![]() ![]() We will then draw some conclusions with their implications. It then will move to the major focus of this lesson: Satan’s part in the plan of God, as seen through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation, from before creation to the final chapter of history. Our study will begin with a survey of the names and the nature of Satan. This lesson will consider Satan, who is literally hell-bent on perverting or preventing God’s plan. ![]() ![]() In this series, we are engaged in the study of God’s eternal plan for creation, having previously considered God as the perfect Planner and then His plan as the perfect plan. God’s Word supplies the facts and perspective we need. Satan should receive only the attention he deserves. Satan fell because of his insatiable desire for prominence, desiring the glory which belongs only to God. God neither wishes to flatter Satan with too much publicity nor desires that we become preoccupied with him. Given Satan’s key role in the plan of God, his great power, and his cunning ways, we might expect to find more about Satan in the Bible than we do. The Scriptures tell us all we need to know about Satan, and no more. The Bible displays a sense of proportion concerning Satan which we should seek to gain and then maintain. Some therefore give him too much credit and others too little. Some Christians see too much of Satan, as though he were behind every biblical bush. Satan is a serpent, and as such, he is not only deadly but often is so well camouflaged we do not see him. Our approach must be one of soberness, for the issues at hand are life and death, heaven and hell. This study is important, but we dare not be ignorant of Satan’s strategies, “in order that no advantage be taken of us by Satan for we are not ignorant of his schemes” (2 Corinthians 2:11). I do so with mixed feelings I look forward to the ride, but I remind myself of the dangers involved. Undertaking a study of God’s plan for Satan reminds me of those occasional times I put on a motorcycle helmet and set out for a ride. ![]()
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