4 Schemes the Devil Uses Against God’s Children
BY LE ANN TREES | “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Pet. 5:8). Here are 4 strategies the devil uses to wreak havoc in the lives of believers.
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. (Heb. 5:14)
The devil hates God and he also hates God’s children and wants to destroy them. In 2 Corinthians 11, the apostle Paul writes about how “the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning” (v. 3) and that “Satan disguises himself as an angel of light” (v. 14). Jesus tell us that the devil “‘is a liar and the father of all lies'” (John 8:44). Satan is our adversary, and he “prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Pet. 5:8).
The Bible teaches us about Satan’s schemes so that God’s children won’t be naive, easily taken captive by his lies. Here are four strategies the devil uses to wreak havoc in the lives of believers:
1. The devil tries to twist God’s word.
Twisting God’s word is one of the ways Satan uses to attack Christians…