Satan opposes everything Christ does

“Standing Strong” is John Macarthur’s book that is worthwhile reading:  You can download the book for free on your kindle or computer.

John Macarthur says in his book the following:

Satan opposes everything Christ does:

Christ	Satan
Christ revealed the truth – John 1:17	Satan conceals the truth – John 8:44
Christ gives life	Satan takes life
Christ produces spiritual fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  Gal. 5:22-23	Satan loves the fleshly fruit of “immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drukenness, carousing and things like these.”  Gal. 5:19-21
Christ permits tests and trials in our lives to help us grow spiritually. James 1:3	Satan lures us with temptation to destroy us. 1 Peter 5:8
Christ sets believers free. John 8:31-32	Satan enslaves the lost. 2 Tim. 2:26
Christ defends believers. 1 John 2:1	Satan accuses them. Rev. 12:10

 

“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to believe in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.  They themselves are equally pleased by both errors, and hail a materialist or magician with the same delight”.    C.S. Lewis