SATAN’S STRATAGEMS SHOULD NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU.

2 Cor. 2:11 “Lest Satan should take advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” Such an advantage could be gained by Satan either by the despair of an individual Christian, or disunity of the local assembly. Satan uses all manner of stratagems to turn souls from the truth: (i) A sieve to “sift them, from wheat to chaff” (Lk. 22:31). Fallen Christians turned into hypocrites living again their old wicked lives. (ii) Devices “to trick,” “weeds,” “to choke” (Mt. 13:22). Treating carelessly the Gospel, hence turning unfruitful. In the current world, majority are hearers of God’s Word, but not doers, deceiving their souls with false worship. (iii) “Wiles to intrigue” (Eph. 6:11). Attractive, deceptive and ensnaring packages of wickedness. (iv) The roaring of a lion to terrify (1 Peter 5:8). Satan as a roaring lion, expect to destroy all trapped into his prison, to face hell, and finally second death. (v) The disguise of an angel to deceive (2 Cor. 11:14). Christian impostors, plus their quack pastors, or clergies, deceptively present themselves as children of God, just like Satan who continuously appeared as angel of light, and (vi) “Snares” to entangle them (2 Tim. 2:26). Satan is behind the false teachings propagated from theological universities/colleges. It is convenient for the genuine Christians to discern them. They are: (a) Satan presents denominations as churches, in order not to know the church of Jesus Christ. (b) Satan had made people believe that they are going to church, and not to understand that Christians make up the body of Christ, the Church being living organism, and not dead organizations registered as trademarks by men. (c) Satan had dirtied marriage, bringing in immorality in the form of polygamy, bigamy, dating, “come we stay,” and so on. He had brought sex robots. (d) Satan had brought lesbians and homosexuals in the pulpits to teach and ridiculed the Gospel of Jesus Christ. (e) Satan had brought thieves, murderers, liars, adulterers and other wicked persons, to be voted in the political office. These good for nothing persons had been presented as messiahs to the world. Reforms, freewill granted globally, is for man to advance his wickedness day by day. (f) Satan had brought racism, abortion, evil medical practices, and generally hatred in order to carry his agenda of killing mankind, and in fact tries if he can make mankind extinct. Bottom line: Christians should not be ignorant of Satan’s devices. We should pray that the Holy Ghost guide and protect us throughout.