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Know Your Enemy Dave Shaner August 4, 2002

Introduction: Why is there so much evil in the world? The Bible offers an explanation. It implies the necessity of spiritual warfare.

Revelation 12:9

God is not the author of evil. Evil is not here because God made a mistake in the way God made us.

I. The evil problem is really a ____________ problem.

A. The secular world view says men don't need reborn but re-educated.
B. John 5:19
C. Scripture focuses not on the adversary, but on the advocate, Jesus.

II. Three things we need to understand about Satan.

A. Satan is a ____________ being. - Job 38:6-7; Ezekiel 28:1-17; Isaiah 14:12-15

1. Unhealthy ambition was/is part of Satan's downfall.
2. I Timothy 3:6

B. Satan is a ____________ adversary.

1. He is not omnipresent.
2. He is not omniscient. - I Corinthians 2:8
3. He is not omnipotent.

a. God put limits on what Satan could do with Job.
b. I Corinthians 10:13
c. Satan's main tool is deception.

C. He is a ____________ enemy. - I Corinthians 6:3; Matthew 25:41

III. Advice:

A. Don't be ____________ because Satan is ____________.

1. I Peter 5:8
2. Staying humble is how we receive grace to help in time of need.

B. Don't fall ____________ because Satan is ____________.

1. Satan is a master of camouflage.
2. II Corinthians 11:14-15

C. Don't be ____________ because Satan is ____________.

1. Spiritual warfare is learning to stand firm in Christ's victory.
2. Hebrews 2:7

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