The Watch Tower, study edition, August 2006.

This article will be studied during the week of October 5th through 11th.

Resist Satan's Tactics.

Trust in Jehovah and in Jesus.

Theme text,

Oppose the devil and he will flee from you.

James 4.7.

Song 55, Fear them not.

Focus.

Don't be fooled by Satan's attempts to misrepresent Jehovah God and Jesus Christ.

Paragraph one question.

What tactic does Satan use to try to break the integrity of God's servants?

From the moment we decide to serve Jehovah, Satan and his demons become our unrelenting enemies. But Satan knows that he cannot overpower us

as long as we have Jehovah's support. So the devil tries to undermine that support by getting us to

turn our back on Jehovah. One way he does this is by trying to make us doubt that Jehovah and his son are truly on our side.

Paragraph 2 question. Why is it important that we have confidence in Jehovah God and in Jesus Christ?

In the midst of a battle, soldiers need to have confidence in their leaders.

If they were to lose that confidence, they might act independently.

This could cost them their lives.

In a similar way, we are soldiers in a spiritual battle against wicked spirit forces.

Ephesians 612.

Satan the devil knows that if we lose confidence in Jehovah God and in Jesus

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