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Spiritual Warfare - 2
Two Mistakes Regarding Satan
We can take him too seriously, as if he possessed God’s omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence.
The devil is an angel, and like all other creatures, he is in one place at a time, has areas of ignorance and has finite power.
Michael the archangel is presented as his peer in .
We can fail to take him seriously enough, reducing him to a cartoon villain.[1]
We have an enemy that we need to take seriously.
When it comes to spiritual warfare, what is our part, and what is God’s?
Do we have any power over the devil?
What can we or cannot do when it comes to dealing with the devil.
Work of Satan?
Times of trouble and suffering are not all the direct work of Satan.
We will, the Lord willing, learn this and more concerning spiritual warfare.
He is ultimately the source of all that is evil, but he does not need to be there recreating the evil each time it appears.
- Times of trouble and suffering are not all the work of Satan, at least in a direct sense.
Let’s not give him more credit or more attention than he deserves, and let’s not excuse ourselves from doing the things that God has commissioned us to do.
Ø He is ultimately the source of all that is evil, but although he introduced the corrupting influences into the world, he does not need to be there recreating the evil each time it appears.
Ø Let’s not give him more credit or more attention than he deserves, and let’s not excuse ourselves from doing the things that God has commissioned us to do.
We are to put on the full armor of God, so that we can take our stand against the devil’s schemes.
Ø We can take him too seriously, as if he possessed God’s omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence.
§ The devil is an angel, and like all other creatures, he is in one place at a time, has areas of ignorance (see notes on ), and has finite power.
§ Michael the archangel is presented as his peer in .
Ø On the other hand, we can fail to take him seriously enough, reducing him to a cartoon villain.[1]
John F. MacArthur Jr., Ephesians, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1986), 331.
- We have an enemy that we need to take seriously.
- When it comes to spiritual warfare, what is our part, and what is God’s?
The faithful Christian life is a battle; it is warfare on a grand scale—because when God begins to bless, Satan begins to attack.[1]
Ø Do we have any power over the devil?
John F. MacArthur Jr., Ephesians, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1986), 331.
Ø What can we or cannot do when it comes to dealing with the devil.
Ø We will, the Lord willing, learn this and more concerning spiritual warfare.
[1] Daniel M Doriani, Reformed Expository Commentary – 1 Peter, (Phillipsburg, New Jersey: P & R Publishing, 2014), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, 230-231.
The faithful Christian life is a battle; it is warfare on a grand scale—because when God begins to bless, Satan begins to attack.[1]
[1] John F. MacArthur Jr., Ephesians, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1986), 331.
[1] Daniel M Doriani, Reformed Expository Commentary – 1 Peter, (Phillipsburg, New Jersey: P & R Publishing, 2014), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, 230-231
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