The Real Battle Line

Don't underestimate our enemy!!!

Acts 5:3 -
Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?

Ac 26:18 -
to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

Ro 16:20 -
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

1Co 5:5 -
hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.

1Co 7:5 -
Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

2Co 2:11 -
in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

2Co 11:14 -
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

2Co 12:7 -
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

1Th 2:18 -
For we wanted to come to you--certainly I, Paul, did, again and again-- but Satan stopped us.

2Th 2:9 -
The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders,

1Ti 1:20 -
Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

1Ti 5:15 -
Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.

Re 2:9 -
I know your afflictions and your poverty--yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Re 2:13 -
I know where you live--where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city--where Satan lives.

Re 2:24 -
Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets (I will not impose any other burden on you):

Re 3:9 -
I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars--I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.

Re 12:9 -
The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Re 20:2 -
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

Re 20:7 -
When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison

I have been thinking about how the church tends to ignore the very real opposition of the enemy. If you look at the New Testament verses above from the Book of Acts through Revelation, you will see that we are his priority, and the first century church knew it. He never quits! So we must respect this reality and fight the good fight. Unless we take our stand by putting on the whole armor of God, we will
not be victorious. So please remember that our Sovereign God has decided to permit this activity gainst us. But by His Grace and Power within us, Satan cannot overcome us. We must be the overcomers!