Yes, Satan has a strategy for believers. His goal is to gain access to our lives in any capacity possible. He has a method, a strategy to try to get attached to our lives to wreak havoc. To hinder our destinies. Why because believers are his number one threat. For we have been given authority over him but when we do not use that authority he gains authority in the areas in which we are week or disobedient.
This warning is not for the lost but for the righteous. This implies that the righteous if they are not walking “sober”, in obedience, they can come under the influence of the devil… whose goal is to devour, to destroy the people of God.
Paul warns believers,Paul tells us, the people of God, to not give the devil an opportunity in our lives. Which implies in fact that we can give the devil a foot hold in our lives. We can surrender some of our freedom in Christ to the devil.
All believers are in a war whether they realize it or not. The devil is our
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*If just coming to Christ and becoming a believer drove away demons, why then did Jesus command us to drive out demons?
*Why didn’t he just say have them become believers then all demons will leave. If demons left people once they turned to Christ, there would be zero reason to drive out demons. And you say, “Well we need to drive them out of unbelievers.” What good is it if they can just turn to Christ and get deliver or why in the world would you drive out a demon from a demonized person that wants nothing to do with Christ? They would be worse off.
* It is interesting that even Jesus discourages doing deliverance with unbelievers. In Luke 11:24-26, Jesus tells us that when a demon goes out it can come back again. If It sees that the house is still empty the demon can bring back more demons and the person state is worse than before.
*Why is casting out demons apart of the great
“We shall follow you wherever you go. If danger threatens you, we shall face it also. If it be death, we shall die with you. You are damned, and we wish to share your damnation.” (p.37)
He uses specific and powerful wording to portray the effects of not undergoing a conversion. Edwards horrifies the people when he uses powerful, frightening words to portray these effects. He speaks of the notorious Devil, whose name makes people shutter; they will do anything to escape from the Devil, even undergo a conversion. Edwards states, “The Devil is waiting for them,” as in the ones whom do not undergo conversion. Edwards also explains to the congregation that not only will they be greeted by the devil if they do not convert, but they will also be endangered by their own God. Their God will be outraged of those who do not undergo a conversion. He explains, “You are in the hands of an angry God.” Edwards’s explanation of this outraged God urges the congregation to undergo conversion fast. Moreover, Edwards uses one last horrific wording to convince the congregation to undergo conversion when he speaks of how some may not escape this dreadful future; this ultimately urges others to hurry in undergoing an emotional conversion. Edwards states, “There are many in this congregation … that will actually be the subjects of this very misery to all eternity.” To conclude, Edwards’s use of negative diction on the outcome of not undergoing conversion urges the congregation to undergo an emotional
“Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose”
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Moreover, many of the struggles that take place in this world are influenced by conflicts taking place in the spiritual realm – conflicts that are the result of Satan’s rebellion against God. Aligned with Satan is a host of fallen angels who joined him in his rebellion. Together, they make up a spiritual kingdom of darkness over which Satan rules as king. From the beginning, Satan’s kingdom has been at war with the kingdom of God, and the people of God have always been at the heart of the conflict. Paul recognized this, writing.
My experience before reading this excerpt? I come from a religious background and I already have had this fear instilled into me. My uncle, who recently just became a pastor after his late father, told me that I should have more fear in God than having fear in the Devil. He told that God is in control of what happens to those who sin and this relates to an excerpt from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God that I pulled out of the Volume 1 Edition of The Bedford Anthology of American Literature.
Go tell Mankind, that there are Devils and Witches; and that tho those night-birds least appear where the Day-light of the Gospel comes, yet New-Engl. has had Exemples of their Existence and Operation; and that no only the Wigwams of Indians, where the pagan Powaws often raise their masters, in the shapes of Bears and Snakes and Fires, but the House of Christians, where our God has had his constant Worship, have undergone the Annoyance of Evil spirits. Go tell the world, What Prays can do beyond all Devils and Witches, and What it is that these Monsters love to do; and through the Demons in the Audience of several standers-by threatned much disgrace to thy Author, if he let thee come abroad, yet venture That, and in this way seek a just Revenge on Them for the Disturbance they have given to such as have called on the Name of God.
It is likely impossible that Christians can keep every believer from leaving the faith. Although, Christians can help these situations from happening by practicing some of the solutions that were stated earlier. With an open heart and a humble spirit when can change who the world thinks Christians are in a few steps.
Demons originated from deception and rebellion, which is what their character traits are, even now. Isaiah 14:12-14 states the first fall of the angel, Lucifer, from Heaven. Even here, he was assigned to a job, not a person in Heaven (The Bible, NIV). Lucifer was in charge of all the music in Heaven. But when his pride stepped in the way and he tried to overthrow his authority, he was sent to Hell and all the angels who supported Lucifer went with him, then becoming demons. Their mission in life is the one of Satan, their master: to lead people away from God at any means necessary. In the Bible, the New Testament is filled with multiple stories of Jesus casting out demons from people; especially in the four gospels. In the book of Mark, Jesus cast out a “legion” of demons from a man who was demonically possessed (The Bible, NIV). In that time, a legion of Roman soldiers had anywhere from 3,000-5,000 people involved. This means that there were close to over 3000 demons taunting one
They also embrace the methodology to ensure these demons either leave or are prevented from causing further harm or damage. The Christian belief of demonic forces has been present since the coming of Lucifer. The Christian views of demons involve the idea of possessions and provide answers to the evil actions that occur amongst the living.
...eater than he who is in the world”. Christians have greater power than Satan but those who are not Christian may not have this same power. Nowhere in scripture does it speak of non-believers being able to resist possession but as for Christians, we do have the power within us to not be “taken over” by the evil one.
Ask anyone to draw Satan and you 'll get a red snake-like figure with horns and a pitchfork. Satan, as introduced in the Hebrew bible is an unworthy adversary of God. His longing to be like God is quickly recognized and dealt with. God banishes him from Heaven and sends him to Hell. That 's the last we see of him until he talks with God about his faithful servant Job. In each interaction we see Satan in, we get only a glimpse of who he really is. Satan 's motive is not developed and we assume he does evil simply because he is evil
Satan is recorded in the Bible has the power, she can master the human, but the power of the devil is not nothing compared to the power of God. Satan blurry and shaky because of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Either way once faith is confirmed demons will often manifest. Therefore Christians can have demons. They don’t automatically leave at conversion or because one has faith. Faith is simply the key to unlock one’s freedom. Demons must be driven out!
From the very moment that Satan is introduced he presents this unwavering passion to defeat his all-mighty creator. Satan says in book one, “By force, hath overcome but half his foe. (1:648-649). Here, Satan states in his second speech that they have not lost the battle of Heaven vs. Hell completely. God was stronger than they expected but they were going to overcome their first loss and win the next one. Not...