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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.
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