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| Satan's Devices |
2 Corinthians 2:11 -
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his
devices.
A good book to read on the subject of Satan’s tactics is Precious Remedies
Against Satan’s Devices by
the puritan Thomas Brooks. In it he lists the ways that Satan lures people into
sin, and the methods to overcome them.
The following list describes Satan's methods that believers should be aware of
(the list is taken from http://www.gracegems.org/Brooks/precious_remedies_against_satan.htm)
1. By presenting the bait and hiding the hook
2. By painting sin with virtue's colors
3. By the extenuating and lessening of sin
4. By showing to the soul the best men's sins and by hiding from the soul their
virtues, their sorrows, and their repentance
5. By presenting God to the soul as One made up all of mercy
6. By persuading the soul that repentance is easy and that therefore the soul
need not scruple about sinning
7. By making the soul bold to venture upon the occasions of sin
8. By representing to the soul the outward mercies enjoyed by men walking in
sin, and their freedom from outward miseries
9. By presenting to the soul the crosses, losses, sorrows and sufferings that
daily attend those who walk in the ways of holiness
10. By causing saints to compare themselves and their ways with those reputed to
be worse than themselves
11. By polluting the souls and judgments of men with dangerous errors that lead
to looseness and wickedness
12. By leading men to choose wicked company |
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