2 Corinthians 2

lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. v.11

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What are Satan’s devices? We have a beautiful picture of it in Satan's first occurrence of  deception found in Genesis 3.  We realize that Satan did two important things to Eve: First, he TESTED her. Second, he TEMPTED her.  We must also realize that Satan is perfectly satisfied with us reading God’s word – No, really! Satan is okay with us knowing God’s word, even quoting God’s word, as long as (1) we miss the true meaning or (2) God’s word
becomes twisted in some way. In fact, Satan was willing to quote God’s word without hesitation in Matthew 4:6.  This is the account of Christ’s temptations, and what do we find? The same scheme we found in Genesis 3. Satan test’s Christ’s knowledge of God’s (i.e. His own) word, and then attempts to TEST Him based on what he finds. Satan goes so far as to quote Scripture himself during this battle. So Satan's devices or schemes are:

1. Satan TESTS our knowledge of God’s word!
2. He finds us lacking and then TEMPTS us based on our ignorance (keep in mind that even Eve could quote God with minimal mistakes, but it still wasn’t good enough)!
3. Satan is quite content with us reading or knowing God’s word as long as we miss the point!
4. After we transgress, Satan urges us to hide from God when we should be running TO God!

And so his scheme has succeeded.  Let us not be unaware or ignorant of this trick Satan's been using for thousands of years.  Do you know God’s word enough to combat Satan’s schemes? Or do you only vaguely know it, as Eve, allowing room for Satan’s lies to overcome Jehovah’s truth? I’m continually being convicted in this area, realizing my need to know Him and His Word so much better than I do!
When you have transgressed the Lord, do you find yourself hiding from Him, as Adam and Eve, when you should be running to Him? (I do!) Satan can cause much bondage here. Become aware of Satan’s half-truths – those found WITHIN Christianity, where you wouldn’t expect them.  Satan’s greatest work is to blind the minds of professing Christians, causing them to believe they know what God has said on a certain subject when the Word of God directly contradicts those beliefs.