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