10 / 16
The Amish Voice 10
people accuse God just like the devil did. They might say
something like this: "GOD IS NOT FAIR TO SEND PEOPLE
TO HELL JUST BECAUSE THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN
JESUS CHRIST!" But God is fair and God is righteous, and we
know that the Judge of all the earth will do what is
r__________________ (Genesis 18:25)!
Satan once accused Job and said something false about him.
Read Job 1:8-11:
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my
servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a
perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and
escheweth evil. Then Satan answered the Lord, and said,
Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an
hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he
hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands,
and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth
thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will
curse thee to thy face.
THE DEVIL SAID: “Job does not really love God. He
only serves God because of all the blessings God has
given to him. If God takes away all of Job’s blessings,
then Job will curse God.”
Did God let Satan take away Job’s blessings by bringing
destruction and death to his possessions and to his family (Job
1:12-19)? _________ Did Job curse God (Job 1:20-22)? _____
Was Satan right or wrong? ____________________
The devil loves to accuse God’s people and speak against them.
How often does he do this (Revelation 12:10)? _____________
4. Satan
The name SATAN means "the adversary, THE ENEMY, the
foe." Satan is no friend; he is the dreaded foe! He is the enemy
of God and he is the enemy of God's people. He hates God and
he hates God’s people. Jesus spoke about this ENEMY in
Matthew 13:28 and 39. Satan is not for God; he is AGAINST
GOD.
Jesus once said, "He that is not with Me is
___________________ Me" (Matthew 12:30). There are only
two sides, and no one can really sit on the fence. A person is
either WITH GOD (on God’s side) or AGAINST GOD (on the
devil’s side). Every person is either a child of the
d__________________ or a child of __________ (1 John 3:10).
How does a person become a son or child of God (John 1:12)?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Satan wants people to be on his side. He does not want people
to become children of God.
According to Luke 8:12, what is it that the devil does not want
people to do? Satan does not mind if people are religious. Can
people go to church and still be unsaved? _________ Can
people say prayers and sing hymns and still be
unsaved? ________ Can a person be religious and still be on
the devil's side? ________ In John 8:44, Jesus was speaking to
a group of people who were very religious. He said to them,
"Ye are of your father the _________________."
Satan wants to blind people and keep them in a state of
UNBELIEF (read 2 Corinthians 4:3-4). He is the great enemy
of our souls!
Even though Satan is our great enemy, does the Christian need
to be afraid of him? The Bible tells us in 1 John 4:4 that
"greater is He that is in _______ than he that is in the
_________________." The GOD who is in you (if you are a
believer) is greater then the DEVIL who is in the world! Satan
is much greater than you, but is Satan greater than your
God? ________ Do you need to be afraid of the devi1?
__________
5. The Tempter
Matthew 4:3 records another name for the devil, where we learn
that the T___________________ came to Jesus. Who was this
TEMPTER (Matthew 4:1)? _________________________
The devil loves to tempt people and try to make them sin. In
Matthew chapter 4, the devil tempted the Lord Jesus, but he was
not able to make Jesus sin.
This does not mean that we should blame everything on the
devil and always say, "THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT!" No,
our own sinful hearts made us do it (see James 1:14)! When we
fall into sin, we really have no one to blame but ourselves. The
devil loves to see people fall into sin and he will do all he can to
lead people into sin, but we must not blame the devil for the
sins which we do. The one who should really be blamed is the
person who has sinned! When Eve sinned in Genesis 3:1-6, did
the devil play a part in it? __________ Did he tempt Eve?
________ Whom did Eve blame (Genesis 3:13)?
_______________ Whose fault was it? _________________
What are Satan's Limitations?
1. Satan is not present everywhere (OMNIPRESENT).
The devil can only be in one place at a time. He cannot be
everywhere at the same time. He cannot be in India and in
California at the same time.
Dragon
, Continued