Has the devil got you?

In the last article in the series “Key to the Bible” we present again some thought which can surprise several Christians.
Like you could see from previous articles and Bible texts you might have seen how many Church doctrines are not in accord with Bible doctrines.

Jesus taught that all evil comes from within, out of the heart of man (Mark 7:20-23).
Temptation does not come from the devil; it comes from a person submitting to his own lust, his own desires (James 1:14,15).

“It is not in man that walks to direct his steps” (Jeremiah10:23).

We need to be shown the way.
We have to deal with the problem of sin within ourselves, but our Saviour can help us.
Don’t fear a supernatural devil, a fallen angel!
Angels can’t fall. They are immortal and cannot die.
They do not marry – so it was not the angels that married the daughters in Genesis chapter 6.

Jesus says so (Luke 20:35-36).

Satan means ‘adversary, opponent’.

Jesus uses the terms of devil and satan to apply to ordinary people with wrong desires.
He calls Peter “satan” (Matthew 16:23), because on this occasion, Peter contradicted his Lord. He was “an adversary” to Jesus.
The word “devil” was saved for Judas, who betrayed him. (John 6:70).

The word ‘devil’ is from the Greek word “diabolos”; it means ‘slanderer, false accuser’.
Don’t fear. Jesus possessed our nature, but he never succumbed to it, for he never sinned. By overcoming the desires of his own nature, Jesus never allowed temptation to lead to sin. In his death as a sacrifice he destroyed the power of sin, the Biblical devil, as far as he was concerned. Not long after his burial, his Father raised him to immortal life. So he became the living Saviour and Mediator for all who turn to God for the forgiveness of their sins. When he returns from heaven, he will change their bodies to immortal bodies like his own glorious body (Philippians 3:20-21). In this way the triumph of Christ over sin and death will be complete.

The power of death is called sin (Romans 8:3), or the devil. Christians share the flesh with Christ Jesus, having the same physical nature. Partaking of the same nature, Jesus by going through death and spending time in sheol (or the hell) he could bring an end to the stings of death. All the work Jesus has done has the effect breaking the power of him who holds the power of death — that is, the devil — (Hebrews 2:14).

Let us therefore look in the Word of God, the Bible what is said about what brings forth death and who or what has power of death. (James 1:15; Heb 2:14) Look also at whom has the power at the moment (Ephesians 2:2-3; 2 Timothy 4:10, 2 Corinthians 4:4)

The following references shows how the term “devil” is equated with “sin”.

The bible reminds us that though we always may be surrounded by adversaries of God (satans) we have to put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts. Therefore we as followers of Christ have to stand against the wiles of
the satan or devil (the ones who against God) (Ephesians 4:22; Ephesians 6:11).

We must know that even when the god of this world keeps blinding many their minds (2 Corinthians 4:4). We always shall find people who shall not believe Jesus is the son of God and who would prefer either to say Jesus did not exist or that Jesus is God, not believing the words of the heavenly Father Himself Who claimed Jesus to be His only begotten beloved son. (John 1:18; 3:16; 1 John 4:9)

¹⁷and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is ^[a]My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.” (Matthew 3:17 NASB))

It was that son of God, the son of man, Jesus Christ, who taught people, the children of this world, to pray for deliverance from evil and to make sure we would not befall a prey of the satan or evil one, and not to become children of the satan or devil, the wicked one. (Luke 20:34; Galatians 1:4; Matthew 6:13; 13:38)

Satan means ‘adversary, opponent’.

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