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Description of Satan[i]

 
Subtle (Genesis 3:1), provoker (1 Chronicles 21:1), owner of the kingdoms and glory of the world (Matthew 4:8), murderer and without truth (John 8:44), full of subtlety, all mischief, enemy of righteousness, perverter of the right ways of the Lord (Acts 13:10).  Has power, signs, and lying wonders (2 Thessalonians 2:9).  Sinner from the beginning (1 John 3:8), deceiver of the whole world (Revelation 12:9).  Can appear as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14).  Leads his followers (1 Timothy 5:15).  His children are called tares (Matthew 13:38). 

 
Satan provokes (1 Chronicles 21:1), goes to and fro on earth (Job 1:7), can use physical illness (Job 2:7), can blind people (Luke 13:16), spiritually blinds unbelievers (2 Corinthians 4:4), shoots flaming arrows (Ephesians 6:16), hinders (1 Thessalonians 2:18), condemns and snares (1 Timothy 3:16), seeks to devour (1 Peter 5:8), takes away sown word of God (Matthew 13:19), wants to take advantage (2 Corinthians 11:14)



[i]  Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine, by H. Wayne House (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992), p.78.