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Satan is your personal
adversary.
Ezekiel 28:12-18
12 "You were the seal of perfection, Full of
wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 You were
in Eden, the garden of God; every precious
stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz,
and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
The workmanship of your timbrels and
pipes was prepared for you on the day you
were created.
14 "You were the anointed cherub who
covers; I established you; you were on the
holy mountain of God; you walked back
and forth in the midst of fiery stones. 15
You were perfect in your ways from the
day you were created, till iniquity was
found in you. 16 "By the abundance of
your trading You became filled with
violence within, and you sinned;
Therefore I cast you as a profane thing out of
the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O
covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery
stones. 17 "Your heart was lifted up because of
your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for
the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the
ground, I laid you before kings, That they might
gaze at you. 18 "You defiled your sanctuaries
by the multitude of your iniquities.
Isaiah 14:12-14
12 "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,
son of the morning! How you are cut down to
the ground, you who weakened the nations! 13
For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend
into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the
stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the
congregation on the farthest sides of the
north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the
clouds, I will be like the Most High.'
• pleasure - Greek word thelema.
• It means will, choice, desire, and
purpose.
Lucifer lost sight of the fact that
he was made to worship and not
for worship.
Three main reasons
why Satan hates you.
"Here's another way to put it: You're
here to be light, bringing out the Godcolors in the world. God is not a secret
to be kept. We're going public with
this, as public as a city on a hill. If I
make you light-bearers, you don't think
I'm going to hide you under a bucket,
do you? I'm putting you on a light
stand.
And they sang a new song, saying: "You
are worthy to take the scroll, And to
open its seals; For You were slain, and
have redeemed us to God by Your
blood out of every tribe and tongue
and people and nation, And have made
us kings and priests to our God; And we
shall reign on the earth."
31 So, what do you think? With God on
our side like this, how can we lose? 32
If God didn't hesitate to put everything
on the line for us, embracing our
condition and exposing himself to the
worst by sending his own Son, is there
anything else he wouldn't gladly and
freely do for us?
33 And who would dare tangle with
God by messing with one of God's
chosen? 34 Who would dare even to
point a finger? The One who died for us
- who was raised to life for us! - is in
the presence of God at this very
moment sticking up for us.
35 Do you think anyone is going to be able
to drive a wedge between us and Christ's
love for us? There is no way! Not trouble,
not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not
homelessness, not bullying threats, not
backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed
in Scripture: 36 They kill us in cold blood
because they hate you. We're sitting ducks;
they pick us off one by one.
37 None of this fazes us because Jesus
loves us. 38 I'm absolutely convinced
that nothing - nothing living or dead,
angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow,
39 high or low, thinkable or
unthinkable - absolutely nothing can
get between us and God's love because
of the way that Jesus our Master has
embraced us.