Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of our post is,

Don't Be Taken Advantage of. Our ignorance of Satan and his tactics, as well as how to deal with them,

can be costly. 2. Corinthians 2.11 tells us, in order that no

advantage be taken of us by Satan, for we're not ignorant of his schemes. The context of this

verse is forgiveness. Unforgiveness allows Satan to take advantage of us.

But Paul is obviously stating in the content of this verse

or stating the content of this verse as a general principle.

Ignorance of Satan's schemes gives him an advantage,

just as it does any foe.

Let's analyze this principle more thoroughly.

The word ignorant is the Greek word agnoeo. Not surprisingly, it means literally without knowledge or understanding of. It may surprise you,

however, that our English word agnostic is derived from it. Technically, an agnostic is not a person who is unsure if they believe in God, though we now use it this way.

An agnostic is a person who does not know or understand regardless of the subject.

We also get our word ignore from the same root.

You can hear agno-o, ignore.

In this verse, we are urged not to ignore or be an agnostic without understanding

where the actions of the devil are concerned.

Schemes, don't be ignorant of his schemes,

is the word noema.

It literally means thought.

Does that surprise you?

The verse is essentially saying,

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