Our Enemy Satan - the Adversary of Mankind
 

VI. Some of the things Satan is recorded as doing.

1. Caused murder & war.

Job 1:14-15
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: 15And the Sabeans fell [upon them], and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (KJV)

2. Used lightning to burn up man & beast.

Job 1:16
While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (KJV)

3. Caused men to steal & murder.

Job 1:17
While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (KJV)

4. Used the wind & storms to kill Job's children.

Job 1:18-19
While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 19And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (KJV)

5. Caused the worse of diseases to come upon Job.

Job 2:7
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

boils = shekh-een') = an ulcerated, burning, inflamatory condition of the skin covering the body.

6. Moved Job's wife to be pitted against him, provoking him to curse God.

Job 2:9
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. (KJV)

7. Brought three "friends," & a young "onlooker" to vex his mind.

Job 2:11
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. (KJV)

Job 32:1-4
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he [was] righteous in his own eyes. 2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. 3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and [yet] had condemned Job. 4Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they [were] elder than he. (KJV)

8. Used Job's mind & memory to look back over his life and curse his day.

Job 3:1-3
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2And Job spake, and said, 3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived. (KJV)

9. Satan provoked David to number Israel, putting his trust for victory over his enemies in his mighty army instead of Jehovah God.

1 Chronicles 21:1
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel...........

1 Chronicles 21:6-7
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
7And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. (KJV)

10. Satan has been given the authority over the world system to use as he desires to, enriching those who will bow down and serve him.

Luke 4:5-7
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

delivered = paradidomi {par-ad-id'-o-mee} comes from 2 words that = to surrender; to yield up; transmit; give over.

11. Satan has the authority to afflict & destroy the flesh of the body.

1 Corinthians 5:4-5
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

destruction = olethros {ol'-eth-ros} = ruin,to destroy, cause death, punishment. {see, 1 Tim. 1:20}

Luke 13:16
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? (KJV)

12. Satan uses man's mouth to speak his words.

Mark 8:31-33
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and [of] the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. (KJV)

13. Satan is allowed to sift God's servants.

Luke 22:31-32
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat: 32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. (KJV)

sift = (only use in Bible) = siniazo {sin-ee-ad'-zo) = to riddle; to shake in a sieve; = by inward agitation to try one's faith to the verge of overthrow.

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15. As a deceiver, satan transforms himself as an "angel of light."

2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. (KJV)

Matthew 7:22-23
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. (KJV)

15. Satan sows tares (hypocrites) in the local church congregations.

Matthew 13:38-39
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one]; 39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. (KJV)

16. Satan removes the conviction brought about by the hearing of the Word.

Matthew 13:19
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

17. Satan blinds the mind to keep the unsaved from believing the truth.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. (KJV)

18. Satan causes fear & makes people terrified in circumstances of life.

Philippians 1:28
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. (KJV)

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. (KJV)

1 Peter 3:14-15
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: (KJV)

19. One of satan's most powerful weapons is the fear of physical death.

Hebrews 2:14-15
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (KJV)

Psalm 55:4-5
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. (KJV)

20. Satan can fill the heart of one to lie, even professing Christians!

Acts 5:3
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land? (KJV)

21. Unforgiveness & bitterness allows satan to gain advantage of people.

2 Corinthians 2:10-11
To whom ye forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes [forgave I it] in the person of Christ; 11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. (KJV)

22. Satan hinders one from doing the will of the LORD.

1 Thessalonians 2:18
Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. (KJV)

23. A messenger of satan was allowed to buffet Paul to keep him humble.

2 Corinthians 12:7
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

buffet = to rap with the fist. {They did this to Christ. Mark 14:65}

24. Satan uses unfulfilled sexual needs and idleness to get people to turn aside from the right way.

1 Timothy 5:13-15
And withal they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. 15For some are already turned aside after Satan. (KJV)

25. Just as one can know the deep spiritual things of the LORD, so can one also delve into the deep things of satan.

depth = bathos (bath'os) = profundity; extent; deep things; fig. = mysteries.

Revelation 2:24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. (KJV)

26. Satan can possess and control those who are willing.

Luke 22:3-4
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. 4And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. (KJV)

2 Timothy 2:25-26
Those who oppose him (= God's servants) he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will. (NIV)

27. Satan depletes the spiritual strength of the child of God. He does this by vexation, frustration, depression, failure. low self esteem, anxiety & rush.

vexation
= G - kataponeo (kat-ap-on-eh'-o) = to oppress; wear down with toil & pain; vex; make trouble for; treat roughly;exhaust with labor; afflict or oppress with evils. Used only 2 times.

= G - basanizo (bas-an-id'-zo)=to torture; torment; toss; vex; pain; toil; to test metals by rubbing for friction; irritate; to question by applying torture; to vex with grievous pains of body or mind; to distress; harass; used of those at sea who struggle with head winds. Both of the above words are used in.......

2 Peter 2:7-8
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds;) (KJV)

In the last days, the last world ruler will establish conditions so that the child of God will be worn down mentally (= what the Hebrew word means).

Daniel 7:25
And he shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

Revelation 13:7
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. (KJV)

Revelation 11:7-8
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. 8And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. =(Jerusalem)

sore-grievously (vexed) = kakos (kak-oce')= a miserable condition one possesses; To experience a sensation or impression(usually painful); note: one can go from great joy to deep sadness or depression in a minute by what is impressed upon his mind. This causes one to be discouraged, become deluded, and be in despair.

Matthew 15:22
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

= (demon)

Matthew 17:15
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. (KJV)

Vexed = G – ochleo (okh-leh'-o)= to excite a mob against; harass; disturb; to molest; be in an uproar. (used only 2 times, given below: Note: this word used with unclean spirits.)

(multitudes came to be healed from diseases)...

Luke 6:18-19
And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. 19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed [them] all.

virtue = the Greek word, "dunamis," = enabling spiritual strength. This was depleted in the early Church as they preached & healed and they were "filled again" many times.

Peter also healed those vexed:......

Acts 5:16
There came also a multitude [out] of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. (KJV)


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