- The Deceiver – The Liar – The Tempter
The Satan called by Jesus: the Father of liars and lies (John 8:44) is trying without ceasing to deeceive us by tempting us using his skills of lying. He did it to the first woman, Eve (Gen 3:1-5), and did it also with the holiest human ever, Jesus, the Son of God (Luke 1:35); and he is still doing the same thing to the children of God.
Tempter is not only his job title, it is who he and his soldiers are (Mat 4:3; 1Th 3:5). By the help of the Holy Spirit, the word of God shows us the way the enemy attacks us. Knowing it can help us to recognize the enemy (2Co 2:11; 2Co 11:13-15).
The temptation from the enemy, Satan, follows some pattern which is not very difficult to recognize. It starts with the flesh and its need, and goes deeper to the soul that he – the murderer (John 8:44) – can put our spirit to death. And that is just the opposite of how God works.
For God: he gives us his Spirit to re-establish the communion with God in our spirit first (Act 2:38; Rom 8:9), and then make us a new person as we are born of that Spirit, changing our mind in our soul (John 3:3-8; 2Co 5:17), that’s when we see the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23) manifesting in our physical body, by using our body to accomplish the obedience of our soul ruled by the Spirit (2 Cor 10:5; 1 Pet 1:2).
We see the tactic of the Satan in action in Eden to Eve, and in the wilderness to Jesus.
The Satan called by Jesus: the Father of liars and lies (John 8:44) is trying without ceasing to deeceive us by tempting us using his skills of lying. He did it to the first woman, Eve (Gen 3:1-5), and did it also with the holiest human ever, Jesus, the Son of God (Luke 1:35); and he is still doing the same thing to the children of God.
Tempter is not only his job title, it is who he and his soldiers are (Mat 4:3; 1Th 3:5). By the help of the Holy Spirit, the word of God shows us the way the enemy attacks us. Knowing it can help us to recognize the enemy (2Co 2:11; 2Co 11:13-15).
The temptation from the enemy, Satan, follows some pattern which is not very difficult to recognize. It starts with the flesh and its need, and goes deeper to the soul that he – the murderer (John 8:44) – can put our spirit to death. And that is just the opposite of how God works.
For God: he gives us his Spirit to re-establish the communion with God in our spirit first (Act 2:38; Rom 8:9), and then make us a new person as we are born of that Spirit, changing our mind in our soul (John 3:3-8; 2Co 5:17), that’s when we see the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23) manifesting in our physical body, by using our body to accomplish the obedience of our soul ruled by the Spirit (2 Cor 10:5; 1 Pet 1:2).
We see the tactic of the Satan in action in Eden to Eve, and in the wilderness to Jesus.