Know Your Enemy

Know Your Enemy

Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 4

Focus Verses: 2 Corinthians 4:3-4  "If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing.  Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God."

Ever since God cast Satan out of heaven he has been trying to destroy God's greatest part of creation.  People are God's greatest creation.  Satan does not have unlimited power like God, but he does have certain abilities.  Paul says Satan is the god of this world.  When we look at the mess this world is in today, there is no doubt that Satan has something to do with this.  Satan will one day lose his power when Jesus returns to set up His Kingdom here on earth. 

But for now, Satan does his best to blind the minds of unbelievers from seeing and hearing the truth.  Satan has a deep hatred for God, and he will do anything possible to keep people from having a loving relationship with God.  The Bible also calls Satan the father of lies.  Satan has the ability to make lies look like truth.  This is where believers need to be careful.   Satan will try and get you to doubt something that you know by mixing truth with lies.  We can know what is truth if we will continue to read God's Word.  You can tell the difference between truth and error when you test it against God's Word the Bible. 

So let's be aware of who our enemy is.  The way to win this battle is to know God's Word as well as the tactics of the enemy.

Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries