Basically there are two kinds of Satan attacks:
- Desires of the world~ eg, luxury goods, entertainment and television, media and sex appeals, body building and beauty, etc. 1 Jn 2:15-Do not love the world or anything in the world. if anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him
- Desires of the flesh~eg, sexualy desires, pornography, gluttony, badmouthing/slanders, etc.
Satan's Original Victory
1 Jn 2:16 amp- For all that is in the world, the LUST OF THE FLESH [craving for sensual gratification], and the LUST OF THE EYES [greedy longings of the mind] and the PRIDE OF LIFE [assurance in one's own resources or in the stability of earthly things] --- these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself]
Victory won by Christ
- The characteristics of Jesus is explained, Heb 4:15-Jesus was tempted in everything, exactly as we are, yet was without sin.
- Rom 8:3,4-For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man... in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature [flesh] but according to the Spirit.
- What Christians don't actually realize is the fact that we do not need to constantly be in the agony of being stuck with temptations and not having the strength to overcome it. The deciding factor to overcoming is to claim victory in Jesus' name because, He had already won it on the cross.
- Isn't insane to see ourselves having a magnificent and powerful God but living in a hermit shell of our own? No longer are we living in our own flesh, but a spirit given by God to commune with God's very own spirit. That power lies in His name, that's the punch!
Christian's Continual Victory
- Know the victory is already won. Due to satan's defeat at the Cross, the deviil's only strength now is found in a Christian's ignorance (Hos 4:6) If we understand the complete work of the Cross and Resurrection in our life, the devil is stripped off any weapon against us.
- Walk in step with the Spirit. Walk in obedience to His inner promptings day by day (Gal 5:22-25)
- Recognize temptation for what it is. Temptation is NOT sin. YIELDING to temptation is (Jas 1:15)
- Understand there is a way of escape provided. 1 Cor 10:13-No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. and God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. but when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. James 4:7-Submit to God, resist the devil and he shall flee! There's no way we could have resisted the devil with our pathetic human strength in our own name. The criteria is in the first part, submit to God! When you do so, then can the Lord show His direction and give you His power!
- Keep the right focus in life. Col 3:1,2-Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on thigns above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. If we are called to be students, we will allow God's will to work through in our lives by studying. Therefore, other activities that might draw you away from your focus like tv can be damaging and distracting.
- Keep away from obvious areas of temptations. Unless you love battling with lots of temptation to cause you to sin, i guess it's totally self-explanatory.
- Be aware of satan's schemes: (knowing the characteristics of satan helps us to identify him and outwit his tactics. for eg, when tempted with lust of the eyes, a voice comes and says, its ok la, see a while only, nothing wrong what... is this a temptation that can be justified in accordance to God's word? satan is a liar, reject him immediately with the word of God!)
- he is a liar
- he is a slanderer and accuser
- he is a deceiver
- he is a tempter
- he is an oppressor
- he is a hinderer
- he is a roaring lion
hope you guys have a better understanding now! =D
Love,
Alvin
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