Objective:
To helps us better understand Satan's nature and
identify his mission against God and mankind
Scripture Basis:
Ezek 28:13-17, Isa 14:12-15, Rev 2:13 & 12:7-10
The BackDoor :
Pass out something real and something counterfeit
as see if the group can tell the difference. Some options include;
Key Message: You can't
tell the difference between the real thing and a counterfeit if
you don't know what to look for
Video:
Show the first video segment - "Carman on Satan"
Students teach Students
The following are discussion questions. Ask each
and then have the students use following scripture to identfy
the answers. The questions and scriptures can be passed out to
individuals or small groups.
| Question | Scripture | Answer |
| 1. Does Satan really exist? Is there really a spiritual battle underway that we don't see with our eyes? | 2 Kings 6:13-17 .. invisible forces
Dan 10:5-13, .. resistance by Satan Matt 4:10 ........tempted Jesus Eph 6:12 .. struggle not against flesh Job 1:6 .. comes to God to sift Job | Yes he does |
| 2. What kind of being is he? | Ezek 28:13-17 ... wise, proud
ISA 54:16, Col 1:16 .. created being | Originally Angelic - A spiritual one who is very powerful, wise |
| 3. What does he look like - Do we know? | Ezek 28:13-17 .. very beautiful
2 Cor 11:14 .. he masquerades | Originally very beautiful - likes to masquerade however |
| 4. What was his first sin? What happened to him? | Isa 14:12-15 .. I will be as God
Rev 12: 7-10..... a great war | Decided to become Gods equal
He was cast out |
| 5. What did he do the first time he interacted with humans? | Gen 3:1-5 ... planted the 1st lie
John 8:44 .. the father of lies | He lied to Eve about Gods only restriction - Satan is the originator of deception, He said - Sin will not cause death or separation from God |
| 6. Can Satan be everywhere at once like God? Does he have any help in his fight against God. | Matt 25:41.. has following angels
Rev 12:4-7 .. 1/3 of heavens angels | No, he is not infinite but has many following Angel (demons) - |
| 7. The first video infers and most of us grow up hearing that Satan lives in Hell and is the ruler there - Where does Satan really live? | John 12:31 .. prince of this world
John 16:11 .. ditto Ezek 28:12-13 in Tyre .. in Eden Job 1:6-7.. roams earth, access to God Rev 2:13 .. Lives on earth 2 peter 2:4 .. some demons in Hell Rev 20:1-3 .. Satan finally bound | These are all places on earth, although Job and Peter show us he has access to God. - The Bible tells us that hell is a place that punishes Satan and his followers - Satan will not rule hell, hell rules everyone in it. |
| 8. Is it true that Satan only bothers and attacks people who are involved in Satan worship - Are Christians immune from him | Job 1:7:11 .. challenges Job
Luke 22:31 .. asks to "sift" Peter 1 Peter 5:8-9 .. seeks to devour us | No - Satan also attacks and "sifts" Christians. |
| 9. What is Satan's primary work ? What are his goals | 2 Thess 2:9-11 .. counterfeit miracles
Matt 24:24 ... deception | For non-believers it is to keep them from salvation through Christ
For believers it is to compromise them so they are ineffective and injured |
| 10. What lets him affect Christians? Do we need to fear him? | Eph 4:22-27 .. don't give a foothold | We are told to keep sin out of our life or Satan gains a foothold to damage us more |
| 11. What can we do to limit his affect on us | James 4:7, Eph 4:27
Eph 6:11-17 .. the armor of God | Don't be deceived - learn as much as you can about God - How - Read Gods word |
| 12. Why did God put him on earth (in the garden) and why did he leave him here after he messed up man. | (see Lesson #205 - Fields of God)
Isa 54:16, Rev 20:7 | God uses Satan to offer an option to a free people. This ultimately separates the true believers from the false. |
Video:
Show the second video segment from - "Carman
on Satan"
Summary:
Satan's primary mission against non-believers is
to keep people from becoming Christians. While he is the focus
of Satanic worship, his biggest efforts go into more subtle diversions
and deceptions. When playing golf, no one wants to be "in
the rough" they want to be on the green and "in the
cup". Satan acts to keep people "on the green"
but "out of the cup" by making religion, church and
spirituality about something other than Jesus Christ. His primary
tactic is to encourage men to believe that everything Gods word
says is false. He seeks not so much to make us believe in him,
but rather to convince us that mankind's future is the hands of
anything and everything except Jesus Christ.
Satan's primary mission against believers is to affect
compromise. He doesn't expect to convince Christians to
suddenly start worshipping him or commit some horrendous sin.
Rather he uses our own weakness and the world to encourage us
to compromise - to lower our guard - to drop our standards one
small notch at a time - to dabble in something that slowly leads
us into a pattern of sin that makes us ineffective for Christ,
injures us and ultimately if unchecked ends our life.
As we go through life, at each opportunity to do
something we need to ask ourselves "Is this honoring to God?".
If it is not, it is compromise and ultimately of Satan. (Ref.
Matt 12:30)