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

Superabounding Grace. 2.3.2.11 says, so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan,

for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

God's word tells us in this verse that ignorance or lack of knowledge concerning Satan's methods and tactics gives him an advantage.

The Greek word used here for advantage actually conveys stronger meaning.

The word is plion ecteo, pleonecto, which is a compound word meaning literally to have or hold the greater portion, the most.

It's easy to see why this is a word for covet.

It also means overreach.

In the sport of boxing, the person with the longer reach has the advantage and usually

lands more blows.

This word is also translated, make a gain. Satan makes a lot of gains on

those who are unaware of his ways. Satan, the thief, loves who, or Satan, the thief who comes to

steal, kill, and destroy, John Tintin, is always coveting,

pleionecto, coveting more, more people, more power and authority, more territory on earth,

more control of people's minds and actions. Not only is he a thief, he's spoken of as one who kills and

destroys. Satan wants to cause more violence, more pain, more death and destruction. These things

flow from his nature, from who he is. A form of this same word, Plon, is used in another verse to describe the actions of Satan.

Romans 5.20 tells us that where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.

The abounding of sin spoken of here is pleon, different form,

Pleonazzo. More, increasing, multiplying sin. Whether it be destruction, pain, violence, or just

sin, generally speaking, Satan wants more.

The second use of abound in this verse where sin abound, grace much more abounds.

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