A SUMMARY OUTLINE
Before you begin any Bible study, as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, be focused and under the control of the Holy Spirit, and take the time to absorb and meditate on the Word of God.
If you have not yet decided to trust Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, then that is the only thing that matters, the only thing standing between you and God — place you faith in Christ: “He who believes on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God remains upon him (John 3:36).
“The Word of God is alive (living) and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints and marrow; and is a critic of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12).
“All Scripture is inspired (God-breathed) and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God might be mature, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” (2 Timothy 3:16)
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15)
Please open your (Word of Truth) Study Bible to Genesis 2:7.
There are basically five Satanic Strategies against the Grace of God:
1). God breathed (imputed) soul life to Adam resulting in human life (Genesis 2:7).
Satan’s opposition to God’s Grace Plan includes his false doctrines: the philosophies of man, evolution, and materialism, along with communism, socialism, etc.
2). God imputed Adam’s sin to all descendants of Adam (Romans 5:12, 18).
Satan countered with worldly philosophy of “the dignity of man; the human equality/equity of men.”
3). Judicial imputation of all sins of all time to Christ on the Cross (Romans 4:25; 5:9).
Satan’s denial of the virgin birth; worship and deification of Mary the mother of Christ; mysticism.
4). Judicial imputation of God’s Righteousness to the believer (Romans chapter 4).
Satan’s attack: Self-righteousness; working for salvation, which equals religion, which equals ritual without reality. (On a side note, the only “ritual” still in existence is the Communion ritual, where we remember Christ. All other rituals were done away with after Christ’s finished work on the cross – it changed everything.)
5). Salvation by Grace through faith in the Cross-work of Christ (Romans 5;1; 9-11).
Satan’s counterfeit: Salvation by works, which is religion or ritual without reality.
The Bible is full of Satan’s anti-God strategies. The strategies listed in this study should whet your appetite and move you to be on guard against the powers of evil whose leader is none other than the old serpent Satan. Just remember that everything we know about God and His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit is counterfeited by Satan. The battle between good and evil — Christ and Satan — will terminate at the Great White Throne Judgement when Jesus Christ will personally execute Satan and cast him into the lake of Fire to burn forever. Even so come quickly Lord Jesus.
Happy Studying.