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*Not Ignorant* – 1 Pet 5:6-11 (Sin~/Satan – 14)
► Radio one Tues evening – “no news, listen to FM.” Wonder what 12~/6~/41 was like?
Xmas shopping, school-kids hear of far-off war.
What doing Mon.
10th of Sept, 2001?
Next day after radio, 4~/19~/95 – OKC bombing.
Bet you know on 9~/11.
Each days b4 horrendous events – not *aware*, /ignorant of about to happen/.
Then jarred into reality – into struggles of war and terrorism!
Never saw it coming!
► Our struggle w~/ sin! Satan has strategy for goal of destroying you!
What is strategy?
Can know?
Yes.
Told in 2 Cor 2:11 (RD).
► Means we CAN be aware of Satan’s plotting against us.
Devil has MO - been same since begin of time.
We can become aware of how he works and how we can combat his activities in our lives.
Wants to defraud you thru trickery, treachery!
*Remember - He is after your soul!*
► Thru temptation Satan seeks draw us away from God - to destroy us.
Therefore, must be totally familiar w~/ how tempter uses temptation to defeat us.
Let’s study how he works.
· *T** - Turn* Gen 3. Let’s examine his strategy during 1st temptation recorded in Scripture.
*I.
**Satan’s Strategy* - (Genesis 3:1-6)
A. Much can learn from 1st tempt.
Reveals many clues about how Satan works - what are his schemes.
See Satan very __/?_//_/- not some dumb creature - not dressed in red suit w~/ pointed tail.
Attack will be sophisticated, /subtle/.
Notice how he approaches Eve.
1. 1st - attack directed to mind.
Began by sowing /doubt/ - doubt concerning God’s Word.
God had given His Word to Adam and Eve.
His Word should been their only defense!
2. But it became object of Satan’s attack.
Satan desires that we begin to doubt God’s Word.
B. Attacked God’s Word 3 ways.
*1st* - challenged authorship, authority of Word.
1st words Satan uttered (RD 3:1b).
How know God /really/ said?
Were you there?
Notice also in vs 3, when Eve replied, she /misquoted Word of God/ - in fact, added (God didn’t say not touch – 2:17!).
Satan knew he was on right track.
1.
By ques.
authority of Word, also quest.
accuracy.
If she couldn’t sure God really said what said, then how trust it true?
Perhaps something lost in translation when Adam had communicated that word to her.
Sound familiar?
2. Finally, he quest.
acceptability of Word God /supposedly/ given.
Tried appeal to selfish desires; focus gaze, not on goodness of God, but on own self-interest.
Boldly declares God has ulterior motive!
God trying keep them from something which make them happy.
He said, (RD 3:5)
3. So, not only Satan sowing doubt, also issuing /denial/ that Word was true.
Doubt and denial always part of his strategy.
Goal of course - /delusion/.
Desires to bring delusion to God’s people.
Told Eve they would be /like God/.
But – he’ll tell anything want to hear.
He doesn’t care what delusion is, as long as draws us away from God’s truth.
C. See happened in 1st tempt?
Still happens today.
Satan has a Master Plan.
Each step we take down that path is another step away from God. Let’s look at Eve’s steps:
1.
Some believe no harm in looking.
But tempt comes thru eyes many times.
In 1 Jn 2:16 told of "/lust of eyes./"
When her look became lust, Satan succeeded getting her take 1st step.
2. Then /she took/.
Now desire had become decision.
Taken 2nd step.
Satan didn’t force her, she made a decision.
He will tempt us, but we must decide.
3. When /ate/ - 3rd step.
Choice turned to chain.
Satan had just where wanted.
Snared by devil.
4. *Finally, told /she gave to her husband/.
Final step taken - sinner turned into seducer.
Satan desires not only to seduce us, **/but make us accomplice in seducing others/**.*
5. Satan’s strategy very covert - almost never frontal assault - too obvious.
Uses subtlety - seeks to cause /doubt authority, accuracy, acceptability of God’s Word/.
Seeks to deny power of Word, get us to do same - delude us believing lie ISO truth.
*Minds* become battle ground.
If can influence way *think* about God - Word, then can /influence way we behave/.
· *T** – */So, let’s understand – from Eden, he hasn’t changed.
He is deceptive and a seller of lies./
!! II.
Some lies Satan tries to deceive us with:
A. Jesus gives perf.
descrip. of him in Jn 8:44.
Forget pointy tail, red suit – Jesus sums it up (RD)!
B. So, we know he’s deceitful liar – so what are his lies?
1. *“*Just a Little Won’t Hurt*” - I*f convinced can sin - get away w~/, knows you’ll keep on.
But – Jesus says in John 8:34 s/in always// addictive - enslaving/.
Man 1st startled by sin; then becomes pleasing, then easy, then frequent, then habitual, then way of life.
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