Why do we need to be concerned about this warfare between God and Satan? Simply because we are vey active participants - whether or not we like it! Thus, we need to learn all we can about spiritual warfare and what we can do to survive Lucifer's relentless attacks on each of us. That will be our theme in this section of Bible Study Made Easy.
Read Job 1:8a - You may be thinking: "But I'm no Job! Why would the Devil want to bother with me? Why, indeed? Because, if you are a Christian, you are a child of God....and Satan is jealous of your relationship with God. Isn't that a powerful thought? Satan is jealous of you and of me! You see....he lost hisfavored status with God when he rebelled against his Creator and was cast out of heaven. He simply cannot abide the thought that you and I enjoy such intimacy with the One who "put him in his place." Also, remember why we are enabled to enjoy intimacy with God. It certainly isn't because we are so good or wonderful. Far from it! On our own we are rebels against God....and miserable sinners! We absolutely DO NOT deserve to be members of the great family of God. We attain to that status only by the grace of God....by having our sins washed away by the blood of Christ! And, guess what? The Devil does not like this one tiny bit! The atonement of Christ is the greatest thorn in Satan's side. He did all he could tp prevent Christ from rising from the dead {after all, how could a dead "Saviour" save anyone?}. Having failed in this, his next strategy was to make the Atonement "null and void" by preventing men and women from coming to Christ to have their sins forgiven. Or, failing this, he tries his best to cause us to deny our Saviour and to return to a life of sin. Should he succeed, the Atonement is of no avail - at least so far as the sinner or backslider is concerned! Thus, his diligent efforts to wage relentless warfare against the children of God! Yes, Satan is a powerful and fierce adversary! There is no question on this point. However, our Lord did not leave us defenselessin our spiritual warfare against the Devil and his evil horde of followers. No, indeed! We can be equipped with a heavenly armor which the wiles and rages of hell cannot penetrate. We'll consider the Christian's armor on the next page....so read on....you DO NOT need to be defeated in this warfare! Need some free Christian material to read? Sign up for my newsletter, The Shining Light, which is delivered to you email box completely free. Just send a blank email to the address below and type "Subscribe" in the Subject field. Thank you!