Satan is described characteristically in the scripture as a liar and we were told that he's a liar from the beginning and that he is the father of lies and his entrance into Redemptive History is heralded by the great lie that

is spoken to Adam and Eve which was the promise of autonomy.

I'm sure you have experienced the destructive power of a lie in your life.

To be lied to is a betrayal.

Listed among murderers and idolaters, those who will have their place in the Lake of fire according to revelation 21-8 are liars

That's how important truth is and who is described in the Bible as the father of Lies, the Devil.

He's our topic today on this Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind.

In fact, today and tomorrow will consider the nature and the function of this fallen angel the devil.

When you think of Satan, what image comes to mind?

Is it of a little creature in a red suit with a pitchfork? Why is it that that caricature of the devil exists

in society? Although there are understandable reasons as to how that came about, it

doesn't teach us what the Bible says about this adversary.

Here's Dr Sproll as we begin a two-day study on the devil.

We come now in our study of the biblical doctrine of angels to a study of the most evil of all creatures, indeed the one who is the quintessence of wickedness, whose name

is Satan. I have to confess that I have a little bit of trepidation and

apprehension about lecturing on the subject of Satan. I remember that when CS Lewis penned his famous screw tape letters, he testified

afterwards that he had to suffer through a serious period of depression

while he was penning that book,

and he had an acute sense that he was being oppressed

by the subject about whom he was writing, namely Satan himself.

And that always gives me a little fear and trembling when we begin to talk about Satan because it's one thing to consider

Satan in the abstract or look at it from a strictly doctrinal position, but when we come face to face with the biblical teaching

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