How to Face Satan (29 of 30)
Series: Navigating Home
Scott Maze
1 Peter 5:5b-11
According to a cartoon in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, God and the devil are discussing who gets to welcome Michael Jackson to the afterlife. The cartoon shows Satan holding a newspaper with a headline announcing Jackson's death. He looks up and poses a question to God, who is leaning over a cloud to listen, ''Shall we flip a coin?'' the devil asks.
In Dante's Inferno, the poet describes Satan as living in the deepest recesses of hell. He is there as a three mouthed beast, chewing on Judas, the betrayer of Jesus Christ, along with Brutus and Cassius, the traitors who assassinated Julius Caesar.
Burt Ross, who recently lost $5 million to Bernie Madoff, said the following: ''May Satan grow a fourth mouth where Bernard L. Madoff deserves to spend the rest of eternity.''
When discussing Satan, I don't want you to be like the two boys walking back home from church. They had just heard the pastor preach a strong message on the devil when the one boy said, ''What do you think about all this Satan stuff?'' The other boy replied, ''You know how Santa Clause turned out. It's probably just your dad.''
If you believe the Bible to be true, then you accept Satan. Through the pages of the Bible, he is described as the Dragon, The Ruler of this Age, the adversary, the accuser, Beelzebub, or the Devil. These titles give Satan a poignant expression to his evil character. Simply put, when we think of evil, we see the work of Satan himself. Indeed, he is the embodiment of evil itself and Satan is the supernatural enemy of God.
Today we are nearing the end of a journey through Peter's first letter. In doing so, we are going to give a close look at Satan who Peter describes as a roaring lion ready to devour. Peter's words are not intended to be a classroom lecture prepared to entertain us with amusing details of Satan. Instead, Peter tells us that we will always be at war. Retreat ...
Series: Navigating Home
Scott Maze
1 Peter 5:5b-11
According to a cartoon in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, God and the devil are discussing who gets to welcome Michael Jackson to the afterlife. The cartoon shows Satan holding a newspaper with a headline announcing Jackson's death. He looks up and poses a question to God, who is leaning over a cloud to listen, ''Shall we flip a coin?'' the devil asks.
In Dante's Inferno, the poet describes Satan as living in the deepest recesses of hell. He is there as a three mouthed beast, chewing on Judas, the betrayer of Jesus Christ, along with Brutus and Cassius, the traitors who assassinated Julius Caesar.
Burt Ross, who recently lost $5 million to Bernie Madoff, said the following: ''May Satan grow a fourth mouth where Bernard L. Madoff deserves to spend the rest of eternity.''
When discussing Satan, I don't want you to be like the two boys walking back home from church. They had just heard the pastor preach a strong message on the devil when the one boy said, ''What do you think about all this Satan stuff?'' The other boy replied, ''You know how Santa Clause turned out. It's probably just your dad.''
If you believe the Bible to be true, then you accept Satan. Through the pages of the Bible, he is described as the Dragon, The Ruler of this Age, the adversary, the accuser, Beelzebub, or the Devil. These titles give Satan a poignant expression to his evil character. Simply put, when we think of evil, we see the work of Satan himself. Indeed, he is the embodiment of evil itself and Satan is the supernatural enemy of God.
Today we are nearing the end of a journey through Peter's first letter. In doing so, we are going to give a close look at Satan who Peter describes as a roaring lion ready to devour. Peter's words are not intended to be a classroom lecture prepared to entertain us with amusing details of Satan. Instead, Peter tells us that we will always be at war. Retreat ...
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