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1 Dr. Perry R. Jordan [8-22-16] Satan s Battle Strategy 2 [8-22-16] Satan s Battle Strategy 3 Introduction The believer in Jesus Christ needs to understand what the Bible proclaims about Satan and the Demons. When Satan lashed out against God in sinful thinking and behavior, he became the enemy of God. Therefore, as Christians, our enemy is also Satan which places an imperative objective in our lives to know our enemy . Evil or the Word (Satan s Approach) 1. Believers are commanded to be influenced by Truth, God s Word, and not Evil.

2 Be not imitators of Evil but Good. The one doing Absolute Good is out from the source of God; the one doing Evil has not seen the God (no Word). 3 John 11 2. Believers are warned to be aware of those practicing Evil those who are ruled by their old sinful nature and not the Holy Spirit. Philippians 3:2 Beware of the dogs keep looking; keep your eyes peeled for the legalists. The legalists in this passage were the Jews working their way to Heaven. Beware of Evil workers, people under Evil influence.

3 Beware of the concision a reference to the mutilators of God s Grace. kata-tome the down cutters. 3. What is Evil? a. Evil is the thinking of Satan. b. Evil reveals Satan s genius. c. Evil is the Satanic sphere of power. d. Evil is the involvement with the Cosmic System. e. Evil distorts Grace. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals." f. Evil despises authority, rules, discipline, law and order. Psalm 50:16 But unto the Evil God says: What right do you have to distort my laws.

4 G. Evil rationalizes and wants to avoid guilt. In order to rationalize, the conscience must be distorted. In order to [8-22-16] Satan s Battle Strategy 4 distort the conscience, the scripture must be set aside and non-scriptural standards must take its place. Isaiah 5:10-21 h. Evil is destructive (self-destructive). Psalm 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will be condemned. Evil people often try to solve problems of the world by violence! 4. On the cross the Lord Jesus Christ rejected Satanic thinking.

5 Sin was judged and paid for but evil was not. 5. Both sin and Evil have their sources in Satan but have different sources in the soul. The source of temptation is the OSN (Old Sin Nature), but the source of sin is the volition (choice). The source of Evil is continual rejection of God s thinking; it is accepting the genius of Satan and rejecting the genius of God. 6. A mature believer, can know the difference between the brilliance of Satan and the manifestation of God s love and Grace by the Word. The mature believer hears and heeds the Word of God so as to distinguish between sin and Evil.

6 7. We are either influenced by God s Good: agathos, or Evil (Satan s thinking), kakos. a. Proverbs 11:18-19 (NASB) 18 The wicked earns deceptive wages, But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward. 19 He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life, And he who pursues evil will bring about his own death. A perceptive life leads to an abundant life. A pursuer of Evil is pursuing the Sin Unto Death. b. Proverbs 14:22 (NASB) 22 Will they not go astray who devise evil? But kindness (grace) and truth (God s Word) will be to those who devise good.

7 (divine good). [8-22-16] Satan s Battle Strategy 5 c. Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place (omnipresence) beholding (omniscience) the Evil and the Good. d. Proverbs 22:3 A wise believer (studying and applying) sees the Evil and hides himself; but the simple (deceived) goes into the Evil and is punished by it. e. Ephesians 5:16 Redeem the time for the days are Evil. f. Romans 12:21 Be not conquered (overcome) by the Evil, but conquer (overcome) Evil by the Absolute Good.

8 Proof of Satan s Existence Look around. Got any ideas where all the bad stuff is coming from? Sociologists suggest that people s backgrounds and living conditions are to blame for some of it. Psychologists suggest that it could be in the mind. Physicians and health professionals might suggest that it s in the way we feel. Then there's the Politicians who want to blame the by the other political party. The logic behind all these suggestions is that man, somehow, is the culprit to all his troubles. But that creates a problem for evolutionists who teach that everything has evolved into a perfect order of nature that functions without error.

9 If that is true, what went wrong with this perfectly evolved, intelligent animal we call man? The rest of nature seems to be working the way it should, so why isn t man doing his part? How has intelligent man allowed society to get in the shape it s in? Why do people harm and kill each other? Who invented evil? Which one of the perfectly evolved human beings do we blame for all this? Somebody had to come up with the idea for man to turn out so bad. Scientific reasoning has no idea where evil comes from, for if it did, it could find a cure.

10 The reality of the situation is, there is an evil demon which the Bible refers to as Satan or the [8-22-16] Satan s Battle Strategy 6 devil. The tragedies of human experience confirm his existence. No other logic can satisfy the origin of evil. Another proof of Satan s existence is the Bible itself where from cover to cover it reveals the existence of the devil. The simple explanation that the Bible gives for all man s troubles is that the devil is behind it all in an effort to kill, steal and destroy the human soul.