The Devices Of Satan

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The Devices Of Satan

• Introduction 2 Cor. 210-11
• Must see the devil as a REAL person
• Have a satan consciousness (1 Thess. 218 2
  Cor. 127-10)
• Refusal to re-fellowship him after he repented (2
  Cor. 26-11)
• Warning Do not let satan get an advantage over
  us an upper hand.

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Make His Task Difficult

• Dont give satan any breaks (Eph. 427)
• Resist him and he will flee (James 47)
• Be sober and vigilant (watchful) (1 Pet. 58)
• Make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its
  lusts (Rom. 1314)

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What Are Some Of The Devils Devices Or Schemes?

• Discouragement
• Matt. 1621-23
• Weak Christians
• Erring Christians
• Negative Christians
• Disguise
• 2 Cor. 1112-15
• A wolf in sheeps clothing (2 Pet. 21-3)

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What Are Some Of The Devils Devices Or Schemes?

• Appeals to mans three basic weaknesses
• 1 John 216
• Lust of the eye
• Lust of the flesh
• Pride of life
• Accusations, belittlement, slander
• Rev. 1210
• Job, John the Baptist, Jesus
• May come from family, brethren, people of the
  world

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What Are Some Of The Devils Devices Or Schemes?

• Doubt
• Accuracy of the Bible
• Is God really that narrow or demanding?
• Just one church?
• One saved if not baptized?
• Only by immersion?
• Idleness
• 1 Tim. 513-15
• Leisure time today

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What Are Some Of The Devils Devices Or Schemes?

• Confusion
• Matt. 1324-30, 36-43
• James 314-16
• 1 Cor. 1433, 40
• Snatching the Word out of the heart
• Luke 812
• Hinders a seekers search for God

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What Are Some Of The Devils Devices Or Schemes?

• Hardening of the heart
• Heb. 312-13
• Sowing wild oats in youth
• Doing something wrong just once
• No one will ever know
• Refusal to act at times when touched by the Word

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Conclusion

• Watch Out!
• The devil is trying to bring you down.

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