Introduction
- II Corinthians 2:11
- I Peter 5:8
- II Corinthians 4:3
- Acts 26:18
- John 8:44
- Matthew 13:39
- I Thessalonians 3:5
Satan wants us to think God’s laws are unfairly limiting.
- Genesis 2:8-9 – The Garden of Eden was as perfect as any place on earth has ever been.
- Genesis 3:1-3 – Satan only wanted to talk about the limitations!
- Deuteronomy 6:24 – God’s laws are good for us!
- Ephesians 4:28; Colossians 3:5 – Some of God’s limits.
- I Timothy 4:8 – Following God’s laws makes for the best life possible on earth, not to mention in the eternal life to come.
Satan exploits our desires.
- Job 1:7-11; 2:4-6 – Satan knew what to do to test Job’s faith.
- James 1:14-15
- I John 2:16 – Compare Genesis 3:3-6. Satan used the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life in both cases.
- Genesis 3:22-24 – Man suffered spiritual death and eventual physical death because of this sin.
- John 8:44
- II Corinthians 11:3-4
- II Corinthians 5:9 – The answer is to focus on God’s desires instead.
- Ephesians 5:7-10
- Hopefully, over time our will starts to match up more and more with God’s will.
Satan makes it easy to sin.
- Genesis 3:6
- I Timothy 2:13-14
- Eve made it easy for Adam to sin. She just gave him the fruit.
- The devil is an expert at taking the friction out of sin.
- The answer is to try to make sin inconvenient for ourselves.
- Proverbs 7:25
- II Timothy 2:2 – We cannot just hide from the world.
- Make it easier for yourself to be righteous.