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/Satan: The Deceiver/
  */John /**/8:44/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/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 of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it./
*/Revelation 12:9/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/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./
*/2 Corinthians 11:3/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ./
*/2 John 1:7/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
This is a deceiver and an antichrist./
*/Genesis 3:1-7/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) 1 /*/Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
*2 *And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: *3 *But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
*4 *And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: *5 *For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
*6 *And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
*7 *And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons./
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1.     SATAN’S TARGET—YOUR MIND
When Satan wanted to lead the first man and woman into sin, he started by attacking the woman’s mind.
This is made clear in 2 Corinthians 11:3.
*/2 Corinthians 11:3/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ./
*Why would Satan want to attack your mind?*
Because your mind is the part of the image of God where God communicates with you and reveals his will to you.
It is unfortunate that some Christians have minimized the significance of the mind, because the Bible emphasizes its importance.
*/Colossians 3:9-10/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/9// Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:/
  */Ephesians 4:17-24/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) 17 /*/This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, *18 *Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: *19 *Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
*20 *But ye have not so learned Christ; *21 *If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: *22 *That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; *23 *And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; *24 *And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness./
*/Romans 12:2/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God./
*God renews our lives by renewing our minds, and he renews our minds through his truth*.
This truth is the Word of God.
  */John /**/17:17/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth./
*If Satan can get you to believe a lie, then he can begin to work in your life to lead you into sin*.
This is why he attacks the mind, and this is why we must protect our minds from the attacks of the wicked one.
*/Philippians 4:8/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things./
*“If it is not true,” Paul writes, “do not let it enter your mind.”*
In recent years, science has discovered many fascinating things about the human mind.
Like a computer, your mind can store facts and impressions—and even emotions—and recall them years later.
Your mind can reach into the past through memory, or it can reach into the future through imagination.
Your thinking affects your feeling and your willing.
*/Proverbs 23:7/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee./
The *doctor* says, “*You are what you eat*.”
The *psychologist* says, “You are what you think.”
*Satan knows the tremendous power of your mind, and he tries to capture it for himself.*
*/Isaiah 26:3/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee./
*/Romans 8:6/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace./
*Your mind affects your whole being.*
While I do not totally agree with the “success psychology” and “healing psychology” of our day, I must admit that attitudes are important to health and success in life.
The exciting new field of “holistic medicine” draws upon the influences of the mind to help the patient cure himself.
Sales managers “psych up” their salesmen with thoughts of accomplishment and success, just as coaches do their football teams.
While thinking alone does not make it so, it certainly helps!
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2.     SATAN’S WEAPON—LIES
*Satan came to Eve as the serpent, the subtle deceiver.*
*/Revelation 12:9/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/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./
*/John 8:44/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/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 of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it./
*It is important that you notice the steps Satan took in getting Eve to believe his lie.*
(1)  */He questioned God’s Word/*/.
/“Indeed, has God said...?” He did not deny that God had spoken; he simply questioned whether God had really said what Eve thought he had said.
“Per­haps you misunderstood what God spoke,” is Satan’s suggestion.
“You owe it to yourself to rethink what he said.”
It is worth noting that in this suggestion Satan is also questioning God’s goodness.
“If God really loved you, he wouldn’t keep something from you.”
He tried the same approach with our Lord in the wilderness: “If you are God’s beloved Son, why are you hungry?”
(2)    */He denied God’s Word/*/.
/“You surely shall not die!”
It is but a short step from questioning God’s Word to denying it.
Of course, neither Adam nor Eve had ever seen death.
All they had to go on was the Word of God, /but this was all they needed.
/If Eve had not listened to Satan questioning God’s Word, she would never have fallen into his trap when he denied God’s Word.
(3)   */He substituted his own lie/*/.
/“You will be like God!” Adam and Eve were already made in the image of God, but Satan tempted them with an even greater privilege: to be like God!
This was, of course, Satan’s great ambition when he was Lucifer, God’s angelic servant.
*/Isaiah 14:12-14/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) 12 /*/How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
*13 *For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: *14 *I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High./
*Satan is a created being, a creature; but he wanted to be worshiped and served like the Creator*.
It was this attitude that led him to rebel against God and seek to establish his own kingdom.
*“You will be like God” is the one gigantic lie that has controlled civilization since the fall of man.*
    */Romans /**/1:26/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) /*/For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:/
*Satan desires worship and service, and Jesus Christ would give him neither!*
    */Matthew 4:8-10/**/ (/**/KJV/**/) 8 /*/Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; *9 *And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
*10 *Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve./
*Satan’s lie “You will be like God” motivates and controls much of our civilization today*.
Man is seeking to pull himself up by his own bootstraps.
He is working to build a utopia on earth and possibly take it to outer space.
Through education, psychiatry, religions of one kind or another (most of which ignore Jesus Christ, sin, and salvation), and better environment, men are defying God and deifying themselves.
They are playing right into the hands of Satan.
*How did Eve respond to Satan’s approach?*
She responded by making three mistakes that led her into sin.
(1)   */She took away from God’s Word/*/.
/In verse 2, *Eve omitted the word “freely*.”
God’s original word in Genesis 2:16 was, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely.”
We get the impression that Eve caught Satan’s subtle suggestion, “God is holding out on you!”
When you start to question or forget the grace of God and the goodness of God, you will find it much easier to disobey the will of God.
(2)   */She added to God’s Word/*/.
/We do not find the words *“or touch it”* in God’s original command.
They may have been there, but they are not in the record.
Not only did Eve make God’s original wordless /gracious /by omitting the word “freely,” but she also made the commandment */more grievous /by adding “or touch it.*”
“His commandments are not burdensome” (1 John 5:3).
Satan wants us to believe they are burdensome, and that he has something better to offer.
(3)   */She changed God’s Word/*/.
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