1. The whole world's sin, the crushing horror of death's power, and even hell itself were unleashed on that hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was executed.
  2. The Son of Eve disarmed Satan’s hold on humanity, not with an earthquake, atomic bomb, or brilliant essay, but with his dead body and final words, “It is finished.”
  3. The devil isn’t a popular subject nowadays. The argument is made that we’ve progressed as a culture.
  4. Jesus cuts right to the chase when it comes to the evil one. He calls the devil “a liar and the father of lies,”
  5. In the United States Marine Corps, part of my training involved Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) handling. The 6 rules of EPW handling are:
  6. There are a few occasions in the Bible where the curtain lifts, and we get to peer into the inner workings of the Divine Court.
  7. In the world of martial arts, which I am the first to admit I am no expert in, there is a concept, particularly in Jujutsu and Judo, called seiryoku zen’yo or, “maximum efficiency, minimum effort.”
  8. The Devil cultivates fear of God and promotes motivation and zeal for outward works and earthly virtue out of pure eternal self-concern.
  9. Satan cannot stand the Gospel, and so he goes to work to undermine and render God’s Word an impotent and absurd message.
  10. The dragon who failed to devour the child in the manger swallows the man atop the cross. In so doing, unbeknownst to this beast, he ate poison.
  11. The devil is effective with this attack because it calls out all the things a Christian sinner experiences as simultaneous sinner and saint.
  12. Before you ever know what happened, Satan has taught us to doubt the promise of the crucified and risen Christ.
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