10. Revelation 12:4,9
Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and
hurled them down to the earth.
The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called
the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole
world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels
were thrown down with it…
11. Jesus refers to Satan as the “Prince of
this Earth” several times in the Bible
12. "There are two equal and opposite errors
into which our race can fall about the
devils. One is to disbelieve in their
existence. The other is to believe, and to
feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in
them. They themselves are equally
pleased by both errors…”
- C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
Miroslav Satan— former all-star forward for the Islanders and the penguins, now plays in Europe; (joke) now if he really was the devil he would be playing with two hockey sticks -H-E-L-L
The captures the sense that lucifer was the most beautiful and powerful of the angels.
Recall that he rejected the authority of God and was cast from heaven taking a third of the angels with him
Our culture thinks that the devil was thrown into a fiery underworld…
So our popular culture likes to convince us that the devils are safely confined to hell, pitchforking people and…
… passing out accordions to the damned
So what does the Bible say?
This quote well describes our understanding of the devils work on earth…
The sensationalized hollywood concept of pure evil tends to hide the true work of the devil on earth….
The devil doesn’t have to make us into devil-worshiping mass murderers to accomplish his goals…
What are some empty works?
Pornography, homosexuality, sex before marriage, violence, degradation of women and people in general, occultism in movies
fascination in ghosts, spirits and and ghouls a.k.a werewolves, vampires
What are some empty promises?
that man can govern himself
people will change for the better as time goes on
the world in general will get better without god's help world peace by man's hand
In renouncing satan which is a renunciation of total selfishness, We stretch out our arms and embrace God and agree to become that bloodless cross that represents a life of sacrifice and commitment to God.