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 »

The last and the largest category of the names, symbols and types of satan in the Bible.  We are going to see that he is truly THE MASTER OF MIND GAMES.  We are going to look at five names, symbols and types of our enemy that specifically have to do with his ability to twist,… Read More »

Ephesians 2:2, the apostle Paul refers to satan as, “the prince of the power of the air.”  Prince of course means “one who holds the highest seat of power.  This is of course in agreement with Ephesians 6:12, which states that under satan’s control, there are varying degrees of spiritually wicked power: principalities, powers, rulers… Read More »

Jesus recognized satan’s temporary control over certain things in the earthly sphere by referring to him as “the prince of this world.”  Remember that satan personally offered Jesus the “kingdoms of this world” during Jesus’ 40 days and night of testing in the wilderness.  Jesus was confronted by this “prince of the world” during those… Read More »

Jesus also tells us that satan is a “murderer.”  In John 8:44, Jesus told the scribes and Pharisees, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.  He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him…….”  This… Read More »

Matthew 6:13, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”  The Greek language more accurately reads, “…………but deliver us from the evil one.”  We know that Jesus looked on the devil as the “evil one.”  No one was more familiar with satan than Jesus; hence, it is important to us that Jesus,… Read More »

It is clear from Revelation 12:9 that the terms “dragon” and “serpent” are used interchangeably in reference to satan’s twisted, demented, and perverted nature.  By employing both of these pictures, the Word presents the devil as a deadly, poisonous, ready-to-strike-and-kill creature.  The next biblical example of the devil can be found in what is traditionally… Read More »