Satan In Scripture

1.      He was disguised under the Edenic serpent, Gen. 3:1-14

2.      He is the serpent's seed, Gen. 3:15

3.      He was Lucifer, son of the morning, before his fall, Isa. 14:12

4.      He was the anointed cherub that covers, Ezk. 28:14

5.      He energized David to evil, I Chr. 21:1

6.      He accused and afflicted Job, Job 1:7-2:10

7.      He opposes unbelieving Israel prefigured by Joshua the priest, Zech. 3:1-9

8.      He is the tempter, Mt. 4:3

9.      He is the prince of the demons, Mt. 12:24; Acts 10:38

10.  He instigates false doctrine.  I Tim. 4:1-6

11.  He perverts the Word of God, Mt. 4:4; Lk. 4: 10-11

12.  He works in demon possession, Mt. 12 22-29

13.  He is Satan, the adversary, Zech .3:1

14.  He is the devil, the slanderer, Lk. 4:13

15.  He caused Judas to betray Christ, Jn. 13:2, 27, and Ananias to lie, Acts 5:3

16.  He blinds people spiritually, 2 Cor. 4:4

17.  He seeks to harm believers, I Pet. 5:8

18.  He heads a celestial hierarchy of evil, Eph. 6:11-12

19.  He indwells the unsaved, Eph. 2:2, who are his "sons," Jn. 8:44

20.  He works diabolic miracles, 2 Thess. 2:9

21.  He was branded "a liar" and "the father of it" by Jesus, Jn. 8:44

22.  He is a murderer, Jn. 8:44

23.  He is the prince of this world, Jn. 12:3 1; 14:30

24.  He binds people physically and spiritually, Lk. 13:16

25.  He is a fallen angel, Mt. 25:41

26.  He sows tares, Mt. 13:38-39, and snatches away the Word, Mt. 13:19

27.  He will be bound during the millennium, Rev. 20:1-3

28.  He is "the enemy," Mt. 13:39, "the evil one," Mt. 13:38

29.  He is routed by Spirit-directed prayer, Eph. 6:10-20

30.  He is overcome by faith, I Pet. 5:8-9

31.  He hinders God's will in believers, I Thess. 2:18

32.  He is the deceiver, Rev. 12:9

33.  He is the dragon, that old serpent, Rev. 12:9; 20:2

34.  He fell from a sinless high estate, Lk. 10: 18

35.  He viewed Simon Peter as a target, Lk. 22:31

36.  He has a synagogue of legalists who deny God's grace in Christ, Rev. 2:9

37.  His children are unsaved people, I Jn. 3:9, 10

38.  His ultimate fate is Gehenna, Mt. 23:41; Rev. 20:10


TAKEN FROM:

UNGER'S BIBLE HANDBOOK. - Merrill F. Unger,

1967, Moody Press, Chicago - pp.  612-613