THEE enemy of both God and mankind is called ‘satan,’ which is taken from the Hebrew word “SHATANA” and means to hate and to accuse.  It is used more than 50 times in the Old and New Testaments, and it also carries with it the ideas of SLANDER AND FALSE ACCUSATION.  It was because of this archenemy… Read More »

The first part of the Greek word, “DIABOLOS”  (dia)means through and carries with it the idea of penetration, and also the last part, “BALLO” means I throw , as in throwing a ball or a rock.  When the two words are compounded, the new word depicts THE ACT OF REPEATEDLY THROWING A BALL OR ROCK… Read More »

The enemy disguises himself to be something that he really is not.  Again, this kind of attack normally comes against a person’s mind.  the portrayal of satan as an “angel of light” is a vivid example of his deceptive power to twist people’s thinking.  And of course, satan is called “the devil.”  In fact, the… Read More »

Satan is also called an “angel of light.”  I dealing with the problem of false prophets, false teachers, false apostles, and deceivers who were trying to worm their war into the Corinthian Church. Paul said in 2nd Corinthians 11:14, “and no marvel, for satan himself is transformed int an angel of light.”  This give us… Read More »

Notice in the Scripture that the enemy is not seeking just ANYONE to devour; he is seeking those whom he MAY devour.  In other words, the enemy is looking for those who are weak in faith, ignorant of the Word of God, isolated unto themselves, and not mature enough to stand in the face of… Read More »

Just because the enemy has been stripped, does not stop the enemy trying to SOUND dreadful.  Through his continuous hassling of our thoughts, his insinuations about failure, his concoction of unrealistic fears in our souls, and his constant onslaught against our minds, he tries to beat us down into defeat.  This constant “roaring” in our… Read More »

In 1 Peter 5:8, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”  Peter here is referring to the enemy by saying he is like “a roaring lion.”  I think that if I were face to face with a lion, and he let our a… Read More »

So, all of this means that the devil is not just PASSIVELY opposed to the presence of righteousness or righteous people.  He is ACTIVELY pursuing them and doing all within his power to wipe them out.  He HATES righteousness!  In one way or another, satan mentally tries to devour us with present temptations or with… Read More »

The word “adversary” is a compound word, the first is “anti” or AGAINST, and the second is  “dikos” meaning RIGHTEOUSNESS.  Righteousness refers to ‘justice, rightness, fairness, and righteousness.’  When these two words are compounded the new word portrays one who is adamantly opposed to righteousness.  Because the word “anti” carries the idea of HOSTILITY, this tells us… Read More »

Looking at the symbols and types of our enemy, starting with “adversary” which is extremely important as we attempt to understand the devil’s mode of operation.  It is taken from the Greek word ‘antidikos’ which is a compound of the Greek words ANTI and DIKOS.  ANTI simply means AGAINST.  However, in the older and more classical Greek… Read More »