YOU ARE GOOD BUT YOUR ENEMY MADE YOU EVIL CRIMINAL !
KNOW YOUR ENEMY
THE KILLER OF
MANKIND
HE WILL DESTROY
YOU
HE ALWAYS BRING
CHAOS IN YOUR FAMILY
HE WANT PEOPLE
ALWAYS WORSHIP HIM OTHERWISE HE WILL BRING DISEASES,ACCIDENT,DEATH,BUSINESS
FAILURE,LOSE ,FAMILY DISTURBANCE ,LACK OF CONFIDENCE ,POVERT ETC ,SO THAT YOU
BLAME THE TRUE GOD.
GOD IS A GOOD
GOD,LOVING GOD,HE DO ALWAYS GOOD,HE NEVER DO EVIL NOR HE GIVE SOROW TO HIS
CHILDREN.HIS NATURE IS TO DO ALWAS GOOD.
The first question that I would like to address is:
Is Satan a person, spirit, angel, or deity? The next four pages will provide
facts about Satan to help you understand just who he is. I will provide you
with many scripture references that will prove Satan’s existence and teach you
of his attributes and characteristics. After reading these pages you should
have a good understanding of what the Bible teaches about the character of
Satan.
Satan is a fallen angel. Prior to his fall, Satan was
known as Lucifer. The name Lucifer means “star of the morning” and “shining
one”. Lucifer was God’s chief cherub angel. A cherub angel is God’s highest
ranking angel. There are only three cherub angels named in the entire Bible:
Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer. Cherub angels hold the responsibility to protect
the holiness of God. They possess indescribable beauty and power beyond
anything the human mind can conceive.1 In Ezekiel 28:12-14, Lucifer is
described as being full of wisdom, perfect in beauty, full of talent, and near
to God.
Unfortunately, this highest ranking angel of God
fell. He sinned against God and was therefore cast out of the presence of the
Lord for eternity.
Satan is a person. As stated above, Satan is a fallen
angel. Angel’s possess personality, intelligence, will, and emotion. Satan has
all of the properties of personality, he has the ability to plan (2 Corinthians
11:3), communicate (Matthew 4:1-11, Genesis 3:1-6), and make choices (Matthew
4:8-9).2 He is held accountable for all of his actions by God.
Satan has twenty two names in the Bible. His names
are:
1. Lucifer (Isaiah 14:12). This is Satan’s name prior
to his fall, it means “star of the morning” and “shining one”.
2. Satan (Mark 4:15). This name simply means
adversary. An adversary is an opponent, rival, or enemy.3
3. The devil (Matthew 4:1-11). This name means
slanderer. A slanderer is someone who makes a false, malicious statement,
especially one which is injurious to one’s reputation.4
4. The prince of the power of the air (Ephesians
2:2). This refers to Satan as he dominates his worldly human subjects.5
5. The god of this age (2 Corinthians 4:4). This is
simply a reference to Satan, revealing his rule over the present darkness of
this world.
6. The king of death (Hebrews 2:14). This means that
Satan has the power of death.
7. The prince of this world (John 12:31). This means
that Satan is the ruler of this world.
8. The ruler of darkness (Ephesians 6:12). This name
reveals Satan’s rule, authority, and cosmic power over the present darkness of
this world.6
9. Leviathan (Isaiah 27:1). This name is a
description of a powerful dragon-like creature.7
10. The dragon (Revelation 12:7). This is another
name used for Satan, the accuser.
11. The deceiver (Revelation 20:10). This name
reveals Satan as one who lies to trick or mislead.
12. Apollyon (Revelation 9:11). This name means a
destroyer. A destroyer is someone who causes damage beyond use or repair.8
13. Beelzebub (Matthew 12:24). This name for Satan
means “the lord of flies,” or “the lord of dung,” or “the dung god.”
14. Belial (2 Corinthians 6:15). This name is the
personification of all that is evil.
15. The wicked one (Matthew 13:38). This name reveals
that Satan is evil or mischievous by nature.
16. The tempter (1Thessalonians 3:5). This name
reveals that Satan does provoke to cause people to do wrong.
17. The accuser of the brethren (Revelation 12:10).
This means Satan charges or places blame or fault on a follower of Christ.
18. An angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14-15). This
name reveals Satan as a deceiver.
19. A liar (John 8:44, Genesis 3:4-5). This name
reveals that Satan intentionally gives false information.
20. A murderer (John 8:44). This name reveals that
Satan deliberately kills.
21. The enemy (Matthew 13:39). This name reveals that
Satan is hostile towards, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, and
intends to hurt God Himself.
22. A roaring lion (1 Peter 5:8). This name describes
Satan’s destructive threat.9
Satan is a spirit. Again, Satan is a fallen angel and
angels are spirits. A spirit is an immaterial being.10 Like all other angels,
Satan is very limited spatially; he can only be at one place at a time. He is
not omnipresent like God. You can see this truth in Daniel 9 and 10 where the
Bible gives evidence to support that angels must travel from one place to
another.
Like angels, it is possible for Satan to materialize
in human form. 11You can see one example of angels entering men in Genesis
19:1, where two angels went into Sodom to save Abraham’s nephew, Lot. In
addition to this example of angels entering men, there are many examples
throughout scripture of fallen angels entering men.
Satan will never die, he is immortal. This is another
characteristic of angels that Satan possesses. 12 Therefore there is nothing
that you as a believer can do to destroy him. God created him as an immortal
being.
What are Satan’s Characteristics?
Satan is an accuser. The Bible is clear that Satan is
an accuser. Revelation 12:10 says, “Now the salvation and the power and the
kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser
of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our
God. Satan absolutely loves accusing God’s children of sin. Before the throne
of God, Satan tells of our sin. He tells of his reign in the hearts of all
sinners and tells of his rightful claim to the souls of all who have sinned
against God.13
Satan is a deceiver. He will do anything in his power
to blind the mind of the unbeliever so that they do not believe the gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:4). This includes changing the gospel so
that people who think they are believers such as, Jehovah’s Witnesses and
Mormon’s, are really deceived and blind to the real truth. Often times a false
belief is more damaging than no belief at all. Along with deception, the Devil
will come and take away the Word so that people who have heard it do not
believe. Only the power of God can remove the blinders put on by Satan,
allowing one to believe.
Satan is an imitator. He has always wanted to be
worshipped just as God is, thus he strives to imitate his Creator. In 2
Corinthians 11:13-15 you can read that Satan himself is transformed into an
angel of light. He is a deceiver who masks himself as a messenger of God.14 He
is not likely to reveal his true self to anyone.
Ponder this, if Satan displayed himself by openly
showing his true character than it would be obvious for all to stay away.
Instead he makes himself look as though he portrays good attributes in order to
lure you in, therefore, he imitates both God and the church. I believe that
this is why you see so many heretical religious groups, because Satan has
imitated God and led the religious group into the worship and following of a
made up God. Thus they are in the hands of Satan and not God.
Satan is a liar. The Bible tells us that Satan is the
father of lies and a liar by character (John 8:44). Therefore, he is never
trust worthy or believable. To believe anything that comes from him is reckless
and irresponsible.
Satan has lied since the beginning when he instructed
Eve to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, telling her that
she surely would not die. Satan told Eve this, knowing very well the
consequences of eating from the tree. Therefore, he lied to her as well as he
lied about God by insinuating that God had lied to her.
Satan is a murderer. Since the very beginning he has
had this attribute according to John 8. For in Genesis chapter two, the Lord
told Adam and Eve that they should not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil and that the consequence for eating from that tree would be death. In
Genesis chapter three, Satan told Eve that surely she would not die if she ate
from the tree. Here, Satan not only lied to Eve to get her to disobey God, but
also attempted to murder her by knowing the consequence while yet trying to convince
her to eat of the tree.
Satan is an oppressor. 1 Peter 5:8 says that he is
“like a roaring lion walking about, seeking who he may devour.” It is Satan’s
goal to hunt down the believer and pin him down in sin. After becoming a child
of God, Satan becomes your adversary. He takes your faith in God as a personal
act of opposition toward him and therefore takes it upon himself to hunt you
down and trap you in sin, as a form of warfare. Although he knows that the
believer’s salvation can not be lost, he find’s some satisfaction in tormenting
the saint for their allegiance to the Lord.
Satan is a perverter. To pervert, is to distort or
change something from its original or intended use. Satan distorts what has
been given by God to man for his blessing and benefit.15 There is no blessing
from God that Satan does not distort. Many times Satan distorts the truth of
God’s word so that man has a misunderstanding of some important attributes of
God or His glorious gospel. This is one of Satan’s top goals. He hopes that he
can lead someone astray rather than them submitting to the authority of the
most high God.
Satan is a sinner. He is so involved in sin that he
habitually sins. He is nothing less than addicted to sin. Sin is in his very
nature. He is also the very foundation of sin. Therefore, the Bible tells us
that Christ came into this world, not just to destroy sin, but also to destroy
Satan, himself.16
Satan is a tempter. He tempted Christ Himself in the
wilderness as recorded in the book of Matthew chapter 4, so be sure that he
will try to tempt you. One of Satan’s goals is to tempt the believer, to pull
him or her away from God, causing the Christian to commit idolatry by holding
some other person or thing higher than God himself. This attribute of Satan causes
many to sin in this current age.
How do we protect ourselves from our adversary?
Put on the whole armor of God. This armor consists of
the belt (meaning truth), breastplate (meaning righteousness), shoes (meaning
the readiness given by the gospel of peace), shield (meaning faith), helmet
(meaning salvation), and the sword (meaning the word of God). These are all
metaphors for the spiritual resources that we have been given by god. The Bible
tells us that if we use these resources by putting on this armor we may be able
to stand against the schemes of the devil (Ephesians 6:11).
In addition to this armor of God, we are told to be
in constant prayer and to be alert with all perseverance, making supplication
for all the saints, and to boldly proclaim the gospel of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ (Ephesians 6:18-19).
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Now that I
have presented you with sufficient evidence to support, not only that Satan
exists, but also that he is to be taken very seriously, I hope that you take
heed. He is powerful and anxious to destroy. God has warned us of him and his
ways in scripture and provided us with instructions to defeat Satan’s attacks.
So will you abide by God’s word? Will you make an attempt to familiarize
yourself with the character of the devil so that you will not be caught off
guard by his attacks? Please put on the whole armor of God and stand firm in
the glorious gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is He who will be
victorious and Satan who will be cast forever intso the lake of fire. AMEN,AMEN
AND AMEN …
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