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Knowing The Enemy. The Devil. The devil (1 Pet. 5:8; 1 Jn. 3:8) The tempter (Matt. 4:3; 1 Thess. 3:5) Beelzebub (Matt. 12:24) The wicked one (Matt. 13:19; 1 Jn. 3:12) The god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4) Belial (2 Cor. 6:15) The prince of the power of the air (Eph. 2:2)
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The Devil • The devil (1 Pet. 5:8; 1 Jn. 3:8) • The tempter (Matt. 4:3; 1 Thess. 3:5) • Beelzebub (Matt. 12:24) • The wicked one (Matt. 13:19; 1 Jn. 3:12) • The god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4) • Belial (2 Cor. 6:15) • The prince of the power of the air (Eph. 2:2) • The prince of this world (Jn. 12:31; 16:11)
The Devil • The prince of the devils (Matt. 9:34; 12:24) • The enemy (Matt. 13:39; Lk. 10:19) • The accuser (Rev. 12:10) • The adversary (1 Pet. 5:8) • Satan (2 Cor. 11:14; 1 Tim. 5:15) • Apollyon (Rev. 9:11) • The father of lies (Jn. 8:44) • The great dragon (Rev. 12:9) • The old serpent (Rev. 12:9)
The Devil • Contends (Jude 9) • Provokes (1 Chron. 21:1) • Oppresses (Acts 10:38) • Lies (Jn. 8:44) • Accuses (Rev. 12:10) • Hinders (1 Thess. 2:18) • Tempts (1 Cor. 7:5) • Deceives (Rev. 12:9) • Blinds (2 Cor. 4:4) • Snatches (Matt. 13:19)
The Devil (1) Satan is a formidable opponent • Led Ananias and Sapphira into sin (Acts 5:3) • Hindered Paul’s work (1 Thess. 2:18) • Brought intense persecution in Smyrna (Rev. 2:10) • Can portray himself as good (2 Cor. 11:14) • Knows the scriptures and misrepresents them to his advantage (Matt. 4:6) • Looks for moments of weakness to attack (1 Cor. 7:5)
The Devil (2) His power is limited • “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (Jam. 4:7) (3) He is not as powerful as God • “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world (1 Jn. 4:4) (4) He will be cast into hell • “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matt. 25:41)