We must discern, detect, deflect, and experience deliverance from the devil’s fiery darts (Ephesians 6:16; Genesis 3:1-13)
We must guard against...
-Listening to his deceptions: Genesis 3:1disbelieving God: Genesis 3:1-4
-Seeking to be as the gods (satanic entities): Genesis 3:5
- Having what God does not want us to have (self-fulfillment physically, intellectually, emotionally, or spiritually) at the time or at anytime: Genesis 3:6
- Being what God does not want us to be (self-serving expectations or experience) at the time or at anytime: Genesis 3:6
- Doing what God does not want us to do (self-ambition) at the time or at any time: Genesis 3:6
- Acting independent of God: Genesis 3:6-7
- Losing innocence regarding good and evil: Genesis 3:7
- Defiling our conscience: Genesis 3:7-10
- Hiding from God: Genesis 3:10
- Blame shifting: Genesis 3:11-13
- Being given to carnality, contention, and confusion; exercising earthly, sensual, devilish wisdom: Genesis 3:10-13
We must put on the whole armor of God (Eph. 6:11); submit to having the Spirit's fruit (Gal. 5:22, 23); practice the disciplines of the beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-16); and Abide in Christ (John 15).
