Know your enemy but keep your focus on God!

Part 3 of 3 – Trust by Knowing your enemy and keeping your focus on God.

We have looked at several contrast between God and Satan and seen that God is the creator while Satan is a created being with limited power. Also, that God cannot lie but that Satan is the father of lies who wants to destroy you, while God love you enough to send His Son to provide the only way for you to be saved from the penalty of sin and made a part of the family of God.

Jesus is your advocate or attorney whose shed blood and death and resurrection covers your sin that Satan accuses you of. “Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night".’” Revelation 12:10

Knowing all this about God, people still refuse to return His love and accept the forgiveness He provides because they believe the lies of the devil not only for salvation, but for their daily walk with God and spiritual growth.

For example, Do you believe lies of the devil that try to make you feel guilty for sin you have confessed (1Jn 1:9), or do you claim the promises of God such as “there is now no condemnation or judgment for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1)?

Look at the character of God and that of Satan and decide who you will follow. Trying to follow God in some areas but not others will not work and God calls it disobedience.

There will be a judgment one day, a final one where God will judge Satan and his followers. Satan has lost and he knows it. but he wants to keep people from Heaven and from being obedient loving Christians. He wants to take as many as he can with him to judgment. You can be with Jesus as Satan is judged or with Satan being judged. You can accept the payment Jesus made for your sin and live in freedom and know that one day you will spend eternity with God in Heaven or pay for your own sin. You can live in freedom as a Christian or listen to the lies of Satan and try to live a rules based life and miss out on the inner peace and joy of walking in what God has for you.

The fate of the devil and his followers is real; “And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever… And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:10-15

Give your life to Jesus and let Him live His life through you. Teach others how to do the same and enjoy your now and your eternity with Him! Trust in Him and love and obey Him. Don’t be fooled by the enemy who really does want to steal your joy now and to kill you eternally; all he has to offer is some very short term pleasure and an eternity of suffering separated from God and all that is good.

If you have believed in Jesus, keep your focus on God. Know that in Christ you have victory over the power of sin now as well as having been forgiven and given the righteousness of Jesus. Keep your eyes on your eternal future and enjoy preparing for it and telling others and training them how to prepare too!