The Evil One (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Movies often cast the devil as a fun-loving troublemaker—mischievous, maybe, but basically harmless. That’s a far cry from the way he’s described in the Bible! On Truth For Life, Alistair Begg takes a closer look at the identity and strategies of the Evil One.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
| 0:02.0 | . In popular culture, the devil is sometimes portrayed as a fun-loving troublemaker, mischievous, but basically harmless. |
| 0:34.9 | But that's a far cry from the way he is described in the Bible. And today on |
| 0:39.2 | Truth for Life, Alistair Begg takes us to Jesus' high-priestly prayer for a closer look at the devil's |
| 0:45.8 | identity and strategies. We're going to read from John chapter 17 just briefly from verse 11. Jesus says to the Father, |
| 1:07.4 | I'm no longer in the world, but they, that is, his disciples are in the world, |
| 1:11.6 | and I'm coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you've given me, |
| 1:16.5 | that they may be one even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name, |
| 1:22.0 | which you have given me. I've guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the |
| 1:27.2 | son ofruction that the |
| 1:28.9 | Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I'm coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, |
| 1:34.9 | that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I've given them your word, and the world has hated |
| 1:41.5 | them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. |
| 1:45.8 | I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. |
| 1:51.3 | They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. |
| 1:56.6 | As we turn to the Bible, we turn to the Lord. |
| 1:59.4 | Father, this is your word. |
| 2:01.5 | We want to hear Jesus speak. |
| 2:03.2 | We just have affirmed that in our song, |
| 2:06.9 | beyond the voice of a mere man to hear your voice and to listen and to believe and obey. |
| 2:13.8 | Help us as we navigate our way through this material that we might have clarity and brevity |
| 2:21.3 | and joy in the Holy Spirit, for we pray in Christ's name. Amen. |
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