The Kingdom of God, Student Workbook, SW02

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B. Kakos is “blasphemer against God”: Satan works as a perpetrator of idolatry and profanity.

1. Sick passion to make himself like the Most High

2. Isa. 14.12-14

3. Satanic longings: the desire for glory and honor only appropriate to God

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4. The devil’s work is essentially blasphemy.

a. Seeks God’s glory for himself

b. Seeks the honor due to God alone

5. How does this passion for supremacy over God work?

C. Kakos is “deceiver of the world”: Satan works as a deceiving spirit among the nations.

1. Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 4.3-4

2. Jesus’ words in John 8.44

3. The effect of the devil’s ability to lie