Satan Master Deceiver II

Revelation 20:1-3,1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

This morning I want to remind us how powerful Satan is. He is not to be taken lightly in our lives. Satan is a deceiver and he is the master of it.

Lets take a look at what is going on.

I.       In verse 7, Satan is sealed for 1000 years.

A.    The Seal, nothing can get out. Look at verse 3.

B.    Satan can’t temp anyone from within the bottomless pit.

1.     Have you ever seen a movie were a prisoner was running a mob from prison?

2.     Satan will not be able to influence anyone in the Bottomless Pit

C.    During this time there will be peace on earth for 1000 years.

1.     Perfect peace

2.     They will have the perfect Government

3.     The perfect Leadership

4.     What more can anyone ask for

D.    Technically we can only be temped two ways.

1.     One is Satan, this is from without.

2.     The other is from with in. We put our selves under the influence

a)     James 1:13-15,13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death

II.     Than Satan is released after 1000 years.

A.    Satan goes out temping people again.

1.     Remember, these people have not been temped for 1000 years.

a)     10 of our generations will have gone by

B.    People have been born who have never been temped by Satan.

1.     Think of the possibilities

2.     They will fall to his influence.

III.    Look in verse 8. As the sand are of the Sea, that is how many people will turn from Christ and serve Satan.

A.    There is no way anyone can number how many people that will be. But it will be a lot.

B.    These people lived 1000 years in perfect Pease, which the earth has never experienced.

C.    This shows us two things, Satan is powerful and how wicked our hearts are.

1.     Jeremiah 17:9,9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

2.     I thank God that through Jesus Christ that can change.

a)     We have the opportunity to accept Christ

b)     We can serve God and not Satan

D.    This is how powerful Satan truly is.

1.     We take it for granted whom Satan is and what he can do.

E.     The people back in Revelations are not just deceived; they are going out to battle for Satan.

1.     This will show that a lot of people will be submissive to Christ, but never get saved during the 1000-year reign of Christ.

2.     That is what is happening today.

a)     People go to church, some every Sunday and never get saved.

b)     They have the outward appearance of a Christians, but no change takes place inside.

c)     Matthew 23:27, Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

d)     Matthew 7:22-23,22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Conclusion:  I hope this gets you thinking today that we need the power of Christ each and every moment of every day. Than we can battle against Satan through the help of Christ doing His work in us.

Remember Satan is influencing us every day we live

Please don’t take Satan for-granted.

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