Stupid Satan
I have been undergoing a fast for the past few days. So far it has been pretty tough at times. Funny how starving yourself suddenly makes everything you see look soooo good. I decided to open the good book (or ‘the Bible’ as some would call it which means book oddly enough, anyway) and take a peek at what Jesus was going through when he was fasting in the desert. The thing that catches my attention the most is not Jesus tenacity in refuting Satan and his attempts at heavenly mutiny. Rather, I am taking aback by one simple fact…Satan knows scripture? In his second attempt to throw Jesus off the beaten path he actually quotes from the book of Psalms. Now this may not come as a surprise to some of you, and well, it wasn’t a surprise to me either really, but for some reason it really hit me in that moment. I mean, really? Scripture? The Bible? He knows it off by heart? Wow? The really amazing thing…or sad thing…is that he knows it better than we do. I think that we take our enemy for granted. Too often we think of him as a weak minded fool who hasn’t got a clue what he’s talking about. But if you think about it, his greatest weapon IS the ability to twist the truth. He’s really good at it. Too good in fact. Why? Because he knows the truth. He knows it off by heart. Don’t forget that he was there when things were being created. He was there with God in the beginning. He actually heard the voice of God say ‘let there be light’. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not telling you that he is to be feared or awed or respected. No. What I am saying is that he is not to be underestimated or taken lightly. The bible says in 1 Corinthians 10 that we are to be careful and not get ‘cocky’. Peter tells us in chapter 5 of his first letter that we are to be ’sober minded’ and ‘watchful’ because Satan is just waiting to pounce on us like a Lion to his prey. So how do we fight such an enemy? How do we win a fight against someone who knows more about God than I do or ever will in this life? How? Simply, by using the very thing he twists everyday, the truth. Paul tells us in Ephesians 6 that we are to ‘be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might’. And in Philippians 4 Paul says that ‘we can do all things through Christ’s strength’. James tells us that if we first submit to God, we then have the power to resist Satan. When Jesus resisted Satan he did so using nothing but scripture. Jesus summed it up best when he said, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples…you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. Satan knows every inch of God’s word. He knows the power it has over him. He know he must obey God. He must obey Christ in us. He knows that we have power over him, through Christ. He Knows. Do You?
August 8th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Yes satan knows the words, but he can’t understand any of it unless it is explained by someone whom God has been pleased to show some of His secrets. That doesn’t include that old fool satan.
August 8th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I would say he does understand it. Thats why he hates it when we quote it to him and use it as a weapon against him. Because he know the truth of it and he understands its power more than anyone since he had the awesome privilege of dwelling with the almighty God, who wrote and created that word. Thats what makes him so evil. He knows it, understands it, he believes it, and yet he still rebels against it. How hard his heart is against God.