HOW TO UNMASK THE DEVIL

HOW TO UNMASK THE DEVIL
Scripture: Luke 4:3
Topic: How to Unmask The Devil

"And the devil said unto him If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread"
Luke 4:3


Our Lord Jesus was spoken to by the devil. Satan spoke to Him about three different topics. If you think that Satan will never speak to you, then you are joking. The devil tempts and tests everyone. Jesus taught, “A servant is not above his master.” If He was tempted, then we will also be tempted. 

It is easy to summarize the works of the devil into one word –deception. The devil is a liar and a deceiver. Jesus called him the father of liars. 

"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."
                                                                    John 8:44

The Bible describes Satan as someone who deceives the whole world. Anyone who can deceive the entire world must be a very good liar and deceiver.

"…that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world…"
Revelation 12:9

I know some politicians who have been able to deceive the masses. Some of them are able to deceive tribes and regions of a country. But to deceive the whole world is an awesome achievement. This means that all the intelligent and wise people have been taken in by the lie.

If you visit Europe today, you will see millions of people who believe that there is no God. They sincerely think that religion is not practical. They believe that life is all on this earth and that when you die you are dead like a dog. It is not a few people who hold this concept. These ideas are held by multitudes of intelligent but deceived Europeans.

Satan has managed to captivate the minds and hearts of this world with gold, silver and pleasure. Even when the realities of death and life dawn on people at funerals, the intellectuals of this world still refuse to acknowledge the existence of God.

Satan will produce a counterfeit to anything that God does in an attempt to deceive us. If the Holy Spirit gives dreams, Satan will also come up with his own dreams. If God speaks in an audible voice, Satan will also give audible voices to confuse and deceive you. That is why the Bible says there are many voices in the world and none of them is without signification.

"There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification."
1 Corinthians 14:10

The devil may open doors to deceive you. Satan also tries to close certain doors in your life. That is why Jesus is described as the one who can open the door that no one can ever close. That is what distinguishes the opening of a door by Jesus and the opening of a door by someone else.

"…he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;"
Revelation 3:7

If God has opened a door for you to marry Araba-Lucy, you will marry her. Nothing can stop it and nothing can change it! If God has determined that you should be a pastor over thousands of people, the wicked lies of your detractors cannot close that open door. If God has determined that you should be a millionaire in His kingdom, the economic circumstances around will not stop the blessings of God. 

Our main job is to be able to decipher the deceptive traps and lies of the enemy. The Bible never teaches that we should beware of the power of the devil. Satan’s strength is not in his power. In fact, he is powerless against you. That is why God’s instruction to us is to be careful of his tricks and lying traps.

"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles [deception, tricks, lies] of the devil."
Ephesians 6:11

Excerpt from:
How You Can Be in The Perfect Will of God
Bishop Dag Heward- Mills

Comments

  1. Unknown16 March 2022 at 04:36

    Ameeen!! Be careful of the tricks and being deceived.

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  2. Renson mamadi16 March 2022 at 05:34

    Thank you Heavenly father for this revelation
    Give me a discenindi spirit to know your voice and Satan's voice to differentiate between good and evil
    To unmask the devil in my life and give me power and atstreng to overcome the challenges as Jesus was tested and tempted but He congured the devil and the devil left Him alone in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ
    Amen

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  3. JenipherTerry16 March 2022 at 05:45

    The devil has s counterfeit for everything that God is doing and to be able to differentiate. The word of God is the standard for everything

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  4. Elvina omalla16 March 2022 at 06:58

    Amen may I not be blind to the tricks and traps of the devil

    ReplyDelete

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