Showing posts with label Victory of Jesus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Victory of Jesus. Show all posts

Friday, September 23, 2011

So why the study of Satan?


So, why the study of Satan? Why a book about Satan? Why study Satan for crying out loud? This is probably what is going on in the mind of some well intentioned people. Well, i will tell you why. The reason is not far-fetched. I had lived under the ignorance that Satan does not know me. And if he does, he did not have my time. In points of fact, i once told a friend of mine during our undergraduate days that Satan is too busy to have my time, or come after me. I recalled saying that there are great, noble men and women in this world that he would love to go after. So, why will he come after someone like me when his hands are full? Afterall, he is limited and does not have the power or ability to be everywhere at the same time. Unlike God, Satan is not omnipresent (he is not everywhere at once). Although, Satan is not omnipresent, that is why he has agents all around us. That is why his name is called the prince of the power of the air. "You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil--the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God" (Ephesians 2:2). So, I was wrong! As i grew in Grace and Faith, i came to understand that the first trick or weapon of Satan is deception. He makes you think that he does not exist. He makes you trivialize his abilities, he makes you underate his extents of operations. He makes you ignore his promptness to steal, to kill and to destroy. The devil wants you to misunderstand his craftiness. That is why i wrote this book. 
I wrote this book for several other reasons. One of those reasons is to let you know who is after your life. It is to let you know who is fighting you. If you do not know who your enemy is, and what are his strategies to destroy you; then you are his easiest prey! I wrote this book to deliberately expose Satan and his works. I also wrote this book in order to swim against the statusquo, against religion, against ignorance and more. I remember several years ago, how a certain pastor once warned me to stop talking against the devil because he (Satan) will hear. He said Satan might launch an attack against me for talking about him. He was scared for me that Satan would come after me. That experience made me realize that it was not just those who are young in the faith that is afraid of Satan. There are many pastors who are afraid of Satan as well.
This is why I wrote this book. I wrote this book to break that fear. It is for freedom that Christ has set you free! This book will set your heart free from all forms of satanic fear. It is my intentions and prayers that this book will also show you the victory that Christ has already won for you through his death and resurrection on the cross. 
Friend! You can no longer continue to live your life under the fear of the evil one and his hosts of darkness. Let's not shy away from this teachings at all. The 21st century church need to hear this. We do not have to be "spooky".But we must expose the devil! Even Jesus danced and rejoiced greatly in the spirit after watching Satan fall like lightning from heaven. (Luke 10: 17-22).
In this book, I am going to show you how Satan is amongst us! I will walk you from the beginning of time, right unto the old testament, and through the new testament. By the Spirit of God and His plethora Grace, every operations of the devil shall be revealed in your life!
 I am sure that by now, some well-intentioned people will be expecting me to prove this teachings from the new testament angle? I will do so by the grace of God. I want you to open your mind as we travel the scripture together. If i could not justify my teachings from the bible, please do not believe me or accept whatever you read here. However, if i can prove it to you through the bible? It will be wise to believe what you read here. I want you to understand that this book is about the victory of Jesus. It is all about what Jesus did to deliver you from the works of darkness. It is about the greatest Gift that God gave. It is about the defeat that Satan experienced at the death and resurrection of Jesus. This is what this book is all about. It is not intended to give recognition to the devil at all. This book was written to bring the glory to God. He is the one who influences all things. He is the one who effects His will. He is the Father of all lights. He is the Jehovah who created that little boy called Satan.