Know Your Enemy

A Guide for Young People to Overcome Satan

by

Zac Poonen

Copyright Zac Poonen (1994)

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This Book and You

This book contains messages that were given to a
large group of young students. The messages have
been retained in their spoken form.
Young people are the target of Satans attacks
in these days. Satan is going all out to ensure that
todays young people are polluted by impurity, bitterness, jealousy, selfish ambition and materialism,
and if not by any of these, then at least by pride,
self-righteousness and hypocrisy.
We must not be ignorant of any of Satans schemes
or wiles.
Satan was defeated on Calvary by our Lord Jesus.
Our calling now is to register that victory over the
forces of darkness everywhere we go.
If you are interested in doing that, read this book.

Chapter 1

Why You Should Know Your Enemy

I want to show you some truths from Gods Word that
many of you young people may never have known
before. It concerns the enemy of our souls.
You have heard a lot about salvation and about
what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for us. But you
may not have heard much about Satan, because
most preachers dont like to preach about Satan.
I want to speak about Satan, because the Bible
tells us in 1 Peter 5:8,
Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary
the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking
whom he may devour.
One of the most important principles of warfare is to
know your enemy. If you are fighting a war and you
have a lot of information about your enemy, it makes
the battle so much easier. If you know very little
about your enemy, the battle will be more difficult.
Or, to use another illustration: If you know in
advance all the questions that are going to come for
your examination, the examination will be so much
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It is exactly the same with the Christian life. If you

know your enemy, you can overcome him and be
more than a conqueror in every temptation.
There are many Christians who struggle throughout their whole lives trying to follow Jesus, but fail. I
think one of the main reasons is because they know
nothing about their enemy.
We all know that the study of medicine is important. Medical science has healed millions of people
from diseases in our generation and saved many
from premature death. This has been possible only
because medical scientists studied all about the
enemies of the human body and their methods of
attack on the body. It was through intensive studies
of bacteria and viruses the enemies of health - that
mans health has improved. Scientists discovered
medicines that could kill the enemies of health and
remove them from the human body.
What is true in our physical body is much more
true of our inner spirit. We need to study about Satan
too the enemy of our spirit if we are to dislodge
him from our spirit, and keep it pure for God.
The Bible tells us a lot about Satan. In fact, immediately after God created Adam and Eve the very
next thing the Bible talks about is Satan. The Bible
tells us nothing about what Adam and Eve did in the
garden of Eden. But it straight-away tells us that
Satan came into that garden and brought sin and
confusion, leading Adam and Eve away from God.
The cause of all the sin and violence and evil that
there is in the world today is found there in Satans
entry into Eden (Genesis 3).

Why does the Bible tell us about Satan, immediately after it tells us about the creation of man and
woman? Because God wants us to know about Satan,
so that we are alert. We saw that Satan roams about
like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. If
the newspapers reported that a lion had escaped
from the zoo and was roaming the streets of your city,
wouldnt it be a help to know which area of the city
he is in, so that we can avoid that area? Certainly. In
the same way, if you know the areas in which Satan
is active, that can save you from a lot of problems.
Many believers have frequent periods of discouragement. We must realise one thing: That discouragement never comes from God. It always comes from
the devil. In the same way, strife, violence, hatred,
jealousy, bitterness, evil speaking, complaining,
murmuring, rebellion against authority, and every
other form of evil have their origin in Satan. It is good
to know about our enemy, so that we can overcome
these evils in our lives.
In the opening pages of the New Testament, we read
about Satan. Immediately after we are told about
Jesus being baptized in water and being anointed
by the Holy Spirit, we read about Satan confronting him in he wilderness, and tempting Him. That
is the measure of importance that the Bible gives to
describing Satans activities. Why? So that we might
not be ignorant of the wiles or the strength of the
enemy of our souls.
It is important for young people to know about
Satan, because once you know what the Bible teaches
about Satan, you will be careful. And you wont

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be afraid of him any longer, like many people are.

Many are afraid of Satan, because they dont know
what the Bible teaches about him. They are afraid
of people doing black magic or witchcraft on them,
because they dont know that Satan was defeated by
our Lord Jesus on Calvary. You will never again be
afraid of Satan, once your eyes have been opened to
what the Lord has done for us all on the cross.
Satan sometimes tries to interrupt Christian meetings through demon-possessed people, like he did
in the synagogues where Jesus preached. But Satan
must never be allowed to do so. Once in the middle of
a Bible-study meeting in our meeting-hall, a demonpossessed man crawled up the aisle like a snake,
towards the front, trying to disrupt the meeting.
When the demon was rebuked in the Name of Jesus,
the man immediately fell sound asleep right there on
the floor. After the Bible-study was over, when we
had all said the final Amen, he woke up. Then we
spoke to him. We were not going to allow Satan to
interrupt our Bible-study, through any of his agents.
At another large public meeting that was being
held outdoors, a man suddenly began to dance in
front of the pulpit, just as I was saying something
very important. When I requested him through the
interpreter to sit down, he ignored my request. Then
we rebuked the demon in him, in the Name of Jesus,
and the man went and sat down quietly. Yes, demons
have to obey when they are commanded in Jesus
Name, because they have all been defeated by Jesus
on Calvary.
It is important to know that there is power in the
mighty Name of Jesus Christ Who defeated Satan on

Calvarys cross. You need never be afraid of Satan.

It is when you dont know your enemy, that you live
in fear that he may do something or the other to
you. But he cannot touch you, if you allow Jesus to
be Lord of your entire life for Satans power was
stripped completely from him, when Jesus defeated
him on the cross.

Chapter 2

The Origin of Satan

We know that God existed from all eternity. The Bible
begins with the statement, In the beginning God
(Genesis 1:1). Those are the first four words in the
Bible. That is referring to the ages of eternity past
so far back that our minds cannot even understand
it, because our minds can only comprehend time.
God existed before time began.
But Satan did not exist before time began. Satan
is a created being. But does that mean that God
created an evil being? No. That would be impossible.
God can never create anything evil. Everything that
He creates is perfect. Even Adam and Eve, when they
were created were perfect. Likewise, Satan too when
he was created, was perfect. He was known then as
The morning star, or Lucifer (Isaiah 14:12). That
name has a bad connotation now. But it was not so,
way back then when he was first created.
He was created as the head of the angels, to lead
the angels in the worship of God. God gave him many
supernatural abilities and powers when he was
created. But then he fell into sin and became Satan.
But Satan still has those powers today, because
God did not take them away from him when he fell.
We may wonder why God didnt take away those
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powers from the Devil. The reason is that God doesnt

usually take back the gifts He gives. Even we human
beings would not normally take back a gift that we
have given to another even if that other person
turns against us one day! And so Satan uses his
power to harm people. And that is why people who
get in touch with him can do supernatural things
through witchcraft.
It is written concerning Satan,

Lucifer was more gifted, more beautiful and had

more supernatural abilities than all the other angels.
He led the angels in the worship of God until pride
entered his heart. He then began to think, Only One
Person is above me, and that is God Himself. I will
rule over Him as well.
That was really a stupid thought that came into his
heart. How could he ever ascend above his Creator?
But that is how Satan is quite foolish in many of
the things he does and thinks, even though he is

so clever!! Many clever people in the world too do a

lot of utterly foolish things, spiritually speaking. The
more we study about Satan, the more we will see
how stupid he is in many of the things he does.
Satan was not happy to be where God had placed
him. He wanted to ascend to the place where everyone would worship him! He did not say so. He just
began to have such thoughts in his heart. We read
that in verse 13. But God looks at our hearts, and
he looked at Lucifers heart, and saw what he was
aiming at.
There is a difference between temptation and sin.
Temptation comes initially as a thought in the mind.
It is only when we agree with that thought however
that we sin. If, on the other hand, we reject the
thought immediately, we do not sin.
For example, have you ever had an evil thought of
doing something to pull another person down in the
eyes of others, so that you can appear as a better
person?
Do you know who was the first person to have
such a thought? It was Lucifer. Whom did he want
to pull down? Not the angels, because they were
already below him. He wanted to pull God down. To
pull people down in order to get on top yourself is the
very spirit of Satan.
Why do I say that you must know your enemy?
Because when such a thought enters your mind, you
should recognize that your enemy is trying to get in.
The roaring lion is waiting to devour you.
It did not take many years for the highest archangel
to become the devil. No. Only a moment. He did not
fall gradually, step-by-step. No. He came down like

How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the

morning (that was his name the shining one), O
son of the dawn (Isaiah 14:12).
As the head of the angels, Lucifer was in Gods presence constantly. Why did he fall away? The reason is
given in the next two verses (Isaiah 14:13, 14)
Because you said in your heart I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of
God I will be like the Most High Nevertheless
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lightning, as Jesus said in a moment (Luke 10:18).

One moment, he was the shining one. As soon as he
began nourishing the thought of becoming like God,
immediately he became the devil.

Another passage that tells us about the origin of

Satan is Ezekiel 28. There we see Satan called the
king of Tyre (Ezekiel 28:12). There are demon powers
behind the rulers of this world and at that time Satan
himself was behind the ruler of Tyre. And the Lord
spoke to Satan who indwelt that human ruler.
The Lord reminded Satan of the time when he was
in the garden of Eden (Ezekiel 28:13). This tells us
that Lucifer was in Eden before Adam and Eve were
there. And the Lord reminded Satan of how he had
been perfect in his ways from the day he was created
until sin was found in him (verses 16, 17).
Lucifers heart was lifted up primarily because of
his beauty. Is your heart ever lifted up when you
look into the mirror and see how good looking you
are compared to others? Beware of that. Thank God
for the good gifts he has given you. Theres nothing
wrong in having a good-looking face. But there is
everything wrong in being proud of it. For then you
open the door to Satan.
Another reason for Lucifers pride was his cleverness. Do you know that the most intelligent among

all created being is Satan? There is nothing wrong

with being intelligent. We can use our intelligence for
the glory of God. But we have no right to be proud of
it. We dont have to be stupid to serve the Lord. No.
Thank God for your intelligence, and thank God for
your beauty, but never be proud of either.
The third reason for Lucifers conceit was that he
had the highest position among all created beings.
He failed to recognise that all these three things that
he was proud of his beauty, his cleverness and
his position were all gifts of God. And that is what
many human beings and many Christians too fail
to recognise. And thats how Satan gets a foothold in
their lives, and finally destroys them.
So we see that all the sin in the world originated
with pride. Not with murder or adultery but with
pride. And thats why salvation came through Jesus
humbling himself. The way of humility is the way of
deliverance from all of Satans schemes and wiles.
In Lucifer, we also see the origin of the spirit of
discontentment with ones appointed lot in life. If we
could look at this world from Gods point of view, we
would see the world full of grumbling, complaining,
murmuring people everywhere a spirit that they
have all imbibed from Satan.
The spirit of rebellion against authority is yet
another thing that originated with Lucifer. There was
only one authority that Lucifer had above him and
that was God. And he rebelled against that authority. He wanted to be above that authority and to push
God down. Do we find that spirit in the human race?
The spirit of rebellion against authority is what has
led to numerous revolutions in countries and what

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How long does it take for an angel to become

a devil? Not even one second. Just a moment.
How long does it take for a really good person to
become like the devil? Just a moment. Thats all.
Remember that.

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has caused strikes in factories. And in these days,

we find that rebellious spirit even among students
not only among college students, but among school
students as well, and even among small children in
a home.
All this is a sure sign that the world is deteriorating.
Disrespect for teachers, and for parents and even for
elder brothers in the church is rife everywhere. Never
forget that it was this spirit that changed the best of
the angels into a devil. And this spirit can change a
good boy or girl into a devil even today.
God never makes anyone evil. It is when we
open ourselves to the spirit of Satan that we make
ourselves evil.

Chapter 3

The Deception of Satan

And now notice one final characteristic about Lucifer.

When he fell, he didnt fall alone. He had company.
We read in Revelation 12:4 that he dragged down
one-third of the other angels along with him. They
too foolishly joined him in his spirit of pride, discontentment and rebellion. It is the same today. Where
one person is evil, he is not content to remain evil
by himself alone. He wants to drag others down with
him into his misery and evil, as well. A root of bitterness in one person can infect many others, if those
others are not watchful (See Hebrews 12:15).

In Genesis 3, we can see how Satan attacks. It

says there that the serpent was the craftiest of all
the animals. Satan entered that serpent (just like
the demons entered the pigs when Jesus cast them
out of the man of Gadara). And Satan spoke to Eve
through the serpent and asked her Has God indeed
said You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
When Eve said that this was indeed what God had
said, Satan countered Gods Word and said, You
shall not die.
Notice how Satan comes. First of all, he questions Gods Word. That is how he comes to us too.
Has God really said that we are not to do that?,
he asks, Whats wrong in doing this? These Biblical
commands are old-fashioned. They were written for
that time and that culture in which Paul lived. They
are not meant to be literally obeyed by us in the 20th
century, etc., etc.
We find young and old people asking such questions
constantly, little realizing that they are becoming
mouthpieces of Satan. Even when their conscience
tells them that something is wrong, they still use
their reason and question what God has forbidden.

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When something is commanded or forbidden by

God in His Word, we can be sure that God has a very
good reason for doing so. But Satan always makes
us question whether God really meant it like that
etc. And what is Satans ultimate aim in making us
question Gods Word? Exactly the same as was his
aim in Eves case to take us away from the Lord,
and to compel God to reject us and cast us out, even
as He cast Adam and Eve out of His presence.
Jesus once said that Satan was a thief. Satan does
not steal money, for he knows that money has no
eternal value. He steals only what has eternal value
primarily the souls of men. Jesus said further that
after Satan steals, he kills and destroys what he has
stolen (John 10:10). In contrast, Jesus went on to
say, that He Himself had come to give us abundant
life.
Isnt it amazing that in a world of 5,500 million
people, more than 99% of the people prefer to believe
Satans lies and to obey him rather than believe in
Jesus Christ and obey the Word of God. There we
can see what a tremendous work Satan has done in
convincing people that it is not a serious matter to
disobey Gods Word.
When people take their first drink of alcohol, or
smoke their first cigarette, or begin to take drugs like
heroin and cocaine, do you think Satan warns them
that these will destroy their bodies and minds on
earth and finally send their souls to Hell for eternity?
No. He doesnt tell them the truth for that would be
unpleasant to hear. He tells them that they will get
a kick out of trying it, and that they can have some
enjoyment out of it. That is what Satan told Eve too.

And that is how he is deceiving millions of young

people around the world today. Even if it is a matter
of immorality or stealing other peoples things, Satan
says, Whats wrong with that? Dont be guided by
outmoded 19th-century ideas etc. Be careful of these
thoughts that Satan puts into your mind. His ultimate purpose is to destroy you.
We see in verse 6 that as soon as Eve saw that
the tree was good for food, her body was drawn to it.
That forbidden fruit has many 20th century counterparts. Many things that God has forbidden, we will
find our bodies being drawn to.
The Word of God goes on to say that Eve found the
tree to be a delight to her eyes too. Our eyes will find
many things very pleasing that God has forbidden us
to even look at.
It says further that Eve found the fruit appealing to
her mind as well. She saw the fruit as something that
could make her wise. Our minds too are attracted
to many things that God has forbidden. Be careful
when your body and mind are drawn to something
that your conscience tells you is wrong.
I am sure that at that moment Eves conscience
told her clearly that what she was going to do was
wrong. She knew very well that God had told her
not to eat that fruit. But what did she do? Because
her body and her mind both wanted the fruit, she
convinced herself that there was nothing wrong in
eating it. So she killed her conscience and took the
fruit and ate it.
What did Satan accomplish by making Eve sin?
Many years earlier, he himself had fallen from
Gods presence. Once he had become evil, he was

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determined to make others evil too. It is the same

with the human race now. When a person does
something evil, he is not happy in being alone in the
evil he has done. He wants to get others to do the
same evil too.
I would encourage all young people to read the
book of Proverbs. That is a really good book for you
all to read.

Jesus knew that He had to go to the cross, because

that was the only way mans sins could be forgiven.
Peter did not know that. Peter was well-meaning,
but he didnt realise at that moment that Satan was
speaking through him to try and stop Jesus from
going to the cross. Yes, Satan can come to us even
through a close friend and suggest something that
sounds compassionate and good humanly speaking.
So we must be alert at all times.
The one thing we must all covet is a sensitive
conscience something that speaks to us loudly
even when we do a small wrong.
Look at the soles of the feet of a little baby. How soft
and tender they are! Compare them with the soles of
your own feet. How different! Yours have become so
hard. It can be like that with your conscience too.
You had a sensitive conscience when you were
born just like those tender soles of a babys feet
sensitive to the smallest wrong thing that you did.
But as you grew up, you told lies to your parents,
deceived them, stole things, hurt others in many
ways, cheated in examinations, rebelled against
your parents, and did many other evil things. Thus
you killed your conscience, until it became hard and
insensitive to sin like the soles of our feet.
Paul once said We are not ignorant of Satans
schemes (2 Corinthians 2:11).
Satan came so cleverly to Eve, tempting her with
something that looked so attractive, and finally
destroyed her. Today Satan comes in the same way
to destroy us not only with the things that I have just
mentioned but also with more direct forms of Satanic
worship. He leads people astray through witchcraft,

In Proverbs 1:10, it says: Dont go along with

someone who leads you to do evil.
Satan became evil and he wanted to drag Eve down
with him too. And when Eve had partaken of that
poisonous spirit, she wanted to drag her husband
down. So she took another fruit and gave it to her
husband. That is how evil has multiplied in the world
through all the centuries. One man becomes evil and
he drags others down with him.
That is why we need to be alert always. Satan comes
to us at times like a roaring lion. If he always came as
a roaring lion, we would recognise him easily. But he
doesnt always come like that. He sometimes comes
as a sweet angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). It is
then that we have to be really careful.
Consider the time when Jesus told his disciples
that He was going to suffer and die on the cross,
Peter said No, Lord, dont let that happen to You.
But Jesus immediately turned around and told
Peter Get behind me Satan. He recognised that the
suggestion to avoid the way of suffering was the voice
of Satan, even though it came through Peter.

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through games like Dungeons & Dragons, through

ouija boards and astrology and horoscopes and
palm-reading, etc. Through all these means, Satan
tries to get into people. Idol worship also leads people
into contact with Satan. That is why God hates idol
worship and tells us to avoid it totally.
Do you know that the movies also pollute your
mind with all sorts of bad thoughts? When you see
all that sex and violence on the screen, dont you
have dreams concerning them? You get both fearful
dreams and dirty dreams. The devil thus seeks to
penetrate your mind with fear and impurity so that
he can gradually influence your whole life.
If only Eve had called out to God for help, when she
felt drawn to that tree, the story would have been so
different.

But next time you will have to say No yourself. By

the time my friends came to me the next time, I had
been so encouraged by Gods miraculous answer to
my prayer that I could say No to them quite easily.
When God came into the garden of Eden and spoke
to Adam and Eve confronting them with their sin, He
also cursed Satan saying, The seed of the woman will
bruise you on the head and you will bruise him on
the heel (Genesis 3:15). That took place on Calvary.
Jesus Christ was born of a woman and he crushed
the head of Satan on Calvary and Satan bruised his
heel by the nails that went through Jesus feet.
And so we see that Genesis 3 ends with a message
of hope that Satan will not rule over man forever.
Jesus came and defeated Satan, and can now set all
men free from the power of Satan.
Satan need not have any power over your life any
longer. That conscience of yours that has become
hard can become sensitive once again like a little
babys, if you believe that when Jesus Christ died
on the cross, He defeated Satans power over you
totally. Jesus died not just to forgive you your sins
but also to deliver you from the power of Satan that
has enslaved you to so many bad habits. Remember
that the head of Satan has been thoroughly crushed
by your Saviour.

When I became a Christian at the age of 19, I knew

that I should not go to the movies anymore. But one
day my friends came and asked me to accompany
them to a movie in the theatre in the naval base (where
I was working). I then found that I just did not have
the courage to tell them that since I had become a
Christian, I would not come. So I walked along with
them to the cinema-theatre. But all the way there, I
was praying silently to the Lord saying, Lord, please
help me. Save me out of this situation. I dont want
to go. When we finally reached the cinema-theatre,
there was a notice put on the board there that said
that the movie had to be cancelled that day because
they could not get the film. I praised the Lord for
answering my prayer so wonderfully. But then the
Lord spoke to me and said, I helped you this time.
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Why God Has Not Destroyed Satan

What is it that reduces man to the level of an animal?

It is when he is interested only in his bodily needs
and in his earthly existence. What is an animal interested in? Food, sleep and sexual satisfaction - thats
about all. And when a man is interested only in these
things, we can say that he has descended to the level
of the animals.
But God didnt make man to be just like the
animals. Education doesnt make a man superior
to the animals either, for even well-educated men
behave just like animals at times.
There is a part of us that is deeper even than our
minds. It is called the spirit. Our spirit makes us
aware of God.
When God created man He created him with a free
will. He gave man the freedom to choose.
When Satan was created as an angel, he was
created with the freedom of choice too. That is why
he could say, I will ascend above the throne of God.
There were many other things that God created that
did not have a free will. The stars and the planets, for
example. The planets in our solar system have never
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rebelled against Gods laws for thousands of years.

Why? Because they do not have freedom of choice.
But then the planets cannot become children of God
either. For someone to become a child of God, he
must be created with a free will to choose entirely
voluntarily what he wants.
But the danger of having freedom of choice is that
you can use it to please yourself and to disobey
Gods commandments. But God was willing to take
that risk because He wanted obedient children. And
that is where Satan also fulfills a function in Gods
purpose.
All the chaos, confusion, diseases and evil in the
world are the direct result of man disobeying God
and listening to the Devil in the garden of Eden.
We could then ask this question: If Satan is the
root cause of all the problems in the world, why
doesnt God destroy Satan?
Well, I hope we can at least believe that Gods
wisdom is greater than ours. Our wisdom is like a
little cup of water, whereas Gods wisdom is like an
ocean. We can be certain that if God has allowed
Satan to exist and to be active on earth, there must
be a very good reason for it.
In fact God accomplishes a number of things
through Satans workings. That is why He has
allowed him to exist.
One reason why God allows Satan to cause so
much evil and damage and suffering on earth, is so
that people will thereby turn to God. Do you realise
that if life on this earth had been very comfortable, with no sickness, suffering, poverty, or misery,
hardly anyone would have thought about God at all?

Everything that God allows is for a purpose. We

read in the Old Testament that when the people of
Israel in the wilderness forgot about God, they were
suddenly bitten by poisonous snakes. Immediately
they turned to God. And God healed them. Wasnt it
a good thing that those poisonous snakes were there
to make those people turn to God?

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I heard a story of a businessman who had once been

close to God. He drifted away from God, as his business prospered. The elders in his church spoke to
him repeatedly and tried to turn him back to the
Lord. But he was too occupied with his business.
One day a poisonous snake bit the youngest of his
three sons, and the child became seriously sick.
Even the doctors gave up all hope. Then the father
was really worried, and sent for one of the elders of
the church to pray for the child. The elder was a
wise man. He came and prayed, Lord, thank You
for sending this snake to bite this child because I
could never get this family to think about You at all.
But what I could not accomplish in six years, this
snake has now done in a moment! Now that they
have learnt their lesson, Lord, heal the child. And
grant that they will never need any more snakes to
remind them of You again.
There are people who do not think of God until
one day they are suddenly taken to a hospital with
cancer. Then, all of a sudden they begin to think
of God and they turn to Christ and are born again.
Incurable diseases, sicknesses, poverty and many
other evils in this world have all been used by God to
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home in heaven. That is how God uses the very things

that Satan does to save people from his clutches and
save them for all eternity. Thus God makes a fool of
Satan again and again.

not holy, not perfect. In order to become perfect, that

baby will have to grow up and make some choices,
refusing the evil and choosing God.
It is when we refuse to yield to temptation in our
minds that we develop character. You are what you
are today because of the choices you have made so
far in your life.
If other people around you are better than you,
it is because they made better choices in their life
than the ones you made. We are all making choices
everyday and those choices determine what we will
become ultimately.
Eve made a choice in the garden. Through her
choice, she was actually saying, I would rather please
my bodily desires and accept what Satan is offering me
than be bound by the restrictions that Gods commandments have imposed on me. I want to be free.
But did she become free? No. She became a slave
of Satan. Only obedience to Gods commandments
can make us truly free.
Adam and Eve took a very important decision that
day in Eden, that produced lifelong consequences for
themselves and their children. All decisions produce
consequences sometimes consequences that unfortunately affect our children too. In Adams case, he
and his wife were sent out of Gods presence for the
rest of their lives.
So dont imagine that those little choices that you
make are unimportant or that you will never reap in
the future what you are sowing today. God will allow
you to be tested and to be tempted. And for that
purpose, He allows Satan to be free and to be active.

God also uses Satan to purify us believers

Consider the example of fire? We know that millions
of people have died through being burnt in fires in
the history of the world. Yet no-one has yet stopped
using fire. Because it is through fire that food is
cooked and that automobiles and airplanes and
machines run. Fire is also used to purify gold that
can be purified in no other way. So fire can be put
to very good uses. Or consider electricity. Millions
have died through being electrocuted. Electricity is
certainly very dangerous. Yet we all know that it can
be made to serve very useful purposes.
Adam and Eve were innocent when they were
created. They had to make a choice if they were to be
holy. And in order to make a choice, they had to be
tempted, so that they could refuse evil and choose
God instead. And that was why God allowed Satan to
come into the garden of Eden and tempt them.
Do you think it would have been difficult for God to
prevent Satan from entering that garden? Not at all.
But without temptation Adam could not have become
holy. He would have remained innocent forever.
There is a lot of difference between innocence and
holiness. Innocence is what you see in a baby. If
you want to know what Adam was like when he was
created, look at a baby innocent and ignorant of
good and evil. A little baby may be innocent but it is
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Let me show you an example from the Old Testament

in the book of Job. In Job chapter 1, we read about a
conversation that took place in heaven between God
and Satan. And from the experience of Job, we can
learn something about Satans workings.
In Job 1:6, we read that one day the sons of God
(angels) came to present themselves before the Lord.
Satan also came among them. God asked him where
he was coming from.
Listen to Satans answer. He said he had been
visiting different places on the earth. Did you know
that Satan is active in this world right now?
Many people have the idea that Satan lives in hell.
If that were true, then he could not possibly trouble
us here on earth. But Satan does not live in hell.
The Bible teaches us that there are three heavens.
The first heaven is what we call space. The third heaven
is the immediate presence of God (2Corinthians
12:2). When Satan was cast down from the immediate presence of God, he was cast down to the second
heaven (Ephesians 6:12), and not to hell. And from
the second heaven, he has the freedom to come to
earth at any time. That is why he could come into the
garden of Eden. And that is why he and his demons
can come to earth even today.
The Bible says that Satan goes about like a roaring
lion seeking for people whom he may devour. He is
forever seeking to tempt young people to make wrong
choices. He wants to enter into their lives thus, so
that he can rob them of their purity, their honesty
and their integrity, and thus destroy their character
and finally take them with him to eternal damnation.
That is why Satan is roaming around the earth.

And you can be sure that Satan is observing everyone. He has been observing you from childhood and
has sought at all times to tempt you to do evil and
make the wrong choices, so that he can destroy you.
He was the one who whispered to you to cheat in
your examinations, to retain grudges against others,
to tell lies to your parents and teachers, to steal other
peoples things, to read dirty books, etc.
God then told Satan, Have you considered my
servant Job, that there is no one on earth like him a
blameless and upright man. Of course Satan knew
everything about Job. In fact Job was Number One
on Satans hit-list. So Satan replied saying, Does
Job fear God for nothing? You have put a hedge
around him and his house and his possessions and
protected him and blessed him in every way. That is
why he serves You (Job 1:810).
There is a wonderful lesson for us to learn here:
God puts a hedge around His children a threefold
hedge, around their bodies, their families and their
possessions.
It is a blessed privilege that we have as children
of God, to have this threefold hedge giving us Divine
protection. Proverbs 18:10 tells us that the Name of
the Lord is a strong tower, into which the righteous
can run and be safe. There is great safety in the Name
of Jesus. Satan does not fear any name other than the
Name of Jesus Christ who defeated him on Calvary.
When our life is surrendered to Christ, we can use the
Name of Jesus Christ to resist Satan. The Bible says,

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We read further in the book of Job that God allowed

Satan to go and afflict Job, his family and his property. In other words, God opened each hedge a little
at a time, to allow Satan to go through and test Job.
Why did God do that? So that Job could be purified
like gold (Job 23:10). At the end of the testing, we
read that Job became a humbler and a more godly
man, with all self-righteousness cleansed out of him.
That is why God allows us to be tested too. So
that out of those testings, we might come out purer,
humbler, more godly, more loving and kind, more
compassionate, less self-righteous, and more like
Jesus Himself. So we see that Satan serves a very
useful purpose in the sanctification of Gods children.

and your property always. Satan will not be able to

penetrate through any of those hedges without Gods
permission. And whenever God does permit Satan to
come through, you can be certain that it will be for
your good.
So we see that the Bible gives us clear teaching
about Satan and his workings not to frighten us
but to enable us to see Gods purpose in allowing
him to exist.

All this Teaches Us Atleast Two Things

First of all, that Satan can never touch any child of
God their bodies, their families or their possessions
without Gods permission.
And secondly, that whenever Satan is allowed to
touch us or hurt us in any way, it is always with
the purpose that we might become more like Christ
in our lives, more free from the temporary things of
earth, and more heavenly-minded.
Isnt it a great comfort to know that our Heavenly
Father is in total control of even what Satan tries
to do to us?
I want to tell all of you young people that if you
give your life completely to God you will have this
threefold hedge around your bodies, your families
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If you as a young person do not know how to resist
Satan in your life, it can not only ruin your life on
earth, it can also affect your eternal destiny. Satan
wont wait until you have grown up, before he begins
his attacks on you. He will start on you right now. So
you must know something about his methods.
Unfortunately, most peoples idea of the devil comes
more from the advertisements of Onida Television
than from the teaching of Gods Word. And so they
think of Satan as a harmless prankster with horns
and claws and a forked, green tail. But we read in the
Bible that Satan does not have such a hideous form
at all. Satan is a spirit and he is not a fool to come
in such a way as to make people run away from him.
How would be able to lead them astray then?
Satan is more like a confidence trickster who first
wins your confidence and then cheats you. The Bible
says Satan comes as an angel of light as one who
is attractive. And it is because he comes as an angel
of light, that he is called the Deceiver of the whole
world (Revelation 12:9).
Let me give you one example karate. Most people
think of that as just a martial art-form, a method of
self defence. But that is only part of the truth. Just
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like yoga which appears to be only physical exercise,

but yet teaches people to worship of the sun, in the
same way, karate too has demonic forces behind
it. There are demons of karate, and I have encountered them in demon-possessed people, but they will
present themselves as harmless messengers of good
things like self-defence.
Satan came in a very charming and attractive way
to Eve in the garden of Eden. If he had been repulsive, Eve would have run away from him.
Notice this fact that both the Old and the New
Testaments begin with description of Satan tempting
people the Old Testament with the temptation of
Adam and Eve (Genesis 3), and the New Testament
with the temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4). That shows
the importance that the Bible gives to the matter of
our knowing the methods of our enemy.
If we follow the example of Adam and Eve in the
way they confronted Satan we will certainly fall. But
if we follow Jesus example in the way He confronted
Satan, we will overcome.
Immediately after Jesus was baptised in water and
anointed by the Holy Spirit, even before he began his
public ministry, the very first thing we read is that
He was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to
be tempted by the devil (Luke 4:1).
It is indeed amazing that the Holy Spirit would
lead Jesus to met the devil. One would think that
the Holy Spirit leads people only to mountain tops to
get visions and revelations of God and heaven!!! Yes,
He does lead us to such places. But He also leads us
into places where we can be tempted by Satan.

I hope you realise that the Holy Spirit will never

lead us to places that are harmful for us. So we can
understand from that one verse of Scripture that
temptations must be useful for us. Otherwise the
Holy Spirit would not have led Jesus to be tempted
by Satan. And He wont lead us to be tempted by
Satan either. God does not tempt anyone. But He
does allow us to be tempted by Satan.

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He came to Jesus, just after Jesus had fasted for
forty days and nights, when he was hungry. It is
when we are physically weak or when we are facing
some mental or emotional pressure in our lives, that
Satan tries to attack us.
Secondly, we notice that Satan came to Jesus
after He had been anointed with the Holy Spirit and
had heard the voice of approval from Heaven. Satan
comes to us soon after we have had a time of tremendous blessing from God.
So let us be alert to Satans tactics. After God has
tremendously blessed us, Satan will come along to
try and puff us up. Or when we have failed in an
examination, or are sick or physically drained out,
he will come along to try and get us discouraged so
that he can lead us into sin.
Gods Word has been given to us in advance so
that we can know the wiles and schemes of Satan.
Gods Word shows us how Satan approaches, at
what times he usually comes, what enticements he
offers, how others were deceived by him, and how
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What are Satans Lines of Approach?

First of all, we see that he tempted Jesus through His
bodily desires. Satan suggested to Jesus, If you are
the Son of God, command these stones to become
bread.
That is how Satan comes to us too. He tempts
us to satisfy our LEGITIMATE bodily desires in
ILLEGITIMATE ways. But Jesus was alert, and
replied It is written.
When Satan had come to Eve thousands of years
earlier, he had questioned Gods Word saying, Has
God said?
Do you know that there is only one book in the
world that Satan hates with all his heart? That is
Gods Word, the Bible. And why does he hate it?
Because it reveals how he became Satan, it exposes
all his schemes, and most important of all, it tells us
all about his defeat on Calvarys cross, and his final
judgment when Christ comes back to earth.
That is why Satan hates the Bible and always tries
his best to prevent people from reading it. He would
rather allow you to read a novel or a comic than the
Bible. Because Satan knows that those novels and
comics will not help you to overcome him, but the
Bible will.
When Jesus came to earth, he came as a man
just like us, and was tempted in all points exactly
as we are (Hebrews 2:17; 4:15). Why? So that he
could be an example for us. So that he could say
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And what is the example that we can follow here?

It is to quote Gods Word alone to Satan when we
are tempted. Jesus did not discuss matters with
Satan as Eve did. He did not reason as to whether He
needed food for His body, or whether food was good,
or necessary etc. He was only concerned with what
God had said in His Word. And my dear friends, I
want to tell you that if you live your life by just this
one principle: What has God said in his Word,? That
alone is my final authority, then you will always
overcome Satan, like Jesus did. In fact Jesus replied
quoting Gods Word in answer to all the three temptations that Satan came with.
And there we see the contrast between Eve and
Jesus. Jesus attitude was Gods Word for my soul
is far more important than any food for my body. Or
in other words, The need for food is not as important as the need to read, understand and obey the
Word of God. That is the meaning of Jesus quoting
that verse from the Old Testament to Satan, Man
shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God.
Did you understand that, my young friends? The
first principle by which we can overcome Satan is
by recognising that Gods Word is more important
for us than the satisfying of ALL our bodily needs
whether it be a hunger for food or sex or whatever. If
you dont take that position right at the outset, you
will certainly be deceived thereafter.
You can be sure that the devil will tell you that it is
more important to eat your food than to read Gods
Word each day. And there are many believers who
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believe the devil. The proof that they believe what

Satan says is seen in the fact that they never forget
or lack the time to eat food (even three or more times
a day), but often forget or are too busy to meditate
on Gods Word.
Who has done this work of deceiving believers
and thus making them weak? Undoubtedly, Satan
himself. What an example we have in Jesus Who,
even after fasting for forty days, still felt it was more
important for Him to listen to a word from God than
to satisfy His bodily needs.
It is those who give the pre-eminent place to Gods
Word in their lives who will live a consistently, victorious life. The apostle John told young people (in
1John 2:14), Because Gods Word is dwelling in
you, you are strong and have overcome the evil one.
It is impossible to overcome Satan in any other way.
I want to encourage all of you to read and meditate
on the Scriptures every day of your lives.

Here Satan tempted Jesus to jump down from the

top of the temple, and to claim Gods promise of
protection. It was a temptation to do something
spectacular and thus earn the admiration of the
crowds below in the courtyard, who would see Him
descending unhurt, into their midst. What Satan
suggested to Jesus was really a ploy to make Him
commit suicide.
Satan will often tempt you to do something spectacular in order to get the acclaim of others, or
perhaps to show-off that you are someone great etc.

Notice that Satan even quoted Scripture to Jesus,

saying, The angels will take care of you.
Remember that Satan can even misquote Scripture
if he can lead you astray thereby. And if you are
ignorant of what the Scriptures really teach, he will
deceive you.
Do something spectacular in the Name of Christ,
Satan suggests. Christianity has often got a bad
name because of the stupid things that many believers have done, quoting Scripture and tempting God.
For example, there are believers who do not take
any medicine when they are sick. They do not have
any Scripture to base their so-called faith on. But
they imagine that they are trusting God. That is
exactly like jumping down from the temple, expecting the angels to provide supernatural protection!
They finally die of their sickness and the Name of
Jesus Christ is dishonoured among the heathen, who
get the idea that Christianity is a religion of stupid,
fanaticism. And Satan sits back and laughs, for he
has succeeded in luring one more believer to commit
suicide, not by taking poison, but by refusing to
combat the poisons in his body through medicines
that God created for use. Many a child of God who
could have been useful to God for the work of His
kingdom on earth has been lured to their death by
Satan in this way.
The devil is always tempting people to do something foolish, something that is contrary to the spirit
and teaching of Gods Word, and something spectacular. It is by humility by humbly submitting to
God, and by not seeking any glory for ourselves in
any way, that we overcome Satan.

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When Satan quoted a Scripture to Jesus, Jesus

quoted another Scripture to Satan in reply. He said,
It is also written, You shall not tempt the Lord your
God. We are not to tempt God by doing foolish,
stupid and unnecessary things and then expecting
God to protect us from the results of such folly!

There are many more ingenious ways of cheating

that young people have discovered in these days for
Satan is very clever, and offers all his wiles to help
those who want to cheat.
If Satan offered the glory of this world to Jesus,
dont you think he will offer it to you as well? And as
you grow older, you will find that Satan will tell you
of so many other wonderful things that he can offer
you. There are people who sign false statements,
practise unrighteousness in financial matters, and
engage in crooked activities all in order to get a
little more money, a little more popularity, or a higher
position in this world.

And Now, Finally, the Third Temptation

Here at last, Satan came to what he has always
desired worship. He told Jesus, If you bow down
and worship me, I will give you all the glory of this
world.
The glory of this world is a tremendous temptation
to all of us money, popularity, honour, position,
power etc. And the devil says, Which of these would
you like to have? Tell me, and I will give it to you.
Just bow down to me a little bit, and I will give it all
to you.
He will say, Do you want to pass in your examination? Do you want to come first in your class? I will
give it to you. Just bow down to me give a bribe
and get that question paper in advance; give a bribe
to the examiner and get some more marks; cheat in
the examination etc.
These are the ways in which many are bowing
down to Satan today.
Is it important for you young people to know about
the devils schemes? Certainly. You must know that
when you cheat in an examination, you are bowing
down to Satan in your mind and saying I will obey
your orders, Satan. I will take a little piece of paper
with notes in my pocket, into the examination-hall.
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The devil is constantly telling people, Tell me

what you want? I will give it to you. Jesus had
only one reply to such a temptation. He said, Be
gone Satan. It is written, You shall worship the
Lord your God and Him only you shall serve.
What a wonderful thing it is that we have Gods
Word to warn us of all these schemes of Satan. How
blessed you young people are that you can learn all
this at this young age!
When you are tempted to get something of this
world and you realise that you have to sacrifice your
character in order to get it, what are you going to
do? Remember what Jesus said to Satan, and you
follow Jesus example and tell Satan the same thing
yourself.
When Satan tempts you saying, You dont have
to be righteous, you dont have to speak the truth
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there. Tell a little lie, and you can gain something

of this world, be bold to reply to him saying,
Begone Satan, I will not listen to you. It is
written that I should bow down and worship God
alone. I am going to follow Jesus.
From the time he was created, Satan has always
wanted others to worship him. That is why he wanted
to be like God because he knew that God alone
can be worshipped. He wanted the other angels to
worship him. He wanted Adams race to worship him.
And, amazingly, he wanted even Jesus to worship
him!!!
He could not succeed with Jesus. But he does
succeed with many people in fact with most people
in the world today, and even with many, many
believers, who compromise their convictions in order
to make some earthly profit for themselves.
There are millions who are bowing down to Satan
today. They do not realize that when they yield to
sin, or go against their conscience, they are actually
bowing down to Satan. And why do they do it? In
order to gain something of the glory of this world.
When you want success, popularity or power
maybe success in an examination, or popularity in
school, or a position in the world Satan will come
to you and say, I will give it to you. Do this. Do
that. Go and say this. Go and do that And you
know very well that everything he is suggesting is
wrong. But you still go ahead and do it, and thus
bow the knee to Satan. Do you think you can still
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that? Certainly not. No one is a Christian who bows

the knee to Satan.
What shall we do then, if we have bowed the knee
like that to Satan in past years? We must repent of
all those occasions when we did it, give back what
we have cheated or acquired wrongly, and ask Jesus
to forgive us and cleanse us. Let us do that without
delay, lest Satan continue to have power over our
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The Defeat of Satan

I want to share something with you now concerning
the defeat of Satan.
The greatest battle that ever took place on this earth
is not written about in any of the worlds historybooks. It was on Calvary, when Jesus through His
death defeated Satan, the prince of this world.
One verse that you should never forget in your
whole life is Hebrews 2:14, 15. I am sure Satan
would not like you to know this verse. No one likes
to hear about his own defeat or failure, and Satan is
no exception. Here is the verse:
Since then the children have partaken of flesh
and blood, He (Jesus) Himself likewise shared
in the same, that through death (His death on
Calvarys cross), He might destroy him who had
the power of death that is the devil, and release
those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
When Jesus died he made the devil powerless. Why?
So that we might be forever free of Satan and the
bondage of fear that he had put on us throughout our
lifetime. There are many types of fears that people in
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the world have fear of sickness, fear of poverty,

fear of failure, fear of people, fear of the future etc.
The greatest of all fears however is the fear of death.
Every other fear is inferior to the fear of death.
The fear of death leads on to the fear of what will
happen after death. The Bible teaches very clearly
that those who live in sin will finally go to hell - the
place that God has reserved for those who do not
repent. The devil also will spend eternity in the lake
of fire, along with those whom he deceived and led
into sin on this earth.
Jesus came to the earth to save us from that eternal
hell, by taking the punishment from our sins. He
also destroyed Satans power over us so that he can
never harm us again.
I want all of you to remember this one truth all
your lives:

That is such a glorious truth that has brought so

much encouragement and comfort and victory to
me, that I wish I could go everywhere and tell every
believer in the world about it.
The Bible says Submit to God. Resist the devil
and he will flee from you (James 4:7). The Name of
Jesus is the Name at which Satan will always flee.
The picture that most Christians have in their
minds is one of Satan chasing them and of their
running for their lives from him. But that is exactly
the opposite of what the Bible teaches.

What do you think? Was Satan afraid of Jesus or

not? We all know that Satan was scared to stand
before our Saviour. Jesus is the Light of the world,
and the prince of darkness had to disappear from
before Him.
Jesus told His disciples about how He had seen the
fall of Satan in heaven. And there, Jesus said, that
Satans fall had been like lightning (Luke 10:18),
when God cast him out. When Jesus told Satan in
the wilderness, Be gone, Satan, he disappeared
from Jesus presence too at the speed of lightning.
And when we resist Satan in the Name of Jesus
today, he will flee from before us too at the speed of
light. The darkness flees before the light.
Satan is afraid of the Name of Jesus. He is afraid to
be reminded of the fact that Jesus is Lord. Demonpossessed people will not confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, neither will they confess that Satan was
defeated on the cross.
There is power in the Name of Jesus Christ to cast
out any demon and to make any devil flee from you at the speed of lightning. Never forget that.
I want to tell you young people that anytime in your
life if you are in a difficulty, or facing some insurmountable problem, when you are facing something
for which there appears to be no human answer, call
upon the Name of the Lord Jesus. Say to Him, Lord
Jesus, you are on my side against the devil. Help
me now. And then turn to Satan and tell him, In
Jesus Name I resist you, Satan. I want to tell you
that Satan will flee from you immediately, because
Jesus defeated him on the cross. Satan is powerless

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against you, when you walk in the light of God and

resist him in Jesus Name.
Satan obviously does not want you to know about
his defeat and that is why he has prevented you
from hearing about it for so long. That is why he has
stopped most preachers from preaching about his
defeat as well.
I want you all to know this clearly that Satan was
defeated once and for all by the Lord Jesus Christ on
the cross. You need never again be afraid of Satan.
He cannot trouble you. He cannot harm you. He may
tempt you. He may attack you. But the grace of God
in Christ will always make you victorious over him, if
you humble yourself, submit to God and walk in His
light at all times. There is tremendous power in the
light. Satan, the prince of darkness, can never enter
the realm of light. If Satan has power over many
believers, it is because they walk in darkness, living
in some secret sin, not forgiving others, or being
jealous of someone, or pursuing some selfish ambition in their lives etc. Then Satan gets power over
them. Otherwise he cannot touch them.
You should never be superstitious like people are
in this world. People are afraid to do certain things
on certain days like for example, on Friday the
13th. Some people are scared when they see a black
cat cross their path. Some check up on the position
of the moon to determine which is a bad time, and
avoid doing anything important then.
Where do such superstitious fears originate from?
From Satan. Jesus has come to deliver us from every
such fear. We need never be afraid of anything in this
world any more. All superstition is from the devil.

We are told in the book of Revelation that one day

Jesus will come back and bind Satan in the bottomless pit, and then Jesus will reign on this earth for
a thousand years. After that period, Satan will be
released for a short while to show everyone that he
still hasnt changed after his long imprisonment. He
will then go out and deceive people on the earth for
one last time. And then it will be seen that the race
of Adam hasnt changed either, even after observing the thousand-year reign of peace under the Lord
Jesus.
Then God will come down in judgment on Satan
and cast him into the lake of fire for all eternity.
And all those who lived in sin, who bowed the knee
to Satan, and who obeyed him rather than obeying
Gods Word will also join Satan in that lake of fire.
That is why we preach this gospel of Satans defeat.
It is perhaps the most important truth that believers
need to hear at this time. But remember, that you
will have no power over Satan if you dont walk in
purity.
So, I want to urge you young people: Never allow
the devil to pollute your minds in any way. If your
mind is impure, you wont be able to use the Name of
Jesus against Satan effectively. The Name of Jesus
is not like some magic mantra that can be repeated
to ward off evil. No. You have to submit to God first.
Only then will the devil flee from you when you resist
him. But the devil wont be afraid of you, if you dont
submit every area of your life to God.
Give your life to Christ completely then now itself
and determine that you will live only and totally for
Him henceforth.

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I can assure you that twenty years from now, you

will be thankful that you followed the teaching of
Gods Word that you have just heard. And one day
when you stand at the judgment seat of Christ, and
your turn comes to give an account of your life to the
Lord, you will be even more thankful.
May the Lord help you to live in such a way that
you have no regrets when you come to the end of
your lifes journey. Amen.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

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About the Book

Do you know:

* How Satan originated?

* What Satans methods are?
* How Satan deceives believers?
* How God uses Satan for His own
purposes?

* How you can overcome Satan all the

time?

Read this book to know the answers

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Zac Poonen was formerly an officer

in the Indian Navy. He has been
engaged in a church-
planting
ministry in India and other countries since 1975. He ministers at
deeper life conferences in many
lands. He and his wife Annie, live
in Bangalore, South India. They
have four married sons, who, along
with their wives, are also following
theLord.