Ways Satan Attacks Us, Part 4: Frightening Intimidations (1), by Jeffery Smith

I’ve been seeking in these posts to give an overview of the many ways that Satan attacks God’s people. So far we’ve considered pleasing seductions and deceiving delusions. Now a third category of temptations; what I’m calling… Frightening Intimidations Satan does not always try to entice us or to deceive us into sinning. Sometimes he … More Ways Satan Attacks Us, Part 4: Frightening Intimidations (1), by Jeffery Smith

Ways Satan Attacks Us, Part Three: Deceiving Delusions (2), by Jeffery Smith

In this series of posts we have been considering some of the ways Satan attacks us. I’ve been putting these into broad categories beginning first with pleasing seductions. Then in the last post we began to consider what I’m calling deceiving delusions. The first one we’ve already considered. We’ve seen from Scripture that one way Satan does this … More Ways Satan Attacks Us, Part Three: Deceiving Delusions (2), by Jeffery Smith

Some Ways Satan Attacks Us, Part Two: Deceiving Delusions (1), by Jeffery Smith

By deceiving delusions I’m referring to lies by which Satan seeks to draw us to sin and away from God. Jesus speaking of the devil in Jn. 8:44 says, “He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks lies, he … More Some Ways Satan Attacks Us, Part Two: Deceiving Delusions (1), by Jeffery Smith

Some Ways Satan Attacks Us (part one: pleasing seductions), by Jeffery Smith

1 Peter 5:8-9, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by brotherhood in the world.” Peter tells us about the identity and characteristics of the Christian’s great enemy. His … More Some Ways Satan Attacks Us (part one: pleasing seductions), by Jeffery Smith