Satan The Destroyer
Sermon • Submitted
0 ratings
· 17 viewsNotes
Transcript
Satan The Destroyer
Satan The Destroyer
Intro: On May 22nd 2008 a EF3 tornado (3/4 of a mile wide with 160 mile an hour winds traveled nearly 40 miles reaping massive destruction on everything it in its path. It left railroad cars turned over tractor trailer blown all over buildings completely disappeared over 300 damages destroyed, over 200 power polls we torn down or ripped out of the ground over 400 cows were killed during this tornado. It was devastating and to see the devastation in person was unbelievable. To be standing in a place where just a couple months earlier I was knocking doors inviting people to come to a gospel meeting. An event that lasted only 45 minutes and yet reaped havoc on the people of Colorado. And yet this was only and EF3. In 2011 EF5 hit Joplin Missouri on May 22nd it actually killed 158 people. It was on the ground for 22 miles and lasted only 38 minutes but destroyed over 7,000 homes 200 to 300 pound parking stops were lifted and tossed 30 to 60 yards. Large steel reinforced concrete steps outside of a medical art building were shifted a few inches and cracked. Concrete walls toppled and steel support beams from some buildings were curved and twisted. It was a mile wide at one point and had over 300 mile an hour winds. Pure utter devastation. Those events only last minutes and only effected a few thousand people. Yet there is one who for thousands of years has reaped havoc and devastation upon the lives human beings and that is Satan the Destroyer. Make no mistake Satan is alive, real, and he is good wreaking havoc and devastation in the lives of men. For as long as I can remember we act like he is no big deal. If have cute cartoons with him depicted we watch movies and tv shows were he given a comical personality. We ignore him and even deny his existence or it least deny his power and influence. Maybe that is because he...
No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
He makes himself in the appearance of something good. The deciever dangles that good looking fruit before are eyes and heart tempts us to turn away from God.
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.
Satan wants nothing more than to utterly destroy you. Satan uses everything in his power to destroy you. the world and everything in it. He has schemes
Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
“You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Through the event that we find in Mark chapter 5 I think we can see the terrible devastation that satan wreaks with his schemes and minion or minions should I say since he is called legion.
Satan Destroys Relationships
the man is separated from society, dwelling among the tombs in the mountains.
Satan likewise destroys our relationships. One of the biggest lies that has ever been thought, uttered, and believed is the lie that sin only effects yourself. We trick ourselves into believe that is doesn’t effect anybody else, but it does. It affects your spouse, kids, extended family, friends, church and most importantly it destroys our relationship with Jesus.
Notice that there is continual conflict between men as they try to subdue and bind him. He torments others. I know of people who are so tormented by others sins that they can’t even be around them. Satan destroys relationships. I challenge you to find a sin that doesn’t effect someone other than yourself. You will not find it.
if Satan destroys relationships then why do we let him in so easily and regularly into our lives. Through media, technology, through bad company, etc. the lust of the flesh, the i want more mentality, etc. etc. We let him in because we don’t think it that big of a deal or we just haven’t filled our lives with Christ and His teaching.
Satan Destroys Peace
no peace with man - they are constantly in conflict with man. He was constantly screaming and men would try to subdue him. there was great conflict.
likewise satan and sin do the same in the lives of men. Sin has created many a conflict between men and women, brothers and sister, friends. Lifetime friendship, lifetime commitments, strong bonds that have been forged over long periods of time have been destroyed and devastated in one tiny act of indiscretion, one moment of giving in to the dark side,
no peace with self - the man is screaming, gashing himself with stones - it a situation absent of all joy and happiness. That is exactly what satan and sin does to man. Sin and its effects eats at the heart of man. It rots you from the inside. It steals your joy and happiness. Why is the world in conflict, why is there so much division and unrest in america. Because much of American and maybe even we ourselves have given our selves over to Satan the Destroyer of peace.
Why? We spend so little time filling ourselves with the things of God. We spend so little time preparing for war Eph. 6 and putting on the full armor of God. We get so easily distracted by the things of the world. We get deceived into putting our trust into false hopes. Our life is like a glass if we fill it with the things of God there is no room for the things of satan.
Satan Destroys Spirituality
anything from Satan is unclean v. 2 and verse 7 shows the he has nothing to do with God son. When you allow satan to rule your life you are unclean and sin separates you from God
we were all once controlled by satan Eph. 2:1-3 Col. 1:13
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
when we give our lives back over to satan we destroy our spirituality, we destroy our relationship with Jesus.
and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.
THE SAVING WORK OF JESUS
Heb. 2:14-15
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.
1 John 3:8
the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
1 Jn. 4:4
You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
When we come to Jesus thru baptism and repentance we can be set free from the bondage and destruction that comes from Satan.
When we come to jesus thru confession and repentance when we fail him and give our lives to satan we can receive healing and encouragement and strength to overcome the difficulties that come with sin
Jesus with a word cast out this demon and brought peace and normalcy to this man life and he was willing to tell everyone about it. What about us?
If you surrender your life to satan you end up living and dying like an animal.
If you surrender your life to Jesus you end up living and dying like in peace and assurance that you have home with God
Are you under the destructive work of satan or the saving work of jesus?