"Be of sober spirit, be on alert. Your adversary,
the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion,
seeking someone to devour."
the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion,
seeking someone to devour."
1 Peter 5:8
Here's the ice breaker of the story.
The young lieutenant was putting his company
through its paces and was none too sure of
himself. To his horror, he suddenly realized the
men were marching solidly toward a fence.
"Company-y-y halt!" he called out, voice
cracking. Then, "At ease." Now came the hard
part. How was he to order them across the fence. in proper military fashion?
He studied the fence and then said,
"Company-y-y, fall out!" The men promptly broke
formation.The lieutenant then said, "Company-y-y, fall in on
the other side of the fence."
The Schemes of Satan
The warning Peter gives us concerning Satan
reveals something of this enemy's strategy. satan
is both relentless and ruthless. He not only prowls;
he also devours. Consequently, you should keep
your eyes peeled to his wandering and your ears
perked to his roarings Once he is sighted, you
should brace yourself for an attack.
Put on the full armor of God, that
you may be able to stand firm against
the schemes of the devil. (Eph. 6:11).
The word schemes in verse 11 is transliterated
methodeia in the Greek. From this. We get our
word method. If the devil is our adversary as
1Peter5:8 says, it stand to reason he will attack
us. If he will attack us, it further stand to reason that he will have a plan of attack a scheme, strategy. And the strategy is not always a frontal assault, direct and easy to recognize; most often
it's subtle, infiltrating another realm entirely,
The apostle Paul revealed. Read (Verse 12).
Whether between nation or neighbor, battled on
earth are only muted shadow cast from a larger
spiritual battlefield, "the spiritual forces of
wickedness in the heavenly places." The spiritual
battle is our real struggle. However, because the spiritual battle is invisible and, therefore, often
inconspicuous, we are sometimes ignorant of it
altogether. It is for this reason that in
2 Corinthians 2, Paul frankly warns us to forgive
and repentant sinner and reaffirm our love, "in
order that no advantage be taken of us by Satan;
for we are not ignorant of his schemes." This
word schemes differs from the one used in
Ephesians 6:11. Here it mean "thought" or "mind"
His strategy, then, is to get to our minds. . to
lull us into mediocrity . . . to blunt the edges iof our thinking. . .to cloud our reasoning. He knows the truth of the proverb "as [a man] thinks within himself, so he is" (Prov.23:7a).
Here's the ice breaker of the story.
The young lieutenant was putting his company
through its paces and was none too sure of
himself. To his horror, he suddenly realized the
men were marching solidly toward a fence.
"Company-y-y halt!" he called out, voice
cracking. Then, "At ease." Now came the hard
part. How was he to order them across the fence. in proper military fashion?
He studied the fence and then said,
"Company-y-y, fall out!" The men promptly broke
formation.The lieutenant then said, "Company-y-y, fall in on
the other side of the fence."
The Schemes of Satan
The warning Peter gives us concerning Satan
reveals something of this enemy's strategy. satan
is both relentless and ruthless. He not only prowls;
he also devours. Consequently, you should keep
your eyes peeled to his wandering and your ears
perked to his roarings Once he is sighted, you
should brace yourself for an attack.
Put on the full armor of God, that
you may be able to stand firm against
the schemes of the devil. (Eph. 6:11).
The word schemes in verse 11 is transliterated
methodeia in the Greek. From this. We get our
word method. If the devil is our adversary as
1Peter5:8 says, it stand to reason he will attack
us. If he will attack us, it further stand to reason that he will have a plan of attack a scheme, strategy. And the strategy is not always a frontal assault, direct and easy to recognize; most often
it's subtle, infiltrating another realm entirely,
The apostle Paul revealed. Read (Verse 12).
Whether between nation or neighbor, battled on
earth are only muted shadow cast from a larger
spiritual battlefield, "the spiritual forces of
wickedness in the heavenly places." The spiritual
battle is our real struggle. However, because the spiritual battle is invisible and, therefore, often
inconspicuous, we are sometimes ignorant of it
altogether. It is for this reason that in
2 Corinthians 2, Paul frankly warns us to forgive
and repentant sinner and reaffirm our love, "in
order that no advantage be taken of us by Satan;
for we are not ignorant of his schemes." This
word schemes differs from the one used in
Ephesians 6:11. Here it mean "thought" or "mind"
His strategy, then, is to get to our minds. . to
lull us into mediocrity . . . to blunt the edges iof our thinking. . .to cloud our reasoning. He knows the truth of the proverb "as [a man] thinks within himself, so he is" (Prov.23:7a).
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