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- OCC:Do I believe Satan exists? yup! by Bill Bennett
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- Do I Believe that satan exists? Yup! Why he calls S.O.N. BBS, leaves
- me messages and mail about once a week!
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- The Bible describes satan's nature and his power
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- 1. Satan disguises himself as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14)
- 2. "The devil sinneth from the beginning" (1 John 3:8) Satan "was a
- murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there
- is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for
- he is a liar, and the father if it" (John 8:44)
- 3. "In the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to
- seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils" (1 Timothy 4:1)
- 4. "The god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe
- not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image
- of God, should shine unto them" (2 Corinthians 4:4)
- 5. Demons may leave and later return to a person (Matthew 12:43-45).
- 6. Satan may take away the Word that has been sown in people's hearts if
- they don't believe it (Matthew 13:19).
- 7. The powers of darkness fight against the saints (Ephesians 6:12)
- 8. The devils believe in God and tremble (James 2:19)
- 9. The satan accuses us before God day and night (Revelation 12:10)
- 10. The devil has taken people captive at his will (2 Timothy 2:26)
- 11. The devil *had* the power of death (Hebrews 2:14)
- 12. Satan hindered Paul from going to the Thessalonians (Thess. 2:18)
- 13. The devil disputed with Michael the archangel about the body of Moses
- (Jude vs. 9)
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- But, the FINAL OUTCOME doesn't look to bright for satan:
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- 1. Lucifer shall "be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit" (Isaiah
- 14:15)
- 2. Satan and his angels will battle Michael and his angels. Satan and his
- angels will be defeated and cast out of heaven to the earth. (Revelation
- 12:7-10)
- 3. Spirits of devils will perform miracles to bring the nations to war.
- (Revelation 16:13&14)
- 4. Satan will be cast into the bottomless pit for 1000 years (Revelation
- 20:1-3).
- 5. Satan will be released upon the earth after 1000 years, but will
- finally be cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:7-10).
- 6. Satan and his false prophet will be tormented day and night forever
- (Revelation 20:10)
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- And of course the Bible also describes the Greater Power.
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- 1. "...For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might
- destroy the works of the devil" (1 John 3:8b).
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- 2. "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor ANGELS,
- nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
- nor height, nor depth, nor ANY OTHER CREATURE, shall be able to
- separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- (Romans 8:38-39).
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- yea....I'd say he's out there, but I'm too busy listening to Jesus
- Christ than to take time to listen to him. Some people make a habit of
- 'rebuking the devil' all day long, which is really pointless because
- he's just gonna keep it up anyways. (But by so doing, he has managed to
- keep the persons attention focused on himself [satan] instead of Jesus
- Christ.
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- Secure and anchored in Christ, Bill Bennett
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- This article originated on The Salvation Online Network
-