Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
Theme: Satan: The Real Enemy
Thesis: We are under assault by a determined adversary, but God has armed us and assured us the victory!
Texts:
- 1 Peter 5:8-9
- Genesis 3:14-15
- Job 1
- Isaiah 14:12-15
- Ezekiel 28:11-19
- Matt 12:26
- Luke 4
- Luke 13
- John 12, 14, 16
- Romans 16:20
- Ephesians 2
- Ephesians 6
- Hebrews 2
- 1 John 4
- 1 John 5:19
Notes:
- “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” –Sun Tzu, The Art of War
- Context of 1 Peter:
- Simon, now Peter–“rock”
- 30 years after Christ’s crucifixion Peter is writing to churches in Asia Minor from Rome
- Written after Rome was burned and Nero blamed Christians
- The church is an outpost of the kingdom of God on earth, and as such subject to assault by the kingdom of Satan
- Peter’s goal for his audience is that they would endure to the end
- Persecution has a way of reordering a Christian’s priorities
- Persecution has a way of purifying the church, causing false believers to leave
- We need to be aware of the enemy
- God has created all things–including the being who would become His arch-enemy
- Ezekiel 28:11-19, a prophecy concerning the king of Tyre, and Satan who was influencing
- Satan is:
- a created being
- a person, not a force
- an angel
- v14-15, “…an anointed guardian cherub…”
- While Satan can work widely and powerfully, he is not
- Omniscient
- Omnipresent
- Omnipotent
- A defeated foe
- Satan is:
- Live it out!
- Ask God to reveal any areas of rebellion and confess them
- Ask God to help you develop combat readiness
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