Coming to Grips with Satan's Plan For Your Life
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Erwin W. Lutzer
Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church, where he served as the senior pastor for 36 years. He is an award-winning author and the featured speaker on three radio programs that are heard on more than 750 national and international outlets. He and his wife, Rebecca, have three grown children and eight grandchildren and live in the Chicago area.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Well written to the point clearly referencing Bible verses to support his argument. I also liked the fact that he didn't unnecessarily elaborate on the same points to just fill pages. Ben B.
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Coming to Grips with Satan's Plan For Your Life - Erwin W. Lutzer
Fear
Introduction
God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life!
That’s the good news.
The bad news is that Satan hates you and has a destructive plan for your life.
Even secularists are beginning to believe. Newspapers carry stories of demon worship and openly discuss the growing belief that there is a personal devil. We should not be surprised that there is empirical evidence that Satan exists, for we have met him in our own lives and in the experiences of others. More important, we know incredible details about him from the pages of the Bible. Not only does he exist, but he is actively seeking recruits.
In fact, I believe that he has already made meticulous plans for our downfall. All that is left for us to do is to step into the carefully laid trap. Unfortunately, the trap is hidden—it blends in with our aptitudes and surroundings and looks as if it is the route to fulfillment. Though it appears harmless, the consequences could be disastrous should we fall into it.
Satan is on the prowl, stalking and setting traps for God’s people (and yes, for unbelievers, too). He stays out of view, waiting for an unguarded moment. If we could know the extent of his knowledge of us … if we could understand his fiendish delight should we become a discredit to Christ, we would pore over the Scriptures to learn about him and about the weaponry God has given us for the battle.
Satan himself is abhorrent to us. Knowing that, he comes using different disguises and different names. His goal is to get us to do something he wants while making us think that the idea is wholly ours.
Understandably, his chief point of attack is the human mind. He has varying degrees of access (depending on the amount of sin we tolerate) and uses his opportunities to the hilt. Since he is not a gentleman and plays only by his own rules, he influences our thoughts and feelings without formal invitation. He is most pleased when his activity is completely hidden.
To alleviate any suspicion or fear, he gives his ideas familiar names that make us feel comfortable. Even the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood was cunning enough to know that he could not say to the grandmother, Let me in, for I am the wolf!
Instead he disguised his voice and whispered, I’m Little Red Riding Hood!
Satan’s full-time occupation is making sin look good to us. Whatever the lure he employs, it is a highly intelligent spiritual