IV. OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS SATAN.
1. LIMITED POWER OF SATAN. 2. RESIST HIM.
V. HIS DESTINY.
1. A CONQUERED ENEMY. 2. UNDER ETERNAL CURSE.
VI. DEMONS.
THE DOCTRINE OF SATAN.
Throughout the Scriptures Satan is set forth as the greatest enemy of God and man. Too long has Satan been a subject of ridicule instead of fear. Seeing the Scriptures teach the existence of a personality of evil, man should seek to know all he can about such a being. Much of the ridicule attached to the doctrine of Satan comes from the fact that men have read their fancies and theories into the Scriptures; they have read Milton's Paradise Lost but have neglected the Book of Job; they have considered the experiences of Luther instead of the Epistles of Peter and Jude. To avoid skepticism on the one hand, and ridicule on the other we must resort to the Scriptures to formulate our views of this doctrine.
I. THE EXISTENCE AND PERSONALITY OF SATAN.
1. HIS EXISTENCE.
To science the existence of Satan is an open question; it neither can deny nor affirm it. Satan's existence and personality can be denied therefore only on purely a priori grounds. The Bible, however, is very clear and positive in its teaching regarding the existence of a personality of evil called the devil. It is popular in some circles today to spell devil with the "d" left off, thus denying his real existence.