Day Two
Chapter 2: The Prince of the Kingdom of Darkness
Ephesians
611-12
Put on the full
armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of
this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
realms.
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TODAY IN AMERICA
Most Christians
don’t have trouble believing the Bible’s coverage of Satan and his demons “way
back then in the Bible times.” And it has
been easy through the years for Christians to accept that Satan is active in
“heathen counties.” They readily gasp at
missionaries’ slides of witchcraft and Satanic rituals in a “foreign land.”
Up until now
most Americans have never seen Satan in his raw form. Missionaries are more sensitive to Satan
because they have fought him so long.
But suddenly Satan has come out of the closet in America
However, Satan
worship and demonic activity in the United States
When I first started reading this book, I must admit that I almost wanted to close it because I did not want to be reminded about Satan and what he is doing in the lives of people all over the world. Rather than educating myself on what Satan was doing, I was ok with just putting my head in the sand. I just did not want to think about this.
Then God began speaking to my heart. It is time to stop and do something. The most important something that I can do is pray, pray, pray for people all over the world who are being deceived by Satan. It is time for action.
When I first started reading this book, I must admit that I almost wanted to close it because I did not want to be reminded about Satan and what he is doing in the lives of people all over the world. Rather than educating myself on what Satan was doing, I was ok with just putting my head in the sand. I just did not want to think about this.
Then God began speaking to my heart. It is time to stop and do something. The most important something that I can do is pray, pray, pray for people all over the world who are being deceived by Satan. It is time for action.
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Same Satan for
Christians Too.
You may be
shocked as a Christian to realize this Satan who instigates these atrocities is
the same Satan who gets us to serve him — to whatever extend he can. Every time we yield to his temptation to
lust, hate, lie, or commit any other sin, it is that same Satan who encourages
and propagates it. Satan introduced and
is responsible for all sin in believers and non believers alike.
It is the same
Satan who, disguising himself as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14), fools
us into believing that “it can't be sin if it fulfills our needs,” who fools
our children into believing the Satanic rock and roll is just “modern
music,” who deceives our teens into
believing “suicide is a good and honorable way out of problems."
Satan is alive and active in our world today. He does not want us to have a relationship with God. He longs to destroy us. He wants us to turn our back on God.
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1 Timothy 4:1
But the Spirit
explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying
attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. (Italics added).
The truth of what is happening in our world is discouraging, but the words of the Bible are
true: I was so encouraged when I read
the following verse.
Greater is He (Jesus) who is in you than he (Satan) who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
This reminds me of a song I used to sing that goes something like this. "What a Mighty God we serve. Oh, yes, what a mighty God we serve" Yes, indeed, we serve a mighty God. No matter what happens in our world, God still loves us and God is still in control.
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