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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