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A jealous and avenging God is the Lord; The Lord is avenging and wrathful. The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies. 1 Corinthians 15:25. Verse Concepts. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 1 Corinthians 15:26. Verse Concepts.
Jan 4, 2022 · An enemy is one who dislikes or hates another and seeks to harm, contradict, and fight the one he is set against. Thus, an enemy of God is one who opposes the presence and purposes of God in this world. The Bible identifies Satan, the devil, as the specific enemy of God ( 1 Timothy 5:14–15 ). Throughout history, as God’s enemy, Satan has ...
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- Satan Is A Real Person
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Satan was once holy and enjoyed heavenly honors but through pride and ambition to be as the Almighty, fell and drew after him a host of angels; that he is now the malignant prince of the power of the air, and the unholy god of this world. We hold him to be man’s greatest tempter, the enemy of God and His Christ, the accuser of the saints, the autho...
Some years back an article appeared in one of America’s leading magazines concerning a little known agency in the United States Department of Defense. This agency was totally unlike the other branches of our defense system. Its agents were told to think and act like the Russians. They were paid to pretend they were the enemy. They received no more ...
Messianic line
As soon as God in his righteousness began to judge sin, God also in his mercy promised a Redeemer. “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel” (Gen. 3:15). With the birth of Abel, the devil began his opposition. Satan worked in Cain to kill his brother Abel. With Abel dead, the line would be broken and the Messiah could never be born. He did not realize that God would replace Abel with Seth (Ge...
Human race
God created man in his image and likeness to have fellowship with God and have dominion over the earth When Satan approached Eve in the garden, he promised Eve not only that she would not die (Gen. 3:4) but that eating the fruit would lead to her experiencing life on a higher plane (Gen. 3:5). With the entrance of sin into the race, Satan knee God would have to judge them as he had been previously judged. When Satan saw that God was offering to redeem the world, he sought to contaminate the h...
Israel
From the time of the call of Abraham, the devil has been the enemy of the Jew. God had told Abraham, “Look now toward heaven, and tell [count] the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be” (Gen. 15:5). After the nation went to Egypt and began to grow as God had promised, Satan moved Pharaoh to command the destruction of all male children (Exod. 1:16). Later, Satan used the personal animosity of Haman toward Mordecai to plan the first systematic genocid...
“Satan” Means “the Adversary”
1. The word “Satan” comes from the Hebrew which literally means “adversary” – one who opposes God. (Job 1:6)
Satan Has Many Names
1. Abaddon (“Destruction”) (Revelation 9:11) 2. Accuser (Revelation 12:10) 3. Adversary (1 Peter 5:8) 4. Angel of the abyss (bottomless pit) (Revelation 9:11) 5. Antichrist (1 John 4:3) 6. Apollyon (Revelation 9:11) 7. Beast (Revelation 14:9-10) 8. Beelzebub (Matthew 12:24) 9. Belial (2 Corinthians 6:15) 10. Deceiver (Revelation 12:9) 11. Devil (1 John 3:8) 12. Dragon (Revelation 12:9) 13. Evil one (John 17:15) 14. Father of lies (John 8:44) 15. God of this world (age) (2 Corinthians 4:4) 16....
Satan was Created
1. (Ezekiel 28:12-15)
Aug 27, 2004 · Spiritual Warfare (Ephesians 6:10-20) 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. 11 Put on the full armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness ...
- James 4:4 ESV / 23 helpful votes. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
- John 8:44 ESV / 16 helpful votes. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
- Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 12 helpful votes. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
- 1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
King James Version. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto ...
An enemy is one who lives in opposition to another, hating that other and seeking to harm him. God is love, but He still has enemies. The good news is that we do not need to be enemies of God and we can rest assured He has victory over every enemy. Often the first being that comes to mind when we think of an enemy of God is Satan.
