PRAYER
WALKING – Student Manual Sample
CHAPTER TWO:
Know your enemy - You only
have ONE!
·
Who is the enemy?
o _________ is your
enemy. (1 Peter 5:8) The name satan actually means
“_____________or one that opposes”
o A fallen angel –
_____________ (Ezekiel 28:12-17)
o You cannot ignore satan any
more than a soldier can ignore an enemy soldier on the battlefield. Ignoring the enemy could ______ _______
____________.
·
Satan is called …
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crafty
(Gen 3:1)
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the
deceiver (Gen 3:13)
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the
foe and avenger (Ps 8:2)
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the
destroyer (Is 54:16)
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the
tempter (Matt 4:3; 1 Thes 3:5)
§
ruler
of demons [Beelzebub] (Matt 12:24)
§
a
murderer (John 8:44)
§
a
liar and the father of lies (John 8:44)
§
the
evil one (Matt 6:13; John 17:15)
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god
of this age (2 Corinth 4:4)
§
an
angel of light (2 Corinth 11:14)
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the
ruler of the kingdom of the air (Eph 2:2)
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the
dragon,… that ancient serpent (Rev 12:7-9)
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the
accuser (Rev 12:10)
o The less you know about
satan, the better he likes it.
o We must view satan as God
views him. He is a defeated enemy.
o Too often, we fight each
other, instead of fighting the real enemy – satan.
o Jesus took command over
him. (Matt 4:3-11) Jesus told his disciples greater things
than Jesus did, they would be able to do, because He was going to His father. Why?
Because Jesus knew when He returned to Heaven, God the Father would send
the Holy Spirit. Jesus could only be
in one place at a time, because He was human – like us. The Holy Spirit works in the hearts of
thousands of people at the same time.
·
Where is Satan now?
o He is __________ _____
_________. (Ezekiel 28:17)
o 1 Peter 5:8 “Be
self-controlled and alert. Your enemy
the devil prowls around like a ________
_______ looking for someone to devour (destroy).”
·
What does he want?
o Satan wants to…
1. ____________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________
·
Why?
o
Satan hates _____. He knows God
already defeated him, but he wants to take as many people to hell with him as
he can.
o
Satan hated _____, because she was made in God’s image. He tried to destroy her. He knew the price for sin was ______.
o
He hates all of _____
_____________ (that includes you and me). He still knows the price for sin is death. He wants all of us __________ _________.
·
What is Satan’s plan?
o
Lure
people into _____ and bring us into sin’s __________. Satan’s plan can be as simple as being ________ (Being Under Satan’s Yoke) or as complex as
drugs, sexual addictions, and demonic control.
·
Does Satan have power?
o
If you are a sinner,
______, Satan has power over you until you surrender your life to Christ.
o
If you are a
Christian, _____, Satan has _____
________ (authority) to harm you.
He gets his power when you ______________ it to him!
·
Who is more powerful satan or God?
o Satan was ________ – God
always was. (Ezekiel 28:15)
o Satan has power to ______,
______, & _________. (John 10:10)
o God is ______________. He gives ____ the power to defeat
satan when we use the _______ ___ ________ and the _______ _________
__________.
God
wants our ______, _______, & ___________ but Satan wants to steal our time,
money and talents - without us
realizing he has us under his control.
Most of the world today does not know their father is satan (John 8:44) “You belong to _____ ________, ____ ___________, and you want to carry out your father’s desire….”
What
is spiritual warfare?
o Ephesians 6:12 “For our
struggle is ______ ___________ ______
____ ________ (other people),
but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of the dark
world and against the ________ _________ ___ _____ __ ____ _______
_______.”
o It is war in the ______ ________ – a world you cannot see with your
eyes, but is clearly real.
o We are in a spiritual war
whether you want to believe it or not.
Satan is not going to stop his advances just because we choose to deny
he is real or because we are too weak to pick up our spiritual weapons. The war continues. Whether you win or not is your decision.
o Israel had to fight enemy
tribes to possess the land. Christians
today must fight our ________
___________. The difference is
that Israel fought against __________
_________ and we struggle against “principalities and powers of the air”
(______ ___ ___ _______). (Ephesians 6:12)
o We fight this battle on two
fronts: (1) inside our own hearts
(2) in our homes, churches, communities,
cities, and countries.
Thought
Questions:
1)
Who is my enemy? Where is he now?
2)
What does he want? Why?
3) What is Satan’s plan?
Does he have power in my life?
4)
Who is more powerful satan or God? How do I know?
5)
What is spiritual warfare?
