Weekly theme February 23 through March 1

Understanding the Enemy

 “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
-Romans 8:38-39

Movies like The Exorcist have created misunderstandings about who Satan is and what Satan and his demons are capable of.  Some people think that the devil is just a fictional mythological character like the subject of any horror movie.  There is no such thing as the Mummy, Frankenstein or Dracula so there must not be any devil either.
Many times people reduce the devil to an impish character who is dressed in red, has a tail, horns and a pitchfork and sits on our shoulder whispering temptations in our ears.  This is just as far from the truth as the belief that the devil is a fictional character. 
It has been stated that the greatest lie of the devil is that he has fooled the world into believing that he doesn’t exist.  Why is that lie so dangerous?  It is dangerous because we cannot fight that which we do not believe exists.  If we do not believe we have a spiritual enemy then we become more susceptible to the destruction that he wants to bring into our lives. It is very important that we know who Satan is and how he and his demons operate.