Warning! A Roaring Lion Is Loose!

Text: I Peter 5:8

Intro: The Devil is  real! He is the adversary of God and man.

 The Character  of Satan

1. Presumptuous.                          Job 1:6
2. Proud.                                            I Tim. 3:6
3. Powerful.                                      Eph. 2:2; Eph. 6:12
4. Wicked.                                         I John 2:13
5. The Source of Apostasy.        II Tim. 2:9

How He Works Today

1. He perverts Scripture.               Matt. 4:6; Genesis 3
2. He  opposes God’s Work.          Zech. 3; II Thes. 2:18
3. He  hinders the  Gospel.            II Cor. 4:4
4. He is an angel of light                II Cor. 11:14
5. He is the  father of life.             John 8:44

How To Combat the Devil

1. Resist him.                                       James 4:7
2. Greater is He who is in you.      I John 4:4
3. Take the Whole Armor of God    Eph. 6:10-20

The Destiny of Satan & His Followers

1. The Lake of Fire                        Matthew 25:41; Rev. 20:10