Yes, Satan has a strategy for believers. His goal is to gain access to our lives in any capacity possible. He has a method, a strategy to try to get attached to our lives to wreak havoc. To hinder our destinies. Why because believers are his number one threat. For we have been given authority over him but when we do not use that authority he gains authority in the areas in which we are week or disobedient.
This warning is not for the lost but for the righteous. This implies that the righteous if they are not walking “sober”, in obedience, they can come under the influence of the devil… whose goal is to devour, to destroy the people of God.
Paul warns believers,Paul tells us, the people of God, to not give the devil an opportunity in our lives. Which implies in fact that we can give the devil a foot hold in our lives. We can surrender some of our freedom in Christ to the devil.
All believers are in a war whether they realize it or not. The devil is our
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*If just coming to Christ and becoming a believer drove away demons, why then did Jesus command us to drive out demons?
*Why didn’t he just say have them become believers then all demons will leave. If demons left people once they turned to Christ, there would be zero reason to drive out demons. And you say, “Well we need to drive them out of unbelievers.” What good is it if they can just turn to Christ and get deliver or why in the world would you drive out a demon from a demonized person that wants nothing to do with Christ? They would be worse off.
* It is interesting that even Jesus discourages doing deliverance with unbelievers. In Luke 11:24-26, Jesus tells us that when a demon goes out it can come back again. If It sees that the house is still empty the demon can bring back more demons and the person state is worse than before.
*Why is casting out demons apart of the great
This stereotypical point of view from nonbelievers actually has driven many away froth church and the Christian faith. A recent survey from “Relevant Magazine,” asked a group of people who identified as atheists and agnostics who all previously attended some form of a modern day christian church, why they left the church. Over 85 percent of the people surveyed blamed harsh and judgmental Christians as the primary reason they walked away from the Christian faith. The evangelism method employed by the modern church is one that can easily be misconstrued as a person judging them for who they are. Church leaders should take the prospective of the outsider into consideration for their perspective and response is the only measurement of the effectiveness of their body of Christ’s effectiveness in their
“We shall follow you wherever you go. If danger threatens you, we shall face it also. If it be death, we shall die with you. You are damned, and we wish to share your damnation.” (p.37)
He uses specific and powerful wording to portray the effects of not undergoing a conversion. Edwards horrifies the people when he uses powerful, frightening words to portray these effects. He speaks of the notorious Devil, whose name makes people shutter; they will do anything to escape from the Devil, even undergo a conversion. Edwards states, “The Devil is waiting for them,” as in the ones whom do not undergo conversion. Edwards also explains to the congregation that not only will they be greeted by the devil if they do not convert, but they will also be endangered by their own God. Their God will be outraged of those who do not undergo a conversion. He explains, “You are in the hands of an angry God.” Edwards’s explanation of this outraged God urges the congregation to undergo conversion fast. Moreover, Edwards uses one last horrific wording to convince the congregation to undergo conversion when he speaks of how some may not escape this dreadful future; this ultimately urges others to hurry in undergoing an emotional conversion. Edwards states, “There are many in this congregation … that will actually be the subjects of this very misery to all eternity.” To conclude, Edwards’s use of negative diction on the outcome of not undergoing conversion urges the congregation to undergo an emotional
From the very moment that Satan is introduced he presents this unwavering passion to defeat his all-mighty creator. Satan says in book one, “By force, hath overcome but half his foe. (1:648-649). Here, Satan states in his second speech that they have not lost the battle of Heaven vs. Hell completely. God was stronger than they expected but they were going to overcome their first loss and win the next one. Not...
“Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose”
"Sir, word has been spread that one of the oracles envisioned the image of Satan in one of his dreams. It was said Satan has spoken to him stating that he will come to our sitting and ‘flay the skin from the flesh of the townsmen and then flesh from bone scraping [our] bones dry, And still [we] will not have suffered enough for betraying [him].' Might I remind you of the old proverb sir that ‘ The bonds of loyalty can tie one to the grave.' Maybe our belief is to be the destruction of our kind."
Demons originated from deception and rebellion, which is what their character traits are, even now. Isaiah 14:12-14 states the first fall of the angel, Lucifer, from Heaven. Even here, he was assigned to a job, not a person in Heaven (The Bible, NIV). Lucifer was in charge of all the music in Heaven. But when his pride stepped in the way and he tried to overthrow his authority, he was sent to Hell and all the angels who supported Lucifer went with him, then becoming demons. Their mission in life is the one of Satan, their master: to lead people away from God at any means necessary. In the Bible, the New Testament is filled with multiple stories of Jesus casting out demons from people; especially in the four gospels. In the book of Mark, Jesus cast out a “legion” of demons from a man who was demonically possessed (The Bible, NIV). In that time, a legion of Roman soldiers had anywhere from 3,000-5,000 people involved. This means that there were close to over 3000 demons taunting one
Go tell Mankind, that there are Devils and Witches; and that tho those night-birds least appear where the Day-light of the Gospel comes, yet New-Engl. has had Exemples of their Existence and Operation; and that no only the Wigwams of Indians, where the pagan Powaws often raise their masters, in the shapes of Bears and Snakes and Fires, but the House of Christians, where our God has had his constant Worship, have undergone the Annoyance of Evil spirits. Go tell the world, What Prays can do beyond all Devils and Witches, and What it is that these Monsters love to do; and through the Demons in the Audience of several standers-by threatned much disgrace to thy Author, if he let thee come abroad, yet venture That, and in this way seek a just Revenge on Them for the Disturbance they have given to such as have called on the Name of God.
They also embrace the methodology to ensure these demons either leave or are prevented from causing further harm or damage. The Christian belief of demonic forces has been present since the coming of Lucifer. The Christian views of demons involve the idea of possessions and provide answers to the evil actions that occur amongst the living.
Either way once faith is confirmed demons will often manifest. Therefore Christians can have demons. They don’t automatically leave at conversion or because one has faith. Faith is simply the key to unlock one’s freedom. Demons must be driven out!
In scripture, we can see that more than once Jesus cast out demons from people and had the power to shut their mouths. In Luke 11:14 one can see the power of Christ over demons, “And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed.” Another place in scripture that we can see where evil gets its power from is in the book of Job. Satan had to ask for God’s permission to torment Job. We know by this that any authority Satan has, has been given to him by God. God has given him the authority over worldly things as mentioned in John 14:20; however, it is important to remember that Satan cannot do anything that is outside of God’s will and purposes. In 1 John 4:4 we are reminded that as long as we have Christ in us, we ...
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Satan is recorded in the Bible has the power, she can master the human, but the power of the devil is not nothing compared to the power of God. Satan blurry and shaky because of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ask anyone to draw Satan and you 'll get a red snake-like figure with horns and a pitchfork. Satan, as introduced in the Hebrew bible is an unworthy adversary of God. His longing to be like God is quickly recognized and dealt with. God banishes him from Heaven and sends him to Hell. That 's the last we see of him until he talks with God about his faithful servant Job. In each interaction we see Satan in, we get only a glimpse of who he really is. Satan 's motive is not developed and we assume he does evil simply because he is evil
“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceived the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” (Revelation 12:9, KJV). In the Old Testament it teaches that demons are enemies of God and they have no powers. Jesus has disarmed them and they have no authority. “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he that is in you, than he that is of the world” (1 Peter 4:4). (words 118)