Too many Christians are being tricked and deceived by the actions of the devil. Resulting in losing battles that God has already won for us. How is that even conceivable possible? To lose battles that God has already won for us? It’s because we are underestimating the devil’s power and the conduits he uses. We have adopted this unrealistic image of the devil that society has built – a red being with horns with a long pointed tail with a pitch fork. If such a creature approached you, you would recognize it each time and flee. Unconsciously, too many Christians have come to believe that Satan always comes in a recognizable form. Faulty thinking. Faulty because there are some Christians who believe that Satan and his caravan are incapable in
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We must know how Satan deceives and conduits he is uses. We learned three simple methods he uses in winning his battles.
He prevents He diverts He distracts through four primary realms: individuals (you and others); family; the church; and society.
1. INDIVIDUAL. Satan prevents, diverts, and distracts you by creating situations in your life that one converts into painful memories. And slowly through life challenges and misfortunes he creates and bad decisions that you make, he devours your flesh until he takes your soul and Spirit (1 Peter 5:8).
2. FAMILY. Satan prevents, diverts, and distracts you by creating strongholds within your family until it conquers and divides. He has intensified the stress level between husbands and wives, which twinkle down to the children, until everyone is acting out and acting ungodly. We have observed the results in such household as King David; Adam and Eve; and others, when Satan is allowed to run havoc in our …show more content…
These last four weeks of overview was very critical part to cover prior to studying the suit of armor of God. We need to clearly understand the battle ground in which we are battling, Satan’s tricks, and the conduits he uses. It is vital that we are able to clearly see the unseen. We must understand that statement – to “clearly see the unseen.” Think about it this way. The top three major battles in human history were WWI, Mongol Conquests, and Taiping Rebellion, which an estimated combined 178, 500,000 casualties. But there is one war that supersedes all wars because of
We must know how Satan deceives and conduits he is uses. We learned three simple methods he uses in winning his battles.
He prevents He diverts He distracts through four primary realms: individuals (you and others); family; the church; and society.
1. INDIVIDUAL. Satan prevents, diverts, and distracts you by creating situations in your life that one converts into painful memories. And slowly through life challenges and misfortunes he creates and bad decisions that you make, he devours your flesh until he takes your soul and Spirit (1 Peter 5:8).
2. FAMILY. Satan prevents, diverts, and distracts you by creating strongholds within your family until it conquers and divides. He has intensified the stress level between husbands and wives, which twinkle down to the children, until everyone is acting out and acting ungodly. We have observed the results in such household as King David; Adam and Eve; and others, when Satan is allowed to run havoc in our …show more content…
These last four weeks of overview was very critical part to cover prior to studying the suit of armor of God. We need to clearly understand the battle ground in which we are battling, Satan’s tricks, and the conduits he uses. It is vital that we are able to clearly see the unseen. We must understand that statement – to “clearly see the unseen.” Think about it this way. The top three major battles in human history were WWI, Mongol Conquests, and Taiping Rebellion, which an estimated combined 178, 500,000 casualties. But there is one war that supersedes all wars because of