KNOWING THE ENEMY IS ESSENTIAL! 1 Peter 5:8 ~… your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Ephesians 6:10-12 advantage KNOWING THE ENEMY IS ESSENTIAL!

IS THE DEVIL real Eph 6:11 ~ …stand against the wiles of the devil Matt 4:10 ~ Away with you, Satan! 1 Peter 5:8 ~ …your adversary the devil real IS THE DEVIL

Prince of the power of the air, Eph. 2:2 Wicked one, Eph. 6:16 Lies ; wicked Devil; Satan Rev 12:9-11 ~ So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Enemy, Mt. 13:28,39 Father of lies, Jn. 8:44 Prince of the power of the air, Eph. 2:2 Wicked one, Eph. 6:16 god of this world, 2 Cor. 4:4 Compared to a roaring lion, 1 Pt. 5:8

slanderer destroyer strategy EVIL (poneros) DEVIL (diabolos) Evil one, Mt. 6:13; 2 Thess. 3:3 OT: EVIL strategy Rev 9:11~ And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

“He promises what he cannot deliver, and delivers what he never promised.” Heb 3:13 ~ … lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. Deceit Destroyer John 8:44 ~ … When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

MINIMIZING Minimizing Gen. 3:4,5 ~ “you will not surely die” “only a little dangerous” “easy to quit” “what’s the big deal? Minimizing MINIMIZING

1 Cor 15:33 ~ Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits." Prov 13:20-21 ~ He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed. 21 Evil pursues sinners, … MINIMIZING

MINIMIZING Prov 10:23 ~ To do evil is like sport to a fool, … Rom 16:19 ~ I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil “Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one – the gentle slop, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” MINIMIZING

RATIONALIZING Rationalizing Isa 5:20 ~ Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Rationalizing RATIONALIZING

1 Cor 6:9 ~ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. … RATIONALIZING

Eph 5:6 ~ Let no one deceive you with empty words, … RATIONALIZING

2 Tim 3:2-4 ~ … lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, RATIONALIZING

RATIONALIZING “adults can handle it” “only entertainment” “to you maybe, but not me” Acts 24:25 – “a convenient time” Acts 26:28 – “almost persuaded” RATIONALIZING

GLAMORIZING Glamorizing Heb. 11:25 – “passing pleasures of sin” The “cool” people live it! Gen. 3:6 – “good, pleasant, wise” Lk. 15 – “a far country” Mt. 13:22 – “deceitfulness of riches choke” Prov. 23:29 – “Who has woe?...” Glamorizing GLAMORIZING

PARALYZING Paralyzing Heb. 6:4-6 ~ “For it is impossible … if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance…” “seared with a hot iron” – 1 Tim. 4:2 “past feeling” – Eph. 4:10 “slaves of sin ” – Rom. 6:17 Paralyzing PARALYZING

PARALYZING “easily entangles” – Heb. 12:1 “hardened” – Heb. 3:13 “the darkness has blinded his eyes” – 1 Jn. 2:11 “wages of sin is death” – Rom. 6:23 PARALYZING

KNOWING THE ENEMY IS ESSENTIAL! Ephesians 6:10-12 KNOWING THE ENEMY IS ESSENTIAL!

“… to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me. ~ Acts 26:18