★ MY SERMON NOTES
@ Evangelical Church of West Africa
(now Evangelical Church Winning All) (ECWA),
Airport, Abuja - Nigeria
15th June, 1998
★ BIBLE STUDIES
* Topic: What Satan is doing in the World Today
* Speaker: Mr. Jonathan Achimugu
* Almost all news media today report nefarious acts of Satan: famines, fraud, theft, massacres, cult activities, and the like. Satan is the root of all these social evils
★ Revelations 12:9 → "The huge dragon was hurled down. That ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, along with its angels."
* Satan and his angels (demons) join forces to fight against God's people
* Satan is the adversary of the Children of God who seeks day and night to destroy them
* The Children of God Should not take the activities of Satan lightly!
* Satan is cruel, clever, hungry and always looking for an opportunity to destroy the Children of God
* Satan is a deceiver. First, he deceived himself (wanting to exaIt himself above the stars of God) then, he deceived the creatures of God [Isaiah 14:13-14] but God humiliated him
* Satan hates anyone who does not believe in his lies. That is why He accuses believers.
★ Revelations 12:10 →"Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, “Now the salvation, the power, the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah have come. For the one who accuses our brothers, who accuses them day and night in the presence of our God, has been thrown out."
★ 1 Thessalonians 2:18 →"That is why we wanted to come to you. Certainly I, Paul, wanted to come time and again, but Satan blocked our way."
* Satan always tries to hinder Christians from following Christ
→ Satan opposes the will of God in our lives through (willing) relatives, friends, associates, colleagues etc
★ 1 Thessalonians 3:5 →"But when I could stand it no longer, I sent Timothy to find out about your faith. I was afraid that the tempter had tempted you in some way, and that our work had been a waste of time."
* Satan is a tempter. His primary aim is to frustrate the work of God's Ministers
* The devil's power is limited. He is not everywhere and does not know everything - unlike our Almighty God who is omnipresent and Omnipotent. That is why Satan uses demons to carry out his evil deeds.
★ See: Exodus 7:11, Matthew 12:22, Acts 4:7
* Demons cause havoc (Luke 7:27)
* NOTE: It is a mistake to attribute the cause of every sickness to the devil; Although many cases of sicknesses, famines, injuries etc. are caused by him.
* Satan uses man's sinful nature to accomplish his will, eg: kidnappers, murderers, armed robbers, liars, fraudsters, smugglers, drunkards, the sexually immoral, and the like - they are helping Satan, but most of them do not realize this fact
* People who are demon-possessed can be delivered through the blood of Jesus Christ
* Spiritually matured Christians Can pray for people who are possessed (by demons) and help them to be restored to God's love
* Satan should not be feared; his demons Should not be dreaded - Jesus has overcome them. Praise be to His name!
☆ PRAYER
1. Pray that God will protect as and our families from the attacks of the devil
2. Praise God for Jesus (He has won eternal victory over Satan and the forces of darkness)
☆ MEMORY VERSE
☆ John 10:10 →"The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I’ve come that they may have life, and have it abundantly."
