We Are Not Ignorant Of Satan’s Devices Or Schemes - Part 1 Series

WE ARE NOT IGNORANT OF SATAN’S DEVICES OR SCHEMES – PART 1

[A]. INTRODUCTION

Satan is the enemy who sneaks into the field freshly sown to plant his seeds of destruction. He is the pernicious master of the tares. In recent months, if you watched some of the footage from Israel on the cruelty, barbarism and complete hate and evil from Hamas, then you gain the slightest insight into what Satan is like. Our minds can not understand such concentrated evil that belongs to the whole demon world. We can only see a fleeting glimpse such as what Hamas stands for. In the parable of the tares the enemy crept in at night. Satan’s malicious work belongs to the night; to this world’s darkness. The world is night and it is easy to slip these seeds of Satanism into what is thought of as good in the world, though none is good according to Romans 1.

Just a few days ago, I had the experience of the evil that lurks at night. I used to keep and breed finches but it was so difficult to keep one breed of snake out of the aviaries. The brown tree snake (night tiger) is a cunning, aggressive sneak that is vicious among birds. It came at night. I have just recently done up the aviaries after 20 years of not having birds and used a fine mesh wire and did everything for 4 months to make the aviaries snake proof. It wore me out in fact with so much to do. Just 3 weeks ago I bought 2 pairs of tricolor finches at $100 a pair, and to my horror, a few days ago three were missing. I found the culprit, a four foot brown tree snake curled up in a nesting box. I was devastated, and still am. It affected me.

I have no idea how one of Satan’s agents got into the cage. The damage is done. That is how Satan works – the master of destruction; a worker of the darkness.

Take note of these verses – {{2Corinthians 2:10-11 “but whom you forgive anything, I forgive also, for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ, in order that no advantage be taken of us by Satan, FOR WE ARE NOT IGNORANT OF HIS SCHEMES.”}}

[B]. CHRISTIANS, ISRAEL AND GOVERNMENTS

That is a bold statement of Paul’s to say we are not ignorant of Satan’s devices. How come? How can we have knowledge of them, of his schemes? The bible reveals some of these schemes – the temptation of Eve reveals the power of the hidden lust in our old natures though Eve did not have an old nature just then. A similar set of temptations was used with Jesus after 40 days fasting. The parable of the house swept clean, and then worse demons come in, tells us self-reformation and standing on our own merit will not work. Satan “owns the world” and uses the world against us. Everything though is in the permissive will of God.

The devil makes sure the top position/s in every human organisation are in his control. That is what he aims to do. When you institute the evil agenda from the top and let it filter down through evil people, it will take over. This is now true of all institutions. It is the way leaven works but you must start at the top.

I saw that in education when still teaching. We saw appointments of people with set agendas, to key positions, the agendas Government wanted, and then appointments were made by those instrumental people in key positions, until all down the line the evil schemes were completed (for example, the sexualisation of children). That is just one of Satan’s schemes/devices – aim at the top!

When we look at the present world we see almost every nation opposed to Israel. At the UN maybe only 7 nations have supported Israel, and always all the rest side with Israel's enemies or like Australia, they abstain from support. For decades Australia has never opposed a condemnation of Israel in the UN. That is what socialism/Marxism does – it HATES Israel.

I think the American society is becoming corrupt; the leadership of the nation is corrupt – President, FBI, Judicial system (an outsider speaking, so maybe I can get away with saying that. ?). Some may wonder why God has allowed the USA to continue and not fall into His judgement and disapproval. I have wondered that and I think it might be because over the years, the USA has been a solid friend of Israel – {{Genesis 12:3 “I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU and the one who curses you I will curse. In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed,”}}