Ministry in a Multi-Cultural and Unchurched Society

Ses s i on 2: The Stor y of God

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3. Satan is now judged, Luke 10.17-21.

4. Satan’s power has been severely curtailed, James 4.8.

5. His authority has been broken, 1 Pet. 5.8.

6. His minions are being routed, Col. 2.15.

7. His system is fading away, 1 John 2.15-17.

8. Those he enslaved are being set free, Col. 13-14.

9. His eventual doom has been secured, Rom. 16.20.

B. Although Satan has been defeated, he is still lethal and awaits his own utter destruction.

1. “Bound, but with a long rope,” 2 Cor. 10.3-5; Eph. 2.2

2. “A roaring lion, but sick, hungry, and mad,” 1 Pet. 5.8

3. Satan continues to be God’s active enemy of the Kingdom.

4. Blinds the minds of those who do not believe, 2 Cor. 4.4

5. Functions through deception, lying, and accusation, John 8.44

6. Animates the affairs of nations, 1 John 5.19