1 PETER 5:8
"STAY ALERT! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour."
Non believer's ridicule the idea of a devil, do you? We believe the Word of God and it tells us about the devil and his demons. In fact Jesus Christ mentions the devil on numerous occasions and if He believed the devil existed why wouldn't you? The devil is the enemy of God and wants to be God. He has fallen from grace and will spend eternity in Hell after the judgement. The truth for today is that there is a devil and he wants to devour you. He is cunning and deceitful and has many plans to lead you to eventual death. STAY ALERT!
The devil is not just the enemy of God, he is your enemy and many do not even know or believe that he exists. That is part of the devils plan, to make you believe he does not exist and that God did not really leave us His warnings in the Word! The first step in believing and knowing about the plans of the devil is to believe in Jesus Christ the Lord God. If you believe God then you will know about the devil and what his desires are. You will learn to see and understand how the devil and his demons work. You will learn to resist the devil and you will understand how to have the devil flee from you. STAY ALERT!
The devil prowls around this world and will until the return of the Lord. He is like lion, looking for some prey that he may devour. The devil will look at you and will decide if you are weak and vulnerable to his attack. As a non believer you are likely prey that has no defense. As a believer you are at least aware of his existence and his plans for attack. Plus you have as a defense the King of Kings and His Word. If we stand firm in the righteousness and faith of God he will not find us to his liking. We will learn to resist his temptations and to know what his eventual desire is. The devil wants us to die eternally just like him. With God as our defense he will flee if we just stand firm. STAY ALERT!
