[Due to to COVID19 restrictions, we are doing things a little differently at Benchley and an audio recording is not available for this lesson. However, the lesson (along with the rest of the worship service) was live-streamed on Facebook and can be watched below. -MRW]

• Introduction

  • Satan is an actual being.

    • Job 1:7

    • He is not merely the personification of evil.

    • The name Satan means “adversary.”

• For us to call attention to him

  • I Timothy 2:14

  • James 1:14-16 – Sin has a way of deceiving us!

  • Hebrews 3:13

  • II Corinthians 11:12-15; 2:11 – Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. He uses distraction and deception to tempt us.

  • I Peter 5:8 – Satan prowls like a lion. He is looking for easy targets.

  • Luke 22:31-32, 3 – Satan wants me personally! He was able to even infiltrate the apostles.

• For us to discover that our willpower is his weakness

  • Luke 4:13

  • Satan can’t force us to do anything! James 4:6-10

  • I Corinthians 10:13

  • Ephesians 6:11, 16; 4:26-27 – Don’t let anger be an opportunity to sin.

  • Romans 16:20

  • Hebrews 2:14

• For us to remember that he is doomed

  • Revelation 20:10-15 – Satan was included in the list of those to be punished!

  • Matthew 10:28; 25:41 – God is the one who can send souls to hell. Satan is one of the inmates, not the warden!

  • I John 5:14; 4:4