What Satan Doesn't Want You to Know, Part I

PART I of IV ~

If Satan can read, he’ll try so hard to keep you from finishing this post. He’ll have the phone ring, the drier buzz, a salesman knock, or remind you that you really should be paying bills instead of reading about his own vulnerabilities. But ignore all his ruses and read on.

Satan is not smart. He may be sharp and crafty, but he certainly has no wisdom or insight. All his wile is tempered around deceit and lies; he has little actual intelligence. Time and time again he proves this: he attacks you in the little things, without often stopping to think of more hurtful schemes. He delights to see our tears, to hear our cries, to witness another successful battle carried out. Mercy and compassion are not in his vocabulary—they are “adversary” words—trademarks of the Archenemy. The devil is arrogant about his ill-gotten powers—about his massive army, built over the ages. Yet, he lacks wisdom. Let me show you why.

The first goes back over two thousand years ago, to a place called in Aramaic “Golgotha”. Satan has been waiting since the beginning of time for this opportunity. For thirty long years, he’s been following the Son of his Archenemy, greedy for the chance to strike the death blow and take revenge. His enemy is weakened—bruised, beaten—all bringing delight to Satan. Now the Son is nailed to the crossbeam. Satan dances about in uncheckable revel—kicking at the Son and then laughing in glee. Finally, a plan that worked! The Archenemy sent His Son into the world—into Satan’s own realm. Satan smirks, flirting in the shadow of the Son’s cross as He’s raised heavenward. With an ecstatic cackle of laughter, Satan raises the scepter of death and prepares to plunge it into the Son, a mocking sneer to heaven. At last he has outsmarted the Archenemy, and will soon have the life of His Son as a trophy in Hades! At last, he will have his revenge.

Unfortunately, as you know the story, things didn’t go quite as Satan had planned. Though the Son did die, events turned ill for Satan. Not only did the Son break through the gates of Hades, but He stormed the castle, took the scepter of death from Satan, and smashed it beyond repair. Three miserable days later, Satan gladly saw the Son to the broken gates and out of his kingdom. The moral of this story is what Satan didn’t get: he’s not that smart! He cannot see into the future, regardless of what lies he says to convince you otherwise.