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MaxInDHouse:
All of you are following Catholics despite your protests against the Roman religion!


So whoever calls himself/herself a man of God to condemn jewelries is surely a man of God but not a worshiper of the God of Israel, rather that of Jupiter the God of Rome.

God bless you and may you have PEACE!

You may have more need to study the word of God. For this purpose I have elaborated more on the passages of the scriptures earlier quoted.
Study and have peace.

Gen 35:2-4 ISV 2 Jacob announced to his household and to everyone with him, “Throw away the foreign gods that you’ve kept among you, purify yourselves, and change your clothes. 3 Then let’s get up and go to Bethel, where I’ll build an altar to the God who answered me when I was in distress and who was with me on the road, wherever I went.” 4 So they handed over to Jacob all their foreign gods on which they had been depending, along with the rings that they were wearing on their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak that grew near Shechem.

The first time jewelry was mentioned in the Bible, it was a gift given to Rebecca by Abraham servant in his quest to find a wife for Isaac.
By Jacob's generation, jewelry has become identified with idols and that which should not be worn/used in the presence of God. This indicates use of jewelry is a defilement of the worship process, Jacob intended doing or an abomination which could bring the wrath of God instead of a blessing. Conclusion: Use of jewelry equates Idolatry and a profanity before God

Exo 33:4-5 ISV 4 When the people heard this troubling word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. 5 The LORD had told Moses, “Say to the Israelis, ‘You are an obstinate people, and if for one moment I went up among you, I would put an end to you. Now take off your ornaments so I may decide what to do with you.’”

In this passage, the children of Israel have worshipped a golden calf made from their jewelry, therefore abusing and perverting God's provisions for them. God's judgement, appear not before me in ornaments. Is this judgement a permanent one. It is. God judgement stated is permanent and changes not

We see a consistency with the former passage above. Present not yourself before God decked in jewelleries.

Eze 7:19 KJ2000 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their stomachs: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

In this passage gold and silver were denigrated by God and discribed as that which cannot save.
God also called gold and silver a stumbling block and the means of His people iniquity

1Ti 2:9 KJ2000 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with decency and propriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

Here we see in 1Ti 2:9 a standard to dress modestly and in a manner devoid of worldliness and jewelleries.

1Pe 3:3-5 KJ2000 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 5 For after this manner in former times the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

This passage of 1Pet 3:3-5 finalized everything that the adornments/ornaments suitable for the people of God is in Godly character.

From the consistency of all passages above, use of worldly adornments such as jewelleries and attachments are not recommended.

Kobojunkie:
1. Wrong! Food, and even God's Shekel was equally used in those days.

2. You obviously have never actually read the Bible for yourself and this is why you concluded that gold and silver were the means of exchange in those days.

You demonstrate your ignorance. Shekel is a measurement standard like we have kilogrammes in this age. Gold, silver and other metals, with other items were measured in shekel eg

1Sa 17:5-7 KJ2000 5 And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. 6 And he had armor of bronze upon his legs, and a javelin of bronze upon his shoulders. 7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

Exo 30:23 KJ2000 Take also unto you the finest spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet-smelling cane two hundred and fifty shekels,

Exo 38:24-25 KJ2000 24 All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and three score and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

Kobojunkie:
Most of you lie when you claim you have read the Bible from start to finish, and I don't understand for the life of me why anyone would do that.

OP, sin is not arbitrarily defined in scripture. God is the only one who can decree a thing as sin, and this He does in His Law and agreement with His people. In fact it is a sin against God for anyone to declare a thing sin, without God first doing so.

The details of God's Old Covenant Law is found written of in the books of Exodus, Leviticus , Numbers and Deuteronomy. Even though the Israelites made a calf out of gold and jewelry which God Himself gave to them when they were leaving the land or Egypt, God never decreed gold or jewelry sins in the Law which He have to them for living in the land of Canaan.

Even after the golden calf incident, God is recorded to have given gold, and jewelry to His people numerous times. By suggesting jewelry sin, you not only sin against God but label Him a fool.

Gold and silver were the means of exchange in those days and even now. Jewelry could be melted and it's value used as a means of exchange.

Your inability to read the Bible completely once is not a barrier to others who delight in reading the Bible daily in study and to meditate upon it as commanded by God

federal9:
False preachers. I don't know what jewelry has to do with your mood for shipping God.


Why do you wear sandals?

Why wear a ring?

Why make use of things that came from technology?

Why wear jewelry both for layman, preacher and unbeliever?
What specific value does it add to a person life except as an object of idolation

Well said!
But too many Christians do not have the level of relationship to hear by themselves what the Lord is saying to them. Even the Lord has to repeat, repeatedly "he who have ears , let hear what the Spirit is saying to the church..

This

Ammishaddai:
That's your opinion, but some believe otherwise . But I will advice that you let the Holy Spirit convict each man of what sin is . You using scriptures only attracts arguments that wouldn't benefit the body Christ

If the use of jewelry is a sin, many a woman will gladly go to hell, just to continue putting on items that do not add to their beauty. It only calls attention to itself as a separate entity.

Now the question is: Is it a sin or not

I believe it is sinful and amount to a strange fire in that, use of jewelries seeks to add human works to the temple of God which He has declared "very good" at the end of human creation.

Additionally, I will like the following scriptures to be considered as to what it means:

Gen 35:2-4 ISV 2 Jacob announced to his household and to everyone with him, “Throw away the foreign gods that you’ve kept among you, purify yourselves, and change your clothes. 3 Then let’s get up and go to Bethel, where I’ll build an altar to the God who answered me when I was in distress and who was with me on the road, wherever I went.” 4 So they handed over to Jacob all their foreign gods on which they had been depending, along with the rings that they were wearing on their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak that grew near Shechem.

The first time jewelry was mentioned in the Bible, it was a gift given to Rebecca by Abraham servant in his quest to find a wife for Isaac.
By Jacob's generation, jewelry has become identified with idols and that which should not be worn/used in the presence of God. This indicates use of jewelry is a defilement of the worship process, Jacob intended doing or an abomination which could bring the wrath of God instead of a blessing. Conclusion: Use of jewelry equates Idolatry and a profanity before God

Exo 33:4-5 ISV 4 When the people heard this troubling word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. 5 The LORD had told Moses, “Say to the Israelis, ‘You are an obstinate people, and if for one moment I went up among you, I would put an end to you. Now take off your ornaments so I may decide what to do with you.’”

In this passage, the children of Israel have worshipped a golden calf made from their jewelry, therefore abusing and perverting God's provisions for them. God's judgement, appear not before me in ornaments. Is this judgement a permanent one. It is. God judgement stated is permanent and changes not

We see a consistency with the former passage above. Present not yourself before God decked in jewelleries.

Eze 7:19 KJ2000 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their stomachs: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

In this passage gold and silver were denigrated by God and discribed as that which cannot save.
God also called gold and silver a stumbling block and the means of His people iniquity

1Ti 2:9 KJ2000 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with decency and propriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

Here we see in 1Ti 2:9 a standard to dress modestly and in a manner devoid of worldliness and jewelleries.

1Pe 3:3-5 KJ2000 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 5 For after this manner in former times the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

This passage of 1Pet 3:3-5 finalized everything that the adornments/ornaments suitable for the people of God is in Godly character.

From the consistency of all passages above, use of worldly adornments such as jewelleries and attachments are not recommended.

Further more you may listen to this Bible study audio for more clearification. You will need to download it from Google drive. It is about 10mb

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fka1nIQ5WZJnSefsQav55qbUjbC_Z7Qh/view?usp=drivesdk

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Sheunma:


It was such an embarrassment for the christian guy. [s]I think he later confirmed lordreed to be untainted spiritually, whatever that means. [/s]Lordreed being a humble sportsman's that he is took the victory in his stride and simply moved on.

Your imagination is going on overdrive. Never said such a thing. You heard or read that in your fantasy.
I have been a bit busy and not too enamoured with a lot of outpouring of many like you and some fellows who claim godship.
Concerning that which you referred to incorrectly, I'll put up a little enlightenment in the coming days titled "Deliverance Is Not For The Dogs"
Look forward to it.

Witchcraft Apologist

Gentlebuka:


Occultism (if you understand what that word truely means) is not necessarily a bad thing.
Occultism, is not necessarily Satanism. Occultism is not necessarily withcraft.

The definition of occult according to wikipedia:
"In the broadest sense, the occult is a category of supernatural beliefs and practices, encompassing such phenomena as those involving mysticism, spirituality, and magic in terms of any otherworldly agency. It can also refer to other non-religious supernatural ideas like extra-sensory perception and parapsychology"

Now, religion will tell you that magic is evil. That's typical. That's what they want you to think. Am pretty sure Science would have been called evil and demonic when it initially started out. The truth is this, don't believe what people tell you just because you trust those people. Always search to know the truth regardless of how it might look like.

Magic, like anyother thing has it's good and bad sides. When it's used for good, it's called white magic. When it's used for bad, its called black magic (this is what most people refer to when they talk about witchcraft, sorcery, etc).

Sorry it took me so long to recognize I wasn't communicating with a Christian. Please wallow in your beliefs, and confusion. You are completely entitled to them. Christians who read our exchanges will recognize you for what you are and ignore you to irrelevancy.
End of discussions

ThePlainTruth:
God did not write the Bible men wrote the Bible thousands of years ago when there was no internet and camera phones and you beleive all that they wrote, are you that darf? So if you are not a lier and a deceiver you won't be so rigid as to wanting everyone to beleive what you beleive from what you have read in the Bible just because it is based on religion.

God has given us the ability to reason and not just to beleive everything we read or are told because it's from a religion. Because your mind has been so conditioned to just beleive anything you read in the Bible is the reason you cannot distinguish between what makes sense and what doesn't from some of the children's stories you have been reading in the Bible.

ThePlainTruth:
You are the one that is demon controlled if not why do you want to be asked questions about the Bible when you were not there when the Bible was being written or when the events took place. Where you there when God told Adem and Eve not to eat from the tree of good and evil. You can now see how demons are controlling your mind.

1Ti 4:1-2
Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits, and doctrines of demons;

 2  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

2Ti 4:3-4
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they draw to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

 4  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto myths.



I do hope you can process the fact these Bible verses are describing people like you and your rabbi who lacking knowledge of the word and the presence of the writer of the Bible the Holy Spirit in their life and having unteachable hearts end up.

ThePlainTruth:
Why will l ask questions from you when you are not the one that wrote the Bible.

What l meant is that sensible people do question what they read in the Bible and they do their own research to come up with sensible answers.

The Plain Truth is that is it betrer for you to learn from my post than for you beleiving you know all when your mind has been conditioned to beleive some of the children's stories you have been reading in the European Bible.

Go on the way you are. It is obvious you will soon join that demon controlled fellow calling himself "father of Jesus"

If you have genuine questions, please itemize them and list them, I'll endeavour to answer them as quick as possible. Thanks

ThePlainTruth:
You are the one teaching occultism here. Even a sensible kid will ask questions when he or she hears or reads the story of Adam and Eve. Now if an adult is not allowed to ask questions about Adam and Eve and is just expected to follow what he or she is told then you are the one teaching occultism here.

The Bible we have today is man's handwriting no God's so it is sensible to ask questions about what man has witten in the Bible.
If Adam and Eve can disobey God in the garden of Eden, how much more men on this sinful world that wrote the Bible who were born of a woman.

I didn't say you may not ask questions, I merely educated you on the pedigree of Jewish rabbis and why a Christian should not take them seriously.
If you want the truth, you may take what I wrote and research it further.
If you like you may hold on to the heretic teaching of a direct descendant of those who rejected and crucified Jesus.
There are many eminent Jewish pastors today just as there were disciples to Christ when rabbis and priests were asking for His crusification

MadamExcellency:
Is the Pope the leader of the New World Order where the United Nations Agencies make decision for every Country.

God forbid Satan

When you look at the front of the Basilica, "the most holy church" of Catholicism, you will see a phallus symbol of witchcraft, that tall pillar that no doubt was a site of numerous idolatry and sacrifices center to idols.
Don't be surprised to discover the pope is a leader in the new world order.

Right from the time of Israel in Egypt, the children of Israel have indulged in idolatry and occultism. They carried their idolatry and its traditions with them to the promised land.
For their idolatry, they were judged by God to allow what befell the original inhabitants of the promised land, to befall them also.(Their enemies were given power to oppress and destroy them.

Sadly the occultism of Israel known as kaballa/Caballa had never died out. Just as the priests of old led Israel into idolatry and traditions of men that Jesus Christ condemned, the rabbis whose majority are anti-christ are leading Israel in idolatry and Satanism. They have even phased out the Torah and teach from there own books.
like Jesus Christ condemned them and called them whitewashed sepulchres, today they appear outwardly as holy men but are dastardly evil personality that engages in human sacrifices.
They make use of unholy books of witchcraft they named after biblical characters e.g. 6th and 7th books of Moses, The Seal of Solomon and others. Those books and the others are called the books of advance Satanism, The Gremories.

Discount what the Advanced Satanic Agent is saying.

Xavfra:



You are a weak Christian sir!!!!
If you aren't, then attend to the points I raised Supra......
No!

jimiobanta:


Your pride and arrogance is very blinding. From your manner of expression you are a young man with a short attention span and of uncertain intelligence. You asked que
stions that will take epistles to answer frivolously and refused to read up past and present articles where such has already been addressed by me.
You are indeed a lazy youth under the illusion of radical, and infantile knowledge without any real depth.

[quote author=Xavfra post=91228094]

Go to this links and get your answers their or are you afraid to read or learn new things

https://www.nairaland.com/4839794/kicking-god-where-
it-hurts
https://www.nairaland.com/5941271/why-blame-devil

Crofton:


Say no more .


Everyone is born atheist, until a certain individual or group of individuals unnaturally force them to adhere to some jumbo-mumbo religion .

You have it upside down.
Everyone is born a child of God until sin, and rebellion separate them, and predators like you confuse their thinking and make them double rebellious

Xavfra:




What doesn't want to answer.....

He knows nothing of his religion.....

He should ask for help and I'll gladly teach him for free

Your pride and arrogance is very blinding. From your manner of expression you are a young man with a short attention span and of uncertain intelligence. You asked questions that will take epistles to answer frivolously and refused to read up past and present articles where such has already been addressed by me.
You are indeed a lazy youth under the illusion of radical, and infantile knowledge without any real depth.
You can't teach me what you don't understand and your sense of superiority is but a substanceless shadow.
You are presently at a position I was over 30 years ago and saying things that are history to me for I've said exactly same or similar before.
I will advise you to go and learn humility and get off your stupid high horse

atheistandproud:

Address his post na

I'm sure you are not blind or extremely shortsighted. Except you are too lazy to read, follow the links given and add the summary

Xavfra:




In all evil I've done in this life, your Yahweh has done billion times more than me......

Probably it was that of your daughter maube I should come this night and take it ......

And i never said that I support abortion.....

Face the facts I presented to you, I dint know why you cannot face it

Your so called facts are the writings of someone you have read or you have heard about.
What you are alluding to is God judgment and it is covered to a good extent in the post that I've given the links above. Do yourself a favor and read them if you or anyone else reading the thread really wants my answer

As an answer to your points please read my post kicking God where it hurts most any present post why blame the devil. This will tell you the background and make you understand this simple summary to your question.

https://www.nairaland.com/4839794/kicking-god-where-it-hurts

https://www.nairaland.com/5941271/why-blame-devil

The wages of sin is death
The soul that sinneth shall die
Say unto the unrighteous, it shall not be well with him

Xavfra:



In summary, all you've said is bullshit.....


You just displayed how dumb Africans are....

You worship a dumb foreign god who gives no Bleep about you, but you reject who you are by cursing your real tradition....

People like you are the weeds in Africa......


You don't even know who you are.......



And to show your ignorance sir, you refused to attend to the points I raised

I know who you are. One of the anti-christ soldiers being prepared for the mass murder of Christians who are unfortunate to miss rapture. It is very easy to know your type. A black soldier who has bloody hands already and waiting for more. Tell me how many abortions are you responsible for?

Xavfra:




Thank you ....

It is your arrogance that has prevented you from bending down to reach and know the truth for yourself.......

It is you who needs deliverance........ sincerely, you need it.....

Lemme lecture you a little about your God....( If you're a traditional worshipper, I'm cool with that but as a black man and a Christian, you need check up).


I guess you know of Hitler and the Holocaust were he killed 6million jews in one night......
I believe you all despise him right?

But your so called Christian God (Yahweh) killed every male first born of Egypt both human and animals but due to ignorance, you accept it that it is cool.....


It's because they removed history that's why you people are Christians.... where was your Sky Daddy when those who brought Christianity we're enslaving blacks....where was he?


Probably he enjoyed watching when they were raping our women.....crazy God indeed.....

I don't need you to prove his existence because I do not care .....even he comes to this world, I don't care......

You people are anti abortion, but it is.cool for you Sky Daddy to destroy the world with flood.....

Black Christians are the dumbest people ever .....


See eehhh, I don't hate you in person but i.hate that fact that you say you're a Christian, I still roll with christians


But sir! Study your Bible very well and you'll see the truth......


And mind you if you try praying for me, I'll take your soul with me

There are many more facts to prove and show the stupidity of your God.......

Lemme stop here.....

Open your mind

One of the devil's name is accuser. I can hear his accusations loud and clear through your post

I can see your support for traditional religion( idolatry) and anger and wrath against God and His Christ (anti-christ spirit)

I can see your arrogance, ."....even he comes to this world, I don't care....." (spirit of arrogance)

I can read how you curse God (spirit of blasphemy)

Your rebelliousness is literally jumping out of the post (spirit of rebellion)

You have rejected God but accepted idolatry (spirit of idolatry)

Distortion of the true meaning and lessons of the word of God you alluded to (mind fragmentation and mind bondage)

Other spirits known to work with the above includes but not limited to jezebel, rejection spirit, anger, strive, moloach (spirits inspiring abortion) and so on

@xavfra this is a true deliverance diagnosis and starting point of counseling and deliverance ministration for you.

Please take note, the use of a new media for my God rejecting friends ( @reed and @Muslim) above, to attempt demonic provocation and exposure does not negate over 18 years of personal experience with God and seeing first hand what He can do during prayers for those who seek His help.

And for those who are frothing in the mouth as of now, I did saw within the@reed allotted time frame there will be no deliverance. Nevertheless I expected to see the manifestations of demons within this period which clearly didn't happen.

Note this, a major parameter for deliverance is to submit to God, then resist the devil and he will flee from you.
This I have written about in times past on this forum over the years.

Xavfra:



I've always known it's a hoax.....

I've been wondering why in all their miracles and deliverances, they have never healed an amputee

You are welcome to the thread in your Arrogance and Pride

atheistandproud:


How can the truth have errors?

Are you sure that you passed English comprehension class in school?

I come in peace sha

I'm sure you can read 'error in translation' and not from the author. You need better understanding of a simple sentence?

Dantedasz:



So do you want to conduct another exorcism of atheist demons from me seeing the woeful and catastrophic failure of the one you conducted on Lordreed and Xmuslim?

Not a bad idea but in person not online

budaatum:


Theistic Plato and his atheism.

Plato’s point: the general terms of our language are not “names” of the physical objects that we can see. They are actually names of things that we cannot see, things that we can only grasp with the mind.

buda's understanding: the "general terms" (i.e., gods, heaven, pray, salvation, Jesus, reality, atheist, theist, etc) are to be understood with the mind.

My dear budaatum Buddhism is idolatry and is not very much different from atheism in that it makes gods of men

Dantedasz:



Most of them are quite intelligent and kind but the fear of HELL FIRE and the INDOCTRINATION from youth prevents them from using their brains when it comes to religion.
Like Platos allegory of the cave. A person who has been chained in a cave since birth will always believe the shadows he sees in the cave are reality. Except he is freed of his chains and takes a walk outside the cave he will always believe shadows constitute reality.



https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/cave.htm&ved=2ahUKEwiaqu7njpDqAhUD2uAKHf7_AdIQFjAOegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw2qwJZDdp8d3PKQIYmBEHup

It is quite easy to turn white to black in this age.
The Christianity believer is free while the atheist is under chains of delusions

LordReed:
Oga Jimi, where is our video o.

The link has been posted on the relevant thread

SATAN, THE MIND MANIPULATOR

Finally, we come to the last and largest category of the names, symbols, and types of Satan in the Bible. In this last category, we discover that Satan truly is the master of mindgames. Let’s look at five names, symbols, and types of our enemy that specifically have to do with his ability to twist, deceive, and lie to people’s minds. He is called the “adversary,” “roaring lion,” “angel of light,” “devil,” and “Satan.”

ADVERSARY

The name “adversary” is extremely important as we attempt to understand the devil’s mode of operation. It is taken from the Greek word antidikos, which is a compound of the Greek wordsanti and dikos.The word anti simply means against. However, in the olderand more classical Greek language, it was used to denote themental condition of a man or woman who was on the edge of insanity. This, in fact, was a terribly dangerous person who would do someone great harm if he or she was not restrained. Therefore, the word anti is quite a nasty word.The second part of the word “adversary” is taken from the Greek word dikos. Dikos is the root of the Greek word meaning righteousness. It refers to justice, rightness, fairness, and righteousness. When the two words are compounded together, they portray one who is adamantly opposed to righteousness. Because the word anti carries the idea of hostility, this tells us that the devil is one who is hostile toward righteousness or who desires to destroy righteousness and obliterate it.This means that the devil is not just passively opposed to the presence of righteousness or righteous people. He is actively his power to wipe them out! He hates righteousness! In one way or another, Satan mentally tries to devour us with present temptations or with past memories. He does all of this in order to assault our sense of righteousness. His ultimate goal is that we would eventually be left high and dry with no confidence before God, devil, or man.This is precisely why Peter said, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:.

A ROARING LION

This leads us to the next title of Satan. Peter says he is like unto “a roaring lion.” What awe and fear the mighty roar of a lion strikes in the heart of frail man! However, in the case of the devil, his roar is more fearsome than his bite. Colossians 2:15 victoriously declares, “And having spoiled principalities and powers, he [Jesus] made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”
By means of the Cross and the resurrection, Jesus Christ stripped these demonic powers bare of the authority they once possessed. Jesus’ victory over them was so thorough that He even “made a shew of them openly.” (For a more detailed description of this phrase,see Chapter Nine of Living in the Combat Zone). However, this has not stopped the devil from trying to sound dreadful. Through his continuous hassling of our thoughts, his insinuations about failure, his concoction of unrealistic fears in our souls, and his constant onslaught against our minds, Satan tries to beat us down into defeat. This constant “roaring” in our souls is just another attempt of the adversary to wear us down, wear us out, and then swallow us up in self-pity.Notice that the object of the adversary is to seek those “whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:. The word “seek”implies that not everyone will fall prey to these tactics. Satan is not seeking just anyone to devour; he is seeking those whom he may devour. In other words, the enemy is looking for those who are weak in faith, ignorant of the Word of God, isolated unto themselves, and not mature enough to stand in the face of hisconstant, hassling allegations.These are the individuals this “roaring lion” is seeking after, and his object is to devour them. The word “devour” comes from the Greek word katapino, and literally means to swallow up completely.

ANGEL OF LIGHT

Satan is also called an “angel of light.” In dealing with theproblem of false prophets, false teachers, false apostles, and deceivers who were trying to worm their way into the Corinthian Church, Paul says in Second Corinthians 11:14, “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” This is another clear picture of this master mind-manipulator. Satan disguises himself to be something that he really is not! Again, this kind of attack normally comes against a person’smind. The portrayal of Satan as an “angel of light” is a vivid example of his deceptive power to twist people’s thinking.

THE DEVIL

Of course, Satan is also called “the devil.” In fact, the New Testament refers to him as such more than 40 times! The name “devil” is taken from the Greek word diabolos. It is a compound of the words dia and balos. Dia means through and carries with it the idea of penetration. The word balos istaken from the word ballo, which means I throw, as in throwing a ball or a rock. When the two words are compounded, the new word depicts the act of repeatedly throwing a ball or rock against something until it penetrates that barrier and breaks through to the other side.Therefore, in the name “devil,” we are not only given the proper name of this archenemy but also his mode of operation.His name means that he is one who continually strikes and strikes and strikes again beating against the walls of people’s minds over and over again until, finally, he breaks through and penetrates their thought processes.

SATAN

This enemy of both God and man is called Satan, which is taken from the Hebrew word shatana and means to hate and to accuse. It is used more than 50 times in the Old and New Testament, and it also carries with it the ideas of slander and false accusation.