- Joined
- Feb 9, 2004
- Messages
- 17,081
To Steal, Kill, & Destroy
And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat."
Luke 22:31
On the next rainy day, sit down with a cup of tea and look up the key biblical references to our devilish enemy, Satan. On a piece of paper, list the verbs attached to his name. You'll find things like this: Satan beguiles, seduces, opposes, resists, takes away, deceives, lies, hinders, steals, kills, destroys, buffets, tempts, persecutes, blasphemes, accuses, binds, and sifts as wheat.
We're in a battle, and our enemy is on the attack. We need to resist him. Satan can't stand the hymns of the faith, so sing. He can't overcome the prayers of the saints, so pray. He can't defeat the Lord Jesus Christ, so claim the power of the Blood. He can't overthrow the truth, so quote the Scriptures. He can't vanquish the joy of the Lord, so rejoice. He can't divert God's grace, so use the shield of faith.
We must use the weapons God has given us. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
It may be that Satan is planning some fresh temptation with which to assail you; but, though he desires to... sift you as wheat, Christ is praying for you, that your faith fail not.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in his sermon, "The Tenses"
Read-Thru-the-Bible
Luke 5:1-6:49
And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat."
Luke 22:31
On the next rainy day, sit down with a cup of tea and look up the key biblical references to our devilish enemy, Satan. On a piece of paper, list the verbs attached to his name. You'll find things like this: Satan beguiles, seduces, opposes, resists, takes away, deceives, lies, hinders, steals, kills, destroys, buffets, tempts, persecutes, blasphemes, accuses, binds, and sifts as wheat.
We're in a battle, and our enemy is on the attack. We need to resist him. Satan can't stand the hymns of the faith, so sing. He can't overcome the prayers of the saints, so pray. He can't defeat the Lord Jesus Christ, so claim the power of the Blood. He can't overthrow the truth, so quote the Scriptures. He can't vanquish the joy of the Lord, so rejoice. He can't divert God's grace, so use the shield of faith.
We must use the weapons God has given us. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
It may be that Satan is planning some fresh temptation with which to assail you; but, though he desires to... sift you as wheat, Christ is praying for you, that your faith fail not.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in his sermon, "The Tenses"
Read-Thru-the-Bible
Luke 5:1-6:49
