life and death and resurrection, and this defeat will become obvious and complete in the end of the age.