THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• Those who do not take Satan seriously are doomed
  to fall victim to his craftiness.
• Paul gives us a warning in 2 Cor.211

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2 Cor.211

• Lest Satan should get an advantage of us for we
  are not ignorant of his devices.

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• Those who do not take Satan seriously are doomed
  to fall
• Victim to his craftiness.
• Paul gives us a warning in 2 Cor.211
• The Devil never tires in his quest for souls. He
  is never discouraged, and is unmerciful in his
  attack. Job taught us this truth.
• There is no co-existence with the Devil.
  Anything that pleases him displeases God.

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• WHAT THE DEVIL DESIRES
• The three things in this lesson have to do with
  the Church of our Lord.
• Jesus knew that the Devil would try to keep
  people out of the church. That is why he gave
  Peter a promise - Matt. 1618

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Matt. 1618

• And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter,
  and upon this rock I will build my church and
  the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• WHAT THE DEVIL DESIRES
• The three things in this lesson have to do with
  the Church of our Lord.
• Jesus knew that the Devil would try to keep
  people out of the church. That is why he gave
  Peter a promise - Matt. 1618
• STAY OUT
• The first thing the Devil desires of all people
  is that they stay out of the church.
• His technique is to divide and conquer. He
  offers you a choice of churches.
• Jesus foretold of this danger. John 1720-21

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John 1720-21

• 20Neither pray I for these alone, but for them
  also which shall believe on me through their
  word 21That they all may be one as thou,
  Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also
  may be one in us that the world may believe that
  thou hast sent me.

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• WHAT THE DEVIL DESIRES
• The three things in this lesson have to do with
  the Church of our Lord.
• Jesus knew that the Devil would try to keep
  people out of the church. That is why he gave
  Peter a promise - Matt. 1618
• STAY OUT
• The first thing the Devil desires of all people
  is that they stay out of the church.
• His technique is to divide and conquer. He
  offers you a choice of churches.
• Jesus foretold of this danger. John 1720-21
• Paul wrote to the church in Corinth about this
  problem. I Cor. 110-13

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I Cor. 110-13

• 10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our
  Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same
  thing, and that there be no divisions among you
  but that ye be perfectly joined together in the
  same mind and in the same judgment. 11For it hath
  been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by
  them which are of the house of Chloe, that there
  are contentions among you. 12Now this I say, that
  every one of you saith, I am of Paul and I of
  Apollos and I of Cephas and I of Christ. 13Is
  Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or
  were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• WHAT THE DEVIL DESIRES (Contd)
• SATAN CAN GIVE YOU MANY REASONS TO STAY OUT OF
  THE CHURCH.
• He will suggest the church is not essential.
• You cannot afford the time, talent, money or
  energy to be in the church.
• You can't have any fun in the church.
• WHY WOULD THE DEVIL WANT YOU TO STAY OUT OF THE
  CHURCH?
• The answer is simple - all spiritual blessings
  are in the church. Eph. 122-23

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Eph. 122-23

• 22And hath put all things under his feet, and
  gave him to be the head over all things to the
  church, 23Which is his body, the fulness of him
  that filleth all in all.

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• GET OUT
• If he fails to keep you OUT OF THE CHURCH he will
  try to GET YOU OUT.
• Paul was aware of this danger - I Thess. 34-5

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I Thess. 34-5

• 4For verily, when we were with you, we told you
  before that we should suffer tribulation even as
  it came to pass, and ye know. 5For this cause,
  when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know
  your faith, lest by some means the tempter have
  tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• GET OUT
• If he fails to keep you OUT OF THE CHURCH he will
  try to GET YOU OUT.
• Paul was aware of this danger - I Thess. 34-5
• Hebrews warns us. Heb.64-6

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Heb.64-6

• 4For it is impossible for those who were once
  enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly
  gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
  5And have tasted the good word of God, and the
  powers of the world to come, 6If they shall fall
  away, to renew them again unto repentance seeing
  they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh,
  and put him to an open shame.

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• GET OUT
• If he fails to keep you OUT OF THE CHURCH he will
  try to GET YOU OUT.
• Paul was aware of this danger - I Thess. 34-5
• Hebrews warns us. Heb.64-6
• Peter warns us. 2 Pet.220-22

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2 Pet.220-22

• 20For if after they have escaped the pollutions
  of the world through the knowledge of the Lord
  and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again
  entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end
  is worse with them than the beginning. 21For it
  had been better for them not to have known the
  way of righteousness, than, after they have known
  it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered
  unto them. 22But it is happened unto them
  according to the true proverb, The dog is turned
  to his own vomit again and the sow that was
  washed to her wallowing in the mire.

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• GET OUT
• If he fails to keep you OUT OF THE CHURCH he will
  try to GET YOU OUT.
• Paul was aware of this danger - I Thess. 34-5
• Hebrews warns us. Heb.64-6
• Peter warns us. 2 Pet.220-22
• HOW DOES THE DEVIL GET YOU OUT OF THE CHURCH?
• Time itself. Ex.163

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Ex.163

• And the children of Israel said unto them, Would
  to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the
  land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and
  when we did eat bread to the full for ye have
  brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill
  this whole assembly with hunger.

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• GET OUT
• If he fails to keep you OUT OF THE CHURCH he will
  try to GET YOU OUT.
• Paul was aware of this danger - I Thess. 34-5
• Hebrews warns us. Heb.64-6
• Peter warns us. 2 Pet.220-22
• HOW DOES THE DEVIL GET YOU OUT OF THE CHURCH?
• Time itself. Ex.163
• "I've been mistreated"
• Lull us to sleep.
• What the Devil does not tell us is that when we
  leave the church we leave the Lord.

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• SELL OUT
• Satan says, "if you won't quit the church, then
  at least help me while you are in it".
• Arrogance and pride will hurt the church.
• The peace and unity of the church are disrupted
  by the tale-bearer, the sharp-tongue, the pouter,
  the complainer and the trouble-maker. Rom.
  1617-18

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Rom. 1617-18

• 17Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which
  cause divisions and offences contrary to the
  doctrine which ye have learned and avoid them.
  18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus
  Christ, but their own belly and by good words
  and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the
  simple.

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• SELL OUT
• Satan says, "if you won't quit the church, then
  at least help me while you are in it".
• Arrogance and pride will hurt the church.
• The peace and unity of the church are disrupted
  by the tale-bearer, the sharp-tongue, the pouter,
  the complainer and the trouble-maker. Rom.
  1617-18
• Satan would like for you to bring reproach upon
  the church with an ungodly life.
• We must not allow the Devil to use us to pollute
  the word of God. Titus 310

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Titus 310

• A man that is an heretick after the first and
  second admonition reject

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THREE THINGS THE DEVIL DESIRES

• SELL OUT
• Satan says, "if you won't quit the church, then
  at least help me while you are in it".
• Arrogance and pride will hurt the church.
• The peace and unity of the church are disrupted
  by the tale-bearer, the sharp-tongue, the pouter,
  the complainer and the trouble-maker. Rom.
  1617-18
• Satan would like for you to bring reproach upon
  the church with an ungodly life.
• We must not allow the Devil to use us to pollute
  the word of God. Titus 310