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For many, Life is miserable, each day millions of people suffer in mind and body. The suicide rate, it at an all time high. It is NOT limited to certain people. All people, of all races, ages, are faced with the desicion whether or not to contemplate suicide.
How about you ? Have you ever felt like suicide would be a relife to your suffering. Do you wonder why others, seem to have such a great life, and your own seems so miserable ? Have you ever wondered whether, things are really happening to you, or whether YOU ARE LOSING YOUR MIND ?
THERE IS A REASON, THAT THERE IS SO MUCH MISERY ! IT IS NOT IN YOUR IMAGINATION.
SOMEONE IS OUT TO GET YOU !
Do you know who it is ?
Rev 12 says...
7 Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. 8 And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven. 9 This great dragon—the ANCIENT SERPENT the one called DEVIL, and SATAN, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.
12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens!
And you who live in the heavens, rejoice!
But terror will come on the earth and the sea,
for the DEVIL has come down to you in GREAT ANGER,
knowing that he has little time.”
According to this text Satan is here on earth, AND HE IS PISSED !
Why should YOU care ?
1 pet 5 says...
8 Stay alert! Watch out for YOUR great enemy, the DEVIL. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
Notice this IS NOT a general statement, it does not say THE ENEMY, it says... ( YOUR ) ENEMY ! Thats personal ! If he is YOUR ENEMY, that means he is OUT TO GET YOU !
Heres a breif summary of SATAN'S actions in the bible, CAN YOU DISCERN THE PATTERN ?
SATAN ...
In genesis
- Just ( happened ) to be LURKING around EVE
- Lied on GOD, but DIDNT challenge his power
- asserted that God was SELFISH, and witholding good things
- Decieved EVE and Adam
- RUINED their life
- Suddenly disappears
SATAN in JOB's day
- Just ( happened) to be lurking around JOB
- Asserted that Job was not loyal
- Defiant, but still careful NOT TO CHALLENGE GODS POWER
- RUINED JOBS LIFE
- TOOK EVERYTHING JOB LOVED( killing his family)
- DECIEVED JOB TO BELIVE GOD HATED HIM
- ALMOST CAUSED JOB TO COMMIT SUCICDE
-Disappears SUDDENLY
Notice the affect this had on Job...
11"Why(F) did I not die at birth,
come out from the womb and expire?
12Why did(G) the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
13For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
14with kings and counselors of the earth
who(H) rebuilt ruins for themselves,
15or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
16Or why was I not as a hidden(I) stillborn child,
as infants who never see the light?
17There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at(J) rest.
Satan is thrilled when innocent people commit sucide !
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Satan in Jesus day
- Just happened to be LURKING around when Jesus was at his weakest
- Tried to lure Jesus to misuse his power
- tried 3 diffrent tactics to tempt Jesus
- Followed Jesus around
- LATER USES JUDAS TO BETRAY JESUS
- LEAVES JUDAS TO COMMIT SUICIDE
- DISAPPEARS SUDDENLY
Notice the subtly in SATANs tactics. Imagine the confusion Job must have felt as So many things happened to him all at once. He probably thought he was losing his mind ! He probably wondered, why he cant be HAPPY like others
Satan STALKED these people JUST LIKE A LION . He is still doing the same thing today ! Why should he change is tactic, if it is EFFECTIVE.
Thankfully Jehovah God has given us his written word the bible. He preserved it so when these bad things start happening to us... WE WOULD NOT BE CONFUSED AS TO WHY ITS HAPPENING !
Do you have to be afraid of SATAN ? NO
You see, Satan is AFRAID of Almighty God Jehovah ! That why the bible says at james 4:7...
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and HE WILL FLEE !
Actually Satan is a COWARDLY BULLY, but when someone his own size comes around... he turns to a YELLOW BELLIED COWARD !
Satan is conquered, When we resist his influence and resist his WICKED LIES that God hate us, and cause bad things to happen to us. Satans goal is ! to smear Gods reputation, and make us belive that God is cruel like he is. The bible teaches that "God is love" So its up to us to point the finger at the real causs of wickedness !
How about you ? Have you ever felt like suicide would be a relife to your suffering. Do you wonder why others, seem to have such a great life, and your own seems so miserable ? Have you ever wondered whether, things are really happening to you, or whether YOU ARE LOSING YOUR MIND ?
THERE IS A REASON, THAT THERE IS SO MUCH MISERY ! IT IS NOT IN YOUR IMAGINATION.
SOMEONE IS OUT TO GET YOU !
Do you know who it is ?
Rev 12 says...
7 Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. 8 And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven. 9 This great dragon—the ANCIENT SERPENT the one called DEVIL, and SATAN, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.
12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens!
And you who live in the heavens, rejoice!
But terror will come on the earth and the sea,
for the DEVIL has come down to you in GREAT ANGER,
knowing that he has little time.”
According to this text Satan is here on earth, AND HE IS PISSED !
Why should YOU care ?
1 pet 5 says...
8 Stay alert! Watch out for YOUR great enemy, the DEVIL. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
Notice this IS NOT a general statement, it does not say THE ENEMY, it says... ( YOUR ) ENEMY ! Thats personal ! If he is YOUR ENEMY, that means he is OUT TO GET YOU !
Heres a breif summary of SATAN'S actions in the bible, CAN YOU DISCERN THE PATTERN ?
SATAN ...
In genesis
- Just ( happened ) to be LURKING around EVE
- Lied on GOD, but DIDNT challenge his power
- asserted that God was SELFISH, and witholding good things
- Decieved EVE and Adam
- RUINED their life
- Suddenly disappears
SATAN in JOB's day
- Just ( happened) to be lurking around JOB
- Asserted that Job was not loyal
- Defiant, but still careful NOT TO CHALLENGE GODS POWER
- RUINED JOBS LIFE
- TOOK EVERYTHING JOB LOVED( killing his family)
- DECIEVED JOB TO BELIVE GOD HATED HIM
- ALMOST CAUSED JOB TO COMMIT SUCICDE
-Disappears SUDDENLY
Notice the affect this had on Job...
11"Why(F) did I not die at birth,
come out from the womb and expire?
12Why did(G) the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
13For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
14with kings and counselors of the earth
who(H) rebuilt ruins for themselves,
15or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
16Or why was I not as a hidden(I) stillborn child,
as infants who never see the light?
17There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at(J) rest.
Satan is thrilled when innocent people commit sucide !
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Satan in Jesus day
- Just happened to be LURKING around when Jesus was at his weakest
- Tried to lure Jesus to misuse his power
- tried 3 diffrent tactics to tempt Jesus
- Followed Jesus around
- LATER USES JUDAS TO BETRAY JESUS
- LEAVES JUDAS TO COMMIT SUICIDE
- DISAPPEARS SUDDENLY
Notice the subtly in SATANs tactics. Imagine the confusion Job must have felt as So many things happened to him all at once. He probably thought he was losing his mind ! He probably wondered, why he cant be HAPPY like others
Satan STALKED these people JUST LIKE A LION . He is still doing the same thing today ! Why should he change is tactic, if it is EFFECTIVE.
Thankfully Jehovah God has given us his written word the bible. He preserved it so when these bad things start happening to us... WE WOULD NOT BE CONFUSED AS TO WHY ITS HAPPENING !
Do you have to be afraid of SATAN ? NO
You see, Satan is AFRAID of Almighty God Jehovah ! That why the bible says at james 4:7...
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and HE WILL FLEE !
Actually Satan is a COWARDLY BULLY, but when someone his own size comes around... he turns to a YELLOW BELLIED COWARD !
Satan is conquered, When we resist his influence and resist his WICKED LIES that God hate us, and cause bad things to happen to us. Satans goal is ! to smear Gods reputation, and make us belive that God is cruel like he is. The bible teaches that "God is love" So its up to us to point the finger at the real causs of wickedness !
