The Bible also calls Satan the ‘Devil’ or the ‘Ruler of this world’.  He rules over the whole world and overall the people of the world. God has allowed Satan to be free in this world for a short time. A time is coming soon when God will throw him and his demons into hell which he has prepared for them. And sadly all who have rejected the Lord Jesus and have chosen to follow Satan will follow him to hell also.

Just as Adam and Eve had a choice, God gives each of us the freedom to choose: I want to love, obey, and follow God, or do I want to obey and follow Satan? When I accepted the Lord Jesus as my Savior, I stepped onto God’s side. Now I obey only God and refuse to obey what Satan tells me.

Satan lost me!  He has now become my enemy.  His one purpose in my life is to make me believe God does not love me and to turn me away from following God. Satan is powerful.  He wants to win me back at all costs!  He tempts me with all the glitter and glamour of this world.  He hits me with all kinds of trials and sufferings. He wants to make me sin at any cost.

But the Bible tells us:

“God, who is in you, is greater than Satan who is in the world.” 1 John 4:4

“Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” James 4:7

So don’t be afraid of Satan, my friend. Come to the Lord Jesus and be free and safe. God will keep you in all your trials.  I want to stay close to Lord Jesus and follow him in my life. When I do, the Holy Spirit gives me the power to resist Satan and live a pure life for the Lord Jesus every day.

Prayer: “Lord Jesus, please keep me strong against Satan’s attacks of trial and temptations and help me to live a pure life for You always.”

According to the Bible, Satan is behind all evil.  He is God’s enemy.  His main purpose is to turn all people away from God and make them disobey his laws and sin against him! We hear about Satan right in the first book of the Bible, Genesis.  God has given Adam and Eve a beautiful garden – The Garden of Eden – to live in and enjoy. But God tells them not to eat the fruit of a certain tree in the middle of the garden. “If you eat it, you will die”, He warns them. At the first opportunity, Satan comes to tempt them – “Did God tell you not to eat this fruit?  You won’t die.  Go ahead and eat it.” Satan is called a ‘liar’ in the Bible.

The fruit looks delicious, as all the wrong things do. But Adam and Eve have a choice before them.  To obey God or to obey Satan. God has given them free will to choose. Sadly they choose to reject God’s command!  They choose to obey Satan instead of God.  At once, they know they are separated from God by their one sin. And they lose everything!  First, they lose their fellowship with God and His closeness and friendship with them. They also lose all his care and protection of them in the Garden of Eden.

Satan is triumphant!  He now has them under his control.  He binds their souls with his chains and makes them his slaves – slaves of sin.  They and all their descendants will be born sinful, will be ruled by Satan, and will die without hope! How terrible if Satan’s plan had worked completely!  All of us would be sinners following him all the way to hell.  Hell is a place God has prepared for Satan and his helpers, who are called ‘demons’ or ‘evil spirits’.

But we know how much God loves us!  He did not leave us in Satan’s clutches. Praise God! Our Redeemer came to free us from Satan’s bondage.

 Prayer: “Lord God, please help us to choose to obey You and not Satan in our lives. Thank You for redeeming us from his bondage.”