Satan and Fallen Angels vs. The Christian

The Church at present is in conflict with 'principalities and powers,' with 'the rulers of the darkness of this world,' with 'wicked spirits in high places.  Nothing less truly invulnerable than the whole armor of God can therefore sufficiently protect us against the approaches of such a subtle foe.

Consider, first, that to the devil is ascribed by God Himself the agency of man's apostasy from his Creator. The serpent is said to have 'beguiled" our first mother by his subtlety. Is he less subtle now? And is he likely to be less successful when he has to deal, not with unfallen, but with sinful men? If by his craft he was victorious when he approached the ' image of God'  in the creature, shall he not with even less artifice prevail against those in whom, when he comes, instead of finding 'nothing,'he finds his own likeness?

For what is holiness but likeness to God, and what is sin if not 'of the devil' ? How great the peril, then, of that heart which sleeps in security, and, through ignorance or disbelief in his personal influence, watches not for the footfall of the tempter! Hence that Divine precept to the Church, ' Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.' 

Again, Holy Scripture plainly teaches that Satan comes to harass and perplex where he knows he cannot destroy. Did he expect, for instance, to prevail when he met the sinless Son of Man in the wilderness? Had he forgotten that terrible sentence which at the beginning was spoken to him by Jehovah Himself, who then put it into that very Bible, 'It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel'? No, however, while he knew that he could not bruise the Head in the head, yet he knew it was granted him to attack the Blessed One as being a partaker of 'the flesh and blood ' of the children.'' He could not destroy; he would therefore 'afflict' the Righteous One! So, is it still with 'the brethren.' Satan full well is aware of their security and final triumph in Christ, as the redeemed of His blood and the subjects of the indwelling Holy Spirit; he will therefore inject the  poison of doubt and fear into their souls. 

The Personality of Satan part 2

The same Divine authority has caused to be put on record not only the fiery ordeal of personal conflict with him in the wilderness for forty days and nights, but also numerous other instances of terrible engagements between the saints and the great adversary.  With all these and many more such proofs of external evil influence directly exercised on us, how is it possible to confound the personalty of Satan with the principle of evil in the fallen nature of man? 

Yet, if any would even still object, what shall be said of such plain passages as the following ?—

'And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.''

'Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.'

'But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils' 'If Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand ?'

'Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well; the devils also believe and tremble.'s

'He said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. And He asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion; for we are many.'

'Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.'

"God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell."

'Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.'

'When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.'

'In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.'

'He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil! 
'That through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the devil! 

Here are many proofs, all going to enforce the solemn point in hand—namely, that there are in existence upon earth a multitude of mysterious beings, called by the Spirit of truth by various titles and names, whose nature is wholly evil, and who, actuated by feelings vindictive towards God and man, are actively engaged in opposing the glory of God and the well being of the human family; and further, that this evil angel host is presided over by a chief, whose present territory is the wide world of the heart of man, and who aims at pressing every event and circumstance of human life into his fiendish service.

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Pride

"Have this mind in you which was also in Christ Jesus: who emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant; and humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto death. Wherefore God also highly exalted him."—Phil. 2:5-7

No tree can grow except on the root from which it sprang. Through all its existence it can only live with the life that was in the seed that gave it being. The full apprehension of this truth in its application to the first and the Second Adam cannot but help us greatly to understand both the need and the nature of the redemption there is in Jesus.

The Need.— When the Old Serpent, he who had been cast out from heaven for his pride, whose whole nature as devil was pride, spoke his words of temptation into the ear of Eve, these words carried with them the very poison of hell. And when she listened, and yielded her desire and her will to the prospect of being as God, knowing good'and evil, the poison entered into her soul and blood and life, destroying for ever that blessed humility and dependence upon God which would have been our everlasting happiness. And instead of this, her life and the life of the race that sprang from her became corrupted to its very root with that most terrible of all sins and all curses, the poison of Satan's own pride. All the wretchedness of which this world has been the scene, all its wars and bloodshed among the nations, all its selfishness and suffering, all its ambitions and jealousies, all its broken hearts and embittered lives, with all its daily unhappiness, have their origin in what this cursed, hellish pride, either our own, or that of others, has brought us. It is pride that made redemption needful; it is from our pride we need above everything to be redeemed. And our insight into the need of redemption will largely depend upon our knowledge of the terrible nature of the power that has entered our being. 

The Wicked and the 2nd Death

All the wicked will finally be destroyed by "fire." This is plainly stated by the Lord Jesus himself in Matt. 13:41, 42: 1
"The Son of Man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." Also, Matt. 25 :41: "Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the Devil and his angels." And also in Mark 9 : 43-47: "And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, .... into the fire that never shall be quenched. And if thy foot offend thee cut it off; it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, .... into the fire that never shall be quenched. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire"—gehenna fire. And also, Rev. 20:13-15: "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell (hades) delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell (hades)were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

The last time the final end of the wicked is spoken of in the Bible is found in Rev. 21:8, and reads thus: "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." This declares that all liars shall have their part in the lake of fire and brimstone: which is "the second death!'" Mark it; the three last words are —" The Second Death!"