Satan

Many Bible verses speak about him. God is clear that Satan has been a liar from the beginning, and that evil is his way… It is said that he is the most beautiful of all created beings, and that he fell because of pride. Isiah 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.’

Satan has done many things to try and destroy God’s plan. In the Garden he used pride to trick them. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. Genesis 3:1 And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Then God said to Satan All the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.” ** This was actually a prophecy. It tells us that Satan would kill Jesus and one day Jesus would destroy him. Jesus was crucified on the cross and one day Satan will be thrown into the Lake of Fire. The reason for the flood was because again through his evil intentions, Satan devised a plan to corrupt the DNA of humans. The angels known as the watchers came to earth and had sex with the daughters of man. The plan was to corrupt the seed of man and make it impossible for God’s plan to work. But as we all know, nobody can defeat the plans of God.

These are only a few of the verses about the evil one, but it gives you the idea.
1 Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

1 John 3:8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Matthew 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

Zechariah 3:1-2 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”

1 Peter 5: 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

Revelation 20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished.

As it says Satan has been a liar from the beginning and his goal was and is to replace God. Because of his actions in the garden man became sin. God knew already what would happen. But because of His love for mankind, He provided a way for us.

God bless, Dan Beliveau

Names of Satan

Abaddon Destruction Rev 9:11
Accuser Opposes believers before God Rev 12:10
Adversary Against God 1 Pet 5:8
Apollyon Destroyer Rev 9:11
Beelzebub Lord of the Flies Matt 12:24
Belial Worthless 2 Cor 6:15
Devil Slanderer Matt 4:1
Dragon Destructive Rev 12:3, 7, 9
Enemy Opponent Matt 13:28
Evil one Intrinsically evil John 17:15
God of this age Influences the thinking of the world 2 Cor 4:4
Liar Perverts the truth John 8:44
Murder Leads people to eternal death John 8:44
Prince of the power of the air Control of unbelievers Eph 2:2
Roaring Lion One who destroys 1 Peter 5:8
Ruler of demons Leader of fallen angels Mark 3:22
Ruller of this world Rules in world system John 12:11
Satan Adversary 1 Tim 5:15
Serpent of old Deceiver in the garden Rev 12:9; 20:2
Temoter Solicits people to sin 1 Thes 3:5