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How Real is Satan to You?

How Real is Satan to You?. Revelation 12:7-12. WARNING! The devil is REAL – He is NOT a cartoon character!. Rev. 12:9-10 Devil Deceiver, v. 9 Accuser, v. 10 Slanderer Satan Adversary. 1 Peter 5:8. 2. Accuser, Rev. 12:10 Beelzebub, Matt. 12:24

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How Real is Satan to You?

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  1. How Real is Satan to You? Revelation 12:7-12

  2. WARNING! The devil is REAL – He is NOT a cartoon character! • Rev. 12:9-10 • Devil • Deceiver, v. 9 • Accuser, v. 10 • Slanderer • Satan • Adversary 1 Peter 5:8 2

  3. Accuser,Rev. 12:10 • Beelzebub,Matt. 12:24 • The enemy, Matt. 13:39 • Wicked one, Matt. 13:19 • Belial, 2 Cor. 6:15 • Murderer & liar, Jno. 8:44 • God of this world, 2 Cor. 4:4 • Prince of the powers of the air, Eph. 2:2 3

  4. SATAN HATES GOD & MAN • Accuses God before man,Gen. 3:4-5 • Tries to stop God’s work, Matt. 4:1-10(Rev. 12:4) • Tempts man to sin against God’s goodness (1 Ths. 3:5)

  5. SATAN HATES GOD & MAN • Accuses man before God,Job 1:6-12; Zech. 3:1; Lk. 22: 31-32 • Lies about our faith & our lives, Rev. 12:10 • He wants you out of God’s favor

  6. SATAN HATES GOD & MAN • Accuses men to each other,Col. 3:8-9 • He works on Christians, 1 Pet. 5:8; Eph. 2:2 • He has the world, Rev. 12:12 • He wants the kingdom of Christ, Eph. 6:12; 1 Pet. 5:8; Rev. 12:17

  7. HOW SATAN WORKS2 Cor. 2:11 • Through enticements,Jas. 1:14 • Twists evil into “good” (Isa. 5:20); Matt. 4:1-10; Jno. 8:44 • Remedy: Control desires to conform to will of God, Jas. 1:15

  8. HOW SATAN WORKS2 Cor. 2:11 • On our minds,Jno. 13:2, 27; Acts 5:3 (Mk. 7:20-23) • Through human agents, Matt. 16:23; Jno. 6:70; 1 Cor. 15:33-34 • Perverts God’s ways, Acts 13:10 • Those without knowledge, 1 Cor. 15:33-34

  9. HOW SATAN WORKS2 Cor. 2:11 • Uses things that appear right and good, 2 Cor. 11:13-15, 3 • Institutions, movements, religious teachers, friends, feelings, etc., cf. Rev. 2:9 (3:9) • This is why we must not believe every spirit, but “try the spirits,” 1 Jno. 4:1

  10. HOW CAN WE WIN?Rev. 12:10-12 • Remember, Satan is a liar, Jno. 8:44 • “…there is no truth in him…” • He counterfeits the truth & makes sin look good, Heb. 11:25

  11. HOW CAN WE WIN?Rev. 12:10-12 • Truth of the gospel delivers us from the lies of Satan, Jno. 8:32 • Truth overcomes Satan, 2 Ths. 2: 8-12 • Be subject to God, Jas. 4:7-10 • God’s word in the heart, Psa. 119:11

  12. HOW CAN WE WIN?Rev. 12:10-12 • Practical ways to resist, Jas. 4:7 (Eph. 4:27; 6:10-17; 1 Pet. 5:9) • Be alert • Be armed • Use self-control • Know escape routes • Obey God • Pray

  13. HOW CAN WE WIN?Rev. 12:10-12 • Practical ways to resist, Jas. 4:7 (Eph. 4:27; 6:10-17; 1 Pet. 5:9) • Faith, 1 Jno. 3:8; 5:4; Rev. 12:11 • Blood of Christ, Jno. 12:31 (Heb. 2:14) • Word of God, Rom. 1:16 • Self-denial, Rev. 2:10

  14. “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” 1 John 4:4

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