Satan’s 13 (or 14) Weapons

By Mark Jantzi – Fall of 2014

“…for we are not ignorant of his devices.” 2 Cor:2:11

  1. Accusation
    1. 12:10 …” the accuser of our brethren…”
    2. 3:1-4 – Satan is accusing Joshua.
    3. Job 1:6 & 12 (Amp) …” Satan – the adversary and accuser”-
    4. 101:5 – “Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor…”
  2. Wearing Down
    1. Dan 7:25 – “…and shall wear out the saints…”
    2. 16:16 – Delilah …” pressed him daily with her words”.
    3. Job 10:1 – “My soul is weary of my life” …
    4. Gal 6:9 – (Amp) “let us not…grow weary…”
    5. 2 Thes. 3:13 – “be not weary in well doing.”
  3. Fear, Intimidation, Roaring
    1. 1 Peter 5:8-9 – …” the devil, as a roaring lion…”
    2. Rev 21:8 – “But, the fearful and unbelieving…”
    3. 6:12-14 …” he was hired that I should be afraid…”
    4. 3:24-25 – …” thou shalt not be afraid…”
    5. 74:4 – …” thine enemies roar…”
    6. 14:9 …” neither fear ye the people of the land…”
    7. 20:1-4 & 8 – …”be not afraid of them…”
    8. 412:8-16 – “Fear thou not; for I am with thee…”
    9. 2 Tim 1:7 – (Amp) …” spirit of fear” …
  4. Lying, Deceiving, Seducing
    1. John 8:44 …” he is a liar and the father of it” …
    2. 1 Tim 2:14 – …” the woman being deceived” … (Gen 3:1-6)
    3. 1 Tim 4:1-2 – …” seducing spirits…speaking lies” …
    4. 2 Thes 2:3, 9-11 – “strong delusion”
    5. 4:14 – “cunning craftiness”
    6. 24:5, 11, 24 – “and shall deceive many”
    7. 21:27 – “maketh a lie”
  5. Hypocrisy (Acting, pretend, feigning)
    1. 1 Tim 4:2 “Speaking lies in hypocrisy…”
    2. 23 – The scribes and Pharisees.
    3. James 3:14-18 – …” wisdom…without hypocrisy…”
    4. 24:51 – …” his portion with the hypocrites…”
  6. Confusion: Instability, Disorder, Unrest, Disharmony, Rebellion
    1. James 3:16 – … “where envying and strife is, there is confusion…”
    2. 1 Cor. 14:33 – “God is not the author of confusion…”
    3. 35:4 – Confusion for our enemies
    4. Acts 19:29 (4799) “confusion” = riotous disturbance.
  7. Strife: Rivalry, self-seeking, ambition, contention
    1. James 3:14, 16 – “bitter envying and strife” (2052) = contention
    2. 1 Tim 6:4 – strife (2054) = wrangling, debate
    3. 1 Cor. 3:3 – “envyings…strife…divisions = carnal” (flesh)
    4. 5:20 – “strife” = selfish ambitions
    5. 2 Sam. 19:9 – …” all the people were at strife” … (1777) to contend
    6. 15:18 – “A wrathful man stirreth up strife” (4066) quarrel, brawling. See also Prov. 16:28; 17:19; 26:20-21; 28:25; 29:22.
  8. Persecution
    1. John 15:18-21; 16:33 – From the world
    2. 5:11, 44 – “Blessed are ye” …
    3. Luke 11:49; Matt. 23:34 – They kill and persecute those sent by the Lord.
    4. Luke 21:12-19; Matt. 24: 9-10 – Afflicted, hated, betrayed, imprisoned.
    5. 2 Tim. 3:12 -…” all that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
    6. 2:10 – …” ye shall have tribulation ten days.”
    7. 37:15-16, 38:3-6 – Jeremiah pit into the dungeon.
    8. 2 Cor 11:24-27 – Paul’s perils and persecutions.
  9. Temptation
    1. 4:1 and Luke 4:2 – Jesus 40 days in wilderness.
    2. Gen, 3:1-6 Eve’s temptation in garden.
    3. 1 Cor. 7:5 Couples to avoid temptation.
    4. James 1:13-15 – Tempted by our own lust, not from God.
  10. Counterfeiting [Sub set of #4, deceiving and seducing].
    1. 2 Cor. 11:13-15 – Satan appears as “angel of light”.
    2. Rev 16:12-14 – …” spirits of devils, working miracles…”
    3. 2 Thes. 2:9 – …” power and signs and lying wonders…”
    4. 13:12-15 – …” great wonders…maketh fire come down from heaven
    5. 24:24 – …” shew great signs and wonders…deceive the very elect.”
  11. Steal, Kill, Destroy
    1. John 10:1 – “thief and a robber”.
    2. Acts 20:29 – “wolves”
    3. 3:8-9 – “Will a man rob God?”
    4. 12:23 – “The destroyer (7843). Also seen in Rev. 9:11
    5. 1 Cor. 10:9-10 they were…” destroyed of the destroyer”.
    6. 14:15-17, 20 – Satan “made the world a wilderness and destroyed the cities thereof…”
    7. Job 1:11-19 – Satan goes about to destroy Job.
  12. Disease
    1. 15:26; Deut. 7:15, 28:60 Diseases of the Egyptians.
    2. 53:5 – …” with His stripes we are healed.”
    3. 103:3 – …” health all thy diseases.”
    4. 91:6 – Not to fear the pestilence.
    5. Job 2:3-8 – Satan brings sores and boils to Job.
  13. Isolation, Schism, Divorce
    1. 10:25 – “Not forsaking the assembling…”
    2. 4:12-16 – Body fitly joined together in God’s order.
    3. 1 John 2:18-19 – “they went out from us” …left the body.
    4. 1 Cor. 12:25 – …” there should be no schism in the body” …
    5. 1 Cor. 1:12-13 – “Is Christ divided?”
    6. 16:28 – Strife and separation.
    7. 13:12-18 – Dealing with those wicked men who separate God’s people to serve other gods.
  14. Compromise (Substitution)
    1. 8:25-28 – The 4th Plague
    2. 10:7-11 – The 8th Plague
    3. 10:21-27 – The 9th Plague
    4. 13:9-13 – Lot’s choice
    5. 19:14, 16, 20 – Lot’s love for Sodom
    6. 4:2-4 – Cain’s choice of offering
    7. 10 – Nadab and Abihu substitute strange fire.
    8. I Sam 10:8; 13:8-14; 15:3-9, 19-24 – Saul’s compromise