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Pastor-Teacher: Jim Rickard
Sunday, October 18, 2009

2. 1 John 5:19 Satan’s Cosmic System

3. Doctrine of Satanic Strategy B. The Rulership of the Devil.

4. 1. Satan rules all fallen angels.

5. 2. Satan has greater power than any human and rules the world through his cosmic system. Luke 4:5-7; John 12:31; 14:30, 16:11; 2 Cor 4:4; Eph 2:2

6. a. The Devil rules all unbelievers through demon possession and demon influence.

7. b. The Devil rules certain believers through demon influence and the involvement of the believer in the cosmic system.

8. 3. Because of the great power experiment of the Hypostatic Union overflowing into the Church Age, the believer has received divine power to resist the devil. 1 John 4:4

9. 4. As ruler of this world, Satan has two designations since his fall.

10. a. Originally, called Lucifer, the Son of Light
a. Originally, called Lucifer, the Son of Light. He was the bright and shining angel in the throne room of God.

11. b. Once his fall occurred he was called SATAN in the Hebrew, which means “enemy and adversary.”

12. As humans, we are an inferior, rational creation
As humans, we are an inferior, rational creation. Satan’s power is therefore far greater than ours.

13. 1) But God has made available to us His power, i. e
1) But God has made available to us His power, i.e., the omnipotence of all three members of the Trinity. We have greater power than Satan.

14. 2) Even for the unbeliever, God’s grace has provided a power to resist the power of Satan under the laws of Divine Establishment.

15. c. Satan's second name is the Greek word DIABOLOS, which means slanderer, vituperator, traducer.

16. The Devil’s function as ruler of this world is to express his antagonism, slander, and enmity, which he does from a position of great beauty and attractiveness.

17. 5. God has provided two factors for us in grace.

18. a. The protection of the laws of Divine Establishment, protecting freedom, privacy, property, and life for both believers and unbelievers.

19. b. The protection of the Divine Institutions, (freedom of volition, marriage, family and nationalism).

20. c. When there is no Spirit, Bible doctrine or establishment truth circulating in the soul, those will automatically be like their father the devil, a liar and slanderer.

21. 6. Satan works through human beings who are liars. 2 Thes 2:9-10

22. Believers can be deceived just as easily as unbelievers by the satanic strategy.

23. a. Two illustrations of the Satanic lie. 1) Socialism
a. Two illustrations of the Satanic lie. 1) Socialism. 2) Christian Activism.

24. The Devil sponsors Christian activism on the one hand to clean up his Cosmos, while arrogance skills from your Old Sin Nature sponsor Christian activism on the other hand.

25. 1 Tim 4:1-2, “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, 2by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron.”

26. 2 Cor 11:3, “But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the purity and virtue which belongs to Christ.”

27. James 4:7, “Submit therefore to God
James 4:7, “Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” w/ Rom 12:2-3

28. Eph 6:20, “For which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”

29. Rom 1:16-17, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.””

30. Grace Offering

31. 2 Cor 9:7, “Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

32. Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, October 18, Tape # 09S-042 Satan’s Cosmic System, Part 3 John Series John 5:19: 2 Thes 2:9-10; 1 Tim 4:1-2; 2 Cor 11:3   James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2009