When we have talked on this podcast about Satan, not a lot, we don't fixate on him, but

we do talk about him and his designs, usually to look at what Satan cannot do to us.

So a lot he can't do to us, as Christians because Christ has disarmed him in two very

important ways.

We looked at this back in February in ABJ 1750.

A Pastor John today, we're going to flip the question and ask what can Satan do to Christians?

Peter warns believers that Satan seeks to devour us, us believers, which raises two questions,

one from Russ in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

He writes this, hello Pastor John, my question for you is about 1 Peter 5 verses 89.

Is Peter saying that the devil seeks to devour us in and through our suffering?

Or is he saying the constant attacks of Satan are our suffering?

And Stephen Rochester, New York, is asking about the same text, Pastor John, hello for

1 Peter 5, 8 says that Satan is our enemy, and I believe it.

But enemies are opposed to us in very specific ways, and I'm not clear about this with Satan.

My question is how, how is Satan our enemy?

Thank you.

First, here's what the text says in 1 Peter 5, 8 and 9, it says, be sober minded, be

watchful, your adversary, the devil prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone

to devour, resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are

being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the whole world.

So Russ asks, does the word sufferings refer to whatever Satan does to us, or does it

refer to actual Christian pain or suffering which Satan is behind?

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